2007 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 2007 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics took place on August 29, 2007 (qualification) and August 31, 2007 (final) at the Nagai Stadium in Osaka, Japan. The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres.

Medalists[]

Gold	Barbora Špotáková   (CZE)
Silver	Christina Obergföll   (GER)
Bronze	Steffi Nerius   (GER)

Schedule[]

• All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Abbreviations[]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Osleidys Menéndez	(CUB)	71.70 m	August 14, 2005	Helsinki, Finland
Event Record	Osleidys Menéndez	(CUB)	71.70 m	August 14, 2005	Helsinki, Finland
	Christina Obergföll	(GER)	70.20 m	June 23, 2007	Munich, Germany

Qualification[]

Group A[]

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Throws			Result	Note
				1	2	3
1	1	Nikola Brejchová	(CZE)	64.29	—	—	64.29 m
2	8	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland (POL)	60.09	60.86	57.87	60.86 m
3	9	Christina Obergföll	(GER)	59.92	60.77	60.49	60.77 m
4	11	Sonia Bisset	(CUB)	60.25	X	59.02	60.25 m
5	13	Taina Kolkkala	(FIN)	58.61	59.52	59.47	59.52 m
6	14	Zahra Bani	Italy (ITA)	59.02	57.74	57.71	59.02 m
7	16	Lada Chernova	(RUS)	58.12	55.72	56.93	58.12 m
8	17	Mariya Yakovenko	(RUS)	55.96	57.09	57.51	57.51 m
9	18	Goldie Sayers	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	55.40	54.78	57.23	57.23 m
10	21	Monica Stoian	(ROM)	56.84	55.68	55.22	56.84 m
11	22	Alessandra Resende	(BRA)	56.42	56.07	56.38	56.42 m
12	23	Buoban Pamang	(THA)	56.28	55.19	55.21	56.28 m
13	25	Indrė Jakubaitytė	(LTU)	51.84	56.16	X	56.16 m
14	26	Dana Pounds	United States (USA)	50.43	55.00	53.02	55.00 m
15	29	Dalila Rugama	(NCA)	53.22	X	49.05	53.22 m
16	30	Serafina Akeli	(SAM)	47.91	X	50.29	50.29 m
17	31	Emika Yoshida	(JPN)	47.49	49.13	49.70	49.70 m

Group B[]

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Throws			Result	Note
				1	2	3
1	2	Barbora Špotáková	(CZE)	63.77	—	—	63.77 m
2	3	Paula Tarvainen	(FIN)	63.58	—	—	63.58 m
3	4	Linda Stahl	(GER)	62.80	—	—	62.80 m	PB
4	5	Savva Lika	Greece (GRE)	57.39	57.91	62.38	62.38 m
5	6	Steffi Nerius	(GER)	60.94	61.89	—	61.89 m
6	7	Olha Ivankova	(UKR)	X	61.68	—	61.68 m	PB
7	10	Mariya Abakumova	(RUS)	60.55	58.79	59.19	60.55 m
8	12	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan	(ROM)	51.70	60.07	X	60.07 m
9	15	Sílvia Cruz	(POR)	54.81	56.62	58.53	58.53 m
10	19	Alexandra Nasta-Tsisiou	(CYP)	57.17	X	54.49	57.17 m
11	20	Lavern Eve	(BAH)	X	55.02	56.87	56.87 m
12	24	Urszula Jasinska	Poland (POL)	54.70	56.20	53.68	56.20 m
13	27	Mercedes Chilla	(ESP)	51.63	X	53.64	53.64 m
14	28	Chang Chunfeng	China (CHN)	51.67	X	53.41	53.41 m
15	32	Rumyana Karapetrova	(BUL)	48.50	X	47.68	48.50 m
—	—	Lindy Leveau-Agricole	(SEY)	X	X	X	NM

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Attempts						Distance	Note
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Barbora Špotáková	(CZE)	66.40	60.30	67.07	64.28	63.56	64.61	67.07 m	NR
	Christina Obergföll	(GER)	64.01	65.26	60.90	61.87	61.12	66.46	66.46 m
	Steffi Nerius	(GER)	59.89	59.75	59.96	64.42	62.38	X	64.42 m
4	Nikola Brejchová	(CZE)	60.25	61.93	63.73	62.44	X	X	63.73 m
5	Savva Lika	Greece (GRE)	59.07	59.24	61.72	58.68	59.90	63.13	63.13 m	PB
6	Sonia Bisset	(CUB)	57.77	56.38	61.74	X	X	53.18	61.74 m
7	Mariya Abakumova	(RUS)	61.43	59.91	X	X	X	60.74	61.43 m
8	Linda Stahl	(GER)	60.10	58.28	58.38	61.03	X	59.75	61.03 m
9	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland (POL)	58.37	58.31	57.32				58.37 m
10	Olha Ivankova	(UKR)	57.56	56.88	57.87				57.87 m
11	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan	(ROM)	54.76	55.71	X				55.71 m
12	Paula Tarvainen	(FIN)	53.50	X	50.04				53.50 m

References[]

• Event report - IAAF.org
• Official results, final - IAAF.org
• Official results, qualification - IAAF.org
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