2015 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's javelin throw

Last updated September 09, 2019

The women's javelin throw event at the 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at Kadriorg Stadium on 9 and 11 July.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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.

The 2015 European Athletics U23 Championships was the 10th edition of the biennial athletics competition between European athletes under the age of twenty-three. It was held in Tallinn, Estonia from 8 to 12 July.

Tallinn is the capital, primate and the most populous city of Estonia. Located in the northern part of the country, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of 434,562. Administratively a part of Harju maakond (county), Tallinn is a major financial, industrial, cultural, educational and research centre of Estonia. Tallinn is located 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Helsinki, Finland, 320 kilometres (200 mi) west of Saint Petersburg, Russia, and 380 kilometres (240 mi) east of Stockholm, Sweden. It has close historical ties with these three cities. From the 13th century until the first half of the 20th century Tallinn was known in most of the world by its historical German name Reval.

Medalists

Gold	Christin Hussong Germany
Silver	Kateryna Derun Ukraine
Bronze	Liveta Jasiūnaitė Lithuania

Results

Final

11 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Christin Hussong	Germany	62.07	x	59.40	65.60	x	x	65.60	NUR PB
	Kateryna Derun	Ukraine	48.55	52.51	x	55.23	55.27	58.60	58.60	SB
	Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Lithuania	51.35	50.30	52.72	52.08	55.77	54.70	55.77	SB
4	Sigrid Borge	Norway	47.75	49.45	51.71	48.42	55.72	x	55.72	PB
5	Arantxa Moreno	Spain	50.69	54.82	51.24	55.11	55.32	53.69	55.32
6	Lidia Parada	Spain	52.21	54.09	x	50.82	x	49.64	54.09
7	Marija Vučenović	Serbia	52.72	x	53.82	53.09	53.80	50.98	53.82	SB
8	Tatsiana Korzh	Belarus	x	x	52.54	x	P	P	52.54

9	Tetyana Fetiskina	Ukraine	50.43	x	x				50.43
10	Marcelina Witek	Poland	47.22	50.38	49.83				50.38
11	Katrina Sirmā	Latvia	x	49.22	49.46				49.46
12	Olga Shestakova	Russia	48.52	48.45	49.19				49.19

Qualifications

9 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	Christin Hussong	Germany	52.71	62.59		62.59	SB Q
2	Kateryna Derun	Ukraine	53.52	54.92	51.54	54.92	q
3	Lidia Parada	Spain	54.87	54.17	51.03	54.87	q
4	Arantxa Moreno	Spain	54.18	54.77	–	54.77	q
5	Tatsiana Korzh	Belarus	52.31	x	–	52.31	q
6	Tetyana Fetiskina	Ukraine	51.92	x	49.06	51.92	q
7	Marcelina Witek	Poland	51.20	x	49.03	51.20	q
8	Marija Vučenović	Serbia	50.61	50.63	50.99	50.99	q
9	Olga Shestakova	Russia	48.91	49.94	x	49.94	q
10	Sigrid Borge	Norway	49.80	48.31	48.78	49.80	q
11	Katrina Sirmā	Latvia	43.76	48.08	49.70	49.70	SB q
12	Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Lithuania	46.20	45.89	49.37	49.37	q
13	Yekaterina Starygina	Russia	45.98	47.57	48.92	48.92
14	Christine Winkler	Germany	48.10	46.22	48.71	48.71
15	Lena Marie Hansen	Norway	48.25	x	44.96	48.25
16	Saara Lipsanen	Finland	x	46.34	47.15	47.15
17	Katarina Gašparović	Croatia	46.06	x	42.82	46.06
18	Esra Gaz	Turkey	42.36	45.48	x	45.48
19	Kristina Kristianslund	Norway	42.86	41.98	44.44	44.44
20	Simona Dobilaitė	Lithuania	43.88	42.98	x	43.88
21	Paola Padovan	Italy	x	43.69	43.74	43.74
22	Mari-Liis Tulev	Estonia	42.88	x	43.24	43.24
23	Janette Lepistö	Finland	40.99	40.97	42.54	42.54
	Margaux Nicollin	France	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.

Belarus (1)
Croatia (1)
Estonia (1)
Finland (2)
France (1)
Germany (2)
Italy (1)
Latvia (1)
Lithuania (2)
Norway (3)
Poland (1)
Russia (2)
Serbia (1)
Spain (2)
Turkey (1)
Ukraine (2)

Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, formerly known by its Russian name Byelorussia or Belorussia, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. Over 40% of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested. Its major economic sectors are service industries and manufacturing. Until the 20th century, different states at various times controlled the lands of modern-day Belarus, including the Principality of Polotsk, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, and the Russian Empire.

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has an area of 56,594 square kilometres and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics.

Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country on the eastern coast of the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland with Finland on the other side, to the west by the Baltic Sea with Sweden on the other side, to the south by Latvia (343 km), and to the east by Lake Peipus and Russia (338.6 km). The territory of Estonia consists of a mainland and 2,222 islands in the Baltic Sea, covering a total area of 45,227 km² (17,462 sq mi), water 2,839 km² (1,096 sq mi), land area 42,388 km² (16,366 sq mi), and is influenced by a humid continental climate. The official language of the country, Estonian, is the second-most-spoken Finnic language.

References

↑ 10th European Athletics U23 Championships, Kadriorg Stadium - Tallinn EST 9–12 July, European Athletics Association , retrieved 26 July 2015
↑ 10th European Athletics U23 Championships, Kadriorg Stadium - Tallinn EST 9–12 July (PDF), Český atletický svaz , retrieved 26 July 2015
↑ European Athletics U23 Championships - Tallinn, Estonia - 9 - 12 July 2015 - Results - Day 1 (PDF), Norwegian Athletics Association , retrieved 26 July 2015^{[ permanent dead link ]}
↑ European Athletics U23 Championships - Tallinn, Estonia - 9 - 12 July 2015 - Results - Day 3 (PDF), Norwegian Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24, retrieved 26 July 2015Cite uses deprecated parameter |dead-url= (help)

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[eaa_15-1] 10th European Athletics U23 Championships, Kadriorg Stadium - Tallinn EST 9–12 July, European Athletics Association , retrieved 26 July 2015

[cas-2] 10th European Athletics U23 Championships, Kadriorg Stadium - Tallinn EST 9–12 July (PDF), Český atletický svaz , retrieved 26 July 2015

[naa_01-3] European Athletics U23 Championships - Tallinn, Estonia - 9 - 12 July 2015 - Results - Day 1 (PDF), Norwegian Athletics Association , retrieved 26 July 2015^{[ permanent dead link ]}

[naa_03-4] European Athletics U23 Championships - Tallinn, Estonia - 9 - 12 July 2015 - Results - Day 3 (PDF), Norwegian Athletics Association, archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-24, retrieved 26 July 2015Cite uses deprecated parameter |dead-url= (help)

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