2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 30 September and 1 October 2019.[1]

Women's javelin throw
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates30 September (qualification)
1 October (final)
Competitors31 from 21 nations
Winning distance66.56
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    China
bronze medal    China
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Summary edit

On the second throw of the competition, returning bronze medalist Lü Huihui took the lead with a 64.93m. Three throwers later, her Chinese teammate Liu Shiying almost matched that with a 64.81m effort. Defending champion Barbora Špotáková fouled. The third-place thrower was Kelsey-Lee Barber, almost two metres behind. In the second round, Lü improved to 65.06m and Christin Hussong landed one only a centimetre behind, while Špotáková only managed a 59.52m. By the time of Špotáková's third attempt, she already knew Tatsiana Khaladovich held the #8 spot with 60.84m. She at least needed to beat that to continue in the competition, but her throw was almost a metre short. With a new champion destined, nobody improved through the fourth round. In the fifth, Liu threw a 65.88m to take the lead. Lü responded with a 65.49m but still not enough. On her final attempt, Barber tossed a 66.56 m (218 ft 4 in) to jump from a distant fourth place to take the gold medal.

Records edit

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Dist. Athlete Nat. Date Location
World 72.28 Barbora Špotáková   CZE 13 Sep 2008 Stuttgart, Germany
Championship 71.70 Osleidys Menéndez   CUB 14 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading 67.98 Lü Huihui   CHN 2 Aug 2019 Shenyang, China
African 69.35 Sunette Viljoen   RSA 9 Jun 2012 New York, United States
Asian 67.98 Lü Huihui   CHN 2 Aug 2019 Shenyang, China
NACAC 71.70 Osleidys Menéndez   CUB 14 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
South American 63.84 Flor Ruiz   COL 25 Jun 2016 Cali, Colombia
European 72.28 Barbora Špotáková   CZE 13 Sep 2008 Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian 68.92 Kathryn Mitchell   AUS 11 Apr 2018 Gold Coast, Australia

Schedule edit

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[3]

Date Time Round
30 September 16:30 Qualification
1 October 21:20 Final

Qualification edit

Qualification: Qualifying distance 63.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) advanced to the final.[4]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 B Lü Huihui   China (CHN) 62.90 67.27 67.27 Q
2 B Christin Hussong   Germany (GER) 65.29 65.29 Q
3 A Liu Shiying   China (CHN) 62.35 63.48 61.56 63.48 q
4 A Martina Ratej   Slovenia (SLO) 60.78 62.87 62.87 q
5 A Annu Rani   India (IND) 57.05 62.43 60.50 62.43 q, NR
6 B Barbora Špotáková   Czech Republic (CZE) x 58.27 62.15 62.15 q
7 B Kara Winger   United States (USA) 60.56 61.51 62.13 62.13 q
8 B Tatsiana Khaladovich   Belarus (BLR) x 61.74 x 61.74 q
9 A Nikola Ogrodníková   Czech Republic (CZE) x 50.95 61.17 61.17 q
10 A Kelsey-Lee Barber   Australia (AUS) 61.08 58.95 58.20 61.08 q
11 A Sara Kolak   Croatia (CRO) 60.03 x 60.99 60.99 q
12 B Irena Šedivá   Czech Republic (CZE) 55.51 60.90 x 60.90 q
13 A Haruka Kitaguchi   Japan (JPN) 57.34 60.84 60.54 60.84
14 B Alexie Alaïs   France (FRA) 57.37 60.46 56.83 60.46
15 A Ariana Ince   United States (USA) 60.44 x 58.08 60.44
16 A Elizabeth Gleadle   Canada (CAN) 57.35 59.22 60.17 60.17
17 B Sunette Viljoen   South Africa (RSA) 60.10 56.56 55.57 60.10
18 A Madara Palameika   Latvia (LAT) 59.95 x x 59.95
19 B Su Lingdan   China (CHN) 58.56 53.73 x 58.56
20 A Eda Tuğsuz   Turkey (TUR) 56.98 x 58.28 58.28
21 A Annika Fuchs   Germany (GER) 57.10 58.16 56.74 58.16
22 B Maria Andrejczyk   Poland (POL) 57.68 55.39 56.28 57.68
23 B Liveta Jasiūnaitė   Lithuania (LTU) 56.90 55.15 55.97 56.90
24 A Anete Kociņa   Latvia (LAT) x x 56.70 56.70
25 B Réka Szilágyi   Hungary (HUN) 54.37 53.94 56.26 56.26
26 B Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova   Ukraine (UKR) 54.79 55.84 x 55.84
27 B Līna Mūze   Latvia (LAT) 55.66 x 55.11 55.66
28 A Laila Domingos   Brazil (BRA) 55.44 52.03 55.49 55.49
29 B Yuka Sato   Japan (JPN) 51.88 x 55.03 55.03
30 A Yu Yuzhen   China (CHN) 53.38 49.26 48.11 53.38
31 A Victoria Hudson   Austria (AUT) 52.51 x x 52.51

Final edit

The final was started on 1 October at 21:22.[5]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
  Kelsey-Lee Barber   Australia (AUS) 62.95 61.40 58.34 60.90 63.65 66.56 66.56
  Liu Shiying   China (CHN) 64.81 62.61 64.82 61.82 65.88 65.75 65.88 SB
  Lü Huihui   China (CHN) 64.93 65.06 65.00 62.31 65.49 62.61 65.49
4 Christin Hussong   Germany (GER) 60.58 65.05 60.26 60.84 62.25 65.21 65.21
5 Kara Winger   United States (USA) 57.96 61.77 62.88 x 63.23 62.40 63.23
6 Tatsiana Khaladovich   Belarus (BLR) x 60.84 62.54 62.23 60.51 61.98 62.54
7 Sara Kolak   Croatia (CRO) 58.22 62.22 60.93 57.09 62.28 56.21 62.28
8 Annu Rani   India (IND) 59.25 61.12 60.20 60.40 58.49 57.93 61.12
9 Barbora Špotáková   Czech Republic (CZE) x 59.52 59.87 59.87
10 Martina Ratej   Slovenia (SLO) 58.98 57.22 57.32 58.98
11 Nikola Ogrodníková   Czech Republic (CZE) x 56.01 57.24 57.24
12 Irena Šedivá   Czech Republic (CZE) 55.73 x 55.86 55.86

References edit

  1. ^ "Start list" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Javelin throw Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Women's javelin throw − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Qualification results" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Final results" (PDF).