Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Date	19 August 2008 (qualification) 21 August 2008 (final)
Competitors	54 from 40 nations
Winning distance	71.42
Medalists
Barbora Špotáková   Czech Republic   Mariya Abakumova   Russia   Christina Obergföll   Germany

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
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
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's javelin throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 60.50 m (A standard) and 56.00 m (B standard).^[2]

Mariya Abakumova held the lead from her first throw, with Barbora Špotáková the only other competitor within 3 metres. Abakumova improved to 70.78 on her fourth throw. Then on her final throw, Špotáková put it out to 71.42 to take the gold.

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday, 19 August 2008	09:00	Qualifications[3]
Thursday, 21 August 2008	19:20	Finals[4]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
Olympic record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.53	Athens, Greece	27 August 2004

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes[5]
1	A	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	67.69			67.69	Q
2	B	Christina Obergföll	Germany	67.52			67.52	Q
3	A	Steffi Nerius	Germany	59.15	59.74	63.94	63.94	Q
4	A	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	61.23	63.48		63.48	Q
5	B	Goldie Sayers	Great Britain	60.79	62.99		62.99	Q
6	B	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland	62.81			62.81	Q, SB
7	A	Mercedes Chilla	Spain	56.98	61.81		61.81	Q, SB
8	A	Zhang Li	China	58.30	61.77		61.77	Q
9	B	Katharina Molitor	Germany	55.65	53.50	60.92	60.92	q
10	B	Felicea Moldovan-Tilea	Romania	53.25	55.89	60.81	60.81	q
11	A	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	60.51	x	60.41	60.51	q
12	A	Sinta Ozoliņa	Latvia	60.13	x	52.62	60.13	q, NR
13	B	Justine Robbeson	South Africa	56.75	54.26	59.63	59.63
14	A	Urszula Piwnicka	Poland	51.33	52.99	59.28	59.28
15	A	Savva Lika	Greece	56.44	58.59	59.11	59.11
16	A	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine	55.77	57.12	59.05	59.05
17	B	Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	55.71	58.82	58.36	58.82
18	A	Chang Chunfeng	China	58.42	x	x	58.42
19	B	Yanet Cruz	Cuba	58.06	57.15	57.03	58.06
20	B	Lavern Eve	Bahamas	55.22	57.36	55.15	57.36
21	B	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	52.18	57.25	x	57.25
22	A	Nikolett Szabó	Hungary	56.98	57.15	x	57.15
23	A	Natallia Shymchuk	Belarus	55.56	57.11	x	57.11
24	A	Sílvia Cruz	Portugal	54.65	57.06	x	57.06
25	B	Olha Ivankova	Ukraine	55.63	51.98	57.05	57.05
26	B	Moonika Aava	Estonia	x	56.94	x	56.94
27	A	Alessandra Resende	Brazil	54.05	56.53	54.32	56.53
28	B	Buoban Pamang	Thailand	53.69	x	56.35	56.35	SB
29	B	Lindy Leveau-Agricole	Seychelles	56.32	55.90	50.74	56.32	SB
30	B	Erma-Gene Evans	Saint Lucia	46.79	54.60	56.27	56.27
31	B	Maryna Novik	Belarus	56.10	x	53.48	56.10
32	A	Inga Stasiulionyte	Lithuania	55.66	x	55.34	55.66
33	A	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	53.14	55.58	53.82	55.58
34	B	Olivia McKoy	Jamaica	55.51	x	53.85	55.51
35	B	Tetyana Lyakhovych	Ukraine	55.50	x	53.59	55.50
36	A	Anastasiya Svechnikova	Uzbekistan	55.31	x	48.71	55.31
37	A	Martina Ratej	Slovenia	55.30	51.56	53.24	55.30
38	B	Kim Kreiner	United States	55.13	53.81	53.48	55.13
39	A	Zuleima Aramendiz	Colombia	51.30	54.71	x	54.71
40	A	Monica Stoian	Romania	x	54.56	x	54.56
41	A	Kara Patterson	United States	54.00	50.35	54.39	54.39
42	B	Song Dan	China	53.11	54.32	x	54.32
43	A	Nadeeka Lakmali	Sri Lanka	x	53.44	54.28	54.28
44	A	Christina Scherwin	Denmark	53.95	x	x	53.95	SB
45	B	Alexandra Nasta-Tsisiou	Cyprus	53.24	x	47.18	53.24
46	A	Kim Kyung-Ae	South Korea	51.46	48.00	53.13	53.13
47	B	Mariya Yakovenko	Russia	47.90	51.67	50.49	51.67
48	A	María González	Venezuela	48.37	50.51	42.32	50.51
49	B	Serafina Akeli	Samoa	47.83	42.78	49.26	49.26
50	B	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland	x	x	48.59	48.59
51	B	Leryn Franco	Paraguay	45.34	x	43.77	45.34
52	B	Rumyana Karapetrova	Bulgaria	40.15	-	-	40.15
	A	Zahra Bani	Italy	x	x	x	NM
	B	Tatjana Jelaca	Serbia	x	x	x	NM

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	69.22	67.04	x	64.92	x	71.42	71.42	AR
	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	69.32	69.08	x	70.78	x	67.52	70.78	NR
	Christina Obergföll	Germany	66.13	x	63.34	x	x	x	66.13
4	Goldie Sayers	Great Britain	65.75	59.40	62.92	59.72	65.03	56.83	65.75	NR
5	Steffi Nerius	Germany	64.05	62.25	59.97	x	x	65.29	65.29
6	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	63.35	x	x	x	x	x	63.35
7	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland	58.74	59.16	58.67	x	58.21	62.02	62.02
8	Katharina Molitor	Germany	53.19	57.37	59.64	58.81	56.72	57.00	59.64
9	Mercedes Chilla	Spain	x	57.94	58.13				58.13
10	Zhang Li	China	54.69	x	56.14				56.14
11	Sinta Ozoliņa	Latvia	50.67	53.38	52.23				53.38
12	Felicia Tilea-Moldovan	Romania	53.04	x	52.80				53.04

References

1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. "Women's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
4. "Women's Javelin Throw Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
5. IAAF. Retrieved 2008-08-18.