2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin

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The javelin throw at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 14. It was a high-quality contest where Olympic champion Osleidys Menéndez set a new world record whereas Christina Obergföll set a new European record.

[edit] Medals

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
Osleidys Menéndez, Cuba Christina Obergföll, Germany Steffi Nerius, Germany

[edit] Results

All results shown are in metres.

Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by result.
DNS denotes did not start.
NM denotes no mark.
AR denotes area record
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season's best.

[edit] Qualifying

[edit] Group A

  1. Osleidys Menéndez, Cuba 65.77m Q
  2. Christina Obergföll, Germany 61.59m Q
  3. Mikaela Ingberg, Finland 61.06m Q
  4. Goldie Sayers, Great Britain 60.67m Q
  5. Christina Scherwin, Denmark 60.11m q
  6. Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greece 59.06m q
  7. Mercedes Chilla, Spain 58.38m
  8. Olha Ivankova, Ukraine 56.56m
  9. Claudia Coslovich, Italy 55.78m
  10. Kim Kreiner, United States 55.05m
  11. Felicia Tilea-Moldovan, Romania 54.68m
  12. Noraida Bicet, Cuba 54.52m
  13. Inga Stasiulionyté, Lithuania 54.38m
  14. Moonika Aava, Estonia 54.24m
  15. Mariya Yakovenko, Russia 50.37m

[edit] Group B

  1. Steffi Nerius, Germany 66.52m Q (PB)
  2. Sonia Bisset, Cuba 64.50m Q
  3. Laverne Eve, Bahamas 61.12m Q (SB)
  4. Paula Tarvainen, Finland 60.83m Q (SB)
  5. Zahra Bani, Italy 60.09m q
  6. Rumyana Karapetrova, Bulgaria 59.22m q
  7. Barbora Špotáková, Czech Republic 58.74m
  8. Olivia McKoy, Jamaica 58.49m
  9. Barbara Madejczyk, Poland 57.14m
  10. Inga Kozarenoka, Latvia 56.71m
  11. Nikolett Szabó, Hungary 55.17m
  12. Savva Lika, Greece 55.03m
  13. Juan Xue, PR China 53.81m
  14. Serafina Akeli, Samoa 47.37m

[edit] Final

  1. Osleidys Menéndez, Cuba 71.70m (WR)
  2. Christina Obergföll, Germany 70.03m (AR)
  3. Steffi Nerius, Germany 65.96m
  4. Christina Scherwin, Denmark 63.43m (NR)
  5. Zahra Bani, Italy 62.75m (PB)
  6. Paula Tarvainen, Finland 62.64m (SB)
  7. Sonia Bisset, Cuba 61.75m
  8. Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi, Greece 57.99m
  9. Mikaela Ingberg, Finland 57.54m
  10. Laverne Eve, Bahamas 57.10m
  11. Rumyana Karapetrova, Bulgaria 57.06m
  12. Goldie Sayers, Great Britain 54.44m

[edit] External links

2005 IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Flag of Finland Helsinki, Finland
Men's Competition

100 m | 110 m hurdles | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles | 800 m | 1,500 m | 3,000 m steeplechase | 5,000 m | 10,000 m | 4 x 100 m relay | 4 x 400 m relay | decathlon | marathon | 20 km walk | 50 km walk | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer
Men's Competition

100 m | 100 m hurdles | 200 m | 400 m | 400 m hurdles | 800 m | 1,500 m | 3,000 m steeplechase | 5,000 m | 10,000 m | 4 x 100 m relay | 4 x 400 m relay | heptathlon | marathon | 20 km walk | long jump | triple jump | high jump | pole vault | shot put | discus | javelin | hammer