Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram for athletics
Venue Stadium Australia
Date29 September 2000 (qualifications)
30 September 2000 (finals)
Competitors35 from 28 nations
Winning distance68.91 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Trine Hattestad
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Mirela Manjani-Tzelili
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
Bronze medal icon.svg Osleidys Menéndez
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba
  1996
2004  

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program went held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 29 September and Saturday, 30 September. [1]

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 61.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Gold Trine Hattestad
Flag of Norway.svg Norway
Silver Mirella Maniani-Tzelili
Flag of Greece.svg Greece
Bronze Osleidys Menéndez
Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg Cuba

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
29.09.2000 10:00h29.09.2000 11:45h
Final Round
30.09.2000 20:00h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ORolympic record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record Flag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)69.41 m 28 July 2000 Flag of Norway.svg Oslo, Norway
Olympic Record New javelin was introduced officially from 01.04.1999
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Flag of Cuba.svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)67.34 m 29 September 2000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney, Australia
Olympic Record Flag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)68.91 m 30 September 2000 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney, Australia

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteCountryAttemptsDistanceNote
123
12 Steffi Nerius Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 65.7665.76 mPB
23 Trine Hattestad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 65.4465.44 m
34 Mirella Maniani-Tzelili Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 63.3463.34 m
47 Mikaela Ingberg Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 58.9460.85X60.85 m
59 Li Lei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 57.01X60.5760.57 m
611 Sonia Bisset Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 59.13X60.0960.09 m
713 Rita Ramanauskaitė Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 57.81X59.2159.21 m
814 Nikolett Szabó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58.8655.9556.7258.86 m
922 Ana Mirela Țermure Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 55.6756.3153.8656.31 m
1024 Yekaterina Ivakina Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 55.3052.4355.5855.58 m
1126 Lynda Blutreich Flag of the United States.svg  United States X52.7755.2555.25 m
1227 Evfemija Štorga Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia X54.9452.9754.94 m
1328 Khristina Georgieva Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 54.6051.1053.3154.60 m
1429 Nadine Auzeil Flag of France.svg  France 51.0253.8549.9053.85 m
1530 Inga Kožarenoka Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 53.83XX53.83 m
1631 Louise Currey Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.32X53.32 m
1732 Gurmeet Kaur Flag of India.svg  India 52.7848.8046.4652.78 m
1835 Tatyana Sudarikova Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan 47.56X48.3348.33 m

Group B

RankOverallAthleteCountryAttemptsDistanceNote
123
11 Osleidys Menéndez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 67.3467.34 m AR
25 Xiomara Rivero Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 61.8961.89 m SB
36 Tatyana Shikolenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 61.5461.54 m
48 Wei Jianhua Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 60.64X57.1960.64 m
510 Claudia Coslovich Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 60.12X57.0560.12 m
612 Nikola Tomečková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 59.4955.4059.4059.49 m
715 Felicia Țilea-Moldovan Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 54.1158.75X58.75 m
816 Laverne Eve Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas X57.9858.3658.36 m
917 Joanna Stone Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.3457.5758.3458.34 m
1018 Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi Flag of Greece.svg  Greece X58.11X58.11 m
1119 Tetyana Lyakhovych Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 55.8153.3357.4157.41 m
1220 Taina Uppa Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 57.39XX57.39 m
1321 Olivia McKoy Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 55.9852.8356.3656.36 m
1423 Sueli dos Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil X56.2750.5056.27 m
1525 Marta Míguez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 55.5255.01X55.52 m
1633 Lee Young-Sun Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 49.84XX49.84 m
1734 Sabina Moya Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 41.2249.1647.3749.16 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)68.9162.27X64.3866.2264.0968.91 m OR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Mirela Maniani-Tzelili  (GRE)X65.5667.5161.9665.3467.5167.51 m NR
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)66.0364.9965.1763.9562.4766.1866.18 m
4Flag of Germany.svg  Steffi Nerius  (GER)61.9961.4164.8457.8861.1161.0264.84 m
5Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Sonia Bisset  (CUB)63.2662.77XX62.8563.1163.26 m
6Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Xiomara Rivero  (CUB)62.1062.92X60.20XX62.92 mPB
7Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Shikolenko  (RUS)58.2862.9161.54XX61.9762.91 m
8Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Nikola Tomečková  (CZE)58.1355.8658.6956.1261.3062.1062.10 m
9Flag of Finland.svg  Mikaela Ingberg  (FIN)58.1055.9758.5658.56 m
10Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wei Jianhua  (CHN)54.0658.2358.3358.33 m
11Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Lei  (CHN)XX56.8356.83 m
12Flag of Italy.svg  Claudia Coslovich  (ITA)56.4654.2856.7456.74 m

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