The women's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 30 August.Start list
There were eight automatic qualifiers out of the first round. With the best mark qualifiers, the German team was able to get four into the finals including defending champion Christina Obergföll, the home team was able to get two when Lü Huihui got in with the tenth qualifier. World leader Sunette Viljoen also could not make the automatic but got into the finals while the world record holder Barbora Špotáková did get an automatic.
The partisan locals were overjoyed when Lü took over the lead with a 63.80 and three throws later Li Lingwei improved upon that with a 64.10, putting the home team in first and second place. That lead held through the second round as closest anybody could come was Viljoen at 63.09 to take third place. Obergföl started the third round with a new leader 64.61, but Lü came back with an answer of 64.72 which held the lead until the next thrower Katharina Molitor threw it 2 cm further. Špotáková barely made 60 and didn't get to make the last three throws. In the fourth round, Viljoen threw 65.79 to move into the lead and as the fifth round was ending, Lü uncorked a 66.13 to set a new Asian Record and take the lead to a furious ovation. That was the status going into the last throw of the competition. Molitor had seen her leading position drop to third place over the last 2 rounds but found the answer, a 67.69 to let the air out of the crowd.
Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
World record72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Championship record71.99Daegu, South Korea2 September 2011World leading66.62Melbourne, Australia21 March 2015African record69.35New York City, United States9 Jun 2012Asian record65.47Incheon, South Korea1 October 2014North, Central American and Caribbean record71.70Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005South American record63.80Xalapa, Mexico27 November 2014European record72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Oceanian record66.83Melbourne, Australia22 March 2014The following records were established during the competition:Asian record66.13Beijing, China30 August 2015World leading67.69Beijing, China30 August 2015
Qualification standards Entry standards 61.00
Schedule Date Time Round28 August 2015 19:00 Qualification30 August 2015 18:45 Final
Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best
Qualification Qualification: 63.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).Qualification results
Rank Group Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 Mark Notes 1 B Christin Hussong 60.27 61.00 65.92 65.92 , 2 B Li Lingwei 65.07 65.07 , 3 B Barbora Špotáková 60.62 65.02 65.02 4 A Brittany Borman 58.24 64.22 64.22 5 A Christina Obergföll 64.10 64.10 6 B Elizabeth Gleadle 64.02 64.02 7 A Sunette Viljoen 63.93 63.93 8 B Linda Stahl 62.12 61.21 63.52 63.52 9 A Katharina Molitor 60.64 59.90 63.23 63.23 10 A Lü Huihui 59.66 63.15 63.15 11 B Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala 62.81 62.81 , 12 B Kara Winger 61.59 62.21 59.18 62.21 13 A Madara Palameika 59.78 62.17 62.17 14 A Zhang Li 61.29 61.80 56.23 61.80 15 A Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova 59.25 61.41 61.41 16 B Marharyta Dorozhon 61.04 59.79 60.63 61.04 17 B Kathryn Mitchell 61.04 61.04 18 B Yulenmis Aguilar 60.52 59.05 58.04 60.52 19 A Yuki Ebihara 53.67 57.56 60.30 60.30 20 A Kelsey-Lee Roberts 60.18 58.03 49.78 60.18 21 A Tatsiana Khaladovich 55.67 60.07 60.07 22 B Kimberley Mickle 59.83 59.83 23 A Martina Ratej 57.13 59.76 59.76 24 A Vera Rebrik 59.67 59.35 59.67 25 A Jucilene de Lima 59.38 59.49 51.18 59.49 26 A Goldie Sayers 58.28 58.11 58.28 27 B Flor Ruiz 56.70 57.25 57.25 28 B Maria Andrejczyk 52.86 53.44 56.75 56.75 29 B Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir 56.72 56.72 30 B Mariya Abakumova 56.08 55.69 56.08 31 A Sanni Utriainen 54.57 55.56 55.56 32 B Kateryna Derun 53.49 53.49
Final The final was started at 18:45Final results
Rank Name Nationality # 1 # 2 # 3 # 4 # 5 # 6 Mark Notes Katharina Molitor 60.84 61.37 64.74 61.86 62.13 67.69 67.69 Lü Huihui 63.80 64.72 59.65 66.13 63.72 66.13 Sunette Viljoen 60.18 63.09 62.93 65.79 62.11 60.11 65.79 Christina Obergföll 61.04 64.61 62.51 64.61 Li Lingwei 64.10 62.56 61.94 62.87 64.10 Christin Hussong 59.98 62.94 62.98 62.98 Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala 62.20 60.56 58.88 62.20 Kara Winger 58.55 60.63 60.88 59.34 59.28 60.88 Barbora Špotáková 59.54 60.08 60.08 10 Linda Stahl 58.82 59.69 59.88 59.88 11 Elizabeth Gleadle 59.78 59.82 59.82 12 Brittany Borman 57.96 58.26 57.86 58.26
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