The women's
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 ...
at the
2019 World Athletics Championships
The 2019 IAAF World Athletics Championships () was the seventeenth edition of the biennial, global athletics competition organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), since renamed World Athletics. It was held betw ...
was held at the
Khalifa International Stadium
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in
Doha
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, Qatar, on 30 September and 1 October 2019.
Summary
On the second throw of the competition, returning bronze medalist
Lü Huihui
Lü Huihui (; born 26 June 1989) is a Chinese athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and bronze medals at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships.
A late-bloomer in the event, she did ...
took the lead with a 64.93m. Three throwers later, her Chinese teammate
Liu Shiying almost matched that with a 64.81m effort. Defending champion
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 ...
fouled. The third-place thrower was
Kelsey-Lee Barber
Kelsey-Lee Barber (née Roberts; born 20 September 1991) is an Australian track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She won gold at the 2019 World Championships, and her personal best of 67.70 m ranks her 13th in the overall li ...
, almost two metres behind. In the second round, Lü improved to 65.06m and
Christin Hussong
Christin Hussong (born 17 March 1994) is a German track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She has won gold at the 2011 World Youth Championships, 2015 European U23 Championships and at the 2018 European Championships. Hussong ...
landed one only a centimetre behind, while Špotáková only managed a 59.52m. By the time of Špotáková's third attempt, she already knew
Tatsiana Khaladovich held the #8 spot with 60.84m. She at least needed to beat that to continue in the competition, but her throw was almost a metre short. With a new champion destined, nobody improved through the fourth round. In the fifth, Liu threw a 65.88m to take the lead. Lü responded with a 65.49m but still not enough. On her final attempt, Barber tossed a to jump from a distant fourth place to take the gold medal.
Records
Before the competition records were as follows:
Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying distance 63.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) advanced to the final.
Final
The final was started on 1 October at 21:22.
References
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Women's javelin throw
Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships