1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain. There were a total number of 30 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 28 August 1999.

Medalists edit

Gold   Mirela Manjani-Tzelili
Greece (GRE)
Silver   Tatyana Shikolenko
Russia (RUS)
Bronze   Trine Solberg-Hattestad
Norway (NOR)

Schedule edit

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
26.08.1999 – 18:45h 26.08.1999 – 20:40h
Final Round
28.08.1999 – 19:10h

Abbreviations edit

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Startlist edit

Order No. Athlete Season Best Personal Best
GROUP A
1 868   Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) 64.25 64.25
2 645   Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) 62.21 62.21
3 207   Sonia Bisset (CUB)
4 170   Wei Jianhua (CHN) 60.33 60.33
5 38   Louise McPaul-Currey (AUS) 66.03 66.03
6 408   Karen Forkel (GER) 65.17 65.17
7 216   Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 66.45 66.45
8 432   Steffi Nerius (GER) 61.56 61.56
9 192   Sabina Moya (COL) 58.81 58.81
10 509   Gurmeet Kaur (IND) 55.86
11 722   Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR) 68.19 68.19
12 745   Genowefa Patla (POL) 61.05 61.05
13 325   Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) 60.59 60.59
14 905   Evfemija Štorga (SLO) 59.30 59.30
15 807   Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM) 60.97 60.97
GROUP B
1 329   Taina Uppa (FIN) 63.63 63.63
2 162   Liang Lili (CHN) 59.41 59.41
3 218   Xiomara Rivero (CUB) 62.46 62.46
4 853   Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS) 64.61 64.61
5 806   Ana Mirela Țermure (ROM) 61.35 61.35
6 404   Tanja Damaske (GER) 66.91 66.91
7 610   Lee Young-Sun (KOR) 56.22 56.22
8 61   Laverne Eve (BAH) 62.94 62.94
9 115   Khristina Georgieva (BUL) 59.48 59.48
10 357   Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf (FRA) 61.08 61.08
11 462   Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) 66.55 66.55
12 393   Maka Obolashvili (GEO)
13 234   Nikola Tomečková (CZE) 60.92 60.92
14 995   Lynda Blutreich (USA) 57.14 57.14
15 753   Ewa Rybak (POL) 60.76 60.76

Records edit

  • A new javelin was introduced, officially from April 1, 1999
Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Trine Hattestad (NOR) 68.19 m July 28, 1999   Bergen, Norway
Event Record New record had to be set after the introduction of a new javelin
Season Best   Trine Hattestad (NOR) 68.19 m July 28, 1999   Bergen, Norway
New records set during the 1999 World Athletics Championships
Event Record   Trine Hattestad (NOR) 62.67 m August 26, 1999   Seville, Spain
  Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 64.61 m August 28, 1999
  Trine Hattestad (NOR) 66.06 m
  Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) 66.33 m
67.09 m

Qualification edit

Group A edit

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 2   Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR) 62.67 62.67 m
2 3   Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 62.07 62.07 m
3 4   Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) 61.78 61.78 m
4 5   Sonia Bisset (CUB) 61.63 61.63 m
5 6   Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) 58.86 59.35 61.50 61.50 m PB
6 8   Wei Jianhua (CHN) 61.39 61.39 m AR
7 9   Louise McPaul-Currey (AUS) 60.83 59.62 56.51 60.83 m
8 11   Karen Forkel (GER) 55.66 60.40 59.04 60.40 m
9 12   Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM) 60.11 X 57.78 60.11 m
10 13   Genowefa Patla (POL) 55.17 59.50 56.27 59.50 m
11 14   Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) 57.25 58.60 X 58.60 m
12 16   Steffi Nerius (GER) 58.43 57.07 57.05 58.43 m
13 24   Evfemija Štorga (SLO) X 53.26 53.54 53.54 m
14 26   Gurmeet Kaur (IND) 51.97 51.76 47.90 51.97 m
15 28   Sabina Moya (COL) X 47.27 44.27 47.27 m

Group B edit

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1   Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS) 63.83 63.83 m
2 7   Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) 61.45 61.45 m
3 10   Taina Uppa (FIN) 60.51 59.02 60.47 60.51 m
4 15   Ana Mirela Țermure (ROM) 58.52 X 56.01 58.52 m
5 17   Liang Lili (CHN) 49.41 58.43 55.96 58.43 m
6 18   Laverne Eve (BAH) 55.22 55.79 57.97 57.97 m
7 19   Xiomara Rivero (CUB) X X 57.48 57.48 m
8 20   Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf (FRA) 54.62 55.92 57.33 57.33 m
9 21   Nikola Tomečková (CZE) 54.55 X 56.88 56.88 m
10 22   Ewa Rybak (POL) 55.12 56.41 56.14 56.41 m
11 23   Khristina Georgieva (BUL) 55.79 54.90 54.57 55.79 m
12 25   Lynda Blutreich (USA) 50.26 52.31 52.17 52.31 m
13 27   Lee Young-Sun (KOR) 50.33 51.36 51.31 51.36 m
  Maka Obolashvili (GEO) X X NM
  Tanja Damaske (GER) NM

Final edit

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) 62.41 66.33 67.09 66.44 X X 67.09 m PB
    Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) 63.75 62.28 X 62.51 66.37 X 66.37 m PB
    Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR) 63.73 66.06 62.56 64.24 63.42 63.85 66.06 m
4   Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 64.61 61.12 63.18 62.55 63.74 62.54 64.61 m
5   Louise McPaul-Currey (AUS) 60.39 X 60.81 64.38 61.10 60.75 64.38 m
6   Sonia Bisset (CUB) 61.62 61.74 X 63.52 61.08 X 63.52 m PB
7   Wei Jianhua (CHN) 58.98 62.27 62.97 X X 57.66 62.97 m AR
8   Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS) 59.23 62.67 X X 60.16 X 62.67 m
9   Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) 56.48 59.36 60.48 60.48 m
10   Taina Uppa (FIN) X 59.83 X 59.83 m
11   Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM) 59.24 58.24 X 59.24 m
12   Karen Forkel (GER) 54.51 54.65 X 54.65 m

See also edit

References edit

  • "Sevilla 99 Start Lists and Results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
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  • trackandfieldnews