2011 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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The Women's javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.

Barbora Špotáková, the reigning Olympic champion, topped the season's rankings with a throw of 69.45 m. Second-ranked Christina Obergföll had showed greater consistency, having won four of the Diamond League meetings before the championships. Mariya Abakumova, a 2009 World and 2008 Olympic medallist, was ranked third in both the Diamond League and world rankings. Others in good form were Sunette Viljoen (who set an African record two weeks earlier), Martina Ratej, Kathrina Molitor and Goldie Sayers.[1][2][3] The 2009 world champion, Steffi Nerius, had retired.

Favorite Špotáková took the early lead, but Abakumova's second throw would lead into the 5th round. Viljoen improved on her African record in the 5th round, but that was only enough to put her in third place. Špotáková then threw a new World Championship record, only to be passed on the following throw by Abakumova improving on the record and setting a new Russian National Record.

However, in 2018, the Athletics Integrity Unit decided to disqualify Abakumova because of doping, stripping her of the gold medal,[4] which gets inherited by Špotáková.

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Barbora Špotáková
 Czech Republic (CZE)
Sunette Viljoen
 South Africa (RSA)
Christina Obergföll
 Germany (GER)

Records

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Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows.

World record  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 72.28 Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Championship record  Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB) 71.70 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
World leading  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 69.45 Monaco 22 July 2011
African record  Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 66.47 Shenzhen, China 18 August 2011
Asian record  Jianhua Wei (CHN) 63.92 Beijing, China 18 August 2000
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB) 71.70 Helsinki, Finland 14 August 2005
South American record  Sabina Moya (COL) 62.62 Guatemala City, Guatemala 12 May 2002
European record  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 72.28 Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Oceanian record  Louise Currey (AUS) 66.80 Runaway Bay, Australia 5 August 2000

Qualification standards

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A standard B standard
61.00 59.00

Schedule

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Date Time Round
September 1, 2011 10:10 Qualification
September 2, 2011 19:10 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying distance 61.00m (Q) or at 12 best athletes and ties (q) advance to the final

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 A Christina Obergföll  Germany (GER) 68.76 68.76 Q
2 B Sunette Viljoen  South Africa (RSA) 65.34 65.34 Q
3 A Katharina Molitor  Germany (GER) 63.52 63.52 Q
4 B Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic (CZE) 63.40 63.40 Q
5 A Goldie Sayers  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 56.61 62.19 62.19 Q
6 B Martina Ratej  Slovenia (SLO) 61.58 61.58 Q
7 B Kimberley Mickle  Australia (AUS) 60.50 57.80 60.12 60.50 q
8 B Linda Stahl  Germany (GER) 60.21 59.85 58.25 60.21 q
9 A Yuki Ebihara  Japan (JPN) 57.36 59.66 59.88 59.88 q
10 A Madara Palameika  Latvia (LAT) 59.78 x 59.33 59.78 q
11 A Jarmila Klimešová  Czech Republic (CZE) 55.90 59.65 56.01 59.65 q
12 A Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir  Iceland (ISL) 59.15 57.62 x 59.15 SB
13 B Zahra Bani  Italy (ITA) x x 58.92 58.92
14 A Rachel Yurkovich  United States (USA) 58.84 58.01 57.92 58.84
15 B Vira Rebryk  Ukraine (UKR) x 55.69 58.50 58.50
16 B Mercedes Chilla  Spain (ESP) 58.34 x 52.01 58.34
17 B Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala  Latvia (LAT) 56.18 58.15 54.02 58.15
18 A Justine Robbeson  South Africa (RSA) 57.87 55.27 58.08 58.08
19 B Liu Chunhua  China (CHN) 56.73 56.37 57.52 57.52
20 B Kara Patterson  United States (USA) 56.41 55.25 57.14 57.14
21 A Indrė Jakubaitytė  Lithuania (LTU) x 56.01 56.92 56.92
22 A Yanet Cruz  Cuba (CUB) 55.91 56.73 55.48 56.73
23 B Tatjana Jelača  Serbia (SRB) 56.68 x 54.58 56.68
24 A Elisabeth Eberl  Austria (AUT) 56.48 54.39 x 56.48
25 B Risa Miyashita  Japan (JPN) 55.62 55.52 55.40 55.62
26 A Kim Kyung-ae  South Korea (KOR) 51.64 53.75 54.96 54.96
27 B María Lucelly Murillo  Colombia (COL) x x 52.83 52.83
DSQ A Mariya Abakumova  Russia (RUS) x 62.49 62.49 Q

Final

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Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic (CZE) 68.80 67.90 68.64 67.12 71.58 66.80 71.58 SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Sunette Viljoen  South Africa (RSA) 64.36 65.20 63.12 58.48 68.38 62.68 68.38 AR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christina Obergföll  Germany (GER) 61.74 64.39 64.80 65.24 63.51 x 65.24
4 Katharina Molitor  Germany (GER) 59.88 58.19 57.94 60.31 58.85 64.32 64.32
5 Kimberley Mickle  Australia (AUS) 59.33 57.07 60.87 x 61.96 61.33 61.96
6 Martina Ratej  Slovenia (SLO) 58.87 x 60.58 x 61.65 x 61.65
7 Jarmila Klimešová  Czech Republic (CZE) 59.27 x 57.37 x x 55.87 59.27
8 Yuki Ebihara  Japan (JPN) 59.08 58.39 57.96 59.08
9 Goldie Sayers  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 57.32 57.52 58.18 58.18
10 Madara Palameika  Latvia (LAT) 55.69 58.08 x 58.08
Linda Stahl  Germany (GER) DNS
Mariya Abakumova  Russia (RUS) 60.38 71.25 - x 71.99 64.27 71.99 NR, CR, WL

References

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  1. ^ Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Javelin Throw – PREVIEW Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  2. ^ Javelin Throw 2011. IAAF (2011-08-23). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  3. ^ World Championships preview – women’s field events Archived 2012-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. Athletics Weekly (2011-08-25). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.
  4. ^ "Tatyana Lebedeva and Maria Abakumova stripped of World Championship medals for doping violations". Sky Sports. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
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