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Beijing Olympics 2008 Javelin throw Women Field Events Athletics

Beijing Olympics

Medalists

Gold	Barbora Špotáková Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Mariya Abakumova Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Christina Obergföll Germany (GER)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows:

World Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
Olympic Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.53	Athens, Greece	27 August 2004

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Qualifiying Round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	67.69			67.69	Q
2	B	Christina Obergföll	Germany	67.52			67.52	Q
3	A	Steffi Nerius	Germany	59.15	59.74	63.94	63.94	Q
4	A	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	61.23	63.48		63.48	Q
5	B	Goldie Sayers	Great Britain	60.79	62.99		62.99	Q
6	B	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland	62.81			62.81	Q, SB
7	A	Mercedes Chilla	Spain	56.98	61.81		61.81	Q, SB
8	A	Li Zhang	China	58.30	61.77		61.77	Q
9	B	Katharina Molitor	Germany	55.65	53.50	60.92	60.92	q
10	B	Felicea Moldovan-Tilea	Romania	53.25	55.89	60.81	60.81	q
11	A	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	60.51	x	60.41	60.51	q
12	A	Sinta Ozoliņa	Latvia	60.13	x	52.62	60.13	q, NR
13	B	Justine Robbeson	South Africa	56.75	54.26	59.63	59.63
14	A	Urszula Piwnicka	Poland	51.33	52.99	59.28	59.28
15	A	Voisava Lika	Greece	56.44	58.59	59.11	59.11
16	A	Vira Rebryk	Ukraine	55.77	57.12	59.05	59.05
17	B	Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	55.71	58.82	58.36	58.82
18	A	Chunfeng Chang	China	58.42	x	x	58.42
19	B	Yanet Cruz	Cuba	58.06	57.15	57.03	58.06
20	B	Lavern Eve	Bahamas	55.22	57.36	55.15	57.36
21	B	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	52.18	57.25	x	57.25
22	A	Nikolett Szabó	Hungary	56.98	57.15	x	57.15
23	A	Natallia Shymchuk	Belarus	55.56	57.11	x	57.11
24	A	Silvia Cruz	Portugal	54.65	57.06	x	57.06
25	B	Olha Ivankova	Ukraine	55.63	51.98	57.05	57.05
26	B	Moonika Aava	Estonia	x	56.94	x	56.94
27	A	Alessandra Resende	Brazil	54.05	56.53	54.32	56.53
28	B	Buoban Pamang	Thailand	53.69	x	56.35	56.35	SB
29	B	Lindy Leveau-Agricole	Seychelles	56.32	55.90	50.74	56.32	SB
30	B	Erma Gene Evans	Saint Lucia	46.79	54.60	56.27	56.27
31	B	Maryna Novik	Belarus	56.10	x	53.48	56.10
32	A	Inga Stasiulionyte	Lithuania	55.66	x	55.34	55.66
33	A	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	53.14	55.58	53.82	55.58
34	B	Olivia McKoy	Jamaica	55.51	x	53.85	55.51
35	B	Tetyana Lyakhovych	Ukraine	55.50	x	53.59	55.50
36	A	Anastasiya Svechnikova	Uzbekistan	55.31	x	48.71	55.31
37	A	Martinka Ratej	Slovenia	55.30	51.56	53.24	55.30
38	B	Kim Kreiner	United States	55.13	53.81	53.48	55.13
39	A	Zuleima Aramendiz	Colombia	51.30	54.71	x	54.71
40	A	Monica Stoian	Romania	x	54.56	x	54.56
41	A	Kara Patterson	United States	54.00	50.35	54.39	54.39
42	B	Dan Song	China	53.11	54.32	x	54.32
43	A	Nadeeka Lakmali	Sri Lanka	x	53.44	54.28	54.28
44	A	Christina Scherwin	Denmark	53.95	x	x	53.95	SB
45	B	Alexandra Tsisiou	Cyprus	53.24	x	47.18	53.24
46	A	Gyeongae Kim	South Korea	51.46	48.00	53.13	53.13
47	B	Maria Yakovenko	Russia	47.90	51.67	50.49	51.67
48	A	María González	Venezuela	48.37	50.51	42.32	50.51
49	B	Selafina Akeli	Samoa	47.83	42.78	49.26	49.26
50	B	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	Iceland	x	x	48.59	48.59
51	B	Leryn Franco	Paraguay	45.34	x	43.77	45.34
52	B	Rumyana Karapetrova	Bulgaria	40.15	-	-	40.15
	A	Zahra Bani	Italy	x	x	x	NM
	B	Tatijana Jelaca	Serbia	x	x	x	NM

Q - Qualified by right / SB - Season Best / NR - National Record/ NM - No Mark / q - Qualified by result

Final

Position	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Remarks
1	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	69.22	67.04	x	64.92	x	71.42	71.42	ER
2	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	69.32	69.08	x	70.78	x	67.52	70.78	NR
3	Christina Obergföll	Germany	66.13	x	63.34	x	x	x	66.13
4	Goldie Sayers	Great Britain	65.75	59.40	62.92	59.72	65.03	56.83	65.75	NR
5	Steffi Nerius	Germany	64.05	62.25	59.97	x	x	65.29	65.29
6	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	63.35	x	x	x	x	x	63.35
7	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland	58.74	59.16	58.67	x	58.21	62.02	62.02
8	Katharina Molitor	Germany	53.19	57.37	59.64	58.81	56.72	57.00	59.64
9	Mercedes Chilla	Spain	x	57.94	58.13				58.13
10	Li Zhang	China	54.69	x	56.14				56.14
11	Sinta Ozolina	Latvia	50.67	53.38	52.23				53.38
12	Felicia Tilea-Moldovan	Romania	53.04	x	52.80				53.04