Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The Women's javelin throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–9 August.[1] Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[2]

Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date7–9 August
Competitors42 from 29 nations
Winning distance69.55
Medalists
Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic
Christina Obergföll  Germany
Linda Stahl  Germany

The qualifying round was mostly automatic marks. Eight athletes hit the auto mark in their first legal attempt. It took 60.11 to make the final.

The final was dominated by defending champion and world record holder Barbora Špotáková who took the lead on the first throw of the competition, a lead she would never relinquish. On the second throw of the competition Sunette Viljoen got off her best throw, which would put her in third place. Later in the round, Christina Obergföll got off her only legal throw, which turned out to be the silver medal throw. Each round Špotáková kept putting out long throws, but didn't improve. In the fourth round, Linda Stahl passed Viljoen to move into bronze medal position. Then Špotáková let loose the winner, her 69.55—more than 2.5 metres further than her previous bests—which won the competition by 4.39 metres. None of the medalists even got a legal throw in the final two rounds. Any one of Špotáková's four legal throws would have won the gold medal.

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 7 August 201210:00Qualifications
Thursday, 9 August 201221:00Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 72.28 m Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Olympic record  Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 71.53 m Athens, Greece 27 August 2004
2012 World leading  Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 69.35 m New York City, United States 9 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 World leading  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 69.55 London, United Kingdom 9 August 2012

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 62.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1ABarbora Špotáková Czech Republic66.1966.19Q
2AChristina Obergföll Germany66.1466.14Q
3BSunette Viljoen South Africa65.9265.92Q
4ALinda Stahl Germany64.7864.78Q SB
5BLü Huihui China64.4564.45Q
6AMartina Ratej Sloveniax63.6063.60Q
DSQBMaria Abakumova Russia63.2563.25Q
8BÁsdís Hjálmsdóttir Iceland62.7762.77Q NR
9BKatharina Molitor Germany58.0655.3062.0562.05Q
10AMadara Palameika Latvia60.6260.5057.9160.62q
11AElizabeth Gleadle Canadax59.7360.2660.26q
12BKathryn Mitchell Australia60.1157.8059.8460.11q
13ALīna Mūze Latvia51.1559.4859.9159.91
14BJarmila Klimešová Czech Republic56.7659.90x59.90
15ABrittany Borman United States54.3156.5059.2759.27
16BYuki Ebihara Japan59.2558.0354.1759.25
17AKimberley Mickle Australia59.2357.77x59.23
18BIndre Jakubaityte Lithuania54.0556.6359.0559.05SB
19BVera Rebrik Ukrainex58.97x58.97
20BSinta Ozoliņa-Kovala Latviax58.8651.3558.86
21ALaila Ferer e Silva Brazil51.6652.6158.3958.39
22BHanna Hatsko Ukraine58.3756.0255.9458.37
23AZhang Li China57.1758.35x58.35
24BRachel Yurkovich United States54.20x57.9257.92
25ANoraida Bicet Spain54.0854.5657.7757.77
26ATatjana Jelača Serbia52.58x57.0957.09
27BSávva Líka Greece56.3657.06x57.06
28AMarharyta Dorozhon Ukraine56.7455.1850.6056.74
29BYainelis Ribeaux Cuba53.7056.55x56.55
30BLi Lingwei China55.28x56.5056.50
31AKara Patterson United States56.23xx56.23
32AFlor Ruiz Colombiax54.3452.3754.34
33BMaryna Novik Belarus51.9350.7754.3154.31
34BLeryn Franco Paraguay51.45x49.7251.45
35BAnastasiya Svechnikova Uzbekistan50.5651.27x51.27
36BVanda Juhász Hungary49.9050.01x50.01
37AElisabeth Eberl Austriaxx49.6649.66
38AKristine Harutyunyan Armenia47.65xx47.65
N/AAYanet Cruz CubaxxxN/ANM
N/AAGoldie Sayers Great BritainxxxN/ANM
N/ABSanni Utriainen FinlandxxxN/ANM
N/AAYusbelys Parra VenezuelaN/AN/AN/AN/ADNS

Final

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6Result[3]Notes
Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic66.9066.8866.2469.55xx69.55WL
Christina Obergföll Germany65.16xxxxx65.16
Linda Stahl Germany59.4963.2462.6764.91xx64.91SB
4Sunette Viljoen South Africa64.5362.7157.3057.0560.9362.6164.53
5Lü Huihui China59.9763.2858.5861.2663.7062.1963.70
6Katharina Molitor Germany62.8958.1558.51xxx62.89
7Martina Ratej Sloveniax58.8961.62x60.1156.9061.62
8Madara Palameika Latvia56.4760.73x59.32x59.2260.73
9Kathryn Mitchell Australia58.3159.4658.4559.46
DSQMaria Abakumova Russiax59.3458.7059.34
11Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir Iceland59.0857.35x59.08
12Elizabeth Gleadle Canada57.10x58.7858.78

References

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