2005 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

None thumb|110px|OFjaL17JLHI Official video The women's javelin throw event at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 14. It was a high-quality contest where Olympic champion Osleidys Menéndez set a new world record whereas Christina Obergföll set a new European record. Medalists GoldCUB Osleidys MenéndezCuba (CUB)SilverGER Christina ObergföllGermany (GER)BronzeGER Steffi NeriusGermany (GER) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B12.08.2005 – 13:20h12.08.2005 – 14:40hFinal Round14.08.2005 – 19:25h 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 2005 World Athletics Championships World Record Osleidys Menéndez CUB 71.54 m July 1, 2001 GRE Rethymno, Greece Event Record Osleidys Menéndez CUB 69.53 m August 6, 2001 CAN Edmonton, Canada Season Best Sonia Bisset CUB 67.67 m July 6, 2005 ESP Salamanca, Spain Broken records during the 2005 World Athletics Championships World Record Osleidys Menéndez CUB 71.70 m August 14, 2005 FIN Helsinki, Finland Event Record Osleidys Menéndez CUB 71.70 m August 14, 2005 FIN Helsinki, Finland Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote123 1 2 Osleidys Menéndez CUB65.77 — — 65.77 m 2 4 Christina Obergföll GERX 59.60 61.59 61.59 m 3 6 Mikaela Ingberg FIN56.52 55.58 61.06 61.06 m SB 4 8 Goldie Sayers GBR60.67 — — 60.67 m 5 9 Christina Scherwin DENX 60.11 X 60.11 m 6 12 Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi GRE54.35 57.15 59.06 59.06 m 7 15 Mercedes Chilla ESPX 57.82 58.38 58.38 m 8 18 Olha Ivankova UKR56.56 55.56 56.53 56.56 m 9 19 Claudia Coslovich ITA54.29 55.78 X 55.78 m 10 21 Kim Kreiner USA55.05 50.55 52.88 55.05 m 11 23 Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan ROMX 50.66 54.68 54.68 m 12 24 Noraida Bicet CUBX 54.52 X 54.52 m 13 25 Inga Stasiulionyté LTU54.38 51.22 51.53 54.38 m 14 26 Moonika Aava EST50.57 54.24 52.60 54.24 m 15 28 Mariya Yakovenko RUS50.37 49.85 49.93 50.37 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsResultNote123 1 2 Steffi Nerius GER66.52 — —66.52 m PB 2 3 Sonia Bisset CUB64.50 — —64.50 m 3 5 Laverne Eve BAH54.27 57.68 61.12 61.12 m SB 4 7 Paula Tarvainen FIN58.53 X 60.83 60.83 m SB 5 10 Zahra Bani ITA60.09 X 55.76 60.09 m 6 11 Rumyana Karapetrova BUL57.45 59.22 58.07 59.22 m 7 13 Barbora Špotáková CZE57.21 56.51 58.74 58.74 m 8 14 Olivia McKoy JAM58.49 X 54.63 58.49 m 9 16 Barbara Madejczyk POL48.11 57.14 56.66 57.14 m 10 17 Inga Kožarenoka LAT53.78 56.71 50.46 56.71 m 11 20 Nikolett Szabó HUN53.01 52.26 55.17 55.17 m 12 22 Savva Lika GRE48.33 50.24 55.03 55.03 m 13 27 Xue Juan CHN50.53 53.81 X 53.81 m 14 29 Serafina Akeli SAM43.52 47.37 46.59 47.37 m — — Mirela Manjani GREX X X NM Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Osleidys Menéndez CUB 71.70 X — 65.53 63.80 — 71.70 m WR Christina Obergföll GER 61.55 70.03 — — —59.67 70.03 m AR Steffi Nerius GER65.96 X X 64.26 64.35 X 65.96 m 4 Christina Scherwin DEN 59.36 62.32 60.04 63.43 X X63.43 m NR 5 Zahra Bani ITA 55.28 60.71 54.06 X 56.16 62.75 62.75 m PB 6 Paula Tarvainen FIN 62.64 X X X 56.89 X 62.64 m SB 7 Sonia Bisset CUB X 59.55 59.71 58.62 61.75 60.57 61.75 m 8 Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi GRE 57.30 57.99 56.78 X X 56.63 57.99 m 9 Mikaela Ingberg FIN 56.77 55.70 57.54 57.54 m 10 Laverne Eve BAH X 51.96 57.10 57.10 m 11 Rumyana Karapetrova BUL 57.06 53.54 55.73 57.06 m 12 Goldie Sayers GBR 54.44 54.16 52.94 54.44 m External links IAAF results, qualifying IAAF results, final todor66 Javelin Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships