2016 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Women)

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Olympic rings
Stade Olympique des JO de Rio 2016 (28633599424) .jpg
sport athletics
discipline Javelin throw
gender Women
Attendees 31 athletes from 19 countries
Competition location Estádio Nilton Santos
Competition phase August 16, 2016 (qualification)
August 18, 2016 (final)
Medalists
gold medal Sara Kolak ( CRO ) CroatiaCroatia 
Silver medal Sunette Viljoen ( RSA ) South AfricaSouth Africa 
Bronze medal Barbora Špotáková ( CZE ) Czech RepublicCzech Republic 

The women's javelin at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was held on August 16 and 18, 2016 at the Estádio Nilton Santos . 31 athletes took part.

The Olympic champion was the Croatian Sara Kolak . She won ahead of the South African Sunette Viljoen and the Czech Barbora Špotáková .

All three German participants reached the final. Christina Obergföll was eighth, Linda Stahl eleventh and Christin Hussong twelfth.
Athletes from Switzerland, Austria and Liechtenstein did not take part.

Current titleholders

Olympic Champion Barbora Špotáková ( Czech Republic ) Czech RepublicCzech Republic  69.55 m London 2012
world champion Katharina Molitor ( Germany ) GermanyGermany  67.69 m Beijing 2015
European champion Tazzjana Chaladowitsch ( Belarus ) BelarusBelarus  66.34 m Amsterdam 2016
North / Central America / Caribbean Champion Kara Winger ( USA ) United StatesUnited States  60.34 m San José 2015
South America Champion Jucilene de Lima ( Brazil ) BrazilBrazil  60.16 m Lima 2015
Asian champion Liu Shiying ( People's Republic of China ) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China  61.33 m Wuhan 2015
African champion Sunette Viljoen ( South Africa ) South AfricaSouth Africa  64.08 m Durban 2016
Oceania champion Laura Overton ( New Zealand ) New ZealandNew Zealand  45.87 m Cairns 2015

Existing records

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

Remarks:

  • All times are based on local time in Rio ( UTC-3 ).
  • All widths are given in meters (m).

qualification

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance required for direct entry into the final was 63.00 m. Since only eight 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 61.31 m had to be achieved to take part in the finals.

Group A

The Latvian Sinta Ozoliņa did not make it to the final with her 60.92 m

August 16, 2016, 8:35 p.m.

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Width (m) annotation
1 Sara Kolak CroatiaCroatia Croatia 55.68 55.86 64.30 64.30 NO
2 Tazzjana Chaladovich BelarusBelarus Belarus 63.78 - - 63.78
3 Sunette Viljoen South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 63.54 - - 63.54
4th Lu Huihui China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 63.28 - - 63.28
5 Flor Ruíz ColombiaColombia Colombia 62.32 59.89 59.99 62.32
6th Christina Obergföll GermanyGermany Germany 57.75 62.18 x 62.18
7th Christin Hussong GermanyGermany Germany 56.19 55.58 62.17 62.17
8th Sinta Ozoliņa LatviaLatvia Latvia 60.92 58.08 x 60.92
9 Elizabeth Gleadle CanadaCanada Canada 59.18 60.28 58.74 60.28
10 Martina Ratej SloveniaSlovenia Slovenia 59.76 58.15 x 59.76
11 Hanna Hazko-Fedusova UkraineUkraine Ukraine 58.90 x 58.38 58.90
12 Kimberley Mickle AustraliaAustralia Australia 57.20 x 55.93 57.20
13 Liu Shiying China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 57.16 55.60 x 57.16
14th Maggie Malone United StatesUnited States United States 56.57 x 46.87 56.47
15th Brittany Borman United StatesUnited States United States 54.15 56.04 52.73 56.04
16 Yulenmis Aguilar CubaCuba Cuba 54.84 x 54.94 54.94

  • The Canadian Elizabeth Gleadle scored 60.28 m and was eliminated

  • The Slovenian Martina Ratej failed with her 59.76 m in the qualification

  • The Australian Kimberley Mickle did not reach the final with 57.20 m

Group B

The American Kara Winger was eliminated from the qualification with 61.02 m

August 16, 2016, 9:50 pm

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Width (m) annotation
1 Maria Andrejczyk PolandPoland Poland 67.11 - - 67.11 NO
2 Barbora Špotáková Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 62.50 64.65 - 64.64
3 Linda Stahl GermanyGermany Germany 63.95 - - 63.95
4th Madara Palameika LatviaLatvia Latvia 63.03 - - 63.03
5 Kathryn Mitchell AustraliaAustralia Australia x 60.05 61.31 61.31
6th Kara Winger United StatesUnited States United States 61.02 57.34 60.54 61.02
7th Li Lingwei China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 60.91 59.30 57.87 60.91
8th Kateryna Derun UkraineUkraine Ukraine 60.02 54.86 x 60.02
9 Liina Laasma EstoniaEstonia Estonia 58.06 56.21 56.62 58.06
10 Yuki Ebihara JapanJapan Japan 53.75 55.89 57.68 57.68
11 Mathilde Andraud FranceFrance France 56.61 56.01 56.13 56.61
12 Tazzjana Korsch BelarusBelarus Belarus 49.41 53.54 56.16 56.16
13 Kelsey-Lee Roberts AustraliaAustralia Australia 44.75 55.04 55.25 55.25
14th Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir IcelandIceland Iceland x 54.92 x 54.92
15th Sanni Utriainen FinlandFinland Finland 53.42 x 52.45 53.42

  • The Estonian Liina Laasma did not reach the final with 58.06 m

  • The Japanese Yuki Ebihara failed with 57.68 m in the qualification

  • 56.61 m was not enough for Mathilde Andraud from France to be in the final

  • The Icelander Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir was eliminated with 54.92 m in the preliminary round

final

August 18, 2016, 9:10 p.m.

In the final, each participant initially had three attempts, the length of the qualifying round was not counted. The best eight athletes then had three more attempts, the last four were eliminated.

Twelve athletes had qualified for the final, eight of them by qualifying distance and four more by their placements. The field consisted of all three Germans plus one participant each from Australia, China, Colombia, Croatia, Latvia, Poland, South Africa, the Czech Republic and Belarus.

The favorite was the 2012 Olympic champion, Barbora Špotáková from the Czech Republic, who was also world record holder and, up to the Olympic Games, also the best of the year in the world. Other medal candidates were primarily the European champion Tazzjana Chaladowitsch from Belarus, the Chinese vice world champion Lü Huihui, the South African World Cup third Sunette Viljoen, the two Germans Linda Stahl as the vice European champion and Christina Obergföll as the 2013 world champion and the Polish Maria Andrejczyk in the Qualification Špotákovás had improved his previous world best.

World champion Katharina Molitor was not nominated by the German association because Christina Obergföll had achieved two better distances this year. Christin Hussong as German Champion and Linda Stahl as Vice European Champion were already qualified. Molitor applied for an injunction against the DOSB , but this was rejected by the Frankfurt am Main Regional Court .

In the first round Viljoen took the lead with a throw of 64.92 m in front of Andrejczyk - 61.92 m and the Colombian Flor Ruiz - 61.54 m. In round two, the Australian Kathryn Mitchell reached 64.36 m, which meant she was second. Špotáková was third with 63.73 m. Then Chaladowitsch improved to second place with 64.60 m.

In the fourth round, the Croatian Sara Kolak replaced Viljoen as the leader with 66.18 m. In the next round, Špotáková improved again to bronze with 64.80 m, Andrejczyk threw 64.78 m and was two centimeters behind Špotáková in fourth place. It stayed that way until the end, Sara Kolak surprisingly won the gold medal. With her victory distance she had set a new Croatian national record. Silver went to Sunette Viljoen, bronze went to Barbora Špotáková. Maria Andrejczyk was fourth ahead of Tazzjana Chaladowitsch and Kathryn Mitchell. The Chinese Lü Huihui was seventh, Christina Obergföll was eighth.

Barbora Špotáková became the most successful Olympic javelin thrower with her bronze medal. In her career, she was Olympic champion twice - in 2008 and 2012 , plus the bronze medal she won in Rio .
Sunette Viljoen was the first South African woman to win a medal in the women's javelin throw .

space Surname nation 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt 4th attempt 5th attempt 6th attempt Width (m) annotation
1 Sara Kolak CroatiaCroatia Croatia 60.89 62.95 63.00 66.18 x 59.42 66.18 NO
2 Sunette Viljoen South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 64.92 61.04 x 63.00 x x 64.92
3 Barbora Špotáková Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 60.16 63.73 x 61.25 64.80 x 64.80
4th Maria Andrejczyk PolandPoland Poland 61.92 59.25 60.23 59.31 64.78 63.69 64.78
5 Tazzjana Chaladovich BelarusBelarus Belarus 62.68 60.24 64.60 60.49 63.52 64.24 64.60
6th Kathryn Mitchell AustraliaAustralia Australia x 64.36 x x 62.20 63.02 64.36
7th Lu Huihui China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 60.32 63.50 59.56 64.04 x 56.96 64.04
8th Christina Obergföll GermanyGermany Germany 60.17 62.28 x x x 62.92 62.92
9 Flor Ruíz ColombiaColombia Colombia 61.54 58.46 59.61 not in the final of the
eight best throwers		 61.54
10 Madara Palameika LatviaLatvia Latvia x x 60.14 60.14
11 Linda Stahl GermanyGermany Germany 58.48 x 59.71 59.71
12 Christin Hussong GermanyGermany Germany 54.99 54.47 57.70 57.70

  • Olympic champion
    Sara Kolak, Croatia

  • Silver medalist
    Sunette Viljoen from South Africa

  • Bronze medalist
    Barbora Špotáková, Czech Republic

  • The Chinese Lü Huihui finished seventh in the final

  • The German Christina Obergföll came in eighth place

  • Latvian Madara Palameika was tenth in the Olympics

  • The German Linda Stahl reached eleventh place

  • The Olympic twelfth Christin Hussong from Germany

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Beijing 2015, page 802 (English), accessed on October 17, 2018
  2. ↑ Article of the Rheinische Post from July 18, 2016 , accessed on October 17, 2018