2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
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
10,000 m walk	men	women
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 at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 11 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists[]

Gold	Sofi Flinck  Sweden
Silver	Liu Shiying  China
Bronze	Marija Vucenovic  Serbia

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	Vira Rebryk (UKR)	63.01 m	Bydgoszcz, Poland	10 July 2008
Championship Record	Vira Rebryk (UKR)	63.01 m	Bydgoszcz, Poland	10 July 2008
World Junior Leading	Liu Shiying (CHN)	57.52 m	Changzhou, China	20 April 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Leading	Sofi Flinck (SWE)	61.40	Barcelona, Spain	11 July 2012

Results[]

Qualification[]

Qualification: Standard 54.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	B	Liu Shiying	China	58.47			58.47	Q, WJL
2	B	Sofi Flinck	Sweden	58.16			58.16	Q, NJ, NR
3	A		Norway	44.46	52.71	x	52.71	q
4	B		Cuba	x	50.39	52.70	52.70	q
5	B	Liveta Jasiunaite	Lithuania	52.67	49.21	47.49	52.67	q
6	A	Christin Hussong	Germany	49.95	52.54	49.97	52.54	q
7	A	Marija Vučenović	Serbia	50.59	48.02	52.49	52.49	q
8	B		Poland	52.35	45.90	x	52.35	q
9	A		Cuba	x	51.52	x	51.52	q
10	A		Australia	50.23	47.78	51.38	51.38	q, PB
11	B		United States	51.04	50.45	47.06	51.04	q
12	B		Slovenia	46.89	50.79	48.18	50.79	q, PB
13	A	Alexie Alaïs	France	46.80	49.86	50.52	50.52
14	A		Puerto Rico	x	48.34	50.44	50.44
15	A	Lidia Parada	Spain	50.33	48.64	47.12	50.33
16	B		Germany	47.66	47.90	50.30	50.30
17	B		Switzerland	49.95	x	x	49.95	PB
18	B		Ukraine	47.31	45.66	49.78	49.78
19	A		Brazil	36.17	49.47	49.72	49.72	PB
20	A		Moldova	44.46	48.94	46.32	48.94
21	A	Kateryna Derun	Ukraine	47.07	x	48.69	48.69
22	B	Monique Cilione	Australia	44.88	45.31	48.30	48.30
23	B	Sara Kolak	Croatia	44.40	48.15	x	48.15
24	A		Luxembourg	x	x	47.90	47.90
25	A		Switzerland	46.36	45.62	47.82	47.82
26	A		United States	47.64	x	47.17	47.64
27	B		Canada	39.64	47.35	43.51	47.35
28	B		France	43.49	46.80	x	46.80
29	B		Latvia	46.73	42.74	36.89	46.73
30	B		Japan	46.13	x	x	46.13
31	A		Japan	45.29	43.93	44.99	45.29
32	A		South Korea	42.40	x	44.63	44.63
33	B		Norway	43.73	44.62	44.50	44.62
34	A		Slovenia	44.53	42.11	44.29	44.53

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Sofi Flinck	Sweden	56.09	55.22	55.59	53.91	56.71	61.40	61.40	WJL
	Liu Shiying	China	54.77	59.20	X	X	–	–	59.20	PB
	Marija Vučenović	Serbia	X	49.49	57.12	X	X	X	57.12	PB
4		Cuba	52.55	52.91	54.97	51.95	52.82	52.74	54.97
5		Poland	53.51	53.55	50.43	52.97	51.43	54.95	54.95
6		Cuba	52.51	54.54	53.22	52.39	50.00	52.54	54.54
7	Christin Hussong	Germany	50.56	50.66	50.24	52.06	49.26	53.20	53.20
8	Liveta Jasiunaite	Lithuania	53.00	51.09	51.85	50.22	49.74	52.65	53.00
9		Australia	48.55	50.16	49.07				50.16
10		Slovenia	49.17	49.55	X				49.55
11		United States	X	X	49.22				49.22
12		Norway	47.44	47.51	X				47.51

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References[]

External links[]

• WJC12 Javelin throw schedule