2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' javelin throw explained

Event:	Girls' javelin throw
Competition:	2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics
Venue:	Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero
Dates:	15–16 July
Competitors:	30
Nations:	23
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	60.35
Gold:	Haruka Kitaguchi
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Stella Weinberg
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Laine Donāne
Bronzenoc:	LAT
Prev:	2013
Next:	2017

The girls' javelin throw at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 15 to 16 July 2015.^[1]

Records

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

With qualifying standard of 52.00 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.^[2]

Rank	Group	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	B	50.69	55.29		55.29	Q
2	A	54.35			54.35	Q,
3	A	53.46			53.46	Q
4	B	x	52.71		52.71	Q
5	B	46.36	52.34		52.34	Q
6	A	49.26	47.72	52.21	52.21	Q,
7	A	51.27	52.15		52.15	Q,
8	B	51.76	48.70	x	51.76	q,
9	A	51.61	x	46.03	51.61	q
10	B	49.65	x	45.87	49.65	q
11	A	48.05	46.04	49.05	49.05	q,
12	B	48.58	x	x	48.58	q
13	A	x	44.38	48.52	48.52
14	B	x	x	48.13	48.13
15	B	47.64	46.51	42.33	47.64
16	B	45.60	x	46.90	46.90
17	B	46.89	44.35	45.29	46.89
18	A	x	x	46.88	46.88
19	A	x	x	46.83	46.83
20	A	x	46.10	42.43	46.10
21	B	x	45.46	40.63	45.46
22	B	x	34.55	45.26	45.26
23	A	44.00	45.19	x	45.19
24	B	x	45.17	43.46	45.17
25	B	44.72	44.78	43.10	44.78
26	A	43.48	42.26	41.35	43.48
27	B	x	43.18	41.55	43.18
28	A	40.00	41.68	x	41.68
29	A	37.90	x	34.78	37.90
	A	x	x	x

Rank	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark
	56.42	51.92	x	52.93	60.35	56.42	60.35
	x	51.99	57.11	x	r		57.11
	56.15	x	51.71	x	55.41	56.10	56.15
4	53.86	49.54	52.29	50.46	55.97	54.39	55.97
5	46.44	53.95	52.85	x	x	53.08	53.95
6	50.04	53.10	x	44.84	49.00	x	53.10
7	49.79	x	49.90	51.42	51.51	50.66	51.51
8	x	48.11	50.85	48.18	–	–	50.85
9	47.56	x	41.88				47.56
10	46.52	x	x				46.52
11	45.63	29.60	46.11				46.11
12	x	x	45.88				45.88