2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw explained

Event:	Women's javelin throw
Competition:	2013 World Championships
Venue:	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates:	16 August (qualification) 18 August (final)
Competitors:	27
Nations:	19
Win Label:	Winning distance
Gold:	Christina Obergföll
Silver:	Kimberley Mickle
Bronze:	Mariya Abakumova
Prev:	2011
Next:	2015

The women's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.^[1]

Throwing at home, defending champion and world leader Mariya Abakumova made one attempt in the trials. Her 69.09 flew past the automatic qualifying mark and turned out to be the farthest throw of the competition, leading ten other automatic qualifiers.

In the final, Abakumova couldn't match her qualifier, though she did take the first round lead with 65.09. But that was to be her best. In the second round Kimberley Mickle threw a personal best 66.25 to take the lead. The lead lasted only 5 attempts before Christina Obergföll let loose a 69.05. That was it, the only other news from the final four rounds was Mickle's second improvement on her personal best to 66.60 in the final round.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[2]

World record	72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Championship record	71.99	Daegu, South Korea	2 September 2011
World leading	69.34	Castellón, Spain	22 July 2013
African record	69.35	New York City, United States	9 Jun 2012
Asian record	65.62	Zhaoqing, People's Republic of China	27 April 2013
North, Central American and Caribbean record	71.70	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
South American record	62.62	Guatemala City, Guatemala	12 May 2002
European record	72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Oceanian record	66.80	Runaway Bay, Australia	5 August 2000

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
16 August 2013	9:30	Qualification
18 August 2013	16:00	Final

Results

KEY:	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	Q	Qualified	bgcolor=ccffcc align=center	q	12 best performers	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Group	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	Result	Notes
1	A	69.09			69.09	Q
2	B	59.92	65.73		65.73	Q, PB
3	A	64.51			64.51	Q
3	B	64.51			64.51	Q, SB
5	A		62.80		62.80	Q, SB
6	B	57.65	62.68		62.68	Q, NR
7	B	62.36			62.36	Q
8	B		52.88	62.20	62.20	Q
9	A	61.96			61.96	Q, NR
10	A	59.49	58.60	61.70	61.70	Q
11	B	58.62	61.51		61.51	Q, SB
12	B	56.12	59.09	60.39	60.39	q
13	B	57.17	58.03	60.32	60.32
14	B	54.36	60.29		60.29
15	A	58.59	60.16	58.98	60.16
16	A	58.39	59.31	59.80	59.80
17	A	58.86	55.31	55.59	58.86
18	A	57.82	58.63	57.55	58.63
19	B	58.23	54.53	55.40	58.23
20	B	56.36	57.95		57.95
21	B	57.36	57.65	55.98	57.65
22	B	53.20	57.63		57.63
23	A	55.43	57.47	54.09	57.47
24	B	55.53	54.11	56.93	56.93
25	A	54.47	55.76	54.64	55.76
26	A	54.14	55.18		55.18
27	A			53.70	53.70

Final

The final was started at 16:00.^[4]

Rank	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Result	Notes
	64.63	69.05	64.02	62.93	x	x	69.05	SB
	60.43	66.25	64.18	64.29	x	66.60	66.60	PB
	65.09	63.78	64.33	x	60.99	58.71	65.09
	64.78	62.58	x	x	x	61.81	64.78
	63.77	x	60.34	62.19	x	62.23	63.77	SB
	63.58	x	56.51	58.66	59.00	60.25	63.58
	60.44	62.21	55.82	x	58.64	x	62.21
	57.48	60.30	61.30	55.63	57.58	57.96	61.30
	60.38	60.63	60.81				60.81
10	57.56	59.52	55.56				59.52
11	x	58.33	x				58.33
12	55.10	58.16	55.77				58.16

External links

Javelin throw results at IAAF website

Notes and References

http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-JT-W-q----.SL2.pdf?v=153582229 Start list
Web site: Records & Lists – Hammer Throw. IAAF. 7 August 2013.
http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-JT-W-q----.RS4.pdf?v=-722718742 Qualification Results
http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-JT-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-235924820 Final Results