The Women's Javelin Throw event at the

2007 World Championships in Athletics The 11th World Championships in Athletics, () under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), were held at Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan from 24 August to 2 September 2007. 200 of the IAAF's 212 member federat ...

took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the

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, Japan. The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres.

Medalists

Schedule

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Abbreviations

Records

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Christina Obergföll Christina Obergföll (; born 22 August 1981) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She was World Champion in 2013. Her personal best throw of 70.20 m is the German record. It also ranks her fifth on ...

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Qualification

Group A

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Nikola Brejchová Nikola Brejchová, née Tomečková () (born 25 June 1974 in Zlín) is a javelin thrower from the Czech Republic. Her personal best throw is 65.91 metres, achieved in August 2004 in Linz. Achievements References External links *sports-refere ...

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, , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GER , , 59.92 , , 60.77 , , 60.49 , , 60.77 m, , , -bgcolor=#DDFFDD , 4 , , 11, , align=left, Sonia Bisset , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, CUB , , 60.25 , , X , , 59.02 , , 60.25 m, , , - , 5 , , 13, , align=left, Taina Kolkkala , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, FIN , , 58.61 , , 59.52 , , 59.47 , , 59.52 m , , SB , - , 6 , , 14, , align=left, Zahra Bani , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, ITA , , 59.02 , , 57.74 , , 57.71 , , 59.02 m, , , - , 7 , , 16, , align=left, Lada Chernova , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, RUS , , 58.12 , , 55.72 , , 56.93 , , 58.12 m, , , - , 8 , , 17, , align=left,

Mariya Yakovenko Mariya Yakovenko (russian: Мария Яковенко; born 6 January 1982 in Krasnodar) is a female javelin thrower from Russia. Her personal best throw is 62.23 metres, achieved in August 2007 in Tula. She competed at the World Championships i ...

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Goldie Sayers Katherine Dinah "Goldie" Sayers (born 16 July 1982), is a former British javelin thrower, who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was born in Newmarket, Suffolk, United Kingdom. On 20 May 2007, Sayers set a new British record ...

, , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GBR , , 55.40 , , 54.78 , , 57.23 , , 57.23 m, , , - , 10 , , 21, , align=left, Monica Stoian , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, ROM , , 56.84 , , 55.68 , , 55.22 , , 56.84 m , , , - , 11 , , 22, , align=left, Alessandra Resende , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, BRA , , 56.42 , , 56.07 , , 56.38 , , 56.42 m , , , - , 12 , , 23, , align=left, Buoban Pamang , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, THA , , 56.28 , , 55.19 , , 55.21 , , 56.28 m , , , - , 13 , , 25, , align=left,

Indrė Jakubaitytė Indrė Jakubaitytė (born 24 January 1976) is a female javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined are ...

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Emika Yoshida is a Japanese athletics competitor competing in the javelin throw. In 2007, she competed in the women's javelin throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics held in Osaka, Japan. She did not qualify to compete in the final. In 2004, ...

, , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, JPN , , 47.49 , , 49.13 , , 49.70 , , 49.70 m , ,

Group B

Barbora Špotáková Barbora Špotáková (; born 30 June 1981) is a former Czech track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. She is a two-time Olympic Champion and three-time World Champion, as well as the current world record holder with a throw of ...

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Linda Stahl Linda Stahl (born 2 October 1985) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Career She won gold at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, throwing a then personal best throw of 66.81 ...

, , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GER , , 62.80 , , — , , — , , 62.80 m, , PB , -bgcolor=#CCFFCC , 4 , , 5, , align=left, Savva Lika , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GRE , , 57.39 , , 57.91 , , 62.38 , , 62.38 m , , SB , -bgcolor=#CCFFCC , 5 , , 6, , align=left, Steffi Nerius , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GER , , 60.94 , , 61.89 , , —, , 61.89 m, , , -bgcolor=#CCFFCC , 6 , , 7, , align=left, Olha Ivankova , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, UKR , , X , , 61.68 , , — , , 61.68 m, , PB , -bgcolor=#DDFFDD , 7 , , 10, , align=left,

Mariya Abakumova Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova (russian: Мария Васильевна Абакумова; born 15 January 1986) is a Russian former track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. Career Abakumova discovered her love for athletics ...

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Sílvia Cruz Sílvia Isabel Cruz (born 29 December 1980 in Lisbon) is a Portuguese javelin thrower. She set both a national record and a personal best throw of 59.76 metres at the first league of the European Athletics Cup in Leiria. Cruz represented Portu ...

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Lavern Eve Laverne Eve (born 16 June 1965, in Nassau) is a female track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw (new javelin) is 63.73 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Nashville. In her early career ...

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Mercedes Chilla Mercedes Chilla López (born January 19, 1980, in Jerez de la Frontera, Cádiz) is a javelin thrower from Spain. She has represented Spain at two Summer Olympics (2004 and 2008) and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics. Chi ...

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Final

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, , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GER , , 64.01 , , 65.26 , , 60.90 , , 61.87 , , 61.12 , , 66.46 , , 66.46 m , , , - , {{bronze3 , , align=left, Steffi Nerius , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GER , , 59.89 , , 59.75 , , 59.96 , , 64.42 , , 62.38 , , X , , 64.42 m, , , - , 4 , , align=left,

, , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, CZE , , 60.25 , , 61.93 , , 63.73 , , 62.44 , , X , , X , , 63.73 m , , , - , 5 , , align=left, Savva Lika , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GRE , , 59.07 , , 59.24 , , 61.72 , , 58.68 , , 59.90 , , 63.13 , , 63.13 m , , {{AthAbbr, PB , - , 6 , , align=left, Sonia Bisset , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, CUB , , 57.77 , , 56.38 , , 61.74 , , X , , X , , 53.18 , , 61.74 m , , , - , 7 , , align=left,

, , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, RUS , , 61.43 , , 59.91 , , X , , X , , X , , 60.74 , , 61.43 m , , , - , 8 , , align=left,

, , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, GER , , 60.10 , , 58.28 , , 58.38 , , 61.03 , , X , , 59.75 , , 61.03 m , , , - , colspan=10 bgcolor=lightgray, , - , 9 , , align=left, Barbara Madejczyk , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, POL , , 58.37 , , 58.31 , , 57.32 , , colspan=3, , , 58.37 m , , , - , 10 , , align=left, Olha Ivankova , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, UKR , , 57.56 , , 56.88 , , 57.87 , , colspan=3, , , 57.87 m , , , - , 11 , , align=left, Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, ROM , , 54.76 , , 55.71 , , X , , colspan=3, , , 55.71 m , , , - , 12 , , align=left, Paula Tarvainen , , align=left, {{flaglinkteam, FIN , , 53.50 , , X , , 50.04 , , colspan=3, , , 53.50 m , ,

References

Event report
- IAAF.org

- IAAF.org

- IAAF.org

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Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about in length, is thrown. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the wom ...

Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships 2007 in women's athletics