2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw
at the 2013 World Championships
Women's javelin throw ; at the 2013 World Championships
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	16 August (qualification); 18 August (final)
Competitors	27 from 19 nations
Winning distance	69.05 m (226 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Medalists
	Christina Obergföll; Germany (GER)
	Kimberley Mickle; Australia (AUS)
	Mariya Abakumova; Russia (RUS)
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The women's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.^[1]

Throwing at home, defending champion and world leader Mariya Abakumova made one attempt in the trials. Her 69.09 flew past the automatic qualifying mark and turned out to be the farthest throw of the competition, leading ten other automatic qualifiers.

In the final, Abakumova couldn't match her qualifier, though she did take the first round lead with 65.09. But that was to be her best. In the second round Kimberley Mickle threw a personal best 66.25 to take the lead. The lead lasted only 5 attempts before Christina Obergföll let loose a 69.05. That was it, the only other news from the final four rounds was Mickle's second improvement on her personal best to 66.60 in the final round.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Championship record	Maria Abakumova (RUS)	71.99	Daegu, South Korea	2 September 2011
World leading	Maria Abakumova (RUS)	69.34	Castellón, Spain	22 July 2013
African record	Sunette Viljoen (RSA)	69.35	New York City, United States	9 Jun 2012
Asian record	Lü Huihui (CHN)	65.62	Zhaoqing, People's Republic of China	27 April 2013
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
South American record	Sabina Moya (COL)	62.62	Guatemala City, Guatemala	12 May 2002
European record	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Oceanian record	Louise Currey (AUS)	66.80	Runaway Bay, Australia	5 August 2000

Qualification standards

A result^[3]	B result
62.00	60.00

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
16 August 2013	9:30	Qualification
18 August 2013	16:00	Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:	Q	Qualified	q	12 best performers	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	Result	Notes
1	A	Mariya Abakumova	Russia (RUS)	69.09			69.09	Q
2	B	Kimberley Mickle	Australia (AUS)	59.92	65.73		65.73	Q, PB
3	A	Linda Stahl	Germany (GER)	64.51			64.51	Q
3	B	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa (RSA)	64.51			64.51	Q, SB
5	A	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia (AUS)	x	62.80		62.80	Q, SB
6	B	Tatjana Jelača	Serbia (SRB)	57.65	62.68		62.68	Q, NR
7	B	Christina Obergföll	Germany (GER)	62.36			62.36	Q
8	B	Viktoriya Sudarushkina	Russia (RUS)	x	52.88	62.20	62.20	Q
9	A	Sofi Flinck	Sweden (SWE)	61.96			61.96	Q, NR
10	A	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine (UKR)	59.49	58.60	61.70	61.70	Q
11	B	Li Lingwei	China (CHN)	58.62	61.51		61.51	Q, SB
12	B	Nadeeka Lakmali	Sri Lanka (SRI)	56.12	59.09	60.39	60.39	q
13	B	Katharina Molitor	Germany (GER)	57.17	58.03	60.32	60.32
14	B	Līna Mūze	Latvia (LAT)	54.36	60.29	x	60.29
15	A	Zhang Li	China (CHN)	58.59	60.16	58.98	60.16
16	A	Yuki Ebihara	Japan (JPN)	58.39	59.31	59.80	59.80
17	A	Krista Woodward	Canada (CAN)	58.86	55.31	55.59	58.86
18	A	Hanna Hatsko	Ukraine (UKR)	57.82	58.63	57.55	58.63
19	B	Marharyta Dorozhon	Ukraine (UKR)	58.23	54.53	55.40	58.23
20	B	Martina Ratej	Slovenia (SLO)	56.36	57.95	x	57.95
21	B	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland (ISL)	57.36	57.65	55.98	57.65
22	B	Brittany Borman	United States (USA)	53.20	57.63	x	57.63
23	A	Flor Ruiz	Colombia (COL)	55.43	57.47	54.09	57.47
24	B	Liina Laasma	Estonia (EST)	55.53	54.11	56.93	56.93
25	A	Eliza Toader	Romania (ROM)	54.47	55.76	54.64	55.76
26	A	Jucilene de Lima	Brazil (BRA)	54.14	55.18	x	55.18
27	A	Madara Palameika	Latvia (LAT)	x	x	53.70	53.70

Final

The final was started at 16:00.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Result	Notes
	Christina Obergföll	Germany (GER)	64.63	69.05	64.02	62.93	x	x	69.05	SB
	Kimberley Mickle	Australia (AUS)	60.43	66.25	64.18	64.29	x	66.60	66.60	PB
	Mariya Abakumova	Russia (RUS)	65.09	63.78	64.33	x	60.99	58.71	65.09
4	Linda Stahl	Germany (GER)	64.78	62.58	x	x	x	61.81	64.78
5	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia (AUS)	63.77	x	60.34	62.19	x	62.23	63.77	SB
6	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa (RSA)	63.58	x	56.51	58.66	59.00	60.25	63.58
7	Viktoriya Sudarushkina	Russia (RUS)	60.44	62.21	55.82	x	58.64	x	62.21
8	Li Lingwei	China (CHN)	57.48	60.30	61.30	55.63	57.58	57.96	61.30
9	Tatjana Jelača	Serbia (SRB)	60.38	60.63	60.81				60.81
10	Sofi Flinck	Sweden (SWE)	57.56	59.52	55.56				59.52
11	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine (UKR)	x	58.33	x				58.33
12	Nadeeka Lakmali	Sri Lanka (SRI)	55.10	58.16	55.77				58.16