2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw


The Women's javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.
Barbora Špotáková, the reigning Olympic champion, topped the season's rankings with a throw of 69.45 m. Second-ranked Christina Obergföll had showed greater consistency, having won four of the Diamond League meetings before the championships. Mariya Abakumova, a 2009 World and 2008 Olympic medallist, was ranked third in both the Diamond League and world rankings. Others in good form were Sunette Viljoen, Martina Ratej, Kathrina Molitor and Goldie Sayers. The 2009 world champion, Steffi Nerius, had retired.
Favorite Špotáková took the early lead, but Abakumova's second throw would lead into the 5th round. Viljoen improved on her African record in the 5th round, but that was only enough to put her in third place. Špotáková then threw a new World Championship record, only to be passed on the following throw by Abakumova improving on the record and setting a new Russian National Record.
However, in 2018, the Athletics Integrity Unit decided to disqualify Abakumova because of doping, stripping her of the gold medal, which gets inherited by Špotáková.

Medalists

Records

Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.
World record72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008
Championship record71.70Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005
World leading69.45Monaco22 July 2011
African record66.47Shenzhen, China18 August 2011
Asian record63.92Beijing, China18 August 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record71.70Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005
South American record62.62Guatemala City, Guatemala12 May 2002
European record72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008
Oceanian record66.80Runaway Bay, Australia5 August 2000

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 61.00m or at 12 best athletes and ties advance to the [|final]
RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1AChristina Obergföll68.7668.76Q
2BSunette Viljoen65.3465.34Q
3AKatharina Molitor63.5263.52Q
4BBarbora Špotáková63.4063.40Q
5AGoldie Sayers56.6162.1962.19Q
6BMartina Ratej61.5861.58Q
7BKimberley Mickle60.5057.8060.1260.50q
8BLinda Stahl60.2159.8558.2560.21q
9AYuki Ebihara57.3659.6659.8859.88q
10AMadara Palameika59.7859.3359.78q
11AJarmila Klimešová55.9059.6556.0159.65q
12AÁsdís Hjálmsdóttir59.1557.6259.15SB
13BZahra Bani58.9258.92
14ARachel Yurkovich58.8458.0157.9258.84
15BVira Rebryk55.6958.5058.50
16BMercedes Chilla58.3452.0158.34
17BSinta Ozoliņa-Kovala56.1858.1554.0258.15
18AJustine Robbeson57.8755.2758.0858.08
19BLiu Chunhua56.7356.3757.5257.52
20BKara Patterson56.4155.2557.1457.14
21AIndrė Jakubaitytė56.0156.9256.92
22AYanet Cruz55.9156.7355.4856.73
23BTatjana Jelača56.6854.5856.68
24AElisabeth Eberl56.4854.3956.48
25BRisa Miyashita55.6255.5255.4055.62
26AKim Kyung-ae51.6453.7554.9654.96
27BMaría Lucelly Murillo52.8352.83
DSQAMariya Abakumova62.4962.49Q

Final