2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 2008 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		women
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 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 10 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Vira Rebryk  Ukraine
Silver	Li Lingwei  China
Bronze	Tatjana Jelača  Serbia

Results

Final

10 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine	55.38	63.01	-	x	-	59.60	63.01
	Li Lingwei	China	53.08	x	52.56	55.92	59.25	55.17	59.25
	Tatjana Jelača	Serbia	48.45	x	52.92	52.17	58.77	55.34	58.77
4	Zhang Li	China	53.09	51.81	56.68	55.49	53.60	54.39	56.68
5	Tazmin Brits	South Africa	55.34	54.07	51.38	54.98	x	56.12	56.12
6	Jelena Jaakkola	Finland	50.39	55.26	x	x	x	x	55.26
7	Anna Wessman	Sweden	48.86	51.44	51.58	-	49.51	54.12	54.12
8	Nikola Ogrodníková	Czech Republic	53.94	48.66	-	-	-	-	53.94
9	Anastasiya Svechnikova	Uzbekistan	x	51.15	x				51.15
10	Janis Ramírez	Nicaragua	x	51.12	x				51.12
11	Jucilene de Lima	Brazil	50.87	49.20	x				50.87
12	Ina Kartum	Norway	45.63	48.39	46.83				48.39

Qualifications

8 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Nikola Ogrodníková	Czech Republic	46.93	54.48	-	54.48	Q
2	Tatjana Jelača	Serbia	46.94	49.61	52.05	52.05	q
3	Tazmin Brits	South Africa	43.27	51.69	48.44	51.69	q
4	Zhang Li	China	50.32	51.38	50.20	51.38	q
5	Anna Wessman	Sweden	x	51.38	47.61	51.38	q
6	Karolina Mor	Poland	49.79	40.81	50.53	50.53
7	Karlee McQuillen	United States	49.77	x	49.67	49.77
8	Kate Shierlaw	Australia	47.53	45.86	47.98	47.98
9	Oona Sormunen	Finland	x	x	46.32	46.32
10	María Paz Ríos	Chile	40.41	44.89	42.64	44.89
11	Eliza Toader	Romania	41.29	41.96	44.41	44.41
12	Chiu Pei-Lien	Chinese Taipei	44.06	x	37.87	44.06
13	Ziva Klarer Rebec	Slovenia	x	41.77	43.95	43.95
14	Kateryna Retiva	Ukraine	39.76	42.95	40.58	42.95

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine	58.66	-	-	58.66	Q
2	Jelena Jaakkola	Finland	46.43	x	54.30	54.30	Q
3	Li Lingwei	China	50.94	52.90	50.39	52.90	q
4	Jucilene de Lima	Brazil	51.55	48.49	43.53	51.55	q
5	Janis Ramírez	Nicaragua	51.43	45.65	x	51.43	q
6	Anastasiya Svechnikova	Uzbekistan	x	51.17	46.31	51.17	q
7	Ina Kartum	Norway	45.21	50.98	x	50.98	q
8	Matilde Andraud	France	48.76	49.00	45.90	49.00
9	Tatsiana Khaladovich	Belarus	x	48.33	44.10	48.33
10	Valentina Croitori	Moldova	46.87	46.69	41.01	46.87
11	Barbora Svozilová	Czech Republic	45.96	46.00	x	46.00
12	Aleksandra Erkic	Slovenia	45.77	45.37	x	45.77
13	Sarah Nöh	Germany	45.73	x	43.24	45.73
14	Laura Macauley	Canada	37.35	40.11	43.45	43.45

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Chile (1)
•  China (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Czech Republic (2)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Moldova (1)
•  Nicaragua (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Slovenia (2)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United States (1)
•  Uzbekistan (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, 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