2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 2012 African
Championships in Athletics

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
20 km walk men women
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

The women's javelin throw at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June.

Medalists

Gold Margaret Simpson
 Ghana
Silver Justine Robbeson
 South Africa
Bronze Gerlize de Klerk
 South Africa

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record  Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 72.28 Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
African record  Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 69.35 New York City, United States 9 June 2012
Championship record  Sunette Viljoen (RSA) 63.33 Nairobi, Kenya 31 July 2010

Schedule

Date Time Round
30 June 2012 16:20 Final

Results

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #5 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Margaret Simpson  Ghana x 53.22 53.18 51.40 52.63 54.62 54.62
2nd, silver medalist(s) Justine Robbeson  South Africa 48.49 47.48 52.40 50.05 51.06 52.81 52.81
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Gerlize de Klerk  South Africa x 49.85 46.50 46.46 47.44 48.23 49.85
4 Zuta Mary Nartey  Ghana 43.47 43.29 45.21 46.87 49.69 47.73 49.69
5 Adjimon Adanhoegbe  Benin 40.05 x 40.79 40.80 46.22 46.32 46.32 NR
6 Selma Rosun  Mauritius 40.51 43.64 40.42 44.96 45.93 43.82 45.93
7 Bernadette Ravina  Mauritius 45.19 x 44.98 44.98 45.46 43.55 45.46
8 Gebremichael Gerase  Ethiopia 43.96 42.15 40.23 41.10 41.10 x 43.96
Mamina Soura  Burkina Faso DNS
Sunette Viljoen  South Africa DNS

References

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