Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venue Stade de France, Paris, France
Date
  • 7 August 2024 (qualification)
    10 August 2024 (final)
Winning time65.80 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Haruka Kitaguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Silver medal icon.svg Jo-Ané van Dyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Bronze medal icon.svg Nikola Ogrodníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
  2020
2028  

The women's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 10 August 2024. This was the 22nd time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

Liu Shiying did not return to defend her title, silver medalist Maria Andrejczyk and bronze Kelsey-Lee Barber were back, as was 2016 Gold Medalist Sara Kolak. Barber won the 2019 and 2022 World Championships. Lü Huihui won silver back in 2015 and had two bronzes from 2017 and 2019. Haruka Kitaguchi won the 2023 World Championships on the last throw to beat Flor Ruiz and bronze medalist Mackenzie Little. Ruiz is the seasonal World Leader from the 2024 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics back in May.

In the qualification round there were eight automatic qualifiers over 62 metres. Andrejczyk, Ruiz, Jo-Ané van Dyk and Kitaguchi got it on their first attempt. It took 61.08m to get the small q, eliminating Lü and Barber. [1]

Andrejczyk started the action off with 62.44m. After three other throwers, Kitaguchi got off a good one, 65.80 m (215 ft 10 in). Five throwers later Kathryn Mitchell moved into second place with 62.63m. Near the end of the first round, Yulenmis Aguilar advanced ahead of her with a 62.78m. In the second round, Ruiz took over second position throwing 63 metres exactly. Then in the third round, van Dyk went from 10th place, in danger of not getting her final attempts, to second position with a 63.93m. Two throws later, Sara Kolak was in 11th place, then threw 63.40m to grab onto the podium. Kolak would hold that spot for five more throwers, then Nikola Ogrodníková leapfrogged from dead last to bronze with 63.68m. Those extra three attempts did not prove to be significant, nobody was able to improve, though Kitaguchi did back up her winning first round throw with a 64.73m. [2] [3]

Background

The women's javelin throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1932.

Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics
RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDate
World record Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 [4] Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008
Olympic record Flag of Cuba.svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)71.53 Athens, Greece27 August 2004
World leadingFlag of Colombia.svg  Flor Ruiz  (COL)66.70 [5] Cuiabá, Brazil12 May 2024
Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics [6]
Area RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)
Africa ( records )Flag of South Africa.svg  Sunette Viljoen  (RSA)69.35
Asia ( records )Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Lü Huihui  (CHN)67.98
Europe ( records )Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Barbora Špotáková  (CZE)72.28 WR
North, Central America
and Caribbean
( records )
Flag of Cuba.svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)71.70
Oceania ( records )Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Kathryn Mitchell  (AUS)68.92
South America ( records )Flag of Colombia.svg  Flor Ruiz  (COL)66.70

Qualification

For the women's javelin throw event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 64.00 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event. [7] [8]

Results

Qualification

The qualification was held on 7 August, starting at 10:25 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:50 (UTC+2) for Group B in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking. [9]

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 62 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1B Maria Andrejczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 65.5265.52 Q, SB
2B Sara Kolak Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 54.0464.5764.57 Q, SB
3B Flor Ruiz Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 64.4064.40 Q
4A Jo-Ane van Dyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 64.2264.22 Q, PB
5B Elina Tzengko Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 52.0261.0963.2263.22 Q, SB
6A Mackenzie Little Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.5962.8262.82 Q
7B Haruka Kitaguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 62.5862.58 Q
8A Kathryn Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.7162.4062.40 Q, SB
9B Yulenmis Aguilar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 61.9558.3559.9261.95 q
10B Marie-Therese Obst Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 61.82x55.4061.82 q
11A Nikola Ogrodníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic x59.1261.1661.16 q
12B Momone Ueda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 56.7761.0856.8761.08 q
13B Adriana Vilagoš Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 60.4960.1749.4160.49
14BPetra SičakováFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 60.4759.6859.4460.47
15B Anete Sietiņa Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 56.7359.4660.4760.47
16A María Lucelly Murillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 60.3856.28x60.38 SB
17A Līna Mūze Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 60.30xx60.30
18A Christin Hussong Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 57.0056.8459.9959.99
19A Tori Peeters Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 54.8156.6059.7859.78
20A Victoria Hudson Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 59.69xx59.69
21A Marina Saito Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.42x57.6659.42
22B Lü Huihui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 58.5255.3859.3759.37
23ADai QianqianFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 55.5656.1859.3359.33
24A Maggie Malone-Hardin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 58.7656.8258.1258.76
25B Liveta Jasiūnaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 58.35xx58.35
26B Kelsey-Lee Barber Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 56.3257.7356.5657.73 SB
27A Rhema Otabor Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas x54.7657.6757.67
28A Jucilene de Lima Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil xx57.5657.56
29A Annu Rani Flag of India.svg  India 55.8153.2253.5555.81
30B Anni-Linnea Alanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 55.3054.53x55.30
31B Eda Tuğsuz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 51.33x55.3055.30
32A Dilhani Lekamge Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 53.66x53.2453.66

Final

The final was held on 10 August, starting at 19:40 (UTC+2) in the evening. [9]

RankAthleteNation#1#2#3#4#5#6DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Haruka Kitaguchi Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 65.8062.39X61.6864.73X65.80 SB
Silver medal icon.svg Jo-Ane van Dyk Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 59.7261.7263.93X62.0757.0763.93
Bronze medal icon.svg Nikola Ogrodníková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 58.13X63.6858.3461.4558.0463.68 SB
4 Sara Kolak Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 57.8658.8563.4058.4362.3163.0363.40
5 Flor Ruiz Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 60.4963.0062.4161.6860.1461.3563.00
6 Yulenmis Aguilar Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 62.78X60.1761.58X62.78
7 Kathryn Mitchell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 62.6359.5760.3162.16XX62.63 SB
8 Maria Andrejczyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 62.4460.52XXX57.7462.44
9 Elina Tzengko Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 61.85X57.90did not advance61.85
10 Momone Ueda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 59.5761.6459.79did not advance61.64 SB
11 Marie-Therese Obst Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 61.1460.5758.78did not advance61.14
12 Mackenzie Little Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.3256.9459.41did not advance60.32

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