2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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The Women's javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.

Barbora Špotáková, the reigning Olympic champion, topped the season's rankings with a throw of 69.45 m. Second-ranked Christina Obergföll had showed greater consistency, having won four of the Diamond League meetings before the championships. Mariya Abakumova, a 2009 World and 2008 Olympic medallist, was ranked third in both the Diamond League and world rankings. Others in good form were Sunette Viljoen (who set an African record two weeks earlier), Martina Ratej, Kathrina Molitor and Goldie Sayers.[1][2][3] The 2009 world champion, Steffi Nerius, had retired.

Favorite Špotáková took the early lead, but Abakumova's second throw would lead into the 5th round. Viljoen improved on her African record in the 5th round, but that was only enough to put her in third place. Špotáková then threw a new World Championship record, only to be passed on the following throw by Abakumova improving on the record and setting a new Russian National Record.

Contents

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Mariya Abakumova
 Russia		 Barbora Špotáková
 Czech Republic		 Sunette Viljoen
 South Africa

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 72.28 Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Championship record  Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB) 71.70 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
World leading  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 69.45 Monaco 22 July 2011
African record  Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 66.47 Shenzhen, China 18 August 2011
Asian record  Jianhua Wei (CHN) 63.92 Beijing, China 18 August 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB) 71.70 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
South American record  Sabina Moya (COL) 62.62 Guatemala City, Guatemala 12 May 2002
European record  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 72.28 Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Oceanian record  Louise Currey (AUS) 66.80 Runaway Bay, Australia 5 August 2000

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
61.00 59.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
September 1, 2011 10:10 Qualification
September 2, 2011 19:10 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Christina Obergföll  Germany 68.76 68.76 Q
2 B Sunette Viljoen  South Africa 65.34 65.34 Q
3 A Katharina Molitor  Germany 63.52 63.52 Q
4 B Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic 63.40 63.40 Q
5 A Mariya Abakumova  Russia x 62.49 62.49 Q
6 A Goldie Sayers  Great Britain 56.61 62.19 62.19 Q
7 B Martina Ratej  Slovenia 61.58 61.58 Q
8 B Kimberley Mickle  Australia 60.50 57.80 60.12 60.50 q
9 B Linda Stahl  Germany 60.21 59.85 58.25 60.21 q
10 A Yuki Ebihara  Japan 57.36 59.66 59.88 59.88 q
11 A Madara Palameika  Latvia 59.78 x 59.33 59.78 q
12 A Jarmila Klimešová  Czech Republic 55.90 59.65 56.01 59.65 q
13 A Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir  Iceland 59.15 57.62 x 59.15 SB
14 B Zahra Bani  Italy x x 58.92 58.92
15 A Rachel Yurkovich  United States 58.84 58.01 57.92 58.84
16 B Vira Rebryk  Ukraine x 55.69 58.50 58.50
17 B Mercedes Chilla  Spain 58.34 x 52.01 58.34
18 B Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala  Latvia 56.18 58.15 54.02 58.15
19 A Justine Robbeson  South Africa 57.87 55.27 58.08 58.08
20 B Liu Chunhua  China 56.73 56.37 57.52 57.52
21 B Kara Patterson  United States 56.41 55.25 57.14 57.14
22 A Indrė Jakubaitytė  Lithuania x 56.01 56.92 56.92
23 A Yanet Cruz  Cuba 55.91 56.73 55.48 56.73
24 B Tatjana Jelača  Serbia 56.68 x 54.58 56.68
25 A Elisabeth Eberl  Austria 56.48 54.39 x 56.48
26 B Risa Miyashita  Japan 55.62 55.52 55.40 55.62
27 A Kim Kyung-ae  South Korea 51.64 53.75 54.96 54.96
28 B María Murillo  Colombia x x 52.83 52.83

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Mariya Abakumova  Russia 60.38 71.25 - x 71.99 64.27 71.99 NR, CR, WL
Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic 68.80 67.90 68.64 67.12 71.58 66.80 71.58 SB
Sunette Viljoen  South Africa 64.36 65.20 63.12 58.48 68.38 62.68 68.38 AR
4 Christina Obergföll  Germany 61.74 64.39 64.80 65.24 63.51 x 65.24
5 Katharina Molitor  Germany 59.88 58.19 57.94 60.31 58.85 64.32 64.32
6 Kimberley Mickle  Australia 59.33 57.07 60.87 x 61.96 61.33 61.96
7 Martina Ratej  Slovenia 58.87 x 60.58 x 61.65 x 61.65
8 Jarmila Klimešová  Czech Republic 59.27 x 57.37 x x 55.87 59.27
9 Yuki Ebihara  Japan 59.08 58.39 57.96 59.08
10 Goldie Sayers  Great Britain 57.32 57.52 58.18 58.18
11 Madara Palameika  Latvia 55.69 58.08 x 58.08
Linda Stahl  Germany DNS

References

  1. ^ Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Javelin Throw – PREVIEW. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  2. ^ Javelin Throw 2011. IAAF (2011-08-23). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  3. ^ World Championships preview – women’s field events. Athletics Weekly (2011-08-25). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.

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