2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 2005 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 14. It was a high-quality contest where Olympic champion Osleidys Menéndez set a new world record whereas Christina Obergföll set a new European record.

Medalists

Gold	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba (CUB)
Silver	Christina Obergföll Germany (GER)
Bronze	Steffi Nerius Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.54 m	July 1, 2001	Rethymno, Greece
Event Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	69.53 m	August 6, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Season Best	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	67.67 m	July 6, 2005	Salamanca, Spain
Broken records during the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70 m	August 14, 2005	Helsinki, Finland
Event Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70 m	August 14, 2005	Helsinki, Finland

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	65.77	—	—	65.77 m
2	4	Christina Obergföll (GER)	X	59.60	61.59	61.59 m
3	6	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	56.52	55.58	61.06	61.06 m	SB
4	8	Goldie Sayers (GBR)	60.67	—	—	60.67 m
5	9	Christina Scherwin (DEN)	X	60.11	X	60.11 m
6	12	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	54.35	57.15	59.06	59.06 m
7	15	Mercedes Chilla (ESP)	X	57.82	58.38	58.38 m
8	18	Olha Ivankova (UKR)	56.56	55.56	56.53	56.56 m
9	19	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	54.29	55.78	X	55.78 m
10	21	Kim Kreiner (USA)	55.05	50.55	52.88	55.05 m
11	23	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM)	X	50.66	54.68	54.68 m
12	24	Noraida Bicet (CUB)	X	54.52	X	54.52 m
13	25	Inga Stasiulionyté (LTU)	54.38	51.22	51.53	54.38 m
14	26	Moonika Aava (EST)	50.57	54.24	52.60	54.24 m
15	28	Mariya Yakovenko (RUS)	50.37	49.85	49.93	50.37 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Steffi Nerius (GER)	66.52	—	—	66.52 m	PB
2	3	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	64.50	—	—	64.50 m
3	5	Laverne Eve (BAH)	54.27	57.68	61.12	61.12 m	SB
4	7	Paula Tarvainen (FIN)	58.53	X	60.83	60.83 m	SB
5	10	Zahra Bani (ITA)	60.09	X	55.76	60.09 m
6	11	Rumyana Karapetrova (BUL)	57.45	59.22	58.07	59.22 m
7	13	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	57.21	56.51	58.74	58.74 m
8	14	Olivia McKoy (JAM)	58.49	X	54.63	58.49 m
9	16	Barbara Madejczyk (POL)	48.11	57.14	56.66	57.14 m
10	17	Inga Kožarenoka (LAT)	53.78	56.71	50.46	56.71 m
11	20	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)	53.01	52.26	55.17	55.17 m
12	22	Savva Lika (GRE)	48.33	50.24	55.03	55.03 m
13	27	Juan Xue (CHN)	50.53	53.81	X	53.81 m
14	29	Serafina Akeli (SAM)	43.52	47.37	46.59	47.37 m
—	—	Mirela Manjani (GRE)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70	X	—	65.53	63.80	—	71.70 m	WR
	Christina Obergföll (GER)	61.55	70.03	—	—	—	59.67	70.03 m	AR
	Steffi Nerius (GER)	65.96	X	X	64.26	64.35	X	65.96 m
4	Christina Scherwin (DEN)	59.36	62.32	60.04	63.43	X	X	63.43 m	NR
5	Zahra Bani (ITA)	55.28	60.71	54.06	X	56.16	62.75	62.75 m	PB
6	Paula Tarvainen (FIN)	62.64	X	X	X	56.89	X	62.64 m	SB
7	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	X	59.55	59.71	58.62	61.75	60.57	61.75 m
8	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	57.30	57.99	56.78	X	X	56.63	57.99 m
9	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	56.77	55.70	57.54				57.54 m
10	Laverne Eve (BAH)	X	51.96	57.10				57.10 m
11	Rumyana Karapetrova (BUL)	57.06	53.54	55.73				57.06 m
12	Goldie Sayers (GBR)	54.44	54.16	52.94				54.44 m

External links

• IAAF results, qualifying
• IAAF results, final
• todor66