2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw


The women's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 30 August.
There were eight automatic qualifiers out of the first round. With the best mark qualifiers, the German team was able to get four into the finals including defending champion Christina Obergföll, the home team was able to get two when Lü Huihui got in with the tenth qualifier. World leader Sunette Viljoen also could not make the automatic but got into the finals while the world record holder Barbora Špotáková did get an automatic.
The partisan locals were overjoyed when Lü took over the lead with a 63.80 and three throws later Li Lingwei improved upon that with a 64.10, putting the home team in first and second place. That lead held through the second round as closest anybody could come was Viljoen at 63.09 to take third place. Obergföl started the third round with a new leader 64.61, but Lü came back with an answer of 64.72 which held the lead until the next thrower Katharina Molitor threw it 2 cm further. Špotáková barely made 60 and didn't get to make the last three throws. In the fourth round, Viljoen threw 65.79 to move into the lead and as the fifth round was ending, Lü uncorked a 66.13 to set a new Asian Record and take the lead to a furious ovation. That was the status going into the last throw of the competition. Molitor had seen her leading position drop to third place over the last 2 rounds but found the answer, a 67.69 to let the air out of the crowd.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

Qualification standards

Schedule

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 63.50 m or at least 12 best performers.
RankGroupNameNationality# 1# 2# 3MarkNotes
1BChristin Hussong60.2761.0065.9265.92,
2BLi Lingwei65.0765.07,
3BBarbora Špotáková60.6265.0265.02
4ABrittany Borman58.2464.2264.22
5AChristina Obergföll64.1064.10
6BElizabeth Gleadle64.0264.02
7ASunette Viljoen63.9363.93
8BLinda Stahl62.1261.2163.5263.52
9AKatharina Molitor60.6459.9063.2363.23
10ALü Huihui59.6663.1563.15
11BSinta Ozoliņa-Kovala62.8162.81,
12BKara Winger61.5962.2159.1862.21
13AMadara Palameika59.7862.1762.17
14AZhang Li61.2961.8056.2361.80
15AHanna Hatsko-Fedusova59.2561.4161.41
16BMarharyta Dorozhon61.0459.7960.6361.04
17BKathryn Mitchell61.0461.04
18BYulenmis Aguilar60.5259.0558.0460.52
19AYuki Ebihara53.6757.5660.3060.30
20AKelsey-Lee Roberts60.1858.0349.7860.18
21ATatsiana Khaladovich55.6760.0760.07
22BKimberley Mickle59.8359.83
23AMartina Ratej57.1359.7659.76
24AVera Rebrik59.6759.3559.67
25AJucilene de Lima59.3859.4951.1859.49
26AGoldie Sayers58.2858.1158.28
27BFlor Ruiz56.7057.2557.25
28BMaria Andrejczyk52.8653.4456.7556.75
29BÁsdís Hjálmsdóttir56.7256.72
30BMariya Abakumova56.0855.6956.08
31ASanni Utriainen54.5755.5655.56
32BKateryna Derun53.4953.49

Final

The final was started at 18:45
RankNameNationality# 1# 2# 3# 4# 5# 6MarkNotes
Katharina Molitor60.8461.3764.7461.8662.1367.6967.69
Lü Huihui63.8064.7259.6566.1363.7266.13
Sunette Viljoen60.1863.0962.9365.7962.1160.1165.79
Christina Obergföll61.0464.6162.5164.61
Li Lingwei64.1062.5661.9462.8764.10
Christin Hussong59.9862.9462.9862.98
Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala62.2060.5658.8862.20
Kara Winger58.5560.6360.8859.3459.2860.88
Barbora Špotáková59.5460.0860.08
10Linda Stahl58.8259.6959.8859.88
11Elizabeth Gleadle59.7859.8259.82
12Brittany Borman57.9658.2657.8658.26