2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

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]

Women's javelin throw at the 2019 World Championships
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	30 September (qualification) 1 October (final)
Competitors	31 from 21 nations
Winning distance	66.56
Medalists
Kelsey-Lee Barber    Australia   Liu Shiying    China   Lü Huihui    China

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 66.56 m (218 ft 4 in) to jump from a distant fourth place to take the gold medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record	Dist.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	72.28	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	13 Sep 2008	Stuttgart, Germany
Championship	71.70	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	14 Aug 2005	Helsinki, Finland
World leading	67.98	Lü Huihui	CHN	2 Aug 2019	Shenyang, China
African	69.35	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	9 Jun 2012	New York, United States
Asian	67.98	Lü Huihui	CHN	2 Aug 2019	Shenyang, China
NACAC	71.70	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	14 Aug 2005	Helsinki, Finland
South American	63.84	Flor Ruiz	COL	25 Jun 2016	Cali, Colombia
European	72.28	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	13 Sep 2008	Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian	68.92	Kathryn Mitchell	AUS	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	Lü Huihui	China (CHN)	62.90	67.27		67.27	Q
2	B	Christin Hussong	Germany (GER)	65.29			65.29	Q
3	A	Liu Shiying	China (CHN)	62.35	63.48	61.56	63.48	q
4	A	Martina Ratej	Slovenia (SLO)	60.78	62.87	–	62.87	q
5	A	Annu Rani	India (IND)	57.05	62.43	60.50	62.43	q, NR
6	B	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	58.27	62.15	62.15	q
7	B	Kara Winger	United States (USA)	60.56	61.51	62.13	62.13	q
8	B	Tatsiana Khaladovich	Belarus (BLR)	x	61.74	x	61.74	q
9	A	Nikola Ogrodníková	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	50.95	61.17	61.17	q
10	A	Kelsey-Lee Barber	Australia (AUS)	61.08	58.95	58.20	61.08	q
11	A	Sara Kolak	Croatia (CRO)	60.03	x	60.99	60.99	q
12	B	Irena Šedivá	Czech Republic (CZE)	55.51	60.90	x	60.90	q
13	A	Haruka Kitaguchi	Japan (JPN)	57.34	60.84	60.54	60.84
14	B	Alexie Alaïs	France (FRA)	57.37	60.46	56.83	60.46
15	A	Ariana Ince	United States (USA)	60.44	x	58.08	60.44
16	A	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada (CAN)	57.35	59.22	60.17	60.17
17	B	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa (RSA)	60.10	56.56	55.57	60.10
18	A	Madara Palameika	Latvia (LAT)	59.95	x	x	59.95
19	B	Su Lingdan	China (CHN)	58.56	53.73	x	58.56
20	A	Eda Tuğsuz	Turkey (TUR)	56.98	x	58.28	58.28
21	A	Annika Fuchs	Germany (GER)	57.10	58.16	56.74	58.16
22	B	Maria Andrejczyk	Poland (POL)	57.68	55.39	56.28	57.68
23	B	Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Lithuania (LTU)	56.90	55.15	55.97	56.90
24	A	Anete Kociņa	Latvia (LAT)	x	x	56.70	56.70
25	B	Réka Szilágyi	Hungary (HUN)	54.37	53.94	56.26	56.26
26	B	Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova	Ukraine (UKR)	54.79	55.84	x	55.84
27	B	Līna Mūze	Latvia (LAT)	55.66	x	55.11	55.66
28	A	Laila Domingos	Brazil (BRA)	55.44	52.03	55.49	55.49
29	B	Yuka Sato	Japan (JPN)	51.88	x	55.03	55.03
30	A	Yu Yuzhen	China (CHN)	53.38	49.26	48.11	53.38
31	A	Victoria Hudson	Austria (AUT)	52.51	x	x	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
	Kelsey-Lee Barber	Australia (AUS)	62.95	61.40	58.34	60.90	63.65	66.56	66.56
	Liu Shiying	China (CHN)	64.81	62.61	64.82	61.82	65.88	65.75	65.88	SB
	Lü Huihui	China (CHN)	64.93	65.06	65.00	62.31	65.49	62.61	65.49
4	Christin Hussong	Germany (GER)	60.58	65.05	60.26	60.84	62.25	65.21	65.21
5	Kara Winger	United States (USA)	57.96	61.77	62.88	x	63.23	62.40	63.23
6	Tatsiana Khaladovich	Belarus (BLR)	x	60.84	62.54	62.23	60.51	61.98	62.54
7	Sara Kolak	Croatia (CRO)	58.22	62.22	60.93	57.09	62.28	56.21	62.28
8	Annu Rani	India (IND)	59.25	61.12	60.20	60.40	58.49	57.93	61.12
9	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	59.52	59.87				59.87
10	Martina Ratej	Slovenia (SLO)	58.98	57.22	57.32				58.98
11	Nikola Ogrodníková	Czech Republic (CZE)	x	56.01	57.24				57.24
12	Irena Šedivá	Czech Republic (CZE)	55.73	x	55.86				55.86

References

1. Start list
2. "Javelin throw Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
3. "Women's javelin throw − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
4. Qualification results
5. Final results