Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw

at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad

Venue

Beijing National Stadium

Date

19 August 2008 (qualification)
21 August 2008 (final)

Competitors

54 from 40 nations

Winning distance

71.42

Medalists

	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic
	vacant
	Christina Obergföll	Germany

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The women's javelin throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 60.50 m (A standard) and 56.00 m (B standard).^[2]

Mariya Abakumova held the lead from her first throw, with Barbora Špotáková the only other competitor within 3 metres. Abakumova improved to 70.78 on her fourth throw. Christina Obergföll took the third place position, and Goldie Sayers with a British national record took fourth, both from their first round throws and not improving thereafter. Then on her final throw, Špotáková put it out to 71.42 to take the gold. Eight years after the competition, the IOC retested samples from the event. Silver medalist Mariya Abakumova tested positive for dehydrochlormethyltestosterone (turinabol) and was disqualified, stripping her of the medal.^[3]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Tuesday, 19 August 2008	09:00	Qualifications^[4]
Thursday, 21 August 2008	19:20	Finals^[5]

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.

Results

Qualifying round

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

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes^[6]
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
DSQ	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	Zhang Li	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	Savva 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	Chang Chunfeng	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	Sílvia 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	Martina 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	Song Dan	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 Nasta-Tsisiou	Cyprus	53.24	x	47.18	53.24
46	A	Kim Kyung-Ae	South Korea	51.46	48.00	53.13	53.13
47	B	Mariya 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	Serafina 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
99 !	A	Zahra Bani	Italy	x	x	x	00.00 !NM
99 !	B	Tatjana Jelaca	Serbia	x	x	x	00.00 !NM

WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)
DNF = did not finish \| DNS = did not start \| DQ = disqualification \| NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) \| Q = qualification by place in heat \| q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
01 !	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	69.22	67.04	x	64.92	x	71.42	71.42	AR
03 !	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	Zhang Li	China	54.69	x	56.14				56.14
11	Sinta Ozoliņa	Latvia	50.67	53.38	52.23				53.38
12	Felicia Tilea-Moldovan	Romania	53.04	x	52.80				53.04
DSQ	Mariya Abakumova	Russia	69.32	69.08	x	70.78	x	67.52	DSQ^[3]

References

↑ "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
↑ "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
1 2 https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-four-athletes-for-failing-anti-doping-tests-at-beijing-2008-and-london-2012-1
↑ "Women's Javelin Throw Qualifying Rounds". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
↑ "Women's Javelin Throw Final". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
↑ IAAF Archived August 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved 2008-08-18.

Javelin throw at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

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