2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

None April 2026 Women's javelin throw 2013 World Championships Luzhniki Stadium 16 August (qualification)18 August (final) 27 19 Winning distance 69.05 Christina ObergföllGER 2013 World Kimberley MickleAUS 2013 World Mariya AbakumovaRUS 2013 World 2011 2015 The women's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.Start list Throwing at home, defending champion and world leader Mariya Abakumova made one attempt in the trials. Her 69.09 flew past the automatic qualifying mark and turned out to be the farthest throw of the competition, leading ten other automatic qualifiers. In the final, Abakumova couldn't match her qualifier, though she did take the first round lead with 65.09. But that was to be her best. In the second round Kimberley Mickle threw a personal best 66.25 to take the lead. The lead lasted only 5 attempts before Christina Obergföll let loose a 69.05. That was it, the only other news from the final four rounds was Mickle's second improvement on her personal best to 66.60 in the final round. Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/throws/javelin-throw/outdoor/men Records & Lists – Hammer Throw IAAF 7 August 2013 World recordBarbora Špotáková CZE72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Championship recordMaria Abakumova RUS71.99Daegu, South Korea2 September 2011World leadingMaria Abakumova RUS69.34Castellón, Spain22 July 2013African recordSunette Viljoen RSA69.35New York City, United States9 Jun 2012Asian recordLü Huihui CHN65.62Zhaoqing, People's Republic of China27 April 2013North, Central American and Caribbean recordOlisdeilys Menéndez CUB71.70Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005South American recordSabina Moya COL62.62Guatemala City, Guatemala12 May 2002European recordBarbora Špotáková CZE72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Oceanian recordLouise Currey AUS66.80Runaway Bay, Australia5 August 2000 Qualification standards A result 2012 IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards http://www.mos2013.ru/en/competition/team_manual/ All Russia Athletic Federation 8 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130816102153/http://www.mos2013.ru/en/competition/team_manual 16 August 2013 dead dmy-allB result 62.00 60.00 Schedule Date Time Round16 August 2013 9:30 Qualification18 August 2013 16:00 Final All times are local times (UTC+4) Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification Results Rank Group Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Result Notes 1 A Mariya Abakumova RUS 2013 World 69.09 69.09 Q 2 B Kimberley Mickle AUS 2013 World 59.92 65.73 65.73 Q, PB 3 A Linda Stahl GER 2013 World 64.51 64.51 Q 3 B Sunette Viljoen RSA 2013 World 64.51 64.51 Q, SB 5 A Kathryn Mitchell AUS 2013 World 0.00 x 62.80 62.80 Q, SB 6 B Tatjana Jelača SRB 2013 World 57.65 62.68 62.68 Q, NR 7 B Christina Obergföll GER 2013 World 62.36 62.36 Q 8 B Viktoriya Sudarushkina RUS 2013 World 0.00 x 52.88 62.20 62.20 Q 9 A Sofi Flinck SWE 2013 World 61.96 61.96 Q, NR 10 A Vira Rebryk UKR 2013 World 59.49 58.60 61.70 61.70 Q 11 B Li Lingwei CHN 2013 World 58.62 61.51 61.51 Q, SB 12 B Nadeeka Lakmali SRI 2013 World 56.12 59.09 60.39 60.39 q 13 B Katharina Molitor GER 2013 World 57.17 58.03 60.32 60.32 14 B Līna Mūze LAT 2013 World 54.36 60.29 0.00 x 60.29 15 A Zhang Li CHN 2013 World 58.59 60.16 58.98 60.16 16 A Yuki Ebihara JPN 2013 World 58.39 59.31 59.80 59.80 17 A Krista Woodward CAN 2013 World 58.86 55.31 55.59 58.86 18 A Hanna Hatsko UKR 2013 World 57.82 58.63 57.55 58.63 19 B Marharyta Dorozhon UKR 2013 World 58.23 54.53 55.40 58.23 20 B Martina Ratej SVN 2013 World 56.36 57.95 0.00 x 57.95 21 B Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir ISL 2013 World 57.36 57.65 55.98 57.65 22 B Brittany Borman USA 2013 World 53.20 57.63 0.00 x 57.63 23 A Flor Ruiz COL 2013 World 55.43 57.47 54.09 57.47 24 B Liina Laasma EST 2013 World 55.53 54.11 56.93 56.93 25 A Eliza Toader ROU 2013 World 54.47 55.76 54.64 55.76 26 A Jucilene de Lima BRA 2013 World 54.14 55.18 0.00 x 55.18 27 A Madara Palameika LAT 2013 World 0.00 x 0.00 x 53.70 53.70 Final The final was started at 16:00.Final Results Rank Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Result Notes Christina Obergföll GER 2013 World 64.63 69.05 64.02 62.93 x x 69.05 SB Kimberley Mickle AUS 2013 World 60.43 66.25 64.18 64.29 x 66.60 66.60 PB Mariya Abakumova RUS 2013 World 65.09 63.78 64.33 x 60.99 58.71 65.09 04 4 Linda Stahl GER 2013 World 64.78 62.58 x x x 61.81 64.78 05 5 Kathryn Mitchell AUS 2013 World 63.77 x 60.34 62.19 x 62.23 63.77 SB 06 6 Sunette Viljoen RSA 2013 World 63.58 x 56.51 58.66 59.00 60.25 63.58 07 7 Viktoriya Sudarushkina RUS 2013 World 60.44 62.21 55.82 x 58.64 x 62.21 08 8 Li Lingwei CHN 2013 World 57.48 60.30 61.30 55.63 57.58 57.96 61.30 09 9 Tatjana Jelača SRB 2013 World 60.38 60.63 60.81 60.81 10 Sofi Flinck SWE 2013 World 57.56 59.52 55.56 59.52 11 Vira Rebryk UKR 2013 World x 58.33 x 58.33 12 Nadeeka Lakmali SRI 2013 World 55.10 58.16 55.77 58.16 References External links Javelin throw results at IAAF website Javelin throw Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships