2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 August.[1]

Women's javelin throw
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates6 August (qualification)
8 August (final)
Competitors31 from 22 nations
Winning distance66.76
Medalists
    Czech Republic
    China
    China
Video on YouTube
Official Video

Summary

Olympic gold medalist Sara Kolak's second throw took the lead at 64.95 metres. Her lead lasted only two throws before world record holder, at age 36, Barbora Špotáková threw 66.76 m (219 ft 0 in), which turned out to be the winner. These were two of six throwers who achieved their best distance in the second round. Li Lingwei's personal best 66.25 metres near the end of the third round put her in second place. After improving her own Asian record by almost a metre and a half to 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in), to move to #11 of all time, in her only throw of the qualifying round, Lü Huihui barely qualified into the final round in seventh place. With the benefit of those three extra throws, Lü threw a 65.26m in the fifth round to take the bronze medal from Kolak. She was the only competitor to improve her position in the final three throws.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

RecordDist.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 72.28 Barbora Špotáková  CZE 13 Sep 2008 Stuttgart, Germany
Championship 71.99 Maria Abakumova  RUS 2 Sep 2011 Daegu, South Korea
World leading 68.43 Sara Kolak  CRO 6 Jul 2017 Lausanne, Switzerland
African 69.35 Sunette Viljoen  RSA 9 Jun 2012 New York City, United States
Asian 66.13 Lü Huihui  CHN 30 Aug 2015 Beijing, China
NACAC 71.70 Olisdeilys Menéndez  CUB 14 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
South American 63.84 Flor Ruiz  COL 25 Jun 2016 Cali, Colombia
European 72.28 Barbora Špotáková  CZE 13 Sep 2008 Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian 66.83 Kimberley Mickle  AUS 22 Mar 2014 Melbourne, Australia

The following records were set at the competition:[3]

RecordDist.AthleteNat.Date
Asian 67.59 Lü Huihui  CHN 6 Aug 2017
Chinese

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.40 metres.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
6 August19:05Qualification
8 August19:20Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 6 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:05 and Group B starting at 20:29. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 63.50 metres( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[6] The overall results were as follows:[7]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1BLü Huihui China (CHN)67.5967.59Q, AR
2BMartina Ratej Slovenia (SLO)65.6465.64Q, SB
3AKatharina Molitor Germany (GER)61.7665.3765.37Q, SB
4ALiu Shiying China (CHN)x58.8964.7264.72Q
5BBarbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE)59.0464.3264.32Q
6BEda Tuğsuz Turkey (TUR)62.1361.5163.8763.87Q
7AKelsey-Lee Roberts Australia (AUS)61.1263.7063.70Q
8ASara Kolak Croatia (CRO)63.03x63.2463.24q
9BÁsdís Hjálmsdóttir Iceland (ISL)59.5357.2863.0663.06q
10AElizabeth Gleadle Canada (CAN)61.3962.97x62.97q
11ATatsiana Khaladovich Belarus (BLR)62.5861.0759.7362.58q
12BLi Lingwei China (CHN)62.2662.2960.7862.29q
13BAnete Kociņa Latvia (LAT)x62.2658.7562.26
14AMarharyta Dorozhon Israel (ISR)56.0261.33x61.33
15AKara Winger United States (USA)61.2758.2459.6361.27
16AMarina Saito Japan (JPN)59.2157.2960.8660.86
17BChristin Hussong Germany (GER)57.5356.9260.8660.86
18BLaila Domingos Brazil (BRA)60.5456.4460.1060.54
19ANikola Ogrodníková Czech Republic (CZE)59.99x55.8959.99
20BAnnu Rani India (IND)57.3459.9357.1659.93
21AMadara Palameika Latvia (LAT)x59.54x59.54
22BMarcelina Witek Poland (POL)59.00xx59.00
23AFlor Ruiz Colombia (COL)57.9357.94x57.94
24AYuki Ebihara Japan (JPN)55.3657.51x57.51
25BKathryn Mitchell Australia (AUS)57.42xx57.42
26ALiveta Jasiūnaitė Lithuania (LTU)50.5155.0555.8055.80
27ASigrid Borge Norway (NOR)54.9455.08x55.08
28BAriana Ince United States (USA)x54.52x54.52
29BRisa Miyashita Japan (JPN)51.5753.4353.8353.83
30AHanna Hatsko-Fedusova Ukraine (UKR)x51.90x51.90
BVera Rebrik  Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)xxrNM

Final

The final took place on 8 August at 19:20. The results were as follows:[8]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE)58.4866.76x65.6462.5763.7566.76
Li Lingwei China (CHN)61.8163.0166.2565.38xx66.25PB
Lü Huihui China (CHN)62.7162.4461.9560.8765.2658.3065.26
4Sara Kolak Croatia (CRO)x64.95x57.3863.50x64.95
5Eda Tuğsuz Turkey (TUR)61.8164.52x63.6864.4762.7764.52
6Tatsiana Khaladovich Belarus (BLR)63.0464.05xx62.62x64.05
7Katharina Molitor Germany (GER)59.8163.7559.6759.6759.8058.3063.75
8Liu Shiying China (CHN)xx62.2862.8461.3161.3962.84
9Martina Ratej Slovenia (SLO)61.05x59.1161.05
10Kelsey-Lee Roberts Australia (AUS)60.7658.3959.7660.76
11Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Iceland (ISL)57.3860.16x60.16
12Elizabeth Gleadle Canada (CAN)60.1258.8758.3660.12

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Javelin Throw Women – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. "Javelin Throw Women − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. "Javelin Throw Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. "Javelin Throw Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "Javelin Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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