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Javelin Throw, Women

Date	7 – 9 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	41 from 28 countries

Defending champion Barbora Špotáková of the Czech Republic was one of the strongest favorites in athletics at the London Olympics. Her biggest challenge was expected to come from Russian Mariya Abakumova, the 2011 World Champion and silver medalist from Beijing. That didn’t happen.

Špotáková was drawn first in the throwing order for the final and with her first mark of 66.90, she effectively won the gold medal, as nobody else would come close to that mark. Abakumova struggled and did not make the final three throws, eventually placing 10th. Špotáková’s second and third rounds of 66.88 and 66.24 would also have brought her gold, but she got her best mark in round four with 69.55, easily winning the title, over four metres ahead of Germans Christina Obergföll (65.16), who had won bronze in 2008, and Linda Stahl (64.91). South African Sunette Viljoen, who led the world list coming into London, placed fourth. Špotáková became only the second woman to defend a javelin title, after East German Ruth Fuchs in 1972-76.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1544	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	66.19 (1)	69.55 (1)	Gold
2	1956	Christina Obergföll	GER	66.14 (2)	65.16 (2)	Silver
3	1968	Linda Stahl	GER	64.78 (4)	64.91 (3)	Bronze
4	2796	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	65.92 (3)	64.53 (4)
5	1384	Lu Huihui	CHN	64.45 (5)	63.70 (5)
6	1953	Katharina Molitor	GER	62.05 (7)	62.89 (6)
7	2405	Madara Palameika	LAT	60.62 (8)	60.73 (7)
8	1077	Kathryn Mitchell	AUS	60.11 (10)	59.46 (8)
9	2119	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	ISL	62.77 (6)	59.08 (9)
10	1310	Liz Gleadle	CAN	60.26 (9)	58.78 (10)
11	2403	Līna Mūze	LAT	59.91 (11)	–
12	1533	Jarmila Klimešová	CZE	59.90 (12)	–
13	3270	Brittany Borman	USA	59.27 (13)	–
14	2248	Yuki Ebihara	JPN	59.25 (14)	–
15	1076	Kim Mickle	AUS	59.23 (15)	–
16	2434	Indrė Jakubaitytė	LTU	59.05 (16)	–
17	3183	Vira Rebryk	UKR	58.97 (17)	–
18	2404	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	LAT	58.86 (18)	–
19	1242	Laila Ferrer	BRA	58.39 (19)	–
20	3162	Hanna Hatsko	UKR	58.37 (20)	–
21	1395	Zhang Li	CHN	58.35 (21)	–
22	3326	Rachel Yurkovich	USA	57.92 (22)	–
23	1643	Nora Aída Bicet	ESP	57.77 (23)	–
24	2954	Tatjana Jelača	SRB	57.09 (24)	–
25	1995	Savva Lika	GRE	57.06 (25)	–
26	3158	Marharyta Dorozhon	UKR	56.74 (26)	–
27	1503	Yainelis Ribeaux	CUB	56.55 (27)	–
28	1378	Li Lingwei	CHN	56.50 (28)	–
29	3311	Kara Patterson	USA	56.23 (29)	–
30	1442	Flor Ruiz	COL	54.34 (30)	–
31	1192	Maryna Novik	BLR	54.31 (31)	–
32	2627	Leryn Franco	PAR	51.45 (32)	–
33	3339	Anastasiya Svechnikova	UZB	51.27 (33)	–
34	2054	Vanda Juhász	HUN	50.01 (34)	–
35	1091	Elisabeth Eberl	AUT	49.66 (35)	–
36	1032	Kristine Harutyunyan	ARM	47.65 (36)	–
NM	1494	Yanet Cruz	CUB	– (NM)	–
NM	1876	Goldie Sayers	GBR	– (NM)	–
NM	1737	Sanni Utriainen	FIN	– (NM)	–
DQ	2842	Mariya Abakumova	RUS	[63.25] (DQ)	[59.34] (DQ)		1
DQ	2935	Martinka Ratej	SLO	[63.60] (DQ)	[61.62] (DQ)		2
DNS	3352	Yusbelys Parra	VEN	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (7 August 2012 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 61.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	66.19	–	Q
2	Christina Obergföll	GER	66.14	–	Q
3	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	65.92	–	Q
4	Linda Stahl	GER	64.78	–	Q
5	Lu Huihui	CHN	64.45	–	Q
6	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	ISL	62.77	–	Q
7	Katharina Molitor	GER	62.05	–	Q
8	Madara Palameika	LAT	60.62	–	q
9	Liz Gleadle	CAN	60.26	–	q
10	Kathryn Mitchell	AUS	60.11	–	q
11	Līna Mūze	LAT	59.91	–
12	Jarmila Klimešová	CZE	59.90	–
13	Brittany Borman	USA	59.27	–
14	Yuki Ebihara	JPN	59.25	–
15	Kim Mickle	AUS	59.23	–
16	Indrė Jakubaitytė	LTU	59.05	–
17	Vira Rebryk	UKR	58.97	–
18	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	LAT	58.86	–
19	Laila Ferrer	BRA	58.39	–
20	Hanna Hatsko	UKR	58.37	–
21	Zhang Li	CHN	58.35	–
22	Rachel Yurkovich	USA	57.92	–
23	Nora Aída Bicet	ESP	57.77	–
24	Tatjana Jelača	SRB	57.09	–
25	Savva Lika	GRE	57.06	–
26	Marharyta Dorozhon	UKR	56.74	–
27	Yainelis Ribeaux	CUB	56.55	–
28	Li Lingwei	CHN	56.50	–
29	Kara Patterson	USA	56.23	–
30	Flor Ruiz	COL	54.34	–
31	Maryna Novik	BLR	54.31	–
32	Leryn Franco	PAR	51.45	–
33	Anastasiya Svechnikova	UZB	51.27	–
34	Vanda Juhász	HUN	50.01	–
35	Elisabeth Eberl	AUT	49.66	–
36	Kristine Harutyunyan	ARM	47.65	–
NM	Yanet Cruz	CUB	–	–
NM	Goldie Sayers	GBR	–	–
NM	Sanni Utriainen	FIN	–	–
DQ	Martinka Ratej	SLO	[63.60]	–	Q	3
DQ	Mariya Abakumova	RUS	[63.25]	–	Q	4
DNS	Yusbelys Parra	VEN	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (7 August 2012 — 10:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	4	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	66.19	66.19	-	-
2	19	Christina Obergföll	GER	66.14	66.14	-	-
3	12	Linda Stahl	GER	64.78	64.78	-	-
4	11	Madara Palameika	LAT	60.62	60.62	60.50	57.91
5	3	Liz Gleadle	CAN	60.26	×	59.73	60.26
6	13	Līna Mūze	LAT	59.91	51.15	59.48	59.91
7	6	Brittany Borman	USA	59.27	54.31	56.50	59.27
8	9	Kim Mickle	AUS	59.23	59.23	57.77	×
9	2	Laila Ferrer	BRA	58.39	51.66	52.61	58.39
10	16	Zhang Li	CHN	58.35	57.17	58.35	×
11	1	Nora Aída Bicet	ESP	57.77	54.08	54.56	57.77
12	18	Tatjana Jelača	SRB	57.09	52.58	×	57.09
13	10	Marharyta Dorozhon	UKR	56.74	56.74	55.18	50.60
14	14	Kara Patterson	USA	56.23	56.23	×	×
15	20	Flor Ruiz	COL	54.34	×	54.34	52.37
16	17	Elisabeth Eberl	AUT	49.66	×	×	49.66
17	8	Kristine Harutyunyan	ARM	47.65	47.65	×	×
NM	5	Yanet Cruz	CUB	–	×	×	×
NM	7	Goldie Sayers	GBR	–	×	×	×
DQ	21	Martinka Ratej	SLO	[63.60]	[x]	[63.60]	[-]	5
DNS	15	Yusbelys Parra	VEN	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (7 August 2012 — 11:35)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	6	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	65.92	65.92	-	-
2	16	Lu Huihui	CHN	64.45	64.45	-	-
3	15	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	ISL	62.77	62.77	-	-
4	10	Katharina Molitor	GER	62.05	58.06	55.30	62.05
5	11	Kathryn Mitchell	AUS	60.11	60.11	57.80	59.84
6	1	Jarmila Klimešová	CZE	59.90	56.76	59.90	×
7	14	Yuki Ebihara	JPN	59.25	59.25	58.03	54.17
8	9	Indrė Jakubaitytė	LTU	59.05	54.05	56.63	59.05
9	8	Vira Rebryk	UKR	58.97	×	58.97	×
10	19	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	LAT	58.86	×	58.86	51.35
11	5	Hanna Hatsko	UKR	58.37	58.37	56.02	55.94
12	18	Rachel Yurkovich	USA	57.92	54.20	×	57.92
13	13	Savva Lika	GRE	57.06	56.36	57.06	×
14	7	Yainelis Ribeaux	CUB	56.55	53.70	56.55	×
15	21	Li Lingwei	CHN	56.50	55.28	×	56.50
16	17	Maryna Novik	BLR	54.31	51.93	50.77	54.31
17	2	Leryn Franco	PAR	51.45	51.45	×	49.72
18	3	Anastasiya Svechnikova	UZB	51.27	50.56	51.27	×
19	4	Vanda Juhász	HUN	50.01	49.90	50.01	×
DQ	20	Mariya Abakumova	RUS	[63.25]	[63.25]	[-]	[-]	6
NM	12	Sanni Utriainen	FIN	–	×	×	×

Final Round (9 August 2012 — 21:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	1/8	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	69.55	66.90	66.88	66.24	69.55	×	×
2	11/7	Christina Obergföll	GER	65.16	65.16	×	×	×	×	×
3	7/4	Linda Stahl	GER	64.91	59.49	63.24	62.67	64.91	×	×
4	2/6	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	64.53	64.53	62.71	57.30	57.05	60.93	62.61
5	6/5	Lu Huihui	CHN	63.70	59.97	63.28	58.58	61.26	63.70	62.19
6	5/3	Katharina Molitor	GER	62.89	62.89	58.15	58.51	×	×	×
7	12/1	Madara Palameika	LAT	60.73	56.47	60.73	×	59.32	×	59.22
8	8	Kathryn Mitchell	AUS	59.46	58.31	59.46	58.45	–	–	–
9	9	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	ISL	59.08	59.08	57.35	×	–	–	–
10	4	Liz Gleadle	CAN	58.78	57.10	×	58.78	–	–	–
DQ	3	Mariya Abakumova	RUS	[59.34]	[x]	[59.34]	[58.70]	–	–	–	7
DQ	10/2	Martinka Ratej	SLO	[61.62]	[x]	[58.89]	[61.62]	[x]	[60.11]	[56.90]	8