2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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

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Barbora Špotáková, the reigning Olympic champion, topped the season's rankings with a throw of 69.45 m. Second-ranked Christina Obergföll had shown 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
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)
Sunette Viljoen
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)
Christina Obergföll
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)

Records

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

World record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Championship record Flag of Cuba.svg  Olisdeilys Menéndez  (CUB)71.70 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
World leadingFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)69.45 Monaco 22 July 2011
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Sunette Viljoen  (RSA)66.47 Shenzhen, China 18 August 2011
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jianhua Wei  (CHN)63.92 Beijing, China18 August 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Cuba.svg  Olisdeilys Menéndez  (CUB)71.70Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005
South American record Flag of Colombia.svg  Sabina Moya  (COL)62.62 Guatemala City, Guatemala 12 May 2002
European record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Louise Currey  (AUS)66.80 Runaway Bay, Australia 5 August 2000

Qualification standards

A standardB standard
61.0059.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
September 1, 201110:10 Qualification
September 2, 201119:10 Final

Results

Qualification

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

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Christina Obergföll Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)68.7668.76Q
2B Sunette Viljoen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)65.3465.34Q
3A Katharina Molitor Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)63.5263.52Q
4B Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)63.4063.40Q
5A Goldie Sayers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)56.6162.1962.19Q
6B Martina Ratej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)61.5861.58Q
7B Kimberley Mickle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)60.5057.8060.1260.50q
8B Linda Stahl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.2159.8558.2560.21q
9A Yuki Ebihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)57.3659.6659.8859.88q
10A Madara Palameika Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)59.78x59.3359.78q
11A Jarmila Klimešová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)55.9059.6556.0159.65q
12A Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)59.1557.62x59.15SB
13B Zahra Bani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)xx58.9258.92
14A Rachel Yurkovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)58.8458.0157.9258.84
15B Vira Rebryk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)x55.6958.5058.50
16B Mercedes Chilla Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)58.34x52.0158.34
17B Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)56.1858.1554.0258.15
18A Justine Robbeson Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)57.8755.2758.0858.08
19B Liu Chunhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)56.7356.3757.5257.52
20B Kara Patterson Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)56.4155.2557.1457.14
21A Indrė Jakubaitytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)x56.0156.9256.92
22A Yanet Cruz Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)55.9156.7355.4856.73
23B Tatjana Jelača Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia  (SRB)56.68x54.5856.68
24A Elisabeth Eberl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)56.4854.39x56.48
25B Risa Miyashita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)55.6255.5255.4055.62
26A Kim Kyung-ae Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)51.6453.7554.9654.96
27B María Lucelly Murillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)xx52.8352.83
DSQA Mariya Abakumova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)x62.4962.49Q

Final

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