2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 30 August.

Women's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	28 August (qualification) 30 August (final)
Competitors	32 from 21 nations
Winning distance	67.69
Medalists
Katharina Molitor   Germany   Lü Huihui   China   Sunette Viljoen   South Africa

There were eight automatic qualifiers out of the first round. With the best mark qualifiers, the German team was able to get four into the finals including defending champion Christina Obergföll, the home team was able to get two when Lü Huihui got in with the tenth qualifier. World leader Sunette Viljoen also could not make the automatic but got into the finals while the world record holder Barbora Špotáková did get an automatic.

The partisan locals were overjoyed when Lü took over the lead with a 63.80 and three throws later Li Lingwei improved upon that with a 64.10, putting the home team in first and second place. That lead held through the second round as closest anybody could come was Viljoen at 63.09 to take third place. Obergföl started the third round with a new leader 64.61, but Lü came back with an answer of 64.72 which held the lead until the next thrower Katharina Molitor threw it 2 cm further. Špotáková barely made 60 and didn't get to make the last three throws. In the fourth round, Viljoen threw 65.79 to move into the lead and as the fifth round was ending, Lü uncorked a 66.13 to set a new Asian Record and take the lead to a furious ovation. That was the status going into the last throw of the competition. Molitor had seen her leading position drop to third place over the last 2 rounds but found the answer, a 67.69 to let the air out of the crowd.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Championship record	Maria Abakumova (RUS)	71.99	Daegu, South Korea	2 September 2011
World leading	Sunette Viljoen (RSA)	66.62	Melbourne, Australia	21 March 2015
African record	Sunette Viljoen (RSA)	69.35	New York City, United States	9 Jun 2012
Asian record	Zhang Li (CHN)	65.47	Incheon, South Korea	1 October 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
South American record	Flor Ruiz (COL)	63.80	Xalapa, Mexico	27 November 2014
European record	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Oceanian record	Kimberley Mickle (AUS)	66.83	Melbourne, Australia	22 March 2014
The following records were established during the competition:
Asian record	Lü Huihui (CHN)	66.13	Beijing, China	30 August 2015
World leading	Katharina Molitor (GER)	67.69	Beijing, China	30 August 2015

Qualification standards

Entry standards
61.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
28 August 2015	19:00	Qualification
30 August 2015	18:45	Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

KEY:

Q

Qualified

q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 63.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	# 1	# 2	# 3	Mark	Notes
1	B	Christin Hussong	Germany (GER)	60.27	61.00	65.92	65.92	Q, PB
2	B	Li Lingwei	China (CHN)	65.07			65.07	Q, SB
3	B	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	60.62	65.02		65.02	Q
4	A	Brittany Borman	United States (USA)	58.24	x	64.22	64.22	Q
5	A	Christina Obergföll	Germany (GER)	x	x	64.10	64.10	Q
6	B	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada (CAN)	64.02			64.02	Q
7	A	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa (RSA)	63.93			63.93	Q
8	B	Linda Stahl	Germany (GER)	62.12	61.21	63.52	63.52	Q
9	A	Katharina Molitor	Germany (GER)	60.64	59.90	63.23	63.23	q
10	A	Lü Huihui	China (CHN)	59.66	63.15	–	63.15	q
11	B	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	Latvia (LAT)	62.81	x	x	62.81	q, SB
12	B	Kara Winger	United States (USA)	61.59	62.21	59.18	62.21	q
13	A	Madara Palameika	Latvia (LAT)	59.78	x	62.17	62.17
14	A	Zhang Li	China (CHN)	61.29	61.80	56.23	61.80	SB
15	A	Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova	Ukraine (UKR)	59.25	61.41	x	61.41	SB
16	B	Marharyta Dorozhon	Israel (ISR)	61.04	59.79	60.63	61.04
17	B	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia (AUS)	61.04	x	x	61.04
18	B	Yulenmis Aguilar	Cuba (CUB)	60.52	59.05	58.04	60.52
19	A	Yuki Ebihara	Japan (JPN)	53.67	57.56	60.30	60.30
20	A	Kelsey-Lee Roberts	Australia (AUS)	60.18	58.03	49.78	60.18
21	A	Tatsiana Khaladovich	Belarus (BLR)	x	55.67	60.07	60.07
22	B	Kimberley Mickle	Australia (AUS)	x	59.83	x	59.83
23	A	Martina Ratej	Slovenia (SLO)	57.13	59.76	x	59.76
24	A	Vera Rebrik	Russia (RUS)	59.67	x	59.35	59.67
25	A	Jucilene de Lima	Brazil (BRA)	59.38	59.49	51.18	59.49
26	A	Goldie Sayers	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	58.28	58.11	x	58.28
27	B	Flor Ruiz	Colombia (COL)	x	56.70	57.25	57.25
28	B	Maria Andrejczyk	Poland (POL)	52.86	53.44	56.75	56.75
29	B	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland (ISL)	56.72	x	x	56.72
30	B	Mariya Abakumova	Russia (RUS)	56.08	55.69	x	56.08
31	A	Sanni Utriainen	Finland (FIN)	54.57	55.56	x	55.56
32	B	Kateryna Derun	Ukraine (UKR)	x	53.49	x	53.49

Final

The final was started at 18:45

Rank	Name	Nationality	# 1	# 2	# 3	# 4	# 5	# 6	Mark	Notes
	Katharina Molitor	Germany (GER)	60.84	61.37	64.74	61.86	62.13	67.69	67.69	WL
	Lü Huihui	China (CHN)	63.80	x	64.72	59.65	66.13	63.72	66.13	AR
	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa (RSA)	60.18	63.09	62.93	65.79	62.11	60.11	65.79
4	Christina Obergföll	Germany (GER)	x	61.04	64.61	x	62.51	x	64.61	SB
5	Li Lingwei	China (CHN)	64.10	62.56	61.94	x	62.87	x	64.10
6	Christin Hussong	Germany (GER)	x	59.98	62.94	62.98	x	x	62.98
7	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	Latvia (LAT)	62.20	60.56	x	58.88	x	x	62.20
8	Kara Winger	United States (USA)	58.55	60.63	60.88	59.34	59.28	x	60.88
9	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	59.54	60.08				60.08
10	Linda Stahl	Germany (GER)	58.82	59.69	59.88				59.88
11	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada (CAN)	59.78	59.82	x				59.82
12	Brittany Borman	United States (USA)	57.96	58.26	57.86				58.26