2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the 2015 World Championships
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates28 August (qualification)
30 August (final)
Competitors32 from 21 nations
Winning distance67.69
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2013
2017  

The women's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 30 August. [1] [2]

Contents

There were eight automatic qualifiers out of the first round. With the best mark qualifiers, the German team was able to get four into the finals including defending champion Christina Obergföll, the home team was able to get two when Lü Huihui got in with the tenth qualifier. World leader Sunette Viljoen also could not make the automatic but got into the finals while the world record holder Barbora Špotáková did get an automatic.

The partisan locals were overjoyed when Lü took over the lead with a 63.80 and three throws later Li Lingwei improved upon that with a 64.10, putting the home team in first and second place. That lead held through the second round as closest anybody could come was Viljoen at 63.09 to take third place. Obergföl started the third round with a new leader 64.61, but Lü came back with an answer of 64.72 which held the lead until the next thrower Katharina Molitor threw it 2 cm further. Špotáková barely made 60 and didn't get to make the last three throws. In the fourth round, Viljoen threw 65.79 to move into the lead and as the fifth round was ending, Lü uncorked a 66.13 to set a new Asian Record and take the lead to a furious ovation. That was the status going into the last throw of the competition. Molitor had seen her leading position drop to third place over the last 2 rounds but found the answer, a 67.69 to let the air out of the crowd. [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [4]

World record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008
Championship record Flag of Russia.svg  Maria Abakumova  (RUS)71.99 Daegu, South Korea2 September 2011
World leadingFlag of South Africa.svg  Sunette Viljoen  (RSA)66.62 Melbourne, Australia21 March 2015
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Sunette Viljoen  (RSA)69.35 New York City, United States9 Jun 2012
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Li  (CHN)65.47 Incheon, South Korea1 October 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Cuba.svg  Olisdeilys Menéndez  (CUB)71.70 Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005
South American record Flag of Colombia.svg  Flor Ruiz  (COL)63.80 Xalapa, Mexico27 November 2014
European record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kimberley Mickle  (AUS)66.83Melbourne, Australia22 March 2014
The following records were established during the competition:
Asian record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lü Huihui  (CHN)66.13 Beijing, China30 August 2015
World leadingFlag of Germany.svg  Katharina Molitor  (GER)67.69 Beijing, China30 August 2015

Qualification standards

Entry standards [5]
61.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
28 August 201519:00 Qualification
30 August 201518:45 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 63.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q). [6]

RankGroupNameNationality# 1# 2# 3MarkNotes
1B Christin Hussong Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.2761.0065.9265.92 Q, PB
2B Li Lingwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)65.0765.07 Q, SB
3B Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)60.6265.0265.02 Q
4A Brittany Borman Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)58.24x64.2264.22 Q
5A Christina Obergföll Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)xx64.1064.10 Q
6B Elizabeth Gleadle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)64.0264.02 Q
7A Sunette Viljoen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)63.9363.93 Q
8B Linda Stahl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)62.1261.2163.5263.52 Q
9A Katharina Molitor Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.6459.9063.2363.23 q
10A Lü Huihui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)59.6663.1563.15 q
11B Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)62.81xx62.81 q, SB
12B Kara Winger Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)61.5962.2159.1862.21 q
13A Madara Palameika Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)59.78x62.1762.17
14A Zhang Li Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)61.2961.8056.2361.80 SB
15A Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)59.2561.41x61.41 SB
16B Marharyta Dorozhon Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)61.0459.7960.6361.04
17B Kathryn Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)61.04xx61.04
18B Yulenmis Aguilar Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)60.5259.0558.0460.52
19A Yuki Ebihara Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)53.6757.5660.3060.30
20A Kelsey-Lee Roberts Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)60.1858.0349.7860.18
21A Tatsiana Khaladovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)x55.6760.0760.07
22B Kimberley Mickle Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)x59.83x59.83
23A Martina Ratej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)57.1359.76x59.76
24A Vera Rebrik Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)59.67x59.3559.67
25A Jucilene de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)59.3859.4951.1859.49
26A Goldie Sayers Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)58.2858.11x58.28
27B Flor Ruiz Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)x56.7057.2557.25
28B Maria Andrejczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)52.8653.4456.7556.75
29B Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)56.72xx56.72
30B Mariya Abakumova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)56.0855.69x56.08
31A Sanni Utriainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)54.5755.56x55.56
32B Kateryna Derun Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)x53.49x53.49

Final

The final was started at 18:45 [7]

RankNameNationality# 1# 2# 3# 4# 5# 6MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Katharina Molitor Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.8461.3764.7461.8662.1367.6967.69 WL
Silver medal icon.svg Lü Huihui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)63.80x64.7259.6566.1363.7266.13 AR
Bronze medal icon.svg Sunette Viljoen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)60.1863.0962.9365.7962.1160.1165.79
4 Christina Obergföll Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)x61.0464.61x62.51x64.61 SB
5 Li Lingwei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)64.1062.5661.94x62.87x64.10
6 Christin Hussong Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)x59.9862.9462.98xx62.98
7 Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)62.2060.56x58.88xx62.20
8 Kara Winger Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)58.5560.6360.8859.3459.28x60.88
9 Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)x59.5460.0860.08
10 Linda Stahl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)58.8259.6959.8859.88
11 Elizabeth Gleadle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)59.7859.82x59.82
12 Brittany Borman Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)57.9658.2657.8658.26

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  7. Final results