2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw explained

Event:	Women's javelin throw
Competition:	2019 World Championships
Venue:	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:	30 September (qualification) 1 October (final)
Competitors:	31
Nations:	21
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	66.56
Gold:	Kelsey-Lee Barber
Goldnoc:	AUS
Silver:	Liu Shiying
Silvernoc:	CHN
Bronze:	Lü Huihui
Bronzenoc:	CHN
Prev:	2017
Next:	2022

The women's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 30 September and 1 October 2019.^[1]

Summary

On the second throw of the competition, returning bronze medalist Lü Huihui took the lead with a 64.93m. Three throwers later, her Chinese teammate Liu Shiying almost matched that with a 64.81m effort. Defending champion Barbora Špotáková fouled. The third-place thrower was Kelsey-Lee Barber, almost two metres behind. In the second round, Lü improved to 65.06m and Christin Hussong landed one only a centimetre behind, while Špotáková only managed a 59.52m. By the time of Špotáková's third attempt, she already knew Tatsiana Khaladovich held the #8 spot with 60.84m. She at least needed to beat that to continue in the competition, but her throw was almost a metre short. With a new champion destined, nobody improved through the fourth round. In the fifth, Liu threw a 65.88m to take the lead. Lü responded with a 65.49m but still not enough. On her final attempt, Barber tossed a to jump from a distant fourth place to take the gold medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record		Athlete		Date	Location
World	72.28	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	13 Sep 2008	Stuttgart, Germany
Championship	71.70	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	14 Aug 2005	Helsinki, Finland
World leading	67.98	Lü Huihui	China	2 Aug 2019	Shenyang, China
African	69.35	Sunette Viljoen		9 Jun 2012	New York, United States
Asian	67.98	Lü Huihui	China	2 Aug 2019	Shenyang, China
NACAC	71.70	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	14 Aug 2005	Helsinki, Finland
South American	63.84	Flor Ruiz	Colombia	25 Jun 2016	Cali, Colombia
European	72.28	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	13 Sep 2008	Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian	68.92	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia	11 Apr 2018	Gold Coast, Australia

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:^[3]

Date	Time	Round
30 September	16:30	Qualification
1 October	21:20	Final

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 63.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B			62.90	67.27		67.27
2	B			65.29			65.29
3	A			62.35	63.48	61.56	63.48
4	A			60.78	62.87		62.87
5	A			57.05	62.43	60.50	62.43	,
6	B				58.27	62.15	62.15
7	B			60.56	61.51	62.13	62.13
8	B				61.74		61.74
9	A				50.95	61.17	61.17
10	A			61.08	58.95	58.20	61.08
11	A			60.03		60.99	60.99
12	B			55.51	60.90		60.90
13	A			57.34	60.84	60.54	60.84
14	B			57.37	60.46	56.83	60.46
15	A			60.44		58.08	60.44
16	A			57.35	59.22	60.17	60.17
17	B			60.10	56.56	55.57	60.10
18	A			59.95			59.95
19	B			58.56	53.73		58.56
20	A			56.98		58.28	58.28
21	A			57.10	58.16	56.74	58.16
22	B			57.68	55.39	56.28	57.68
23	B			56.90	55.15	55.97	56.90
24	A					56.70	56.70
25	B			54.37	53.94	56.26	56.26
26	B			54.79	55.84		55.84
27	B			55.66		55.11	55.66
28	A			55.44	52.03	55.49	55.49
29	B			51.88		55.03	55.03
30	A			53.38	49.26	48.11	53.38
31	A			52.51			52.51

Final

The final was started on 1 October at 21:22.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			62.95	61.40	58.34	60.90	63.65	66.56	66.56
			64.81	62.61	64.82	61.82	65.88	65.75	65.88
			64.93	65.06	65.00	62.31	65.49	62.61	65.49
4			60.58	65.05	60.26	60.84	62.25	65.21	65.21
5			57.96	61.77	62.88		63.23	62.40	63.23
6				60.84	62.54	62.23	60.51	61.98	62.54
7			58.22	62.22	60.93	57.09	62.28	56.21	62.28
8			59.25	61.12	60.20	60.40	58.49	57.93	61.12
9				59.52	59.87				59.87
10			58.98	57.22	57.32				58.98
11				56.01	57.24				57.24
12			55.73		55.86				55.86

Notes and References

1. Web site: Start list.
2. Web site: Javelin throw Women − Records. . 27 September 2019.
3. Web site: Women's javelin throw − Timetable. . 27 September 2019.
4. Web site: Qualification results.
5. Web site: Final results.