World Athletics Championships 2015 / women's javelin
World Athletics Championships 2015 | |
discipline | Women's javelin throw |
city | Beijing |
place | Beijing National Stadium |
Participants | 32 athletes from 21 countries |
Competition phase | August 28, 2015 (qualification) August 30, 2015 (final) |
Medalists | |
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gold | Katharina Molitor ( GER ) |
silver | Lü Huihui ( CHN ) |
bronze | Sunette Viljoen ( ZAF ) |
The women's javelin at the 2015 World Athletics Championships took place on August 28th and 30th, 2015 in Beijing , People's Republic of China .
The German Katharina Molitor became world champion . The Chinese Lü Huihui won the silver medal. Third place went to South African Sunette Viljoen .
Records
World record | Barbora Špotáková | 72.28 m | Stuttgart , Germany | September 13, 2008 |
Championship record | Maria Abakumova | 71.99 m | World Cup in Daegu , South Korea | September 2, 2011 |
qualification
The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 63.50 m. Since only eight athletes exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to a total of twelve participants (highlighted in light green). So finally 62.21 m was enough for the final.
Group A
August 28, 2015, 7:00 p.m. local time (1:00 p.m. CEST )
space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Brittany Borman | United States | 58.24 | x | 64.22 | 64.22 |
2 | Christina Obergföll | Germany | x | x | 64.10 | 64.10 |
3 | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa | 63.93 | - | - | 63.93 |
4th | Katharina Molitor | Germany | 60.64 | 59.90 | 63.23 | 63.23 |
5 | Lu Huihui | People's Republic of China | 59.66 | 63.15 | - | 63.15 |
6th | Madara Palameika | Latvia | 59.78 | x | 62.17 | 62.17 |
7th | Zhang Li | People's Republic of China | 61.29 | 61.80 | 56.23 | 61.80 SB |
8th | Hanna Hazko-Fedusova | Ukraine | 59.25 | 61.41 | x | 61.41 SB |
9 | Yuki Ebihara | Japan | 53.67 | 57.56 | 60.30 | 60.30 |
10 | Kelsey-Lee Roberts | Australia | 60.18 | 58.03 | 49.78 | 60.18 |
11 | Tazzjana Chaladovich | Belarus | x | 55.67 | 60.07 | 60.07 |
12 | Martina Ratej | Slovenia | 57.13 | 59.76 | x | 59.76 |
13 | Wera Rebrik | Russia | 59.67 | x | 59.35 | 59.67 |
14th | Jucilene de Lima | Brazil | 59.38 | 59.49 | 51.18 | 59.49 |
15th | Goldie Sayers | Great Britain | 58.28 | 58.11 | x | 58.28 |
16 | Sanni Utriainen | Finland | 54.57 | 55.56 | x | 55.56 |
Group B
August 28, 2015, 8:25 p.m. local time (2:25 p.m. CEST )
space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Width (m) |
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1 | Christin Hussong | Germany | 60.27 | 61.00 | 65.92 | 65.92 PB |
2 | Li Lingwei | People's Republic of China | 65.07 | - | - | 65.07 SB |
3 | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic | 60.62 | 65.02 | - | 65.02 |
4th | Elizabeth Gleadle | Canada | 64.02 | - | - | 64.02 |
5 | Linda Stahl | Germany | 62.12 | 61.21 | 63.52 | 63.52 |
6th | Sinta Ozoliņa | Latvia | 62.81 | x | x | 62.81 SB |
7th | Kara Winger | United States | 61.59 | 62.21 | 59.18 | 62.21 |
8th | Marharyta Doroschon | Israel | 61.04 | 59.79 | 60.63 | 61.04 |
9 | Kathryn Mitchell | Australia | 61.04 | x | x | 61.04 |
10 | Yulenmis Aguilar | Cuba | 60.52 | 59.05 | 58.04 | 60.52 |
11 | Kimberley Mickle | Australia | x | 59.83 | x | 59.83 |
12 | Flor Ruíz | Colombia | x | 56.70 | 57.25 | 57.25 |
13 | Maria Andrejczyk | Poland | 52.86 | 53.44 | 56.75 | 56.75 |
14th | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Iceland | 56.72 | x | x | 56.72 |
15th | Maria Abakumova | Russia | 56.08 | 55.69 | x | 56.08 |
16 | Kateryna Derun | Ukraine | x | 53.49 | x | 53.49 |
final
August 30, 2015, 6:45 p.m. local time (12:45 p.m. CEST )
A strong field was gathered in this competition. In the final, the Czech Olympic champion started from 2008 / 2012 , and reigning European champion , Barbora Špotáková, the German world champion in 2013 and Olympic silver medalist from 2008/2012 Christina Obergföll, the European champion of 2010 and EM -Third of 2012/2014, including Olympic bronze medalist of 2012, Linda Stahl from Germany, the South African Olympic gold medal in 2012 and World Cup third in 2011 Sunette Viljoen and the Chinese Olympic fifth in 2012 Lü Huihui. The Russian world champion from 2011 Marija Abakumowa, however, was already eliminated in the qualification.
In the final, the strong throwers of recent years, Obergföll and especially Špotáková, were unable to build on their great performances. But the competition remained exciting until the last throw. In the first round, the Chinese Li Lingwei took the lead with 64.10 m. Behind her lay the Latvian Sinta Ozoliņa with 62.20 m. In lap two, Viljoen took second position with 63.59 m. In the third round, the existing order changed completely. The German Olympic sixth Katharina Molitor took the lead with 64.74 m. Lü Huihui was second, only two centimeters behind, and Obergföll improved to third with 64.61 m. Li Lingwei was now fourth ahead of Viljoen. The German Christian Hussong pushed past Ozoliņa to sixth with 62.98 m.
The changes continued in lap five. Viljoen managed a throw at 65.79 m and was the new front runner. But Lü Huihui countered in round five when she pushed the South African back from first place with 66.13 m. This distance also represented a new Asian record. But the decision was not made until lap six. Katharina Molitor reached 67.69 m, with which she became world champion and set a new world record for the year. Lü Huihui won silver, Sunette Viljoen came third. Christina Obergföll was fourth ahead of Li Lingwei. Christin Hussong was sixth, Sinta Ozoliņa seventh. The American came in eighth place.
space | Athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
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Katharina Molitor | Germany | 60.84 | 61.37 | 64.74 | 61.86 | 62.13 | 67.69 | 67.69 WL | |
Lu Huihui | People's Republic of China | 63.80 | x | 64.72 | 59.65 | 66.13 | 63.72 | 66.13 AS | |
Sunette Viljoen | South Africa | 60.18 | 63.09 | 62.93 | 65.79 | 62.11 | 60.11 | 65.79 | |
4th | Christina Obergföll | Germany | x | 61.04 | 64.61 | x | 62.51 | x | 64.61 SB |
5 | Li Lingwei | People's Republic of China | 64.10 | 62.56 | 61.94 | x | 62.87 | x | 64.10 |
6th | Christin Hussong | Germany | x | 59.98 | 62.94 | 62.98 | x | x | 62.98 |
7th | Sinta Ozoliņa | Latvia | 62.20 | 60.56 | x | 58.88 | x | x | 62.20 |
8th | Kara Winger | United States | 58.55 | 60.63 | 60.88 | 59.34 | 59.28 | x | 60.88 |
9 | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic | x | 59.54 | 60.08 | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
60.08 | ||
10 | Linda Stahl | Germany | 58.82 | 59.69 | 59.88 | 59.88 | |||
11 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Canada | 59.78 | 59.82 | x | 59.82 | |||
12 | Brittany Borman | United States | 57.96 | 58.26 | 57.86 | 58.26 |
The 2010 German European Champion, Linda Stahl, came in tenth
Web links and sources
- Homepage of the 2015 World Championships, women's javelin throw on the IAAF website , accessed on November 15, 2018
- Results of the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 15, 2018
- Reports on the 2015 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on November 15, 2018
Video
- IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 - Day 9 Highlights on youtube.com, range from 22:23 min to 28:30 min, published on August 30, 2015, accessed on November 15, 2018