2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw explained

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 30 August 2003. The qualification mark was set at 60.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Mirela Manjani Greece (GRE)
Silver	Tatyana Shikolenko Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Steffi Nerius Germany (GER)

Schedule

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

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
28.08.2003  - 17:00h	28.08.2003  - 18:55h
Final Round
30.08.2003  - 16:40h

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
		71.54 m	July 1, 2001	Rethymno, Greece
		69.53 m	August 6, 2001
		66.00 m	August 10, 2003

Startlist

Order	No.	Athlete	SB	PB
GROUP A
1	492		56.66	63.14
2	68		62.89	63.73
3	1141		60.86	64.19
4	211		60.17	62.62
5	690		60.87	62.69
6	951		66.00	67.20
7	524		62.88	64.62
8	174		62.38	62.38
9	453		64.42	66.52
10	241		63.96	71.54
11	255		60.54	62.60
12	337		63.55	64.03
GROUP B
1	817		53.09	55.38
2	231		60.75	67.67
3	896		61.59	61.59
4	375		62.53	62.53
5	627		55.99	61.15
6	336		64.90	64.90
7	482		66.52	67.51
8	339		61.96	64.06
9	886		61.91	65.08
10	957		64.49	64.49
11	230		62.40	63.32
12	568		62.70	65.30

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		63.71	-	-	63.71 m	Q
2	2		62.89	-	-	62.89 m	Q, SB
3	4		61.74	-	-	61.74 m	Q
4	5		60.89	-	-	60.89 m	Q
5	7		60.40	-	-	60.40 m	Q
6	9		56.52	56.83	59.84	59.84 m	q
7	11		58.95	56.41	57.19	58.95 m	q
8	14		X	54.10	57.13	57.13 m
9	15		X	56.98	55.53	56.98 m
10	17		56.02	53.37	56.66	56.66 m	SB
11	19		55.75	X	51.80	55.75 m
12	21		X	53.50	54.84	54.84 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	3		62.48	-	-	62.48 m	Q
2	6		55.99	60.64	-	60.64 m	Q
3	7		60.40	-	-	60.40 m	Q
4	10		59.57	X	55.99	59.57 m	q
5	12		57.73	58.94	58.61	58.94 m	q
6	13		58.50	55.90	56.88	58.50 m
7	16		56.78	56.04	52.93	56.78 m
8	18		X	X	56.33	56.33 m
9	20		54.55	55.06	51.46	55.06 m
10	22		49.55	54.31	53.39	54.31 m
11	23		52.26	49.07	46.88	52.26 m
12	24		50.05	X	51.13	51.13 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		64.55	64.46	64.09	66.52	X	56.84	66.52 m	SB
		62.76	62.99	63.28	X	60.67	59.93	63.28 m
		59.15	62.70	60.30	X	61.81	X	62.70 m
4		61.37	59.98	-	62.02	-	62.20	62.20 m
5		61.18	X	X	62.19	60.47	X	62.19 m
6		56.90	58.21	60.17	X	X	56.36	60.17 m
7		55.48	58.81	59.64	56.05	57.89	56.14	59.64 m
8		56.43	54.39	59.60	X	58.47	57.55	59.60 m
9		59.51	54.19	58.67				59.51 m
10		57.50	57.00	56.71				57.50 m
11		55.07	57.43	56.57				57.43 m
12		56.98	56.97	55.85				56.98 m

See also

• • Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games – Women's javelin throw Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

References

• Results
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