2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
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

The women's javelin throw event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 and 17 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Linda Brivule  Latvia
Silver	Ilze Gribule  Latvia
Bronze	Urszula Jasińska  Poland

Results

Final

17 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Linda Brivule	Latvia	51.65	x	53.65	55.35	50.44	51.54	55.35
	Ilze Gribule	Latvia	54.16	50.65	x	50.67	48.70	x	54.16
	Urszula Jasińska	Poland	54.06	x	49.08	49.38	49.65	49.46	54.06
4	Yuneisy Rodríguez	Cuba	51.28	53.23	x	51.50	x	48.56	53.23
5	Stefanie Hessler	Germany	51.74	50.98	49.37	52.60	51.99	52.49	52.60
6	Elfje Willemsen	Belgium	x	52.18	48.24	x	x	x	52.18
7	Lyndsey Johnson	United States	49.96	49.52	50.76	50.99	x	49.36	50.99
8	Andrea Kvetová	Czech Republic	50.76	49.23	x	49.29	46.73	x	50.76
9	Kim Mickle	Australia	50.01	48.60	46.87				50.01
10	Marta Alonso	Spain	x	43.65	47.28				47.28
11	Olga Gamza	Belarus	41.70	46.69	45.29				46.69
12	Krista Woodward	Canada	x	46.32	x				46.32

Qualifications

16 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Linda Brivule	Latvia	48.44	44.74	51.22	51.22	q
2	Stefanie Hessler	Germany	49.87	51.09	48.60	51.09	q
3	Lyndsey Johnson	United States	49.09	50.87	x	50.87	q
4	Yuneisy Rodríguez	Cuba	x	50.35	50.76	50.76	q
5	Urszula Jasińska	Poland	48.04	49.49	49.70	49.70	q
6	Elfje Willemsen	Belgium	43.77	x	47.80	47.80	q
7	Hana'a Omar	Egypt	46.19	31.69	45.63	46.19
8	Alana Redfern	Canada	42.27	42.69	45.52	45.52
9	Sigrún Sveinsdóttir	Iceland	39.74	42.57	45.34	45.34
10	Berna Demirci	Turkey	x	44.78	38.30	44.78
11	Kimet Sánchez	Dominican Republic	41.75	44.66	43.18	44.66
12	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua	38.69	41.97	x	41.97

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Andrea Kvetová	Czech Republic	54.65	-	-	54.65	Q
2	Olga Gamza	Belarus	51.11	x	49.16	51.11	q
3	Ilze Gribule	Latvia	49.75	49.55	x	49.75	q
4	Kim Mickle	Australia	48.26	49.67	x	49.67	q
5	Marta Alonso	Spain	47.86	48.41	47.57	48.41	q
6	Krista Woodward	Canada	45.78	47.10	46.30	47.10	q
7	Izabel Savic	Sweden	45.10	46.74	45.59	46.74
8	Daniela Janke	Germany	46.70	x	44.70	46.70
9	Shaneka Parkes	Jamaica	39.58	39.06	43.38	43.38
10	Ana Gutiérrez	Mexico	42.88	42.43	41.03	42.88
11	Petra Novák	Slovenia	41.51	x	41.00	41.51
12	Rachel Walker	United States	x	x	38.86	38.86

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Canada (2)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Dominican Republic (1)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Iceland (1)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Latvia (2)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Nicaragua (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015