1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw explained

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

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

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

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

Abbreviations

• 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

Order	No.	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	868		64.25	64.25
2	645		62.21	62.21
3	207
4	170		60.33	60.33
5	38		66.03	66.03
6	408		65.17	65.17
7	216		66.45	66.45
8	432		61.56	61.56
9	192		58.81	58.81
10	509		55.86
11	722		68.19	68.19
12	745		61.05	61.05
13	325		60.59	60.59
14	905		59.30	59.30
15	807		60.97	60.97
GROUP B
1	329		63.63	63.63
2	162		59.41	59.41
3	218		62.46	62.46
4	853		64.61	64.61
5	806		61.35	61.35
6	404		66.91	66.91
7	610		56.22	56.22
8	61		62.94	62.94
9	115		59.48	59.48
10	357		61.08	61.08
11	462		66.55	66.55
12	393
13	234		60.92	60.92
14	995		57.14	57.14
15	753		60.76	60.76

Records

• A new javelin was introduced, officially from April 1, 1999

Standing records prior to the 1999 World Athletics Championships
		68.19 m	July 28, 1999
	New record had to be set after the introduction of a new javelin
		68.19 m	July 28, 1999
New records set during the 1999 World Athletics Championships
		62.67 m	August 26, 1999
		64.61 m	August 28, 1999
		66.06 m
		66.33 m
		67.09 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		62.67	-	-	62.67 m
2	3		62.07	-	-	62.07 m
3	4		61.78	-	-	61.78 m
4	5		61.63	-	-	61.63 m
5	6		58.86	59.35	61.50	61.50 m	PB
6	8		61.39	-	-	61.39 m	AR
7	9		60.83	59.62	56.51	60.83 m
8	11		55.66	60.40	59.04	60.40 m
9	12		60.11	X	57.78	60.11 m
10	13		55.17	59.50	56.27	59.50 m
11	14		57.25	58.60	X	58.60 m
12	16		58.43	57.07	57.05	58.43 m
13	24		X	53.26	53.54	53.54 m
14	26		51.97	51.76	47.90	51.97 m
15	28		X	47.27	44.27	47.27 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		63.83	-	-	63.83 m
2	7		61.45	-	-	61.45 m
3	10		60.51	59.02	60.47	60.51 m
4	15		58.52	X	56.01	58.52 m
5	17		49.41	58.43	55.96	58.43 m
6	18		55.22	55.79	57.97	57.97 m
7	19		X	X	57.48	57.48 m
8	20		54.62	55.92	57.33	57.33 m
9	21		54.55	X	56.88	56.88 m
10	22		55.12	56.41	56.14	56.41 m
11	23		55.79	54.90	54.57	55.79 m
12	25		50.26	52.31	52.17	52.31 m
13	27		50.33	51.36	51.31	51.36 m
-	-		X	X	-	NM
-	-		-	-	-	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		62.41	66.33	67.09	66.44	X	X	67.09 m	PB
		63.75	62.28	X	62.51	66.37	X	66.37 m	PB
		63.73	66.06	62.56	64.24	63.42	63.85	66.06 m
4		64.61	61.12	63.18	62.55	63.74	62.54	64.61 m
5		60.39	X	60.81	64.38	61.10	60.75	64.38 m
6		61.62	61.74	X	63.52	61.08	X	63.52 m	PB
7		58.98	62.27	62.97	X	X	57.66	62.97 m	AR
8		59.23	62.67	X	X	60.16	X	62.67 m
9		56.48	59.36	60.48				60.48 m
10		X	59.83	X				59.83 m
11		59.24	58.24	X				59.24 m
12		54.51	54.65	X				54.65 m

See also

• 2000 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)

References

• Web site: Sevilla 99 Start Lists and Results . 2008-09-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080914103045/http://www2.iaaf.org/sevilla99/results/ . 14 September 2008 . dead .
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