European Athletics Championships 2016 / women's javelin

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Women
Attendees	34 athletes from 21 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 7th (qualification) ; July 9th (final)
	Medalists
	Tazzjana Chaladowitsch ( BLR )
	Linda Stahl ( GER )
	Sara Kolak ( CRO )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The women's javelin throw at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 7th and 9th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

The European champion was the Belarusian Tazzjana Chaladowitsch . She won before the German Olympic bronze medalists from 2012 , European champion of 2010 and two-time EM -third ( 2012 / 2014 ) Linda Stahl . Bronze went to the Croatian Sara Kolak .

Existing records

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

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

Legend

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

-	waived
x	invalid
r	Competition not continued (retired)

qualification

34 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 60.00 m. Five athletes 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 58.13 m had to be achieved for the final.

Group A

July 7, 2016, 12:00 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	63.73	58.69	63.73	-
2	Katharina Molitor	Germany Germany	60.75	60.75	-	-
3	Martina Ratej	Slovenia Slovenia	60.38	58.69	60.38	-
4th	Linda Stahl	Germany Germany	60.35	57.64	60.35	-
5	Jenni Kangas	Finland Finland	59.48	59.48	56.26	55.01
6th	Tazzjana Chaladovich	Belarus Belarus	59.37	55.57	58.08	59.37
7th	Hanna Hazko-Fedusova	Ukraine Ukraine	59.34	x	x	59.34
8th	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland Iceland	58.83	56.69	58.83	x
9	Eda Tuğsuz	Turkey Turkey	58.13	58.13	54.49	52.17
10	Maria Andrejczyk	Poland Poland	57.93	57.93	x	55.00
11	Sinta Ozoliņa covale	Latvia Latvia	57.58	57.01	x	57.58
12	Sigrid Borge	Norway Norway	56.30	56.30	52.37	x
13	Anna Wessman	Sweden Sweden	54.02	52.88	54.02	x
14th	Tetjana Fetiskina	Ukraine Ukraine	52.90	x	51.05	52.90
15th	Marija Vučenović	Serbia Serbia	49.18	x	49.18	x
NM	Indrė Jakubaitytė	Lithuania Lithuania	ogV	x	x	x
NM	Līna Mūze	Latvia Latvia	ogV	x	r

Javelin throwers eliminated from group A in qualification:

Sinta Ozoliņa covale - 57.58 m
Sigrid Borge - 56.30 m
Anna Wessman - 54.02 m
Līna Mūze - without a valid attempt

Group B

July 7, 2016, 1:35 p.m.

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)
1	Sara Kolak	Croatia Croatia	60.51	55.11	60.51	-
2	Madara Palameika	Latvia Latvia	59.71	56.18	59.71	r
3	Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Lithuania Lithuania	58.21	54.04	58.21	x
4th	Lidia Parada	Spain Spain	57.34	56.31	x	57.34
5	Sanni Utriainen	Finland Finland	57.19	57.19	53.46	x
6th	Christin Hussong	Germany Germany	57.17	55.19	57.17	52.37
7th	Liina Laasma	Estonia Estonia	56.61	56.23	56.61	x
8th	Matilde Andraud	France France	55.28	55.28	51.78	51.89
9	Réka Szilágyi	Hungary Hungary	55.19	53.58	55.19	51.80
10	Marcelina Witek	Poland Poland	55.03	55.03	x	x
11	Sofi Flink	Sweden Sweden	54.38	50.50	54.38	54.18
12	Jarmila Jurkovičová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	53.96	53.96	53.83	53.64
13	Goldie Sayers	United Kingdom Great Britain	53.56	52.60	53.56	x
14th	Kateryna Derun	Ukraine Ukraine	52.92	52.92	x	x
15th	Irena Šedivá	Czech Republic Czech Republic	52.48	51.25	52.48	52.37
16	Heidi Nokelainen	Finland Finland	52.40	51.57	52.40	47.90
NM	Marharyta Doroschon	Israel Israel	ogV	x	x	x
DNS	Tazzjana Korsch	Belarus Belarus

Javelin throwers eliminated from group B in the qualification:

Lidia Parada - 57.34 m
Christin Hussong - 57.17 m
Liina Laasma - 56.61 m
Matilde Andraud - 55.28 m
Réka Szilágyi - 55.19 m
Marcelina Witek - 55.03 m
Goldie Sayers - 53.56 m
Heidi Nokelainen - 52.40 m
Margaryta Dorozhon - without a valid attempt

final

July 9, 2016, 6:55 pm

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m)	2. attempt (m)	3rd attempt (m)	4th attempt (m)	5th attempt (m)	6th attempt (m)
1	Tazzjana Chaladovich	Belarus Belarus	66.34 NO	61.82	66.34	62.91	65.79	62.94	60.71
2	Linda Stahl	Germany Germany	65.25	60.40	60.80	59.19	59.31	x	65.25
3	Sara Kolak	Croatia Croatia	63.50 NR / NU23R	58.89	55.32	63.50	58.45	58.32	x
4th	Katharina Molitor	Germany Germany	63.20	59.87	63.20	62.89	58.82	x	58.26
5	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	62.66	x	62.66	62.28	x	x	x
6th	Martina Ratej	Slovenia Slovenia	60.65	60.65	58.29	x	55.47	x	x
7th	Madara Palameika	Latvia Latvia	60.39	x	60.39	x	x	x	57.30
8th	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland Iceland	60.37	60.37	57.97	x	55.14	x	59.97
9	Jenni Kangas	Finland Finland	59.41	53.97	58.61	59.41	not in the final of the eight best throwers
10	Hanna Hazko-Fedusova	Ukraine Ukraine	58.86	56.89	58.86	x
11	Eda Tuğsuz	Turkey Turkey	56.97	56.97	52.92	x
12	Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Lithuania Lithuania	53.94	53.41	53.94	52.49

Linda Stahl, 2012 Olympic bronze medalist, 2010 European champion and two-time European Championship -Third ( 2012 / 2014 ), became vice European champion
Bronze medalist Sara Kolak - a few weeks later she became an Olympic champion
The reigning world champion Katharina Molitor took fourth place
The two-time Olympic champion ( 2008 / 2012 ), two-time world champion ( 2007 / 2011 ), vice world champion of 2009 , three times the EM -Medaillengewinnerin ( 2006 : Silver / 2010 ; Bronze / 2014 : gold) and world record holder of Barbora Špotáková came to fifth place
Martina Ratej reached sixth place
Madara Palameika finished seventh
Eighth placed Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir
Ninth place for Jenni Kangas