2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' javelin throw explained

Event:	Girls' javelin throw
Competition:	2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Stadium Lille Métropole
Dates:	6 July (qualification) 7 July (final)
Competitors:	32
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	59.74
Gold:	Christin Hussong
Goldnoc:	GER
Silver:	Sofi Flink
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Monique Cilione
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2009
Next:	2013

The girls' javelin throw at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Stadium Lille Métropole on 6 and 7 July.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Christin Hussong	Sofi Flink	Monique Cilione

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best		62.93		27 October 2003
Championship Record		56.82	Sherbrooke, Canada	13 July 2003
World Youth Leading		55.36		22 May 2011

Qualification

Qualification rule: qualification standard 50.00 m or at least best 12 qualified.^[7]

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			50.60	x	x	50.60	Q
2			x	47.55	49.79	49.79	q
3			48.90	x	x	48.90	q, PB
4			x	48.41	x	48.41	q
5			47.49	45.93	44.78	47.49	q
6			46.54	x	46.82	46.82	q
7			x	x	46.48	46.48
8			46.24	46.36	43.69	46.36
9			44.31	43.37	45.85	45.85
10			44.82	44.38	41.54	44.82
11			44.63	x	39.03	44.63
12			x	44.27	39.50	44.27
13			44.14	x	43.02	44.14
14			x	x	41.51	41.51
15			39.27	40.95	40.22	40.95
16			35.74	39.85	x	39.85

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			56.76			56.76	Q, WYL
2			49.88	44.60	53.54	53.54	Q, PB
3			50.68			50.68	Q
4			49.84	49.23	–	49.84	q
5			49.25	45.13	46.70	49.25	q, PB
6			47.82	47.93	43.85	47.93	q
7			46.37	x	44.70	46.37
8			46.32	40.80	x	46.32
9			44.72	46.27	45.90	46.27	PB
10			39.86	45.70	x	45.70
11			45.10	40.33	39.06	45.10
12			45.07	42.35	x	45.07
13			x	44.71	41.60	44.71
14			42.59	x	x	42.59
15			x	41.24	41.97	41.97
16			x	41.68	37.01	41.68

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			56.54	52.60	x	57.84	58.09	59.74	59.74	CR
			47.86	52.25	49.30	54.62	51.06	x	54.62	PB
			52.21	44.44	49.03	50.51	48.91	52.77	52.77	PB
4			47.28	51.97	x	49.70	48.16	50.07	51.97
5			48.12	x	x	x	50.21	45.82	50.21
6			44.62	43.27	47.70	49.33	46.36	41.63	49.33
7			x	47.95	46.72	x	47.57	47.96	47.96
8			41.61	47.10	44.71	47.48	x	47.56	47.56
9			39.51	46.62	42.33				46.62
10			42.49	44.26	40.59				44.26
11			42.71	41.58	43.15				43.15
12			41.85	x	42.96				42.96

Notes and References

1. Web site: Another World Youth lead for Hussong . . 7 July 2011.
2. Web site: Girls’ Javelin Throw Final – Flash Interviews . World Athletics . 2 October 2024.
3. Web site: German teenage talent Hussong gets IAAF Rising Star award . nemethjavelins.hu . 2 October 2024.
4. Web site: Girls’ Javelin Throw Final - Another World Youth lead for Hussong . World Athletics . 2 October 2024.
5. Web site: A Medal Day for Team USA- Day 2 Evening Report . NSSF . 2 October 2024.
6. Web site: 2011 World Youth, Day 2: The Jacko Gill Story, by Alfons Juck, note by Larry Eder . RunBlogRun . 2 October 2024.
7. Web site: Javelin Throw Girls - Qualification . . 6 July 2011.
8. Web site: Javelin Throw Girls - Final . . 7 July 2011.