2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 30 August 2003. The qualification mark was set at 60.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Mirela Manjani Greece (GRE)
Silver	Tatyana Shikolenko Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Steffi Nerius Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
28.08.2003 – 17:00h	28.08.2003 – 18:55h
Final Round
30.08.2003 – 16:40h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)	71.54 m	July 1, 2001	Rethymno, Greece
Event Record	Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)	69.53 m	August 6, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Season Best	Tatyana Shikolenko  (RUS)	66.00 m	August 10, 2003	Tula, Russia

Startlist

Order	No.	Athlete	SB	PB
GROUP A
1	492	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi  (GRE)	56.66	63.14
2	68	Lavern Eve  (BAH)	62.89	63.73
3	1141	Kim Kreiner  (USA)	60.86	64.19
4	211	Sabina Moya  (COL)	60.17	62.62
5	690	Rita Ramanauskaitė  (LTU)	60.87	62.69
6	951	Tatyana Shikolenko  (RUS)	66.00	67.20
7	524	Nikolett Szabó  (HUN)	62.88	64.62
8	174	Ma Ning  (CHN)	62.38	62.38
9	453	Steffi Nerius  (GER)	64.42	66.52
10	241	Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)	63.96	71.54
11	255	Jarmila Klimešová  (CZE)	60.54	62.60
12	337	Mikaela Ingberg  (FIN)	63.55	64.03
GROUP B
1	817	Leryn Franco  (PAR)	53.09	55.38
2	231	Sonia Bisset  (CUB)	60.75	67.67
3	896	Sunette Viljoen  (RSA)	61.59	61.59
4	375	Sarah Walter  (FRA)	62.53	62.53
5	627	Takako Miyake  (JPN)	55.99	61.15
6	336	Paula Tarvainen  (FIN)	64.90	64.90
7	482	Miréla Manjani  (GRE)	66.52	67.51
8	339	Taina Kolkkala  (FIN)	61.96	64.06
9	886	Ana Mirela Țermure  (ROU)	61.91	65.08
10	957	Valeriya Zabruskova  (RUS)	64.49	64.49
11	230	Noraida Bicet  (CUB)	62.40	63.32
12	568	Claudia Coslovich  (ITA)	62.70	65.30

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Tatyana Shikolenko  (RUS)	63.71	—	—	63.71 m	Q
2	2	Lavern Eve  (BAH)	62.89	—	—	62.89 m	Q, SB
3	4	Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)	61.74	—	—	61.74 m	Q
4	5	Mikaela Ingberg  (FIN)	60.89	—	—	60.89 m	Q
5	7	Steffi Nerius  (GER)	60.40	—	—	60.40 m	Q
6	9	Nikolett Szabó  (HUN)	56.52	56.83	59.84	59.84 m	q
7	11	Ma Ning  (CHN)	58.95	56.41	57.19	58.95 m	q
8	14	Rita Ramanauskaitė  (LTU)	X	54.10	57.13	57.13 m
9	15	Jarmila Klimešová  (CZE)	X	56.98	55.53	56.98 m
10	17	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi  (GRE)	56.02	53.37	56.66	56.66 m	SB
11	19	Sabina Moya  (COL)	55.75	X	51.80	55.75 m
12	21	Kim Kreiner  (USA)	X	53.50	54.84	54.84 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Mirela Manjani  (GRE)	62.48	—	—	62.48 m	Q
2	6	Sonia Bisset  (CUB)	55.99	60.64	—	60.64 m	Q
3	7	Valeriya Zabruskova  (RUS)	60.40	—	—	60.40 m	Q
4	10	Claudia Coslovich  (ITA)	59.57	X	55.99	59.57 m	q
5	12	Taina Kolkkala  (FIN)	57.73	58.94	58.61	58.94 m	q
6	13	Ana Mirela Țermure  (ROU)	58.50	55.90	56.88	58.50 m
7	16	Sunette Viljoen  (RSA)	56.78	56.04	52.93	56.78 m
8	18	Noraida Bicet  (CUB)	X	X	56.33	56.33 m
9	20	Paula Tarvainen  (FIN)	54.55	55.06	51.46	55.06 m
10	22	Sarah Walter  (FRA)	49.55	54.31	53.39	54.31 m
11	23	Takako Miyake  (JPN)	52.26	49.07	46.88	52.26 m
12	24	Leryn Franco  (PAR)	50.05	X	51.13	51.13 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mirela Manjani  (GRE)	64.55	64.46	64.09	66.52	X	56.84	66.52 m	SB
	Tatyana Shikolenko  (RUS)	62.76	62.99	63.28	X	60.67	59.93	63.28 m
	Steffi Nerius  (GER)	59.15	62.70	60.30	X	61.81	X	62.70 m
4	Mikaela Ingberg  (FIN)	61.37	59.98	—	62.02	—	62.20	62.20 m
5	Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)	61.18	X	X	62.19	60.47	X	62.19 m
6	Sonia Bisset  (CUB)	56.90	58.21	60.17	X	X	56.36	60.17 m
7	Claudia Coslovich  (ITA)	55.48	58.81	59.64	56.05	57.89	56.14	59.64 m
8	Lavern Eve  (BAH)	56.43	54.39	59.60	X	58.47	57.55	59.60 m
9	Valeriya Zabruskova  (RUS)	59.51	54.19	58.67				59.51 m
10	Taina Kolkkala  (FIN)	57.50	57.00	56.71				57.50 m
11	Ma Ning  (CHN)	55.07	57.43	56.57				57.43 m
12	Nikolett Szabó  (HUN)	56.98	56.97	55.85				56.98 m

See also

• Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw
• Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

References

• Results
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