2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the 2023 World Championships
Haruka Kitaguchi Budapest 2023(2).jpg
Haruka Kitaguchi at the medal ceremony.
Venue National Athletics Centre
Dates23 August (qualification)
25 August (final)
Competitors36 from 25 nations
Winning distance66.73
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
  2022
2025  

The women's javelin throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 25 August 2023.

Contents

Summary

There were a few surprises in the javelin. Defending champion Kelsey-Lee Barber barely made the final. Her final throw of the preliminary round getting the 12th spot. Later, her third throw in the finals barely reached 8th place and she wouldn't get any further luck.

Veteran Flor Ruiz's season best was 61.83m, dating back to March. Her personal best of 63.84m dated back to 2016. In the first round of the final, she launched a South American record 65.47 m (214 ft 9 in). Only returning bronze medalist/world leader Haruka Kitaguchi, 61.78m and Olympic gold medalist Liu Shiying 61.66m, were able to get over 60 meters. Victoria Hudson threw 62.14m to start the second round, and Kitaguchi improved to 61.99m. Kitaguchi's third round effort of 63.00m put her into silver position. In the fourth round, Anete Kociņa moved into silver position with a 63.18m. Then in the final round Mackenzie Little jumped into the silver position with a 63.38m dropping Kitaguchi out of the medals. But Kitaguchi still had her last attempt and she used it to throw 66.73 m (218 ft 11 in) to leapfrog into the gold medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [1]

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 Japan.svg  Haruka Kitaguchi  (JPN)67.04 m Chorzów, Poland 16 July 2023
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 63.80 m. [2]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

DateTimeRound
23 August11:55 Qualification
25 August20:20 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 61.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) qualify to the final. [3]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1A Līna Mūze Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 53.9656.8863.5063.50Q
2B Mackenzie Little Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 50.9458.7963.4563.45Q
3A Haruka Kitaguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.0463.2763.27Q
4A Victoria Hudson Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 62.9662.96Q
5A María Lucelly Murillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 59.3462.7262.72Q, PB
6A Kathryn Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 62.1062.10Q, SB
7B Flor Ruiz Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 60.7360.2362.0562.05Q, SB
8B Anete Kociņa Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia x61.2758.4661.27q
9A Liu Shiying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 60.41x60.7260.72q
10A Jo-Ane van Dyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.3457.5960.0960.09q
11B Jucilene de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 58.3957.9459.7659.76q
12A Kelsey-Lee Barber Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.1055.9059.6659.66q
13B Tori Peeters Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 57.9559.5954.4659.59
14B Liveta Jasiūnaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 59.0056.8857.6159.00
15B Marina Saito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan x56.2458.9558.95
16A Adriana Vilagoš Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 58.6558.1055.5558.65
17A Anni-Linnea Alanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 53.6654.7958.3058.30
18B Maggie Malone Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.2757.8554.4657.85
19A Annu Rani Flag of India.svg  India 57.05x56.0157.05
20A Réka Szilágyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.2154.14x56.21
21A Momone Ueda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 54.6756.1956.1956.19
22A Dilhani Lekamge Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 54.7750.0055.8955.89
23B Sara Kolak Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 50.80x55.8955.89
24B Nikol Tabačková  [ cs ]Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 49.8855.45x55.45
25A Juleisy Angulo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador x52.8255.2755.27
26B Angéla Moravcsik Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 52.54x55.1055.10
27A Ariana Ince Flag of the United States.svg  United States 54.60xx54.60
28A Nikola Ogrodníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 50.7854.5954.3654.59
29A Martina Ratej Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 54.41x53.3554.41
30B Elina Tzengko Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 53.7054.27x54.27
31B Marija Vučenović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia x54.2152.2754.21
32B Irena Gillarová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 54.15x53.0654.15
33B Rhema Otabor Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 48.3453.62x53.62
34B Sigrid Borge Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 52.09x53.3453.34
B Eda Tuğsuz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey xxx NM
B Gedly Tugi  [ et ]Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia xxx NM

Final

The final started on 25 August at 20:20. [4]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Haruka Kitaguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 61.7861.9963.0062.3662.6866.7366.73
Silver medal icon.svg Flor Ruiz Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 65.4762.4562.8959.73x60.9765.47 AR
Bronze medal icon.svg Mackenzie Little Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.9556.8161.4161.2361.6663.3863.38
4 Anete Kociņa Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 59.0458.8259.6663.18x62.0263.18 SB
5 Victoria Hudson Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 59.0862.1459.2062.9259.5659.8462.92
6 Liu Shiying Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 61.66xx61.1661.2358.7261.66 SB
7 Kelsey-Lee Barber Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 55.8259.4458.9858.3161.1961.0161.19
8 Jucilene de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 58.49x60.34x58.33x60.34
9 Līna Mūze Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 58.43xx58.43
10 Jo-Ane van Dyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 57.4354.4553.9957.43
11 María Lucelly Murillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia xx54.8554.85
Kathryn Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNS

References

  1. "Javelin Throw Women − Records". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  2. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  3. "Results Javelin Throw Women - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics . 23 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  4. "Results Javelin Throw Women - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 25 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.