2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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The Women's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 18. The event featured four athletes whose ability was so much better than the opposition that Mirko Jalava of the IAAF said it would be a "major surprise" should another athlete beat them to the podium.

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The Olympic champion and world record holder Barbora Špotáková, and Beijing silver medallist Mariya Abakumova, had not matched their Olympic form of the previous year but remained strong contenders for the competition. The other two athletes came from the German team, which was headed by world-leader and two-time World medallist Christina Obergföll, as well as the veteran Steffi Nerius who won silver in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Osleidys Menéndez, Sunette Viljoen and Madara Palameika were the outside contenders. [1]

A modest qualifying round was highlighted by Abakumova's world-leading throw of 68.92 m, while German number three Linda Stahl and Slovenian Martina Ratej threw season's bests to qualify as the second and third best throwers. The first round saw the elimination of two of the season's top-six athletes, Palameika and Viljoen. [2] On the final day, Nerius opened the competition in style with a season's best 67.30 m on her first throw, while Špotáková and Monica Stoian completed the top three with 64.94 and 64.51 m respectively. With a throw of 65.39 m Mariya Abakumova moved into the bronze medal position, and she would remain there for the rest of the event. Obergföll and Stahl moved into the top six in round three, but the positions remained static thereafter. Neither Špotáková nor Abakumova (whose qualifying throw would have won the final) could find the form to dislodge Nerius from the gold medal spot. The 37-year-old German won her first ever World Championship gold medal in Berlin, in what was her final year in competitive athletics. [3]

Medalists

Gold Flag of Germany.svg Steffi Nerius
Germany (GER)
Silver Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Barbora Špotáková
Czech Republic (CZE)
Bronze Flag of Romania.svg Monica Stoian
Romania (ROM)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
16.08.2009 10:45h16.08.2009 10:45h
Final Round
18.08.2009 19:25h

Qualification standards

A standardB standard
61.00 metres59.00 metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships
World record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 m13 September 2008 Stuttgart, Germany
Event record Flag of Cuba.svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)71.70 m14 August 2005 Helsinki, Finland
Season Best Flag of Germany.svg  Christina Obergföll  (GER)68.59 m20 June 2009 Leiria, Portugal
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Sunette Viljoen  (RSA)65.43 m7 July 2009 Belgrade, Serbia
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei Jianhua  (CHN)63.92 m18 August 2000 Beijing, PR China
North American record Flag of Cuba.svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)71.70 m14 August 2005Helsinki, Finland
South American record Flag of Colombia.svg  Sabina Moya  (COL)62.62 m12 May 2002 Guatemala City, Guatemala
European record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 m13 September 2008Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Louise Currey  (AUS)66.80 m5 August 2000 Runaway Bay, Australia

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 62.00 (Q) or the least 12 best athletes and ties (q) advance to the final.

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Linda Stahl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)63.8663.86Q, SB
2A Martina Ratej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)53.1363.4263.42Q, SB
3A Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)63.2763.27Q
4B Osleidys Menéndez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)59.8661.94x61.94q
5A Steffi Nerius Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)61.00x61.7361.73q
6B Christina Obergföll Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.0459.8660.7460.74q
7A Monica Stoian Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)59.4560.2955.5760.29q
8A Vira Rebryk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)59.6859.7058.2759.70q
9A Savva Lika Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)57.26x59.6459.64q
10B Rachel Yurkovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)59.5753.8459.5559.57q
11B Maria Nicoleta Negoita Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)59.46x56.3259.46q
12A Goldie Sayers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)56.4458.5858.9858.98
13B Mikaela Ingberg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)53.8657.88x57.88
14B Kimberley Mickle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)57.46x56.8557.46
15A Yainelis Ribeaux Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)57.2657.3856.4857.38
16B Olha Ivankova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)56.9154.8654.8556.91
17B Sunette Viljoen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)x56.8349.4556.83
18A Mercedes Chilla Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)56.68xx56.68
19B Urszula Piwnicka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)56.3356.4955.7456.49
20A Maryna Novik Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)51.5656.4455.0156.44
21B Yanet Cruz Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)55.5056.19x56.19
22B Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)55.8655.27x55.86
23A Indrė Jakubaitytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)55.86xx55.86
24B Yuki Ebihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)49.1453.3054.8154.81
25B Moonika Aava Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)49.4952.6953.8653.86
26B Madara Palameika Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)51.8052.98x52.98
27B Valeriya Zabruskova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)47.3152.8751.1352.87
28A Kara Patterson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)50.60x52.7152.71
29A Elisabeth Pauer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)x49.3250.8850.88
30A Serafina Akeli Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa  (SAM)49.58xx49.58
DSQA Mariya Abakumova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)68.9268.92Q, WL

Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

Final

Steffi Nerius won her first Championship gold medal at age 37. Steffi Nerius Berlin 2009.jpg
Steffi Nerius won her first Championship gold medal at age 37.
RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Steffi Nerius Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)67.3062.7965.81x62.27x67.30SB
Silver medal icon.svg Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)64.9464.2666.4261.2962.2559.7466.42
Bronze medal icon.svg Monica Stoian Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)64.51x61.9059.6261.8461.5364.51PB
4 Christina Obergföll Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)x60.3764.34x63.02x64.34
5 Linda Stahl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)61.6463.2363.1859.0061.3360.9063.23
6 Osleidys Menéndez Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)63.11xxx61.5658.2763.11SB
7 Savva Lika Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)56.5557.3358.8057.29x60.2960.29
8 Vira Rebryk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)58.2556.7857.5058.25
9 Maria Nicoleta Negoita Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)57.5957.65x57.65
10 Martina Ratej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)57.57xx57.57
11 Rachel Yurkovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)51.1550.05x51.15
DSQ Mariya Abakumova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)63.01x65.39x59.7166.0666.06

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

References

General
Specific
  1. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-09). Women's Javelin Throw - PREVIEW Archived 2009-08-08 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  2. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's Javelin Throw - Qualification Archived 2009-08-20 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  3. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-18). Event Report - Women's Javelin Throw - Final Archived 2009-08-21 at the Wayback Machine . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.