2004 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Javelin throw | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 45 athletes from 31 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Athens Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 25, 2004 (qualification) August 27, 2004 (final) |
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The javelin throw of women in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens was on 25 and 27 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Stadium held. 45 athletes took part.
The Cuban Osleidys Menéndez became Olympic champion . She won ahead of the German Steffi Nerius and the Greek Mirela Maniani .
With Christina Obergföll and Annika Suthe , two other German participants started alongside Nerius. Both were eliminated in qualifying.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein were not among the participants.
Current titleholders
Olympic champion 2000 | Trine Hattestad ( Norway ) | 68.91 m | Sydney 2000 |
World Champion 2003 | Mirela Maniani ( Greece ) | 66.52 m | Paris 2003 |
European Champion 2002 | Mirela Maniani ( Greece ) | 67.47 m | Munich 2002 |
Pan American Champion 2003 | Kim Kreiner ( USA ) | 60.86 m | Santo Domingo 2003 |
Central America and Caribbean Champion 2003 | Laverne Eve ( Bahamas ) | 56.75 m | St. George’s 2003 |
South American Champion 2003 | Sabina Moya ( Colombia ) | 58.30 m | Barquisimeto 2003 |
Asian Champion 2003 | Ma Ning ( People's Republic of China ) | 57.05 m | Manila 2003 |
African champion 2004 | Sunette Viljoen ( South Africa ) | 60.13 m | Brazzaville 2004 |
Oceania Champion 2002 | Linda Selui ( New Caledonia ) | 47.90 m | Christchurch 2002 |
Existing records
World record | 71.54 m | Osleidys Menéndez ( Cuba ) | Rethymno in Crete , Greece | July 1, 2001 |
Olympic record | 68.91 m | Trine Hattestad ( Norway ) | Sydney final , Australia | September 30, 2000 |
Remarks:
- All times are based on Athens local time ( UTC + 2 ).
- All widths are given in meters (m).
qualification
The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 61.00 m. Since only eleven athletes reached this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best female athlete from both groups to twelve participants (highlighted in light green). Finally, 60.97 meters had to be achieved to take part.
Group A
August 25, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Osleidys Menéndez | Cuba | 69.41 | - | - | 69.41 | |
2 | Tetjana Lyachowytsch | Ukraine | 59.43 | 57.35 | 63.07 NO | 63.07 | NO |
3 | Savva Lika | Greece | 58.29 | 62.22 | - | 62.22 | |
4th | Steffi Nerius | Germany | 57.67 | 60.30 | 62.14 | 62.14 | |
5 | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan | Romania | 52.10 | 59.06 | 62.05 | 62.05 | |
6th | Barbara Madejczyk | Poland | 59.20 | 61.18 | - | 61.18 | |
7th | Taina Kolkkala | Finland | 61.16 | - | - | 61.16 | |
8th | Mirela Manjani | Greece | 56.92 | x | 61.04 | 61.04 | |
9 | Claudia Coslovich | Italy | 60.58 | x | x | 60.58 | |
10 | Christina Obergföll | Germany | 60.41 | 58.47 | 56.67 | 60.41 | |
11 | Ma Ning | People's Republic of China | 59.80 | 55.30 | 57.03 | 59.80 | |
12 | Mercedes Chilla | Spain | 54.12 | x | 58.45 | 58.45 | |
13 | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic | 55.39 | 58.20 | x | 58.20 | |
14th | Jarmila Klimešová | Czech Republic | 55.89 | 55.62 | 57.70 | 57.70 | |
15th | Valeria Zabruskova | Russia | 57.51 | 57.53 | 55.47 | 57.53 | |
16 | Paula Huhtaniemi | Finland | 56.88 | x | x | 56.88 | |
17th | Ilze Gribule | Latvia | 54.82 | 54.92 | 51.95 | 54.92 | |
18th | Chang Jung-yeon | South Korea | x | 50.54 | 53.93 | 53.93 | |
19th | Dalila Rugama | Nicaragua | 47.81 | 51.42 | 46.18 | 51.42 | |
20th | Natallia Shymchuk | Belarus | 51.23 | x | 48.11 | 51.23 | |
21st | Leryn Franco | Paraguay | 49.17 | 48.20 | 50.37 | 50.37 | |
22nd | Romina Maggi | Argentina | 46.00 | 48.57 | 48.58 | 48.58 | |
ogV | Ekaterina Ivakina | Russia | x | - | - | without space |
Group B
August 25, 2004, 8:35 pm
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Expanse | annotation |
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1 | Nikola Brejchová | Czech Republic | 64.39 | - | - | 64.39 | |
2 | Laverne Eve | Bahamas | 62.11 | - | - | 62.11 | |
3 | Sonia Bisset | Cuba | 61.45 | - | - | 61.45 | |
4th | Noraida Bicet | Cuba | 59.45 | 60.61 | 60.97 | 60.97 | |
5 | Mikaela Ingberg | Finland | 60.70 | 59.08 | 60.80 | 60.80 | |
6th | Nikolett Szabó | Hungary | 60.20 | 59.06 | 54.60 | 60.20 | |
7th | Zuleima Araméndiz | Colombia | 58.77 | 58.99 | 59.94 | 59.94 | |
8th | Ageliki Tsiolakoudi | Greece | 56.21 | 57.88 | 59.64 | 59.64 | |
9 | Katherine Sayers | Great Britain | 59.11 | 53.64 | x | 59.11 | |
10 | Annika Suthe | Germany | 58.70 | 56.81 | 55.62 | 58.70 | |
11 | Aida Sellam | Tunisia | 57.76 | 52.77 | 53.22 | 57.76 | |
12 | Oksana Yarygina | Russia | 57.57 | 54.20 | 50.28 | 57.57 | |
13 | Christina Scherwin | Denmark | 56.79 | 55.26 | 56.86 | 56.86 | |
14th | Elisabetta Marin | Italy | 54.43 | x | 56.34 | 56.34 | |
15th | Rita Ramanauskaitė | Lithuania | 55.17 | x | x | 55.17 | |
16 | Khristina Georgieva | Bulgaria | 49.69 | 54.65 | 55.13 | 55.13 | |
17th | Moonika Aava | Estonia | x | 53.41 | 54.96 | 54.96 | |
18th | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa | 52.71 | 54.45 | 53.28 | 54.45 | |
19th | Xue Juan | People's Republic of China | 52.97 | x | x | 52.97 | |
20th | Liliya Dusmetova | Uzbekistan | 49.86 | 50.92 | 52.46 | 52.46 | |
21st | Kim Kreiner | United States | 52.18 | x | 51.46 | 52.18 | |
22nd | Patsy Serafina Akeli | Samoa | 45.93 | 45.64 | 43.84 | 45.93 |
final
August 27, 2004, 8:55 pm
Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, eleven of them via the qualification distance, another via their placement. Three Cubans and two Greek women and one participant each from the Bahamas, Germany, Finland, Poland, Romania, the Czech Republic and the Ukraine were represented.
The favorites for the javelin were the reigning world and European champion Mirela Maniani from Greece and the Cuban world record holder and 2001 world champion Osleidys Menéndez. But there were other athletes with good chances of medals. They included the World Cup third from 2003 and Vice European Champion Steffi Nerius from Germany, the Finnish World Cup fourth from 2003 and EC third Mikaela Ingberg and the Cuban World Cup third from 2001 and World Cup sixth from 2003 Sonia Bisset. Of them, however, Ingberg did not reach the final.
In the final, the world record holder Menéndez demoted her opponents almost to extra. Her first throw landed at 71.53 m, with which she missed her own world record by just one centimeter. The competitors behind her now actually only fought for the medals and placements that were left after gold. And it was very tight. Nerius was second in the first round with 63.02 m, ahead of the Czech Nikola Brejchová, who had thrown 62.46 m, and fellow favorite Manjani with 62.29 m. In lap two, Brejchová passed Nerius with 63.77 m and Manjani with 63.61 m, who was now fourth. With 65.41 m Menéndez once again underlined her class in the third round, Brejchová rose to 64.23 m and thus initially consolidated her second place. Laverne Eve from the Bahamas reached 62.77 m and was only just behind Nerius in fifth.
At the beginning of the last three finals, Menéndez managed another very long throw with 68.20 m, with which she once again reinforced her lead. The third Cuban Noraida Bicet improved to sixth place with 62.51 m. It became increasingly narrow between ranks two and six, the fight for silver remained open. In the penultimate lap, Nerius rose to 63.60 m, but stayed in fourth place, missing a centimeter from the medal. Apart from that there were no further changes despite some good distances. The last round was tough again. Menéndez could safely do without her litter. Nerius reached 65.82 m, which she improved by two positions to second. The world champion Manjani threw 64.29 m, displacing Brejchová from the medal ranks. Behind them, Bisset rose to 63.54 m, which brought her fifth place in the final bill.
That was how all the decisions were made. Osleidys Menéndez became the superior Olympic champion with a new Olympic record . Steffi Nerius won the silver, Mirela Manjani the bronze. Beaten by six centimeters, Nikola Brejchová came fourth ahead of Sonia Bisset and Laverne Eve.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Osleidys Menéndez | Cuba | 71.53 OR | x | 65.41 | 68.60 | 63.64 | - | 71.53 | OR |
2 | Steffi Nerius | Germany | 63.02 | 60.58 | x | x | 63.60 | 65.82 | 65.82 | |
3 | Mirela Manjani | Greece | 62.29 | 63.61 | x | 62.20 | x | 64.29 | 64.29 | |
4th | Nikola Brejchová | Czech Republic | 62.46 | 63.77 | 64.23 | x | 63.77 | 62.55 | 64.23 | |
5 | Sonia Bisset | Cuba | 61.93 | 59.58 | 60.39 | 60.32 | 60.20 | 63.54 | 63.54 | |
6th | Laverne Eve | Bahamas | 57.25 | 58.09 | 62.77 | 58.50 | x | 59.02 | 62.77 | |
7th | Noraida Bicet | Cuba | 62.36 | 60.64 | 60.70 | 62.51 | 60.41 | 61.61 | 62.51 | |
8th | Tetjana Lyachowytsch | Ukraine | 59.52 | 57.26 | 61.75 | x | 57.39 | 55.70 | 61.75 | |
9 | Savva Lika | Greece | 58.58 | 60.91 | 60.53 | not in the final of the eight best jumpers |
60.91 | |||
10 | Taina Kolkkala | Finland | 60.72 | 58.53 | 60.69 | 60.72 | ||||
11 | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan | Romania | 58.04 | 57.42 | 59.72 | 59.72 | ||||
12 | Barbara Madejczyk | Poland | 54.54 | 56.43 | 58.22 | 58.22 |
Silver medalist Steffi Nerius from Germany - here at her 2009 World Cup victory
Web links
- SportsReference Javelin , accessed May 17, 2018
- Results on the IAAF website, accessed on May 17, 2018
- Official Report of the XXVIIIth Olympiad, Results Athletics , English / French (PDF, 3054 KB), accessed on May 17, 2018
Video
- Athens 2004 Olympic games - Javelin woman final , published January 28, 2013 on youtube.com, accessed May 17, 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ Central American and Caribbean Championships (Women) on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 17, 2018
- ^ South American Championships (Women) on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 17, 2018
- ↑ Asian Championships on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 17, 2018
- ↑ Oceania Championships on gbrathletics.com, accessed May 17, 2018
- ↑ IAAF World Records, Javelin Throw Women , accessed on May 17, 2018