2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw


The women's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 30 September and 1 October 2019.

Summary

On the second throw of the competition, returning bronze medalist Lü Huihui took the lead with a 64.93m. Three throwers later, her Chinese teammate Liu Shiying almost matched that with a 64.81m effort. Defending champion Barbora Špotáková fouled. The third-place thrower was Kelsey-Lee Barber, almost two metres behind. In the second round, Lü improved to 65.06m and Christin Hussong landed one only a centimetre behind, while Špotáková only managed a 59.52m. By the time of Špotáková's third attempt, she already knew Tatsiana Khaladovich held the #8 spot with 60.84m. She at least needed to beat that to continue in the competition, but her throw was almost a metre short. With a new champion destined, nobody improved through the fourth round. In the fifth, Liu threw a 65.88m to take the lead. Lü responded with a 65.49m but still not enough. On her final attempt, Barber tossed a to jump from a distant fourth place to take the gold medal.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthleteDateLocation
World72.28Barbora Špotáková13 Sep 2008Stuttgart, Germany
Championship71.70Osleidys Menéndez14 Aug 2005Helsinki, Finland
World leading67.98Lü Huihui2 Aug 2019Shenyang, China
African69.35Sunette Viljoen9 Jun 2012New York, United States
Asian67.98Lü Huihui2 Aug 2019Shenyang, China
NACAC71.70Osleidys Menéndez14 Aug 2005Helsinki, Finland
South American63.84Flor Ruiz25 Jun 2016Cali, Colombia
European72.28Barbora Špotáková13 Sep 2008Stuttgart, Germany
Oceanian68.92Kathryn Mitchell11 Apr 2018Gold Coast, Australia

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time, was as follows:
DateTimeRound
30 September16:30Qualification
1 October21:20Final

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 63.50 or the 12 best athletes including ties advanced to the final.

Final

The final was started on 1 October at 21:22.