Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Women)

sport	athletics
discipline	Javelin throw
gender	Women
Attendees	41 athletes from 28 countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium London
Competition phase	August 7, 2012 (qualification) ; August 9, 2012 (final)
	Medalists
	Barbora Špotáková ( CZE )
	Christina Obergföll ( GER )
	Linda Stahl ( GER )

The women's javelin at the London 2012 Olympic Games was held on August 7th and 9th, 2012 at the London Olympic Stadium. 41 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the Czech Barbora Špotáková , who won ahead of the two Germans Christina Obergföll and Linda Stahl .

In addition to the medalists, Katharina Molitor took part for Germany, who also reached the final. She came in sixth.
The Austrian Elisabeth Eberl was eliminated from the qualification.
Athletes from Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion	Barbora Špotáková ( Czech Republic ) Czech Republic	71.42 m	Beijing 2008
world champion	Marija Abakumowa ( Russia ) Russia	71.99 m	Daegu 2011
European champion	Wera Rebrik ( Ukraine ) Ukraine	74.29 m	Helsinki 2012
Central America and Caribbean champion	Fresa Nuñez ( Dominican Republic ) Dominican Republic	54.29 m	Mayagüez 2011
South America Champion	María Lucelly Murillo ( Colombia ) Colombia	55.85 m	Buenos Aires 2011
Asian champion	Liu Chunhua ( People's Republic of China ) China People's Republic	58.05 m	Kobe 2011
African champion	Margaret Simpson ( Ghana ) Ghana	54.62 m	Porto-Novo 2012
Oceania champion	Tori Peeters ( New Zealand ) New Zealand	42.21 m	Cairns 2012

Existing records

World record	Barbora Špotáková ( Czech Republic ) Czech Republic	72.28 m	Stuttgart , Germany	September 13, 2008
Olympic record	Osleidys Menéndez ( Cuba ) Cuba	71.53 m	Athens Final , Greece	August 27, 2004

Remarks:

All times in this article are given according to London local time ( UTC ± 0 ).
All widths are noted in meters (m).

qualification

The qualification was carried out in two groups. The qualification width was 61.50 m. Since only nine athletes exceeded this distance (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best athletes from both groups to twelve participants (highlighted in light green). So finally 60.11 m had to be thrown to be in the final.

Group A

August 7, 2012, 10:00 a.m.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse	annotation
1	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	66.19	-	-	66.19
2	Christina Obergföll	Germany Germany	66.14	-	-	66.14
3	Linda Stahl	Germany Germany	64.78	-	-	64.78
4th	Martina Ratej	Slovenia Slovenia	x	63.20	-	63.20
5	Madara Palameika	Latvia Latvia	60.62	60.50	57.91	60.62
6th	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada Canada	x	59.73	60.26	60.26
7th	Līna Mūze	Latvia Latvia	51.15	59.48	59.91	59.91
8th	Brittany Borman	United States United States	54.31	56.50	59.27	59.27
9	Kimberley Mickle	Australia Australia	59.23	57.77	x	59.23
10	Laila Ferrer de Silva	Brazil Brazil	51.66	52.61	58.39	58.39
11	Zhang Li	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	57.17	58.35	x	58.35
12	Noraida Bicet	Spain Spain	54.08	54.56	57.77	57.77
13	Tatjana Jelača	Serbia Serbia	52.58	x	57.09	57.09
14th	Marharyta Doroschon	Ukraine Ukraine	56.74	55.18	50.60	56.74
15th	Kara Patterson	United States United States	56.23	x	x	56.23
16	Flor Ruíz	Colombia Colombia	x	54.34	52.37	54.34
17th	Elisabeth Eberl	Austria Austria	x	x	49.66	49.66
18th	Kristine Harutjunjan	Armenia Armenia	47.65	x	x	47.65
ogV	Yanet Cruz	Cuba Cuba	x	x	x	-	without space
ogV	Goldie Sayers	United Kingdom Great Britain	x	x	x	-	without space
DNS	Yusbely's Parra	Venezuela Venezuela

The Latvian Līna Mūze threw in the qualification 59.91 m and was eliminated
The Australian Kimberley Mickle did not reach the final with her 59.23 m
56.74 m was not enough for the Ukrainian Marharyta Dorozhon to be in the final

The American Kara Patterson scored 56.23 m and failed in the qualification
Elisabeth Eberl from Austria remained below her possibilities with 49.66 m and was eliminated
The British Goldie Sayers had three invalid attempts in qualifying

Group B

August 7, 2012, 11:35 am

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Expanse	annotation
1	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa South Africa	65.92	-	-	65.92
2	Lu Huihui	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	64.45	-	-	64.45
3	Maria Abakumova	Russia Russia	63.25	-	-	63.25
4th	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland Iceland	62.77	-	-	62.77	NO
5	Katharina Molitor	Germany Germany	58.06	55.30	62.05	62.05
6th	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia Australia	60.11	57.80	59.84	60.11
7th	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic Czech Republic	56.76	59.90	x	59.90
8th	Yuki Ebihara	Japan Japan	59.25	58.03	54.17	59.25
9	Indrė Jakubaitytė	Lithuania Lithuania	54.05	56.63	59.05	59.05
10	Wira Rebryk	Ukraine Ukraine	x	58.97	x	58.97
11	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	Latvia Latvia	x	58.86	51.35	58.86
12	Hanna Hazko	Ukraine Ukraine	58.37	56.02	55.94	58.37
13	Rachel Yurkovich	United States United States	54.20	x	57.92	57.92
14th	Savva Lika	Greece Greece	56.36	57.06	x	57.06
15th	Yainelis Ribeaux	Cuba Cuba	53.70	56.55	x	56.55
16	Li Lingwei	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	55.28	x	56.50	56.50
17th	Maryna Nowik	Belarus Belarus	51.93	50.77	54.31	54.31
18th	Leryn Franco	Paraguay 1990 Paraguay	51.45	x	49.72	51.45
19th	Anastasiya Svechnikova	Uzbekistan Uzbekistan	50.56	51.27	x	51.27
20th	Vanda Juhász	Hungary Hungary	49.90	50.01	x	50.01
ogV	Sanni Utriainen	Finland Finland	x	x	x	-	without space

The Japanese Yuki Ebihara was eliminated from the qualification with her 59.25 m
The Latvian Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala did not reach the final with 58.86 m
The American Rachel Yurkovich threw 57.92 m, with which she failed in the qualification
Leryn Franco from Paraguay threw 51.45 m and did not make it to the final

final

August 9, 2012, 9:00 p.m.

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, nine of them beyond the qualification range. three more about their placements. Three Germans fought for the medals together with one participant each from Australia, China, Iceland, Canada, Latvia, Russia, Slovenia, South Africa and the Czech Republic.

The top favorite was the 2008 Czech Olympic champion and world record holder Barbora Špotáková. Her strongest opponents were above all the Russian Marija Abakumowa as reigning world champion , the German Olympic runner-up from 2008 Christina Obergföll and the South African World Cup third Sunette Viljoen.

Špotáková took the lead in the first lap with 66.90 m, followed by Obergföll, who had achieved 65.16 m. Viljoen was third behind with 64.53 m. After three rounds nothing had changed. Abakumowa had failed to qualify for three more attempts in the round of the top eight. She was eliminated as tenth.

In the fourth round, Špotáková rose to 69.55 m, while the German Linda Stahl improved to third with 64.91 m. There were no more changes at the top in the last two laps.

After Ruth Fuchs from the GDR - in 1972 and 1976 - Barbora Špotáková was only the second female javelin thrower to repeat her Olympic victory. Each of Špotáková's four other valid attempts would have been enough for the gold medal.

space	Surname	nation	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Expanse
1	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic Czech Republic	66.90	66.88	66.24	69.55	x	x	69.55
2	Christina Obergföll	Germany Germany	65.16	x	x	x	x	x	65.16
3	Linda Stahl	Germany Germany	59.49	63.24	62.67	64.91	x	x	64.91
4th	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa South Africa	64.53	62.71	57.30	57.05	60.93	62.61	64.53
5	Lu Huihui	China People's Republic People's Republic of China	59.97	63.28	58.58	61.26	63.70	62.19	63.70
6th	Katharina Molitor	Germany Germany	62.89	58.15	58.51	x	x	x	62.89
7th	Martina Ratej	Slovenia Slovenia	x	58.89	61.62	x	60.11	56.90	61.62
8th	Madara Palameika	Latvia Latvia	56.47	60.73	x	59.32	x	59.22	60.73

9	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia Australia	58.31	59.46	58.45	not in the final of the eight best throwers			59.46
10	Maria Abakumova	Russia Russia	x	59.34	58.70				59.34
11	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland Iceland	59.08	57.35	x				59.08
12	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada Canada	57.10	x	58.78				58.78