2017 World Athletics Championships / women's javelin

2017 World Athletics Championships
discipline	Women's javelin throw
city	London
place	Olympic Stadium London
Participants	31 athletes from 22 countries
Competition phase	August 6, 2017 (qualification) August 8, 2017 (final)
Medalists
gold	Barbora Špotáková ( CZE )
silver	Li Lingwei ( CHN )
bronze	Lü Huihui ( CHN )

World champion Barbora Špotáková

The women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , Great Britain , on August 6-8, 2017 .

The Czech Barbora Špotáková won the world championship . Second place went to Li Lingwei from China . Bronze went to Lü Huihui , also from the People's Republic of China.

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 Israeli Marharyta Dorozhon was eliminated with her 61.33 m in the qualification

The Czech Nikola Ogrodníková did not have enough 59.99 m for the final

The German Christian Hussong scored 60.86 m and did not make it to the final

The Indian Annu Rani - here at an award ceremony in Odisha , India - failed after 59.93 m in the qualification

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance required for direct entry into the final was 63.50 m. Since only seven throwers exceeded this distance - highlighted in light blue, the final field was filled with the following best throwers from both groups to a total of twelve participants - highlighted in light green. So finally 62.29 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

August 6, 2017, 7:05 p.m. local time (8:05 p.m. CEST )

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Katharina Molitor	Germany	61.76	65.37	-	65.37 SB
2	Liu Shiying	People's Republic of China	x	58.89	64.72	64.72
3	Kelsey-Lee Roberts	Australia	61.12	63.70	-	63.70
4th	Sara Kolak	Croatia	63.03	x	63.24	63.24
5	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada	61.39	62.97	x	62.97
6th	Tazzjana Chaladovich	Belarus	62.58	61.07	59.73	62.58
7th	Marharyta Doroschon	Israel	56.02	61.33	x	61.33
8th	Kara Winger	United States	61.27	58.24	59.63	61.27
9	Marina Saitō	Japan	59.21	57.29	60.86	60.86
10	Nikola Ogrodníková	Czech Republic	59.99	x	55.89	59.99
11	Madara Palameika	Latvia	x	59.54	x	59.54
12	Flor Ruíz	Colombia	57.93	57.94	x	57.94
13	Yuki Ebihara	Japan	55.36	57.51	x	57.51
14th	Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Lithuania	50.51	55.05	55.80	55.80
15th	Sigrid Borge	Norway	54.94	55.08	x	55.08
16	Hanna Hazko-Fedusova	Ukraine	x	51.90	x	51.90

Group B

August 6, 2017, 8:30 p.m. local time (9:30 p.m. CEST )

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Lu Huihui	People's Republic of China	67.59	-	-	67.59 AS
2	Martina Ratej	Slovenia	65.64	-		65.64 SB
3	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	59.04	64.32	-	64.32
4th	Eda Tuğsuz	Turkey	62.13	61.51	63.87	63.87
5	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland	59.53	57.28	63.06	63.06
6th	Li Lingwei	People's Republic of China	62.26	62.29	60.78	62.29
7th	Anete Kociņa	Latvia	x	62.26	58.75	62.26
8th	Christin Hussong	Germany	57.53	56.92	60.86	60.86
9	Laila Ferrer de Silva	Brazil	60.54	56.44	60.10	60.54
10	Annu Rani	India	57.34	59.93	57.16	59.93
11	Marcelina Witek	Poland	59.00	x	x	59.00
12	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia	57.42	x	x	57.42
13	Ariana Ince	United States	x	54.52	x	54.52
14th	Risa Miyashita	Japan	51.57	53.43	53.83	53.83
NM	Wera Rebrik	Authorized Neutral Athletes	x	x	R.	without space

final

August 8, 2017, 7:20 p.m. local time (8:20 p.m. CEST )

From the circle of favorites the Czech sticking world record holder , two-time Olympic champion - 2008 / 2012 , world champion in 2009 and European champion of 2014 Barbora Špotáková something out. But she had to reckon with strong competitors. First of all there was the German world champion from 2015 Katharina Molitor, who did not start in her strong form from 2015. As the 2016 Olympic champion , Croatian Sara Kolak, who was also there, surprised. The 2015 vice world champion Lü Huihui was also one of the favorites, as was the reigning European champion Tazzjana Chaladowitsch from Belarus.

Lap one did not bring great distances yet, with 63.04 m Chaladowitsch was leading. That changed in the second round. Špotáková achieved the new top distance with 66.76 m. Three female throwers now exceeded the 64 mark. Kolak was second with 64.95 m in front of the Turkish Eda Tuğsuz - 64.52 m - and Chaladowitsch - 64.05 m. Molitor was fifth with 63.75 m. In the third series of tests, the Chinese Li Lingwei climbed to 66.25 m, was second and displaced all throwers who had been in front of her by one place.

In the three finals of the top eight that followed, not much happened. However, there was still one important change. Co-favorite Lü Huihui took bronze with 65.26 m. This was the second time that Barbora Špotáková was world champion ahead of the Chinese Li Lingwei. Olympic champion Sara Kolak came fourth ahead of Eda Tuğsuz. European champion Tazzjana Chaladowitsch finished sixth, defending champion Katharina Molitor finished seventh.

space	Athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	58.48	66.76	x	65.64	62.57	63.75	66.76
	Li Lingwei	People's Republic of China	61.81	63.01	66.25	65.38	x	x	66.25 PB
	Lu Huihui	People's Republic of China	62.71	62.44	61.95	60.87	65.26	58.30	65.26
4th	Sara Kolak	Croatia	x	64.95	x	57.38	63.50	x	64.95
5	Eda Tuğsuz	Turkey	61.81	64.52	x	63.68	64.47	62.77	64.52
6th	Tazzjana Chaladovich	Belarus	63.04	64.05	x	x	62.62	x	64.05
7th	Katharina Molitor	Germany	59.81	63.75	59.67	59.67	59.80	58.30	63.75
8th	Liu Shiying	People's Republic of China	x	x	62.28	62.84	61.31	61.39	62.84
9	Martina Ratej	Slovenia	61.05	x	59.11	not in the final of the eight best throwers			61.05
10	Kelsey-Lee Roberts	Australia	60.76	58.39	59.76				60.76
11	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland	57.38	60.16	x				60.16
12	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada	60.12	58.87	58.36				60.12

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  World champion Barbora Špotáková, Czech Republic

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  Vice World Champion Li Lingwei, People's Republic of China

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  Bronze medalist Lü Huihui, People's Republic of China

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  Fourth place for the Croatian Olympic champion of 2016 Sara Kolak

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  Defending champion Katharina Molitor from Germany came in seventh place

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  Martina Ratei from Slovenia came in ninth

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  Australian Kelsey-Lee Roberts came in tenth

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  Icelander Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir reached eleventh place

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  The Canadian Elizabeth Gleadle came in twelfth

Web links and sources

• Homepage for the 2017 World Championships, women javelin throw on the IAAF website , accessed on December 24, 2018
• Results of the 2017 World Athletics Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 24, 2018
• Reports on the 2017 World Championships at Leichtathletik.de, accessed on December 24, 2018

Video

• IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS LONDON 2017 ~ Women Javelin 67.59m new Asia Record on youtube.com, published on August 10, 2017, accessed on December 24, 2018
• Barbora Spotakova 66.76 m - Women Javelin Final - IAAF World Championships London 2017 on youtube.com, published on August 10, 2017, accessed on December 24, 2018