2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	16 August (qualification) 18 August (final)
Competitors	27 from 19 nations
Winning distance	69.05 m (226 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Medalists
Christina Obergföll  Germany   Kimberley Mickle  Australia   Mariya Abakumova  Russia
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Events at the 2013 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

The women's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.^[1]

Throwing at home, defending champion and world leader Mariya Abakumova made one attempt in the trials. Her 69.09 flew past the automatic qualifying mark and turned out to be the farthest throw of the competition, leading ten other automatic qualifiers.

In the final, Abakumova couldn't match her qualifier, though she did take the first round lead with 65.09. But that was to be her best. In the second round Kimberley Mickle threw a personal best 66.25 to take the lead. The lead lasted only 5 attempts before Christina Obergföll let loose a 69.05. That was it, the only other news from the final four rounds was Mickle's second improvement on her personal best to 66.60 in the final round.

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Championship record	Maria Abakumova (RUS)	71.99	Daegu, South Korea	2 September 2011
World leading	Maria Abakumova (RUS)	69.34	Castellón, Spain	22 July 2013
African record	Sunette Viljoen (RSA)	69.35	New York City, United States	9 Jun 2012
Asian record	Lü Huihui (CHN)	65.62	Zhaoqing, People's Republic of China	27 April 2013
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

KEY:

Q

Qualified

q

12 best performers

NR

National record

PB

Personal best

SB

Seasonal best

Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	Result	Notes
1	A	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	69.09			69.09	Q
2	B	Kimberley Mickle	Australia	59.92	65.73		65.73	Q, PB
3	A	Linda Stahl	Germany	64.51			64.51	Q
3	B	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	64.51			64.51	Q, SB
5	A	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia	x	62.80		62.80	Q, SB
6	B	Tatjana Jelača	Serbia	57.65	62.68		62.68	Q, NR
7	B	Christina Obergföll	Germany	62.36			62.36	Q
8	B	Viktoriya Sudarushkina	Russia	x	52.88	62.20	62.20	Q
9	A	Sofi Flinck	Sweden	61.96			61.96	Q, NR
10	A	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine	59.49	58.60	61.70	61.70	Q
11	B	Li Lingwei	China	58.62	61.51		61.51	Q, SB
12	B	Nadeeka Lakmali	Sri Lanka	56.12	59.09	60.39	60.39	q
13	B	Katharina Molitor	Germany	57.17	58.03	60.32	60.32
14	B	Līna Mūze	Latvia	54.36	60.29	x	60.29
15	A	Zhang Li	China	58.59	60.16	58.98	60.16
16	A	Yuki Ebihara	Japan	58.39	59.31	59.80	59.80
17	A	Krista Woodward	Canada	58.86	55.31	55.59	58.86
18	A	Hanna Hatsko	Ukraine	57.82	58.63	57.55	58.63
19	B	Marharyta Dorozhon	Ukraine	58.23	54.53	55.40	58.23
20	B	Martina Ratej	Slovenia	56.36	57.95	x	57.95
21	B	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland	57.36	57.65	55.98	57.65
22	B	Brittany Borman	United States	53.20	57.63	x	57.63
23	A	Flor Ruiz	Colombia	55.43	57.47	54.09	57.47
24	B	Liina Laasma	Estonia	55.53	54.11	56.93	56.93
25	A	Eliza Toader	Romania	54.47	55.76	54.64	55.76
26	A	Jucilene de Lima	Brazil	54.14	55.18	x	55.18
27	A	Madara Palameika	Latvia	x	x	53.70	53.70

Final

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The final was started at 16:00.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	No. 1	No. 2	No. 3	No. 4	No. 5	No. 6	Result	Notes
	Christina Obergföll	Germany	64.63	69.05	64.02	62.93	x	x	69.05	SB
	Kimberley Mickle	Australia	60.43	66.25	64.18	64.29	x	66.60	66.60	PB
	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	65.09	63.78	64.33	x	60.99	58.71	65.09
4	Linda Stahl	Germany	64.78	62.58	x	x	x	61.81	64.78
5	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia	63.77	x	60.34	62.19	x	62.23	63.77	SB
6	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	63.58	x	56.51	58.66	59.00	60.25	63.58
7	Viktoriya Sudarushkina	Russia	60.44	62.21	55.82	x	58.64	x	62.21
8	Li Lingwei	China	57.48	60.30	61.30	55.63	57.58	57.96	61.30
9	Tatjana Jelača	Serbia	60.38	60.63	60.81				60.81
10	Sofi Flinck	Sweden	57.56	59.52	55.56				59.52
11	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine	x	58.33	x				58.33
12	Nadeeka Lakmali	Sri Lanka	55.10	58.16	55.77				58.16