2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres.

Medalists GoldSilverBronze

Schedule All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B29.08.2007 – 10:00h29.08.2007 – 11:25hFinal Round31.08.2007 – 20:40h

Abbreviations Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national record personal best season best

Records Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships World Record Osleidys Menéndez 71.70 m August 14, 2005 Helsinki, Finland Event Record Osleidys Menéndez 71.70 m August 14, 2005 Helsinki, Finland Season Best Christina Obergföll 70.20 m June 23, 2007 Munich, Germany

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteNationThrowsResultNote123 1 1Nikola Brejchová 64.29 — — 64.29 m SB 2 8Barbara Madejczyk 60.09 60.86 57.87 60.86 m 3 9Christina Obergföll 59.92 60.77 60.49 60.77 m 4 11Sonia Bisset 60.25 X 59.02 60.25 m 5 13Taina Kolkkala 58.61 59.52 59.47 59.52 m SB 6 14Zahra Bani 59.02 57.74 57.71 59.02 m 7 16Lada Chernova 58.12 55.72 56.93 58.12 m 8 17Mariya Yakovenko 55.96 57.09 57.51 57.51 m 9 18Goldie Sayers 55.40 54.78 57.23 57.23 m 10 21Monica Stoian 56.84 55.68 55.22 56.84 m 11 22Alessandra Resende 56.42 56.07 56.38 56.42 m 12 23Buoban Pamang 56.28 55.19 55.21 56.28 m 13 25Indrė Jakubaitytė 51.84 56.16 X 56.16 m 14 26Dana Pounds 50.43 55.00 53.02 55.00 m 15 29Dalila Rugama 53.22 X 49.05 53.22 m 16 30Serafina Akeli 47.91 X 50.29 50.29 m SB 17 31Emika Yoshida 47.49 49.13 49.70 49.70 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteNationThrowsResultNote123 1 2Barbora Špotáková 63.77 — — 63.77 m SB 2 3Paula Tarvainen 63.58 — — 63.58 m SB 3 4Linda Stahl 62.80 — — 62.80 m PB 4 5Savva Lika 57.39 57.91 62.38 62.38 m SB 5 6Steffi Nerius 60.94 61.89 — 61.89 m 6 7Olha Ivankova X 61.68 — 61.68 m PB 7 10Mariya Abakumova 60.55 58.79 59.19 60.55 m 8 12Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan 51.70 60.07 X 60.07 m 9 15Sílvia Cruz 54.81 56.62 58.53 58.53 m 10 19Alexandra Nasta-Tsisiou 57.17 X 54.49 57.17 m SB 11 20Lavern Eve X 55.02 56.87 56.87 m 12 24Urszula Jasinska 54.70 56.20 53.68 56.20 m 13 27Mercedes Chilla 51.63 X 53.64 53.64 m 14 28Chang Chunfeng 51.67 X 53.41 53.41 m 15 32Rumyana Karapetrova 48.50 X 47.68 48.50 m — —Lindy Leveau-Agricole X X X NM

Final RankAthleteNationAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Barbora Špotáková 66.40 60.30 67.07 64.28 63.56 64.61 67.07 m Christina Obergföll 64.01 65.26 60.90 61.87 61.12 66.46 66.46 m Steffi Nerius 59.89 59.75 59.96 64.42 62.38 X 64.42 m 4 Nikola Brejchová 60.25 61.93 63.73 62.44 X X 63.73 m 5 Savva Lika 59.07 59.24 61.72 58.68 59.90 63.13 63.13 m 6 Sonia Bisset 57.77 56.38 61.74 X X 53.18 61.74 m 7 Mariya Abakumova 61.43 59.91 X X X 60.74 61.43 m 8 Linda Stahl 60.10 58.28 58.38 61.03 X 59.75 61.03 m 9 Barbara Madejczyk 58.37 58.31 57.32 58.37 m 10 Olha Ivankova 57.56 56.88 57.87 57.87 m 11 Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan 54.76 55.71 X 55.71 m 12 Paula Tarvainen 53.50 X 50.04 53.50 m

References Event report - IAAF.org Official results, final - IAAF.org Official results, qualification - IAAF.org todor66