2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.
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:| World record | 72.28 | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 September 2008 | |
| Championship record | 71.99 | Daegu, South Korea | 2 September 2011 | |
| World leading | 69.34 | Castellón, Spain | 22 July 2013 | |
| African record | 69.35 | New York City, United States | 9 Jun 2012 | |
| Asian record | 65.62 | Zhaoqing, People's Republic of China | 27 April 2013 | |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | 71.70 | Helsinki, Finland | 14 August 2005 | |
| South American record | 62.62 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 12 May 2002 | |
| European record | 72.28 | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 September 2008 | |
| Oceanian record | 66.80 | Runaway Bay, Australia | 5 August 2000 |
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 or at least 12 best performers advanced to the final.| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Mariya Abakumova | 69.09 | 69.09 | Q | |||
| 2 | B | Kimberley Mickle | 59.92 | 65.73 | 65.73 | Q, PB | ||
| 3 | A | Linda Stahl | 64.51 | 64.51 | Q | |||
| 3 | B | Sunette Viljoen | 64.51 | 64.51 | Q, SB | |||
| 5 | A | Kathryn Mitchell | 62.80 | 62.80 | Q, SB | |||
| 6 | B | Tatjana Jelača | 57.65 | 62.68 | 62.68 | Q, NR | ||
| 7 | B | Christina Obergföll | 62.36 | 62.36 | Q | |||
| 8 | B | Viktoriya Sudarushkina | 52.88 | 62.20 | 62.20 | Q | ||
| 9 | A | Sofi Flinck | 61.96 | 61.96 | Q, NR | |||
| 10 | A | Vira Rebryk | 59.49 | 58.60 | 61.70 | 61.70 | Q | |
| 11 | B | Li Lingwei | 58.62 | 61.51 | 61.51 | Q, SB | ||
| 12 | B | Nadeeka Lakmali | 56.12 | 59.09 | 60.39 | 60.39 | q | |
| 13 | B | Katharina Molitor | 57.17 | 58.03 | 60.32 | 60.32 | ||
| 14 | B | Līna Mūze | 54.36 | 60.29 | 60.29 | |||
| 15 | A | Zhang Li | 58.59 | 60.16 | 58.98 | 60.16 | ||
| 16 | A | Yuki Ebihara | 58.39 | 59.31 | 59.80 | 59.80 | ||
| 17 | A | Krista Woodward | 58.86 | 55.31 | 55.59 | 58.86 | ||
| 18 | A | Hanna Hatsko | 57.82 | 58.63 | 57.55 | 58.63 | ||
| 19 | B | Marharyta Dorozhon | 58.23 | 54.53 | 55.40 | 58.23 | ||
| 20 | B | Martina Ratej | 56.36 | 57.95 | 57.95 | |||
| 21 | B | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | 57.36 | 57.65 | 55.98 | 57.65 | ||
| 22 | B | Brittany Borman | 53.20 | 57.63 | 57.63 | |||
| 23 | A | Flor Ruiz | 55.43 | 57.47 | 54.09 | 57.47 | ||
| 24 | B | Liina Laasma | 55.53 | 54.11 | 56.93 | 56.93 | ||
| 25 | A | Eliza Toader | 54.47 | 55.76 | 54.64 | 55.76 | ||
| 26 | A | Jucilene de Lima | 54.14 | 55.18 | 55.18 | |||
| 27 | A | Madara Palameika | 53.70 | 53.70 |
Final
The final was started at 16:00.| Rank | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Result | Notes |
| Christina Obergföll | 64.63 | 69.05 | 64.02 | 62.93 | x | x | 69.05 | SB | ||
| Kimberley Mickle | 60.43 | 66.25 | 64.18 | 64.29 | x | 66.60 | 66.60 | PB | ||
| Mariya Abakumova | 65.09 | 63.78 | 64.33 | x | 60.99 | 58.71 | 65.09 | |||
| Linda Stahl | 64.78 | 62.58 | x | x | x | 61.81 | 64.78 | |||
| Kathryn Mitchell | 63.77 | x | 60.34 | 62.19 | x | 62.23 | 63.77 | SB | ||
| Sunette Viljoen | 63.58 | x | 56.51 | 58.66 | 59.00 | 60.25 | 63.58 | |||
| Viktoriya Sudarushkina | 60.44 | 62.21 | 55.82 | x | 58.64 | x | 62.21 | |||
| Li Lingwei | 57.48 | 60.30 | 61.30 | 55.63 | 57.58 | 57.96 | 61.30 | |||
| Tatjana Jelača | 60.38 | 60.63 | 60.81 | 60.81 | ||||||
| 10 | Sofi Flinck | 57.56 | 59.52 | 55.56 | 59.52 | |||||
| 11 | Vira Rebryk | x | 58.33 | x | 58.33 | |||||
| 12 | Nadeeka Lakmali | 55.10 | 58.16 | 55.77 | 58.16 |