Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw; at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	25–27 August
Competitors	45 from 31 nations
Winning distance	71.53 OR
Medalists

The women's javelin throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August.[1]

Competition format

Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[2]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 25 August 2004	19:00	Qualification
Friday, 27 August 2004	20:55	Final

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.54 m	Rethymno, Greece	1 July 2001
Olympic record	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	68.91 m	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Result	Record
27 August	Final	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	71.53 m	OR

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 61.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	64.91	—	—	64.91	Q
2	B	Nikola Brejchová	Czech Republic	64.39	—	—	64.39	Q
3	A	Tetyana Lyakhovych	Ukraine	59.43	57.35	63.07	63.07	Q, NR
4	A	Savva Lika	Greece	58.29	62.22	—	62.22	Q
5	A	Steffi Nerius	Germany	57.67	60.30	62.14	62.14	Q
6	B	Laverne Eve	Bahamas	62.11	—	—	62.11	Q, SB
7	A	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	Romania	52.10	59.06	62.05	62.05	Q
8	B	Sonia Bisset	Cuba	61.45	—	—	61.45	Q
9	A	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland	59.20	61.18	—	61.18	Q
10	A	Taina Kolkkala	Finland	61.16	—	—	61.16	Q
11	A	Miréla Manjani	Greece	56.92	x	61.04	61.04	Q, SB
12	B	Noraida Bicet	Cuba	59.45	60.61	60.97	60.97	q
13	B	Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	60.70	59.08	60.80	60.80
14	A	Claudia Coslovich	Italy	60.58	x	x	60.58
15	A	Christina Obergföll	Germany	60.41	58.47	56.67	60.41
16	B	Nikolett Szabó	Hungary	60.20	59.06	54.60	60.20
17	B	Zuleima Araméndiz	Colombia	58.77	58.99	59.94	59.94	PB
18	A	Ma Ning	China	59.80	55.30	57.03	59.80	SB
19	B	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi	Greece	56.21	57.88	59.64	59.64
20	B	Katherine Sayers	Great Britain	59.11	53.64	x	59.11
21	B	Annika Suthe	Germany	58.70	56.81	55.62	58.70
22	A	Mercedes Chilla	Spain	54.12	x	58.45	58.45
23	A	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	55.39	58.20	x	58.20
24	B	Aïda Sellam	Tunisia	57.76	52.77	53.22	57.76
25	A	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	55.89	55.62	57.70	57.70
26	B	Oksana Yarygina	Russia	57.57	54.20	50.28	57.57
27	A	Valeriya Zabruskova	Russia	57.51	57.53	55.47	57.53
28	A	Paula Tarvainen	Finland	56.88	x	x	56.88
29	B	Christina Scherwin	Denmark	56.79	55.26	56.86	56.86
30	B	Elisabetta Marin	Italy	54.43	x	56.34	56.34
31	B	Rita Ramanauskaitė	Lithuania	55.17	x	x	55.17
32	B	Hristina Georgieva	Bulgaria	49.69	54.65	55.13	55.13
33	B	Moonika Aava	Estonia	x	53.41	54.96	54.96
34	A	Ilze Gribule	Latvia	54.82	54.92	51.95	54.92
35	B	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	52.71	54.45	53.28	54.45
36	A	Chang Jung-yeon	South Korea	x	50.54	53.93	53.93
37	B	Xue Juan	China	52.97	x	x	52.97
38	B	Liliya Dusmetova	Uzbekistan	49.86	50.92	52.46	52.46
39	B	Kim Kreiner	United States	52.18	x	51.46	52.18
40	A	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua	47.81	51.42	46.18	51.42
41	A	Natallia Shymchuk	Belarus	51.23	x	48.11	51.23
42	A	Leryn Franco	Paraguay	49.17	48.20	50.37	50.37
43	A	Romina Maggi	Argentina	46.00	48.57	48.58	48.58
44	B	Serafina Akeli	Samoa	45.93	45.64	43.84	45.93
	A	Yekaterina Ivakina	Russia	x	x	—	NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	71.53	x	65.41	68.60	63.64	—	71.53	OR
	Steffi Nerius	Germany	63.02	60.58	x	x	63.60	65.82	65.82	PB
	Miréla Manjani	Greece	62.29	63.61	x	62.20	x	64.29	64.29	SB
4	Nikola Brejchová	Czech Republic	62.46	63.77	64.23	x	63.77	62.55	64.23
5	Sonia Bisset	Cuba	61.93	59.58	60.39	60.32	60.20	63.54	63.54
6	Laverne Eve	Bahamas	57.25	58.09	62.77	58.50	x	59.02	62.77	SB
7	Noraida Bicet	Cuba	62.36	60.64	60.70	62.51	60.41	61.61	62.51
8	Tetyana Lyakhovych	Ukraine	59.52	57.26	61.75	x	57.39	55.70	61.75
9	Savva Lika	Greece	58.58	60.91	60.53				60.91
10	Taina Kolkkala	Finland	60.72	58.53	60.69				60.72
11	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	Romania	58.04	57.42	59.72				59.72
12	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland	54.54	56.43	58.22				58.22

References

"Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
"Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Hammer Throw". Athens 2004. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

External links

Official Olympic Report

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[1] "Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Athens 2004. IAAF. Retrieved 12 February 2015.

[2] "Athletics at the 2004 Athens Summer Games: Women's Hammer Throw". Athens 2004. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2015.

Javelin throw at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races