2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw explained

The Women's Javelin Throw at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 18. The event featured four athletes whose ability was so much better than the opposition that Mirko Jalava of the IAAF said it would be a "major surprise" should another athlete beat them to the podium.

The Olympic champion and world record holder Barbora Špotáková, and Beijing silver medallist Mariya Abakumova, had not matched their Olympic form of the previous year but remained strong contenders for the competition. The other two athletes came from the German team, which was headed by world-leader and two-time World medallist Christina Obergföll, as well as the veteran Steffi Nerius who won silver in 2003, 2005 and 2007. Osleidys Menéndez, Sunette Viljoen and Madara Palameika were the outside contenders.[1]

A modest qualifying round was highlighted by Abakumova's world-leading throw of 68.92 m, while German number three Linda Stahl and Slovenian Martina Ratej threw season's bests to qualify as the second and third best throwers. The first round saw the elimination of two of the season's top-six athletes, Palameika and Viljoen.[2] On the final day, Nerius opened the competition in style with a season's best 67.30 m on her first throw, while Špotáková and Monica Stoian completed the top three with 64.94 and 64.51 m respectively. With a throw of 65.39 m Mariya Abakumova moved into the bronze medal position, and she would remain there for the rest of the event. Obergföll and Stahl moved into the top six in round three, but the positions remained static thereafter. Neither Špotáková nor Abakumova (whose qualifying throw would have won the final) could find the form to dislodge Nerius from the gold medal spot. The 37-year-old German won her first ever World Championship gold medal in Berlin, in what was her final year in competitive athletics.[3]

Medalists

Gold Steffi Nerius
Germany (GER)
Silver Barbora Špotáková
Czech Republic (CZE)
Bronze Monica Stoian
Romania (ROM)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
16.08.2009  - 10:45h16.08.2009  - 10:45h
Final Round
18.08.2009  - 19:25h

Records

Standing records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships
World record72.28 m13 September 2008Stuttgart, Germany
Event record71.70 m14 August 2005Helsinki, Finland
Season Best68.59 m20 June 2009Leiria, Portugal
African record65.43 m7 July 2009Belgrade, Serbia
Asian record63.92 m18 August 2000Beijing, PR China
North American record71.70 m14 August 2005Helsinki, Finland
South American record62.62 m12 May 2002Guatemala City, Guatemala
European record72.28 m13 September 2008Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian record66.80 m5 August 2000Runaway Bay, Australia

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 62.00 (Q) or the least 12 best athletes and ties (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality
  1. 1
  1. 2
  1. 3
Result Notes
1 A 63.86 63.86 Q, SB
2 A 53.13 63.42 63.42 Q, SB
3 A 63.27 63.27 Q
4 B 59.86 61.94 61.94 q
5 A 61.00 61.73 61.73 q
6 B 60.04 59.86 60.74 60.74 q
7 A 59.45 60.29 55.57 60.29 q
8 A 59.68 59.70 58.27 59.70 q
9 A 57.26 59.64 59.64 q
10 B 59.57 53.84 59.55 59.57 q
11 B 59.46 56.32 59.46 q
12 A 56.44 58.58 58.98 58.98
13 B 53.86 57.88 57.88
14 B 57.46 56.85 57.46
15 A 57.26 57.38 56.48 57.38
16 B 56.91 54.86 54.85 56.91
17 B 56.83 49.45 56.83
18 A 56.68 56.68
19 B 56.33 56.49 55.74 56.49
20 A 51.56 56.44 55.01 56.44
21 B 55.50 56.19 56.19
22 B 55.86 55.27 55.86
23 A 55.86 55.86
24 B 49.14 53.30 54.81 54.81
25 B 49.49 52.69 53.86 53.86
26 B 51.80 52.98 52.98
27 B 47.31 52.87 51.13 52.87
28 A 50.60 52.71 52.71
29 A 49.32 50.88 50.88
30 A 49.58 49.58
DSQ A 68.92 68.92 Q, WL

Key: Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality
  1. 1
  1. 2
  1. 3
  1. 4
  1. 5
  1. 6
Result Notes
67.30 62.79 65.81 62.27 67.30 SB
64.94 64.26 66.42 61.29 62.25 59.74 66.42
64.51 61.90 59.62 61.84 61.53 64.51 PB
60.37 64.34 63.02 64.34
61.64 63.23 63.18 59.00 61.33 60.90 63.23
63.11 61.56 58.27 63.11 SB
56.55 57.33 58.80 57.29 60.29 60.29
58.25 56.78 57.50 58.25
57.59 57.65 57.65
57.57 57.57
51.15 50.05 51.15
63.01 65.39 59.71 66.06 66.06

Key: PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best

References

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Notes and References

  1. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-09). Women's Javelin Throw - PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  2. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-16). Event Report - Women's Javelin Throw - Qualification . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.
  3. Jalava, Mirko (2009-08-18). Event Report - Women's Javelin Throw - Final . IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-17.

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