2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Christina Obergföll  Germany (GER)
Bronze	Steffi Nerius  Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.08.2007 – 10:00h	29.08.2007 – 11:25h
Final Round
31.08.2007 – 20:40h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba (CUB)	71.70 m	August 14, 2005	Helsinki, Finland
Event Record	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba (CUB)	71.70 m	August 14, 2005	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best	Christina Obergföll	Germany (GER)	70.20 m	June 23, 2007	Munich, Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Throws			Result	Note
				1	2	3
1	1	Nikola Brejchová	Czech Republic (CZE)	64.29	—	—	64.29 m	SB
2	8	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland (POL)	60.09	60.86	57.87	60.86 m
3	9	Christina Obergföll	Germany (GER)	59.92	60.77	60.49	60.77 m
4	11	Sonia Bisset	Cuba (CUB)	60.25	X	59.02	60.25 m
5	13	Taina Kolkkala	Finland (FIN)	58.61	59.52	59.47	59.52 m	SB
6	14	Zahra Bani	Italy (ITA)	59.02	57.74	57.71	59.02 m
7	16	Lada Chernova	Russia (RUS)	58.12	55.72	56.93	58.12 m
8	17	Mariya Yakovenko	Russia (RUS)	55.96	57.09	57.51	57.51 m
9	18	Goldie Sayers	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	55.40	54.78	57.23	57.23 m
10	21	Monica Stoian	Romania (ROM)	56.84	55.68	55.22	56.84 m
11	22	Alessandra Resende	Brazil (BRA)	56.42	56.07	56.38	56.42 m
12	23	Buoban Pamang	Thailand (THA)	56.28	55.19	55.21	56.28 m
13	25	Indrė Jakubaitytė	Lithuania (LTU)	51.84	56.16	X	56.16 m
14	26	Dana Pounds	United States (USA)	50.43	55.00	53.02	55.00 m
15	29	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua (NCA)	53.22	X	49.05	53.22 m
16	30	Serafina Akeli	Samoa (SAM)	47.91	X	50.29	50.29 m	SB
17	31	Emika Yoshida	Japan (JPN)	47.49	49.13	49.70	49.70 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Throws			Result	Note
				1	2	3
1	2	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	63.77	—	—	63.77 m	SB
2	3	Paula Tarvainen	Finland (FIN)	63.58	—	—	63.58 m	SB
3	4	Linda Stahl	Germany (GER)	62.80	—	—	62.80 m	PB
4	5	Savva Lika	Greece (GRE)	57.39	57.91	62.38	62.38 m	SB
5	6	Steffi Nerius	Germany (GER)	60.94	61.89	—	61.89 m
6	7	Olha Ivankova	Ukraine (UKR)	X	61.68	—	61.68 m	PB
7	10	Mariya Abakumova	Russia (RUS)	60.55	58.79	59.19	60.55 m
8	12	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan	Romania (ROM)	51.70	60.07	X	60.07 m
9	15	Sílvia Cruz	Portugal (POR)	54.81	56.62	58.53	58.53 m
10	19	Alexandra Nasta-Tsisiou	Cyprus (CYP)	57.17	X	54.49	57.17 m	SB
11	20	Lavern Eve	Bahamas (BAH)	X	55.02	56.87	56.87 m
12	24	Urszula Jasinska	Poland (POL)	54.70	56.20	53.68	56.20 m
13	27	Mercedes Chilla	Spain (ESP)	51.63	X	53.64	53.64 m
14	28	Chang Chunfeng	China (CHN)	51.67	X	53.41	53.41 m
15	32	Rumyana Karapetrova	Bulgaria (BUL)	48.50	X	47.68	48.50 m
—	—	Lindy Leveau-Agricole	Seychelles (SEY)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Attempts						Distance	Note
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	66.40	60.30	67.07	64.28	63.56	64.61	67.07 m	NR
	Christina Obergföll	Germany (GER)	64.01	65.26	60.90	61.87	61.12	66.46	66.46 m
	Steffi Nerius	Germany (GER)	59.89	59.75	59.96	64.42	62.38	X	64.42 m
4	Nikola Brejchová	Czech Republic (CZE)	60.25	61.93	63.73	62.44	X	X	63.73 m
5	Savva Lika	Greece (GRE)	59.07	59.24	61.72	58.68	59.90	63.13	63.13 m	PB
6	Sonia Bisset	Cuba (CUB)	57.77	56.38	61.74	X	X	53.18	61.74 m
7	Mariya Abakumova	Russia (RUS)	61.43	59.91	X	X	X	60.74	61.43 m
8	Linda Stahl	Germany (GER)	60.10	58.28	58.38	61.03	X	59.75	61.03 m
9	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland (POL)	58.37	58.31	57.32				58.37 m
10	Olha Ivankova	Ukraine (UKR)	57.56	56.88	57.87				57.87 m
11	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan	Romania (ROM)	54.76	55.71	X				55.71 m
12	Paula Tarvainen	Finland (FIN)	53.50	X	50.04				53.50 m

References

• Event report - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
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