2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The Women's javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.

Mariya Abakumova celebrating her win in the Javelin Throw at Daegu

Barbora Špotáková, the reigning Olympic champion, topped the season's rankings with a throw of 69.45 m. Second-ranked Christina Obergföll had showed greater consistency, having won four of the Diamond League meetings before the championships. Mariya Abakumova, a 2009 World and 2008 Olympic medallist, was ranked third in both the Diamond League and world rankings. Others in good form were Sunette Viljoen (who set an African record two weeks earlier), Martina Ratej, Kathrina Molitor and Goldie Sayers.[1][2][3] The 2009 world champion, Steffi Nerius, had retired.

Favorite Špotáková took the early lead, but Abakumova's second throw would lead into the 5th round. Viljoen improved on her African record in the 5th round, but that was only enough to put her in third place. Špotáková then threw a new World Championship record, only to be passed on the following throw by Abakumova improving on the record and setting a new Russian National Record.

However, in 2018, the Athletics Integrity Unit decided to disqualify Abakumova because of doping, stripping her of the gold medal,[4] which gets inherited by Špotáková.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Barbora Špotáková
 Czech Republic (CZE)
Sunette Viljoen
 South Africa (RSA)
Christina Obergföll
 Germany (GER)

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 72.28 Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Championship record  Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB) 71.70 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
World leading  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 69.45 Monaco 22 July 2011
African record  Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 66.47 Shenzhen, China 18 August 2011
Asian record  Jianhua Wei (CHN) 63.92 Beijing, China 18 August 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB) 71.70 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
South American record  Sabina Moya (COL) 62.62 Guatemala City, Guatemala 12 May 2002
European record  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 72.28 Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Oceanian record  Louise Currey (AUS) 66.80 Runaway Bay, Australia 5 August 2000

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
61.00 59.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
September 1, 201110:10Qualification
September 2, 201119:10Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 61.00m (Q) or at 12 best athletes and ties (q) advance to the final

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AChristina Obergföll Germany (GER)68.7668.76Q
2BSunette Viljoen South Africa (RSA)65.3465.34Q
3AKatharina Molitor Germany (GER)63.5263.52Q
4BBarbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE)63.4063.40Q
5AGoldie Sayers Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)56.6162.1962.19Q
6BMartina Ratej Slovenia (SLO)61.5861.58Q
7BKimberley Mickle Australia (AUS)60.5057.8060.1260.50q
8BLinda Stahl Germany (GER)60.2159.8558.2560.21q
9AYuki Ebihara Japan (JPN)57.3659.6659.8859.88q
10AMadara Palameika Latvia (LAT)59.78x59.3359.78q
11AJarmila Klimešová Czech Republic (CZE)55.9059.6556.0159.65q
12AÁsdís Hjálmsdóttir Iceland (ISL)59.1557.62x59.15SB
13BZahra Bani Italy (ITA)xx58.9258.92
14ARachel Yurkovich United States (USA)58.8458.0157.9258.84
15BVira Rebryk Ukraine (UKR)x55.6958.5058.50
16BMercedes Chilla Spain (ESP)58.34x52.0158.34
17BSinta Ozoliņa-Kovala Latvia (LAT)56.1858.1554.0258.15
18AJustine Robbeson South Africa (RSA)57.8755.2758.0858.08
19BLiu Chunhua China (CHN)56.7356.3757.5257.52
20BKara Patterson United States (USA)56.4155.2557.1457.14
21AIndrė Jakubaitytė Lithuania (LTU)x56.0156.9256.92
22AYanet Cruz Cuba (CUB)55.9156.7355.4856.73
23BTatjana Jelača Serbia (SRB)56.68x54.5856.68
24AElisabeth Eberl Austria (AUT)56.4854.39x56.48
25BRisa Miyashita Japan (JPN)55.6255.5255.4055.62
26AKim Kyung-ae South Korea (KOR)51.6453.7554.9654.96
27BMaría Lucelly Murillo Colombia (COL)xx52.8352.83
DSQAMariya Abakumova Russia (RUS)x62.4962.49Q

Final

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE)68.8067.9068.6467.1271.5866.8071.58SB
Sunette Viljoen South Africa (RSA)64.3665.2063.1258.4868.3862.6868.38AR
Christina Obergföll Germany (GER)61.7464.3964.8065.2463.51x65.24
4Katharina Molitor Germany (GER)59.8858.1957.9460.3158.8564.3264.32
5Kimberley Mickle Australia (AUS)59.3357.0760.87x61.9661.3361.96
6Martina Ratej Slovenia (SLO)58.87x60.58x61.65x61.65
7Jarmila Klimešová Czech Republic (CZE)59.27x57.37xx55.8759.27
9Yuki Ebihara Japan (JPN)59.0858.3957.9659.08
9Goldie Sayers Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)57.3257.5258.1858.18
10Madara Palameika Latvia (LAT)55.6958.08x58.08
Linda Stahl Germany (GER)DNS
Mariya Abakumova Russia (RUS)60.3871.25-x71.9964.2771.99NR, CR, WL

References

  1. Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Javelin Throw – PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  2. Javelin Throw 2011. IAAF (2011-08-23). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  3. World Championships preview – women’s field events Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Weekly (2011-08-25). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  4. "Tatyana Lebedeva and Maria Abakumova stripped of World Championship medals for doping violations". Sky Sports. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
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