2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw explained

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.08.2007 – 10:00h	29.08.2007 – 11:25h
Final Round
31.08.2007 – 20:40h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
	personal best
	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
			71.70 m	August 14, 2005
			71.70 m	August 14, 2005
			70.20 m	June 23, 2007

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Throws			Result	Note
				1	2	3
1	1			64.29	—	—	64.29 m	SB
2	8			60.09	60.86	57.87	60.86 m
3	9			59.92	60.77	60.49	60.77 m
4	11			60.25	X	59.02	60.25 m
5	13			58.61	59.52	59.47	59.52 m	SB
6	14			59.02	57.74	57.71	59.02 m
7	16			58.12	55.72	56.93	58.12 m
8	17			55.96	57.09	57.51	57.51 m
9	18			55.40	54.78	57.23	57.23 m
10	21			56.84	55.68	55.22	56.84 m
11	22			56.42	56.07	56.38	56.42 m
12	23			56.28	55.19	55.21	56.28 m
13	25			51.84	56.16	X	56.16 m
14	26			50.43	55.00	53.02	55.00 m
15	29			53.22	X	49.05	53.22 m
16	30			47.91	X	50.29	50.29 m	SB
17	31			47.49	49.13	49.70	49.70 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Throws			Result	Note
				1	2	3
1	2			63.77	—	—	63.77 m	SB
2	3			63.58	—	—	63.58 m	SB
3	4			62.80	—	—	62.80 m	PB
4	5			57.39	57.91	62.38	62.38 m	SB
5	6			60.94	61.89	—	61.89 m
6	7			X	61.68	—	61.68 m	PB
7	10			60.55	58.79	59.19	60.55 m
8	12			51.70	60.07	X	60.07 m
9	15			54.81	56.62	58.53	58.53 m
10	19			57.17	X	54.49	57.17 m	SB
11	20			X	55.02	56.87	56.87 m
12	24			54.70	56.20	53.68	56.20 m
13	27			51.63	X	53.64	53.64 m
14	28			51.67	X	53.41	53.41 m
15	32			48.50	X	47.68	48.50 m
—	—			X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Attempts						Distance	Note
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			66.40	60.30	67.07	64.28	63.56	64.61	67.07 m
			64.01	65.26	60.90	61.87	61.12	66.46	66.46 m
			59.89	59.75	59.96	64.42	62.38	X	64.42 m
4			60.25	61.93	63.73	62.44	X	X	63.73 m
5			59.07	59.24	61.72	58.68	59.90	63.13	63.13 m
6			57.77	56.38	61.74	X	X	53.18	61.74 m
7			61.43	59.91	X	X	X	60.74	61.43 m
8			60.10	58.28	58.38	61.03	X	59.75	61.03 m
9			58.37	58.31	57.32				58.37 m
10			57.56	56.88	57.87				57.87 m
11			54.76	55.71	X				55.71 m
12			53.50	X	50.04				53.50 m

References

• Event report - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
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