2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw
at the 2017 World Championships
Women's javelin throw ; at the 2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	6 August (qualification); 8 August (final)
Competitors	31 from 22 nations
Winning distance	66.76
Medalists
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Last updated August 23, 2024

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The women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 August.^[1]

Summary

Olympic gold medalist Sara Kolak's second throw took the lead at 64.95 metres. Her lead lasted only two throws before world record holder, at age 36, Barbora Špotáková threw 66.76 m (219 ft 0 in), which turned out to be the winner. These were two of six throwers who achieved their best distance in the second round. Li Lingwei's personal best 66.25 metres near the end of the third round put her in second place. After improving her own Asian record by almost a metre and a half to 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in), to move to #11 of all time, in her only throw of the qualifying round, Lü Huihui barely qualified into the final round in seventh place. With the benefit of those three extra throws, Lü threw a 65.26m in the fifth round to take the bronze medal from Kolak. She was the only competitor to improve her position in the final three throws.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record	Dist.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	72.28	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	13 Sep 2008	Stuttgart, Germany
Championship	71.99	Maria Abakumova	RUS	2 Sep 2011	Daegu, South Korea
World leading	68.43	Sara Kolak	CRO	6 Jul 2017	Lausanne, Switzerland
African	69.35	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	9 Jun 2012	New York City, United States
Asian	66.13	Lü Huihui	CHN	30 Aug 2015	Beijing, China
NACAC	71.70	Olisdeilys Menéndez	CUB	14 Aug 2005	Helsinki, Finland
South American	63.84	Flor Ruiz	COL	25 Jun 2016	Cali, Colombia
European	72.28	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	13 Sep 2008	Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian	66.83	Kimberley Mickle	AUS	22 Mar 2014	Melbourne, Australia

The following records were set at the competition:^[3]

Record	Dist.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Asian	67.59	Lü Huihui	CHN	6 Aug 2017
Chinese	67.59	Lü Huihui	CHN	6 Aug 2017

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.40 metres.^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:^[5]

Date	Time	Round
6 August	19:05	Qualification
8 August	19:20	Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 6 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:05 and Group B starting at 20:29. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 63.50 metres( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.^[6] The overall results were as follows:^[7]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	B	Lü Huihui	China (CHN)	67.59			67.59	Q, AR
2	B	Martina Ratej	Slovenia (SLO)	65.64			65.64	Q, SB
3	A	Katharina Molitor	Germany (GER)	61.76	65.37		65.37	Q, SB
4	A	Liu Shiying	China (CHN)	x	58.89	64.72	64.72	Q
5	B	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	59.04	64.32		64.32	Q
6	B	Eda Tuğsuz	Turkey (TUR)	62.13	61.51	63.87	63.87	Q
7	A	Kelsey-Lee Roberts	Australia (AUS)	61.12	63.70		63.70	Q
8	A	Sara Kolak	Croatia (CRO)	63.03	x	63.24	63.24	q
9	B	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland (ISL)	59.53	57.28	63.06	63.06	q
10	A	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada (CAN)	61.39	62.97	x	62.97	q
11	A	Tatsiana Khaladovich	Belarus (BLR)	62.58	61.07	59.73	62.58	q
12	B	Li Lingwei	China (CHN)	62.26	62.29	60.78	62.29	q
13	B	Anete Kociņa	Latvia (LAT)	x	62.26	58.75	62.26
14	A	Marharyta Dorozhon	Israel (ISR)	56.02	61.33	x	61.33
15	A	Kara Winger	United States (USA)	61.27	58.24	59.63	61.27
16	A	Marina Saito	Japan (JPN)	59.21	57.29	60.86	60.86
17	B	Christin Hussong	Germany (GER)	57.53	56.92	60.86	60.86
18	B	Laila Domingos	Brazil (BRA)	60.54	56.44	60.10	60.54
19	A	Nikola Ogrodníková	Czech Republic (CZE)	59.99	x	55.89	59.99
20	B	Annu Rani	India (IND)	57.34	59.93	57.16	59.93
21	A	Madara Palameika	Latvia (LAT)	x	59.54	x	59.54
22	B	Marcelina Witek	Poland (POL)	59.00	x	x	59.00
23	A	Flor Ruiz	Colombia (COL)	57.93	57.94	x	57.94
24	A	Yuki Ebihara	Japan (JPN)	55.36	57.51	x	57.51
25	B	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia (AUS)	57.42	x	x	57.42
26	A	Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Lithuania (LTU)	50.51	55.05	55.80	55.80
27	A	Sigrid Borge	Norway (NOR)	54.94	55.08	x	55.08
28	B	Ariana Ince	United States (USA)	x	54.52	x	54.52
29	B	Risa Miyashita	Japan (JPN)	51.57	53.43	53.83	53.83
30	A	Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova	Ukraine (UKR)	x	51.90	x	51.90
	B	Vera Rebrik	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	x	x	r	NM

Final

The final took place on 8 August at 19:20. The results were as follows:^[8]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	58.48	66.76	x	65.64	62.57	63.75	66.76
	Li Lingwei	China (CHN)	61.81	63.01	66.25	65.38	x	x	66.25	PB
	Lü Huihui	China (CHN)	62.71	62.44	61.95	60.87	65.26	58.30	65.26
4	Sara Kolak	Croatia (CRO)	x	64.95	x	57.38	63.50	x	64.95
5	Eda Tuğsuz	Turkey (TUR)	61.81	64.52	x	63.68	64.47	62.77	64.52
6	Tatsiana Khaladovich	Belarus (BLR)	63.04	64.05	x	x	62.62	x	64.05
7	Katharina Molitor	Germany (GER)	59.81	63.75	59.67	59.67	59.80	58.30	63.75
8	Liu Shiying	China (CHN)	x	x	62.28	62.84	61.31	61.39	62.84
9	Martina Ratej	Slovenia (SLO)	61.05	x	59.11				61.05
10	Kelsey-Lee Roberts	Australia (AUS)	60.76	58.39	59.76				60.76
11	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland (ISL)	57.38	60.16	x				60.16
12	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada (CAN)	60.12	58.87	58.36				60.12

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References

↑ Start list
↑ "Javelin Throw Women – Records". IAAF . Retrieved 1 August 2017.
↑ "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.
↑ "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
↑ "Javelin Throw Women − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
↑ "Javelin Throw Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
↑ "Javelin Throw Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.
↑ "Javelin Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.

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[1] Start list

[2] "Javelin Throw Women – Records". IAAF . Retrieved 1 August 2017.

[3] "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[4] "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.

[Timetable-5] "Javelin Throw Women − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.

[6] "Javelin Throw Women − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.

[7] "Javelin Throw Women − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.

[8] "Javelin Throw Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF . Retrieved 9 August 2017.

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