2014 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

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The women's javelin throw at the 2014 European Athletics Championships took place at the Letzigrund on 12 and 14 August.

Javelin throw track and field athletics event where the javelin is thrown

The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.

2014 European Athletics Championships 2014 edition of the European Athletics Championships

The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12–17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.

Letzigrund stadium

Letzigrund  is a stadium in Zürich, Switzerland, and the home of the athletics club LC Zürich, and the football clubs FC Zürich and Grasshopper Club Zürich. LC Zürich is a spin-off of FC Zürich whose members constructed the stadium in 1925. Grasshopper-Club is using it as their home stadium since 2007. The annual athletics meet Weltklasse Zürich—part of the IAAF Diamond League—takes place at the Letzigrund since 1928, as well as frequent open-air concerts. On the Letzigrund track on 21 June 1960, Armin Hary was the first human being to run the 100 metres in 10,0 seconds.

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Medalists

Gold Barbora Špotáková
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
Silver Tatjana Jelača
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Bronze Linda Stahl
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany

Records

Standing records prior to the 2014 European Athletics Championships
World record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 m Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
European record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 mStuttgart, Germany13 September 2008
Championship record Flag of Greece.svg  Mirela Manjani  (GRE)67.47 m Munich, Germany 8 August 2002
World LeadingFlag of Germany.svg  Linda Stahl  (GER)67.32 m New York City, United States 14 June 2014
European LeadingFlag of Germany.svg  Linda Stahl  (GER)67.32 mNew York City, United States14 June 2014

Schedule

DateTimeRound
12 August 201410:50 Qualification
14 August 201420:40 Final

All times are local times (UTC+2)

Results

Qualification

57.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final. [1]

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3MarkNote
1B Martina Ratej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 61.8761.87Q
2B Christin Hussong Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 57.4761.1361.13Q
3A Tatjana Jelača Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 60.2660.26Q
4A Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 59.9959.99Q
5A Tatsiana Khaladovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 56.2954.6059.5159.51Q
6A Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 59.4759.47Q
7B Linda Stahl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.4259.42Q
8A Katharina Molitor Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 56.6157.0558.2458.24Q
9B Goldie Sayers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 58.0758.07Q
10B Madara Palameika Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 57.8657.86Q
11B Mercedes Chilla Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 57.8257.82Q
12B Sofi Flink Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 57.2155.2157.5357.53Q
13B Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 55.8156.3654.4456.36
14B Petra Andrejsková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 53.2356.1055.4356.10
15A Indrė Jakubaitytė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 54.8653.3752.5754.86
16B Marie-Therese Obst Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 54.5952.42x54.59
17A Elisabeth Eberl Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52.9251.1954.4154.41
18A Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 53.81xx53.81
19B Līna Mūze Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 53.4253.11x53.42
20A Nikola Ogrodníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic xx53.1553.15
21A Sara Kolak Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia x52.5151.8452.51
22A Oona Sormunen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 51.46xx51.46

Final

[2]

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 62.8659.6758.8357.2464.4161.5964.41
Silver medal icon.svg Tatjana Jelača Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 60.9860.5162.3160.2564.2160.3064.21 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Linda Stahl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 63.9160.0962.7063.0661.61x63.91
4 Madara Palameika Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 60.3362.04xxx60.3162.04
5 Tatsiana Khaladovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 59.6056.6460.91x61.4161.6661.66
6 Martina Ratej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 58.0061.5860.7859.4561.5856.8461.58
7 Christin Hussong Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 59.0555.9659.0259.2957.4959.0859.29
8 Goldie Sayers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 55.81x58.33xxx58.33
9 Katharina Molitor Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 50.6558.0056.0458.00
10 Mercedes Chilla Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 57.9152.6654.2357.91
11 Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 57.82xx57.82
12 Sofi Flink Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 56.6854.2354.6656.68

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