Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |
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Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics |
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Decathlon | men |
The Women's javelin throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]
The qualifying standards were 60.50 m (A standard) and 56.00 m (B standard).[2]
Mariya Abakumova held the lead from her first throw, with Barbora Špotáková the only other competitor within 3 metres. Abakumova improved to 70.78 on her fourth throw. Then on her final throw, Špotáková put it out to 71.42 to take the gold.
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Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:
World record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.70 | Helsinki, Finland | 14 August 2005 |
Olympic record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.53 | Athens, Greece | 27 August 2004 |
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.
Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes[3] |
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1 | A | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic | 67.69 | 67.69 | Q | ||
2 | B | Christina Obergföll | Germany | 67.52 | 67.52 | Q | ||
3 | A | Steffi Nerius | Germany | 59.15 | 59.74 | 63.94 | 63.94 | Q |
4 | A | Mariya Abakumova | Russia | 61.23 | 63.48 | 63.48 | Q | |
5 | B | Goldie Sayers | Great Britain | 60.79 | 62.99 | 62.99 | Q | |
6 | B | Barbara Madejczyk | Poland | 62.81 | 62.81 | Q, SB | ||
7 | A | Mercedes Chilla | Spain | 56.98 | 61.81 | 61.81 | Q, SB | |
8 | A | Zhang Li | China | 58.30 | 61.77 | 61.77 | Q | |
9 | B | Katharina Molitor | Germany | 55.65 | 53.50 | 60.92 | 60.92 | q |
10 | B | Felicea Moldovan-Tilea | Romania | 53.25 | 55.89 | 60.81 | 60.81 | q |
11 | A | Osleidys Menéndez | Cuba | 60.51 | x | 60.41 | 60.51 | q |
12 | A | Sinta Ozoliņa | Latvia | 60.13 | x | 52.62 | 60.13 | q, NR |
13 | B | Justine Robbeson | South Africa | 56.75 | 54.26 | 59.63 | 59.63 | |
14 | A | Urszula Piwnicka | Poland | 51.33 | 52.99 | 59.28 | 59.28 | |
15 | A | Savva Lika | Greece | 56.44 | 58.59 | 59.11 | 59.11 | |
16 | A | Vira Rebryk | Ukraine | 55.77 | 57.12 | 59.05 | 59.05 | |
17 | B | Mikaela Ingberg | Finland | 55.71 | 58.82 | 58.36 | 58.82 | |
18 | A | Chang Chunfeng | China | 58.42 | x | x | 58.42 | |
19 | B | Yanet Cruz | Cuba | 58.06 | 57.15 | 57.03 | 58.06 | |
20 | B | Lavern Eve | Bahamas | 55.22 | 57.36 | 55.15 | 57.36 | |
21 | B | Jarmila Klimešová | Czech Republic | 52.18 | 57.25 | x | 57.25 | |
22 | A | Nikolett Szabó | Hungary | 56.98 | 57.15 | x | 57.15 | |
23 | A | Natallia Shymchuk | Belarus | 55.56 | 57.11 | x | 57.11 | |
24 | A | Silvia Cruz | Portugal | 54.65 | 57.06 | x | 57.06 | |
25 | B | Olha Ivankova | Ukraine | 55.63 | 51.98 | 57.05 | 57.05 | |
26 | B | Moonika Aava | Estonia | x | 56.94 | x | 56.94 | |
27 | A | Alessandra Resende | Brazil | 54.05 | 56.53 | 54.32 | 56.53 | |
28 | B | Buoban Pamang | Thailand | 53.69 | x | 56.35 | 56.35 | SB |
29 | B | Lindy Leveau-Agricole | Seychelles | 56.32 | 55.90 | 50.74 | 56.32 | SB |
30 | B | Erma-Gene Evans | Saint Lucia | 46.79 | 54.60 | 56.27 | 56.27 | |
31 | B | Maryna Novik | Belarus | 56.10 | x | 53.48 | 56.10 | |
32 | A | Inga Stasiulionyte | Lithuania | 55.66 | x | 55.34 | 55.66 | |
33 | A | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa | 53.14 | 55.58 | 53.82 | 55.58 | |
34 | B | Olivia McKoy | Jamaica | 55.51 | x | 53.85 | 55.51 | |
35 | B | Tetyana Lyakhovych | Ukraine | 55.50 | x | 53.59 | 55.50 | |
36 | A | Anastasiya Svechnikova | Uzbekistan | 55.31 | x | 48.71 | 55.31 | |
37 | A | Martina Ratej | Slovenia | 55.30 | 51.56 | 53.24 | 55.30 | |
38 | B | Kim Kreiner | United States | 55.13 | 53.81 | 53.48 | 55.13 | |
39 | A | Zuleima Aramendiz | Colombia | 51.30 | 54.71 | x | 54.71 | |
40 | A | Monica Stoian | Romania | x | 54.56 | x | 54.56 | |
41 | A | Kara Patterson | United States | 54.00 | 50.35 | 54.39 | 54.39 | |
42 | B | Song Dan | China | 53.11 | 54.32 | x | 54.32 | |
43 | A | Nadeeka Lakmali | Sri Lanka | x | 53.44 | 54.28 | 54.28 | |
44 | A | Christina Scherwin | Denmark | 53.95 | x | x | 53.95 | SB |
45 | B | Alexandra Nasta-Tsisiou | Cyprus | 53.24 | x | 47.18 | 53.24 | |
46 | A | Kim Kyong-Ae | South Korea | 51.46 | 48.00 | 53.13 | 53.13 | |
47 | B | Mariya Yakovenko | Russia | 47.90 | 51.67 | 50.49 | 51.67 | |
48 | A | María González | Venezuela | 48.37 | 50.51 | 42.32 | 50.51 | |
49 | B | Serafina Akeli | Samoa | 47.83 | 42.78 | 49.26 | 49.26 | |
50 | B | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Iceland | x | x | 48.59 | 48.59 | |
51 | B | Leryn Franco | Paraguay | 45.34 | x | 43.77 | 45.34 | |
52 | B | Rumyana Karapetrova | Bulgaria | 40.15 | - | - | 40.15 | |
A | Zahra Bani | Italy | x | x | x | NM | ||
B | Tatjana Jelaca | Serbia | x | x | x | NM |
Q - Qualified by right / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record/ NM - No Mark / q - Qualified by result
21 August 2008 - 19:20[4]
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic | 69.22 | 67.04 | x | 64.92 | x | 71.42 | 71.42 | ER | |
Mariya Abakumova | Russia | 69.32 | 69.08 | x | 70.78 | x | 67.52 | 70.78 | NR | |
Christina Obergföll | Germany | 66.13 | x | 63.34 | x | x | x | 66.13 | ||
4 | Goldie Sayers | Great Britain | 65.75 | 59.40 | 62.92 | 59.72 | 65.03 | 56.83 | 65.75 | NR |
5 | Steffi Nerius | Germany | 64.05 | 62.25 | 59.97 | x | x | 65.29 | 65.29 | |
6 | Osleidys Menéndez | Cuba | 63.35 | x | x | x | x | x | 63.35 | |
7 | Barbara Madejczyk | Poland | 58.74 | 59.16 | 58.67 | x | 58.21 | 62.02 | 62.02 | |
8 | Katharina Molitor | Germany | 53.19 | 57.37 | 59.64 | 58.81 | 56.72 | 57.00 | 59.64 | |
9 | Mercedes Chilla | Spain | x | 57.94 | 58.13 | 58.13 | ||||
10 | Zhang Li | China | 54.69 | x | 56.14 | 56.14 | ||||
11 | Sinta Ozolina | Latvia | 50.67 | 53.38 | 52.23 | 53.38 | ||||
12 | Felicia Tilea-Moldovan | Romania | 53.04 | x | 52.80 | 53.04 |
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