2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

None The final of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Monday August 6, 2001. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, with the qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres. Cuba's eventual winner Osleidys Menéndez broke the event record twice during the final, in her second (69.42 metres) and third attempt (69.53 metres). Medalists GoldCUB Osleidys MenéndezCuba (CUB)SilverGRE Mirela Manjani-TzeliliGreece (GRE)BronzeCUB Sonia BissetCuba (CUB) Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B04.08.2001 – 14:35h04.08.2001 – 16:25hFinal Round06.08.2001 – 17:05h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record Osleidys Menéndez CUB 71.54 m July 1, 2001 GRE Rethymno, Greece Event Record Mirela Manjani-Tzelili GRE 67.09 m August 28, 1999 ESP Seville, Spain Season Best Osleidys Menéndez CUB 71.54 m July 1, 2001 GRE Rethymno, Greece Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships Event Record Osleidys Menéndez CUB 69.53 m August 6, 2001 CAN Edmonton, Canada Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 Nikola Tomecková CZE X 65.71 — 65.71 m Q, NR 2 3 Sonia Bisset CUB 60.78 63.24 — 63.24 m Q 3 5 Mirela Manjani-Tzelili GRE 61.75 — — 61.75 m Q 4 7 Wei Jianhua CHN 61.56 — — 61.56 m Q, SB 5 9 Mikaela Ingberg FIN 59.59 60.89 57.83 60.89 m q 6 13 Paula Huhtaniemi FIN 53.68 58.26 X 58.26 m 7 14 Nikolett Szabó HUN 57.21 X 57.60 57.60 m 8 15 Rita Ramanauskaitė LTU 1988 52.72 57.43 X 57.43 m 9 18 Takako Miyake JPN 55.81 56.05 54.94 56.05 m 10 19 Ana Mirela Țermure ROM X 52.14 52.65 52.65 m 11 22 Dominique Bilodeau CAN 45.24 X 44.01 45.24 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2 Osleidys Menéndez CUB 64.39 — — 64.39 m Q 2 4 Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi GRE 60.22 61.93 — 61.93 m Q 3 6 Steffi Nerius GER 61.90 — — 61.90 m Q 4 8 Tatyana Shikolenko RUS 59.40 61.42 — 61.42 m Q 5 10 Xiomara Rivero CUB 59.78 58.60 59.14 59.78 m q 6 11 Taina Kolkkala FIN 54.83 59.62 59.06 59.62 m q, SB 7 12 Claudia Coslovich ITA 58.42 53.76 58.34 58.42 m q 8 16 Felicia Țilea-Moldovan ROM 56.61 X X 56.61 m 9 17 Laverne Eve BAH 55.26 X 56.10 56.10 m 10 20 Zuleima Araméndiz COL 52.23 50.70 50.98 52.23 m 11 21 Lindy Leveaux SEY 49.01 49.40 X 49.40 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Osleidys Menéndez CUB 66.56 69.42 69.53 X 65.63 66.70 69.53 m CR Mirela Manjani-Tzelili GRE 64.69 63.80 X X 65.78 62.68 65.78 m Sonia Bisset CUB 63.14 X 57.77 61.32 64.69 X 64.69 m 4 Nikola Tomecková CZE 63.11 62.91 X X 62.74 59.83 63.11 m 5 Steffi Nerius GER 62.08 X 58.52 X X 56.01 62.08 m 6 Mikaela Ingberg FIN 61.94 60.40 X 57.91 60.89 60.91 61.94 m 7 Xiomara Rivero CUB 58.56 61.60 59.00 61.27 61.43 61.40 61.60 m 8 Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi GRE 61.01 57.88 58.61 60.74 58.17 58.96 61.01 m 9 Tatyana Shikolenko RUS 59.26 60.91 X 60.91 m 10 Wei Jianhua CHN 52.48 58.31 58.45 58.45 m 11 Claudia Coslovich ITA 54.46 57.27 56.08 57.27 m 12 Taina Kolkkala FIN 53.72 57.21 53.19 57.21 m See also 1998 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest) 2000 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney) 2002 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich) 2004 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens) References Results RecProgression IAAF J Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships