European Athletics Championships 2010 / women's javelin

20th European Athletics Championships
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Women
Attendees	20 athletes from 14 countries
venue	Barcelona
Competition location	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Competition phase	July 27th (qualification) July 29th (final)
Medalists Linda Stahl ( GER )   Christina Obergföll ( GER )   Barbora Špotáková ( CZE )

The Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Barcelona in 2007

The women's javelin at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held on July 27 and 29, 2010 at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in the city of Barcelona .

In this competition, the German javelin throwers won a double victory. The surprising European champion was Linda Stahl . Second place went to the Olympic runner-up in 2008 and vice world champion in 2007, Christina Obergföll . Bronze went to the Czech Olympic champion from 2008, world champion from 2007, vice world champion from 2009 , vice European champion from 2006 and world record holder Barbora Špotáková .

Existing records

World record	72.28 m	Barbora Špotáková	Stuttgart , Germany	September 13, 2008
European record
EM record	67.47 m	Mirela Manjani	EM Munich , Germany	August 8, 2002

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

doping

There was also a doping case in the javelin :
The initially fifth-placed Russian Marija Abakumova had already lost her silver medal from the 2008 Olympic Games . Now their medals and placings from her were World Cup 2009 / 2011 and the European Championships in 2010 disallowed.

The main victims were two athletes:

• Jarmila Klimešová , Czech Republic - As eighth-placed thrower, she would have allowed three more attempts in the final.
• Sinta Ozolina , Latvia - She should have taken part in the final beyond the distance she achieved in qualifying.

Legend

Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:

-	waived
x	invalid

qualification

Twenty participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 59.50 m. Five athletes, including the doping sinner Marija Abakumowa ( see above ), exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the seven next placed athletes to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 56.55 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

July 27, 2010, 7:05 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Christina Obergföll	Germany	65.05	65.05	-	-
2	Katharina Molitor	Germany	59.74	59.74	-	-
3	Madara Palameika	Latvia	58.85	58.06	53.82	58.85
4th	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	58.45	52.26	51.57	58.45
5	Zahra Bani	Italy	56.68	56.68	x	52.19
6th	Wera Rebrik	Ukraine	52.31	x	52.31	51.09
7th	Felicia Țilea	Romania	46.51	x	x	46.51
8th	Evelien Dekkers	Netherlands	46.37	x	x	46.37
NM	Oona Sormunen	Finland	ogV	x	x	x
DOP	Maria Abakumova	Russia	admitted to the finals
DNS	Savva Lika	Greece

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  52.31 m were not enough for Wera Rebrik to take part in the finals

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  The vice world champion from 1995 and European Championship third from 1994 Felicia Țilea failed with 46.51 m in the qualification

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  Evelien Dekkers scored 46.37 m and was eliminated

Group B

July 27, 2010, 8:30 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	65.56	65.56	-	-
2	Martina Ratej	Slovenia	61.92	61.92	-	-
3	Linda Stahl	Germany	57.42	x	57.42	x
4th	Tatjana Jelača	Serbia	56.89	53.64	52.07	56.89
5	Mercedes Chilla	Spain	56.78	56.78	x	x
6th	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland	56.55	49.47	51.55	56.55
7th	Sinta Ozolina	Latvia	56.11 actually qualified for the final	53.99	x	56.11
8th	Bregje Crolla	Netherlands	55.82	55.82	51.95	55.33
9	Maria Negoiţă	Romania	55.68	55.68	54.49	55.34
10	Elisabeth Pauer	Austria	53.45	53.45	x	53.20

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  Sinta Ozolina was actually eligible to take part in the final with 56.55 m

• 

  Bregje Crolla did not reach the final with 55.82 m

final

July 29, 2010, 8:40 pm

Linda Stahl and Christina Obergföll achieved a German double victory. Stahl won the gold medal with a personal best of 66.81 m in the fifth attempt. Christina Obergföll, who was rated higher in the run-up, won the silver medal with 65.58 m. Barbora Špotáková from the Czech Republic - world record holder with 72.28 m in 2008 - came third with 65.36 m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)
1	Linda Stahl	Germany	66.81	60.36	57.31	63.17	x	66.81	64.13
2	Christina Obergföll	Germany	65.58	61.46	64.12	63.76	62.78	65.58	x
3	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	65.36	65.36	62.89	x	x	65.09	x
4th	Katharina Molitor	Germany	63.81	61.44	59.69	58.45	x	x	63.81
5	Mercedes Chilla	Spain	61.40	57.82	61.40	x	61.37	58.38	60.99
6th	Martina Ratej	Slovenia	60.99	60.08	x	x	60.71	x	60.99
7th	Madara Palameika	Latvia	60.78	55.22	53.44	59.70	57.76	60.78	x
8th	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	56.50	56.37	56.50	x	actually entitled to 3 more throws
9	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland	54.32	x	52.32	54.32	not in the final of the eight best throwers
10	Zahra Bani	Italy	53.67	51.70	x	53.67
11	Tatjana Jelača	Serbia	52.13	x	45.99	52.13
DOP	Maria Abakumova	Russia

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  Linda Stahl presented herself very competitively and became European champion

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  Vice European champion Christina Obergföll was still waiting for her first big title after numerous medals - in 2013 she became world champion

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  For the Olympic champion and world record holder Barbora Špotáková there was bronze

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  The fourth-placed Katharina Molitor had their greatest success, the World Cup -Titel 2015 , still to come

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  Martina Ratej reached sixth place

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  Madara Palameika came in seventh place

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  Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir finished ninth

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  Zahra Bani, EM -Neunte of 2006 , finished tenth

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  Maria Abakumova - disqualified as a doping fraudster

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Barcelona 2010 at european-athletics.org, accessed January 6, 2020
• European Championship 2010 Barcelona, ​​Women Javelin Throw on todor66.com, accessed January 6, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2010 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 6, 2020
• European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Women Javelin Throw European Championship 2010 Barcelona, ​​p. 508 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 6, 2020
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2010, javelin women on sportschau.de, accessed on January 6, 2020
• 20th European Athletics Championships 2010 in Barcelona, ​​Spain from ifosta.de, accessed on January 6, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Javelin women , accessed January 6, 2020
2. ↑ Two Russians lose world championships medals over doping on reuters.com, September 5, 2018 (English), accessed on January 6, 2020