2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw explained

Event:	Women's javelin throw
Competition:	2023 World Championships
Venue:	National Athletics Centre
Dates:	23 August (qualification) 25 August (final)
Competitors:	36
Nations:	25
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	66.73
Gold:	Haruka Kitaguchi
Goldnoc:	JPN
Silver:	Flor Ruiz
Silvernoc:	COL
Bronze:	Mackenzie Little
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	2022
Next:	2025

The women's javelin throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 25 August 2023.

Summary

There were a few surprises in the javelin. Defending champion Kelsey-Lee Barber barely made the final. Her final throw of the preliminary round getting the 12th spot. Later, her third throw in the finals barely reached 8th place and she wouldn't get any further luck.

Veteran Flor Ruiz's season best was 61.83m, dating back to March. Her personal best of 63.84m dated back to 2016. In the first round of the final, she launched a South American record . Only returning bronze medalist/world leader Haruka Kitaguchi, 61.78m and Olympic gold medalist Liu Shiying 61.66m, were able to get over 60 meters. Victoria Hudson threw 62.14m to start the second round, and Kitaguchi improved to 61.99m. Kitaguchi's third round effort of 63.00m put her into silver position. In the fourth round, Anete Kociņa moved into silver position with a 63.18m. Then in the final round Mackenzie Little jumped into the silver position with a 63.38m dropping Kitaguchi out of the medals. But Kitaguchi still had her last attempt and she used it to throw to leapfrog into the gold medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[1]

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center		width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		72.28 m	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Championship record		71.70 m	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
World Leading		67.04 m	Chorzów, Poland	16 July 2023
African Record		69.35 m	New York City, United States	9 June 2012
Asian Record		67.98 m	Shenyang, China	2 August 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean record		71.70 m	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
South American Record		63.84 m	Cali, Colombia	25 June 2016
European Record		72.28 m	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Oceanian record		68.92 m	Gold Coast, Australia	11 April 2018

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 63.80 m.^[2]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
23 August	11:55	Qualification
25 August	20:20	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 61.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) qualify to the final.^[3]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			53.96	56.88	63.50	63.50	Q
2	B			50.94	58.79	63.45	63.45	Q
3	A			59.04	63.27		63.27	Q
4	A			62.96			62.96	Q
5	A			59.34	62.72		62.72	Q,
6	A			62.10			62.10	Q,
7	B			60.73	60.23	62.05	62.05	Q,
8	B			x	61.27	58.46	61.27	q
9	A			60.41	x	60.72	60.72	q
10	A			59.34	57.59	60.09	60.09	q
11	B			58.39	57.94	59.76	59.76	q
12	A			58.10	55.90	59.66	59.66	q
13	B			57.95	59.59	54.46	59.59
14	B			59.00	56.88	57.61	59.00
15	B			x	56.24	58.95	58.95
16	A			58.65	58.10	55.55	58.65
17	A			53.66	54.79	58.30	58.30
18	B			56.27	57.85	54.46	57.85
19	A			57.05	x	56.01	57.05
20	A			56.21	54.14	x	56.21
21	A			54.67	56.19	56.19	56.19
22	A			54.77	50.00	55.89	55.89
23	B			50.80	x	55.89	55.89
24	B			49.88	55.45	x	55.45
25	A			x	52.82	55.27	55.27
26	B			52.54	x	55.10	55.10
27	A			54.60	x	x	54.60
28	A			50.78	54.59	54.36	54.59
29	A			54.41	x	53.35	54.41
30	B			53.70	54.27	x	54.27
31	B			x	54.21	52.27	54.21
32	B			54.15	x	53.06	54.15
33	B			48.34	53.62	x	53.62
34	B			52.09	x	53.34	53.34
	B			x	x	x
	B			x	x	x

Final

The final started on 25 August at 20:20.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			61.78	61.99	63.00	62.36	62.68	66.73	66.73
			65.47	62.45	62.89	59.73	x	60.97	65.47
			59.95	56.81	61.41	61.23	61.66	63.38	63.38
4			59.04	58.82	59.66	63.18	x	62.02	63.18
5			59.08	62.14	59.20	62.92	59.56	59.84	62.92
6			61.66	x	x	61.16	61.23	58.72	61.66
7			55.82	59.44	58.98	58.31	61.19	61.01	61.19
8			58.49	x	60.34	x	58.33	x	60.34
9			58.43	x	x				58.43
10			57.43	54.45	53.99				57.43
11			x	x	54.85				54.85

Notes and References

1. Web site: Javelin Throw Women − Records . 24 August 2023 . . 17 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231017085359/https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/throws/javelin-throw/outdoor/women . live .
2. Web site: 19 August 2022 . Qualification System and Entry Standards . . 24 August 2023 . 19 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819191514/https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf . live .
3. Web site: 23 August 2023 . Results Javelin Throw Women - Qualification . . 24 August 2023 . 24 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230824093302/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-JT-W-q----.RS6.pdf . live .
4. Web site: 25 August 2023 . Results Javelin Throw Women - Final . . 25 August 2023 . 25 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230825212434/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-JT-W-f----.RS6.pdf . live .