2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 19 August 2006.

Medalists

Gold	Sandra Schaffarzik Germany
Silver	Vira Rebryk Ukraine
Bronze	Margaryta Dorozhon Ukraine

Results

Final

19 August 2006

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Sandra Schaffarzik	Germany	55.26	60.45	55.05	x	57.14	57.69	60.45
	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine	56.93	57.79	x	53.39	53.83	56.85	57.79
	Margaryta Dorozhon	Ukraine	57.68	52.08	53.23	52.81	x	47.27	57.68
4	Zhang Li	China	57.35	57.52	57.15	x	55.79	57.15	57.52
5	Maryna Buksa	Belarus	55.84	56.67	55.20	x	x	-	56.67
6	Sinta Ozoliņa	Latvia	46.83	x	56.38	x	53.01	49.51	56.38
7	Vivian Zimmer	Germany	x	54.31	54.67	x	54.59	x	54.67
8	Li Lingwei	China	53.17	53.73	53.15	54.26	50.15	52.39	54.26
9	Kim Gyeong-Ae	South Korea	49.06	47.56	51.73				51.73
10	María Zerva	Greece	50.99	49.26	46.37				50.99
11	Jelena Jaakkola	Finland	x	49.37	47.10				49.37
12	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada	43.78	46.53	48.08				48.08

Qualifications

15 August 2006

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Vivian Zimmer	Germany	56.15	-	-	56.15	Q
2	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine	55.61	-	-	55.61	Q
3	Li Lingwei	China	49.03	53.99	-	53.99	Q
4	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada	45.15	44.92	48.87	48.87	q
5	Momoko Matsumoto	Japan	x	48.46	x	48.46
6	Annabel Thomson	Australia	x	46.51	x	46.51
7	Madara Palameika	Latvia	x	x	46.34	46.34
8	Ramona Anghelas	Romania	44.24	41.38	45.02	45.02
9	Iris Núñez	Dominican Republic	40.50	38.97	44.79	44.79
10	Sonja Alasalmi	Finland	x	44.22	x	44.22
	Jucilene de Lima	Brazil	x	-	-	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Sandra Schaffarzik	Germany	x	53.44	-	53.44	Q
2	María Zerva	Greece	53.30	-	-	53.30	Q
2	Margaryta Dorozhon	Ukraine	53.30	-	-	53.30	Q
4	Maryna Buksa	Belarus	52.21	-	-	52.21	Q
5	Zhang Li	China	52.20	-	-	52.20	Q
6	Sinta Ozoliņa	Latvia	51.89	-	-	51.89	Q
7	Kim Gyeong-Ae	South Korea	45.71	47.20	50.37	50.37	q
8	Jelena Jaakkola	Finland	x	50.22	x	50.22	q
9	Agnieszka Lewandowska	Poland	46.90	47.89	48.46	48.46
10	Evelien Dekkers	Netherlands	42.44	x	45.21	45.21
11	Zoe Pelbart	Australia	43.60	x	40.50	43.60
12	Bekah Stolz	United States	39.05	x	41.99	41.99

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (2)
• Belarus (1)
• Brazil (1)
• Canada (1)
• China (2)
• Dominican Republic (1)
• Finland (2)
• Germany (2)
• Greece (1)
• Japan (1)
• Latvia (2)
• Netherlands (1)
• Poland (1)
• Romania (1)
• South Korea (1)
• Ukraine (2)
• United States (1)