2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the 2019 World Championships
Venue Khalifa International Stadium
Dates30 September (qualification)
1 October (final)
Competitors31 from 21 nations
Winning distance66.56
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2017
2022  

The women's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 30 September and 1 October 2019. [1]

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Summary

On the second throw of the competition, returning bronze medalist Lü Huihui took the lead with a 64.93m. Three throwers later, her Chinese teammate Liu Shiying almost matched that with a 64.81m effort. Defending champion Barbora Špotáková fouled. The third-place thrower was Kelsey-Lee Barber, almost two metres behind. In the second round, Lü improved to 65.06m and Christin Hussong landed one only a centimetre behind, while Špotáková only managed a 59.52m. By the time of Špotáková's third attempt, she already knew Tatsiana Khaladovich held the #8 spot with 60.84m. She at least needed to beat that to continue in the competition, but her throw was almost a metre short. With a new champion destined, nobody improved through the fourth round. In the fifth, Liu threw a 65.88m to take the lead. Lü responded with a 65.49m but still not enough. On her final attempt, Barber tossed a 66.56 m (218 ft 4 in) to jump from a distant fourth place to take the gold medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordDist.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 72.28 Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE 13 Sep 2008 Stuttgart, Germany
Championship 71.70 Osleidys Menéndez Flag of Cuba.svg  CUB 14 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading67.98 Lü Huihui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN 2 Aug 2019 Shenyang, China
African 69.35 Sunette Viljoen Flag of South Africa.svg  RSA 9 Jun 2012 New York, United States
Asian 67.98Lü HuihuiFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  CHN 2 Aug 2019Shenyang, China
NACAC 71.70Osleidys MenéndezFlag of Cuba.svg  CUB 14 Aug 2005Helsinki, Finland
South American 63.84 Flor Ruiz Flag of Colombia.svg  COL 25 Jun 2016 Cali, Colombia
European 72.28Barbora ŠpotákováFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  CZE 13 Sep 2008Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian 68.92 Kathryn Mitchell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  AUS 11 Apr 2018 Gold Coast, Australia

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: [3]

DateTimeRound
30 September16:30 Qualification
1 October21:20 Final

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 63.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) advanced to the final. [4]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1B Lü Huihui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)62.9067.2767.27 Q
2B Christin Hussong Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)65.2965.29 Q
3A Liu Shiying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)62.3563.4861.5663.48 q
4A Martina Ratej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)60.7862.8762.87 q
5A Annu Rani Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)57.0562.4360.5062.43 q, NR
6B Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)x58.2762.1562.15 q
7B Kara Winger Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)60.5661.5162.1362.13 q
8B Tatsiana Khaladovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)x61.74x61.74 q
9A Nikola Ogrodníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)x50.9561.1761.17 q
10A Kelsey-Lee Barber Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)61.0858.9558.2061.08 q
11A Sara Kolak Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)60.03x60.9960.99 q
12B Irena Šedivá Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)55.5160.90x60.90 q
13A Haruka Kitaguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)57.3460.8460.5460.84
14B Alexie Alaïs Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)57.3760.4656.8360.46
15A Ariana Ince Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)60.44x58.0860.44
16A Elizabeth Gleadle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)57.3559.2260.1760.17
17B Sunette Viljoen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)60.1056.5655.5760.10
18A Madara Palameika Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)59.95xx59.95
19B Su Lingdan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)58.5653.73x58.56
20A Eda Tuğsuz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)56.98x58.2858.28
21A Annika Fuchs Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)57.1058.1656.7458.16
22B Maria Andrejczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)57.6855.3956.2857.68
23B Liveta Jasiūnaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)56.9055.1555.9756.90
24A Anete Kociņa Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)xx56.7056.70
25B Réka Szilágyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)54.3753.9456.2656.26
26B Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)54.7955.84x55.84
27B Līna Mūze Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)55.66x55.1155.66
28A Laila Domingos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)55.4452.0355.4955.49
29B Yuka Sato Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)51.88x55.0355.03
30A Yu Yuzhen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)53.3849.2648.1153.38
31A Victoria Hudson Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)52.51xx52.51

Final

The final was started on 1 October at 21:22. [5]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Kelsey-Lee Barber Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)62.9561.4058.3460.9063.6566.5666.56
Silver medal icon.svg Liu Shiying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)64.8162.6164.8261.8265.8865.7565.88 SB
Bronze medal icon.svg Lü Huihui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)64.9365.0665.0062.3165.4962.6165.49
4 Christin Hussong Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.5865.0560.2660.8462.2565.2165.21
5 Kara Winger Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)57.9661.7762.88x63.2362.4063.23
6 Tatsiana Khaladovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus  (BLR)x60.8462.5462.2360.5161.9862.54
7 Sara Kolak Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)58.2262.2260.9357.0962.2856.2162.28
8 Annu Rani Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)59.2561.1260.2060.4058.4957.9361.12
9 Barbora Špotáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)x59.5259.8759.87
10 Martina Ratej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)58.9857.2257.3258.98
11 Nikola Ogrodníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)x56.0157.2457.24
12 Irena Šedivá Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)55.73x55.8655.86

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  2. "Javelin throw Women − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. "Women's javelin throw − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. "Qualification results" (PDF).
  5. "Final results" (PDF).