2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the 2022 World Championships
Kelsey-Lee Barber Oregon 2022.jpg
Kelsey-Lee Barber shortly after winning the final.
Venue Hayward Field
Dates20 July (qualification)
22 July (final)
Competitors32 from 23 nations
Winning distance66.91
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
  2019
2023  
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The women's javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 20 and 22 July 2022. [1]

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Summary

Kelsey-Lee Barber was back as the defending champion, but she was unable to get an automatic qualifier in the trial round, taking all three throws. Haruka Kitaguchi, Liu Shiying and Liveta Jasiūnaitė made an auto qualifier on their first attempt and were able to relax.

In the final as the second thrower, Barber's teammate Mackenzie Little took the first round lead with a 63.22m. Barber's 62.67m did put Australia in the top two spots. In the third round, Barber threw a 66.91 m (219 ft 6 in) to reverse the first two spots and move into the lead. Kitaguchi was back in third position with a 62.07m. In the fourth round, Liu edged into third position with a 63.25m. In the final round, Kara Winger brought cheers from the home crowd with her 64.05m, to jump from fifth to second. With her final attempt, Kitaguchi, threw a 63.27m to snatch the bronze medal

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
World record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 m Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Championship record Flag of Cuba.svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)71.70 m Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
World Leading Flag of the United States.svg  Maggie Malone  (USA)65.73 m Burnaby, Canada 14 June 2022
African Record Flag of South Africa.svg  Sunette Viljoen  (RSA)69.35 m New York City, United States 9 June 2012
Asian Record Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lyu Huihui  (CHN)67.98 m Shenyang, China 2 August 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of Cuba.svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)71.70 m Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
South American Record Flag of Colombia.svg  Flor Ruiz  (COL)63.84 m Cali, Colombia 25 June 2016
European Record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 m Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kathryn Mitchell  (AUS)68.92 m Gold Coast, Australia 11 April 2018

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 64.00 m. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
20 July15:20 Qualification
22 July18:20 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 62.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) qualify to the final. [4]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1B Haruka Kitaguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)64.3264.32Q, SB
2B Liu Shiying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)63.8663.86Q, SB
3A Liveta Jasiūnaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)63.8063.80Q, SB
4A Kara Winger Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)58.1261.3054.8661.30q
5B Kelsey-Lee Barber Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)58.0261.2757.7161.27q
6B Nikola Ogrodníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)60.5959.0760.59q
7A Elizabeth Gleadle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)x60.38x60.38q
8B Annu Rani Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)x55.3559.6059.60q
9A Annika Marie Fuchs Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)55.1859.36x59.36q
10B Līna Mūze Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)59.16x53.3859.16q
11B Sae Takemoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)57.1059.1554.5159.15q
12A Mackenzie Little Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)55.7452.3459.0659.06q
13A Madara Palameika Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)x58.0258.6158.61 SB
14B Coralys Ortiz Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)58.52x55.2758.52
15B Jo-Ane van Dyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)54.8957.79x57.79
16A Lü Huihui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)53.7557.5956.9757.59 SB
17B Juleisy Angulo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador  (ECU)54.2357.28x57.28
18A Ariana Ince Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)57.1756.7157.2457.24
19A Jucilene de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)57.13xx57.13
20A Elina Tzengko Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)55.4457.12x57.12
21B Maria Andrejczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)x55.4754.6755.47
22B Maggie Malone Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)54.1954.12x54.19
23A Victoria Hudson Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)xx54.0554.05
24B Tori Peeters Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)x52.0353.6753.67
25B Kathryn Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)xx53.0953.09
26A Sanne Erkkola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)52.04xx52.04
27A Momone Ueda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)47.3650.7049.5150.70
B Eda Tuğsuz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)xxxNM
A Sara Kolak Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)xxxNM

Final

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Kelsey-Lee Barber Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)62.6762.9266.9161.2066.91 WL
Silver medal icon.svg Kara Winger Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)56.9361.9661.0058.7862.1764.0564.05
Bronze medal icon.svg Haruka Kitaguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)62.07x55.7861.27x63.2763.27
4 Liu Shiying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)61.67x60.2263.2561.75x63.25
5 Mackenzie Little Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)63.2249.7859.1058.5054.99x63.22 PB
6 Līna Mūze Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia  (LAT)59.83xx61.26xx61.26
7 Annu Rani Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)56.1861.1259.2758.1459.9858.7061.12
8 Nikola Ogrodníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)54.1156.0459.9859.4858.7960.1860.18
9 Elizabeth Gleadle Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)59.59xx59.59
10 Liveta Jasiūnaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)58.97x57.2358.97
11 Sae Takemoto Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)54.7757.93x57.93
12 Annika Marie Fuchs Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)55.4256.46x56.46

References

  1. Timetable
  2. "Javelin Throw Women − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. Qualification Summary