Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw
Appearance
Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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Venue | Olympic Stadium |
Date | 7–9 August |
The Women's javelin throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–9 August.[1] Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[2]
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Tuesday, 7 August 2012 | 10:00 | Qualifications |
Thursday, 9 August 2012 | 21:00 | Finals |
Records
Prior to the competition[update], the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | Barbora Špotáková (CZE) | 72.28 m | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 September 2008 |
Olympic record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.53 m | Athens, Greece | 27 August 2004 |
2012 World leading | Sunette Viljoen (RSA) | 69.35 m | New York City, USA | 9 June 2012 |
Results
Qualifying round
Qual. rule: qualification standard 62.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | A | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic | 66.19 | - | - | 66.19 | Q |
2 | A | Christina Obergföll | Germany | 66.14 | - | - | 66.14 | Q |
3 | B | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa | 65.92 | - | - | 65.92 | Q |
4 | A | Linda Stahl | Germany | 64.78 | - | - | 64.78 | Q SB |
5 | B | Lu Huihui | China | 64.45 | - | - | 64.45 | Q |
6 | A | Martina Ratej | Slovenia | x | 63.60 | - | 63.60 | Q |
7 | B | Maria Abakumova | Russia | 63.25 | - | - | 63.25 | Q |
8 | B | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Iceland | 62.77 | - | - | 62.77 | Q NR |
9 | B | Katharina Molitor | Germany | 58.06 | 55.30 | 62.05 | 62.05 | Q |
10 | A | Madara Palameika | Latvia | 60.62 | 60.50 | 57.91 | 60.62 | q |
11 | A | Elizabeth Gleadle | Canada | x | 59.73 | 60.26 | 60.26 | q |
12 | B | Kathryn Mitchell | Australia | 60.11 | 57.80 | 59.84 | 60.11 | q |
13 | A | Lina Muze | Latvia | 51.15 | 59.48 | 59.91 | 59.91 | |
14 | B | Jarmila Klimešová | Czech Republic | 56.76 | 59.90 | x | 59.90 | |
15 | A | Brittany Borman | United States | 54.31 | 56.50 | 59.27 | 59.27 | |
16 | B | Yuki Ebihara | Japan | 59.25 | 58.03 | 54.17 | 59.25 | |
17 | A | Kimberley Mickle | Australia | 59.23 | 57.77 | x | 59.23 | |
18 | B | Indre Jakubaityte | Lithuania | 54.05 | 56.63 | 59.05 | 59.05 | SB |
19 | B | Vira Rebryk | Ukraine | x | 58.97 | x | 58.97 | |
20 | B | Sinta Ozolina-Kovala | Latvia | x | 58.86 | 51.35 | 58.86 | |
21 | A | Laila Ferer e Silva | Brazil | 51.66 | 52.61 | 58.39 | 58.39 | |
22 | B | Hanna Hatsko | Ukraine | 58.37 | 56.02 | 55.94 | 58.37 | |
23 | A | Zhang Li | China | 57.17 | 58.35 | x | 58.35 | |
24 | B | Rachel Yurkovich | United States | 54.20 | x | 57.92 | 57.92 | |
25 | A | Noraida Bicet | Spain | 54.08 | 54.56 | 57.77 | 57.77 | |
26 | A | Tatjana Jelača | Serbia | 52.58 | x | 57.09 | 57.09 | |
27 | B | Sávva Líka | Greece | 56.36 | 57.06 | x | 57.06 | |
28 | A | Marharyta Dorozhon | Ukraine | 56.74 | 55.18 | 50.60 | 56.74 | |
29 | B | Yainelis Ribeaux | Cuba | 53.70 | 56.55 | x | 56.55 | |
30 | B | Li Lingwei | China | 55.28 | x | 56.50 | 56.50 | |
31 | A | Kara Patterson | United States | 56.23 | x | x | 56.23 | |
32 | A | Flor Ruiz | Colombia | x | 54.34 | 52.37 | 54.34 | |
33 | B | Maryna Novik | Belarus | 51.93 | 50.77 | 54.31 | 54.31 | |
34 | B | Leryn Franco | Paraguay | 51.45 | x | 49.72 | 51.45 | |
35 | B | Anastasiya Svechnikova | Uzbekistan | 50.56 | 51.27 | x | 51.27 | |
36 | B | Vanda Juhász | Hungary | 49.90 | 50.01 | x | 50.01 | |
37 | A | Elisabeth Eberl | Austria | x | x | 49.66 | 49.66 | |
38 | A | Kristine Harutyunyan | Armenia | 47.65 | x | x | 47.65 | |
— | A | Yanet Cruz | Cuba | x | x | x | — | NM |
— | A | Goldie Sayers | Great Britain | x | x | x | — | NM |
— | B | Sanni Utriainen | Finland | x | x | x | — | NM |
— | A | Yusbelys Parra | Venezuela | — | — | — | — | DNS |
References
- ^ Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- ^ "Women's Javelin throw competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.