Women Javelin Throw Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing (CHN)

Women Javelin Throw Athletics Olympic Games 2008 Beijing (CHN) - Saturday 23.08

Final 21.08 19:20	Team	Dist.	Q.	SO	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Barbora Spotakova	CZE	71.42m	1.	11	69.22	67.04	X	64.92	X	71.42
2. Christina Obergfoll	GER	66.13m	2.	4	66.13	X	63.34	X	X	X
3. Goldie Sayers	GBR	65.75m	5.	10	65.75	59.40	62.92	59.72	65.03	56.83
4. Steffi Nerius	GER	65.29m	3.	8	64.05	62.25	59.97	X	X	65.29
5. Osleidys Menendez	CUB	63.35m	11.	12	63.35	X	X	X	X	X
6. Barbara Madejczyk	POL	62.02m	6.	1	58.74	59.16	58.67	X	58.21	62.02
7. Katharina Molitor	GER	59.64m	9.	3	53.19	57.37	59.64	58.81	56.72	57.00
8. Mercedes Chilla	ESP	58.13m	7.	9	X	57.94	58.13
9. Li Zhang	CHN	56.14m	8.	2	54.69	X	56.14
10.Sinta Ozolina	LAT	53.38m	12.	6	50.67	53.38	52.23
11.Felicea Moldovan-Tilea	ROU	53.04m	10.	7	53.04	X	52.80
-. Maria Abakumova	RUS	70.78m	4.	5	69.32	69.08	X	70.78	X	67.52

Špotáková, the World Champion and favourite, had led the qualifiers with 67.69. Her competitive abilities were tested early in the final when Abakumova produced a Russian record of 69.32. Špotáková immedi- ately responded with an excellent 69.22. Obergföll and Sayers both produced their best throws in round one, and the bronze medal was set- tled in favour of the German. Abakumova backed up her opening throw with 69.04 in the second round, and in round 4 moved to number three on the all-time list with a European record of 70.78. No-one had ever thrown that far without winning, but Špotáková, who had begun her international career eight years earlier as a junior heptathlete, showed great poise and concentra- tion in producing her own national record of 71.42 in the final round to win the best throwing competition of the 2008 Olympics.

Qualification - mark 61.50m

..+..Athletes

Group A 19.08 09:00	Team	Dist.	Rk.	SO	1.	2.	3.
1. Barbora Spotakova	CZE	67.69m	1.	18	67.69
2. Steffi Nerius	GER	63.94m	3.	3	59.15	59.74	63.94
3. Maria Abakumova	RUS	63.48m	4.	26	61.23	63.48
4. Mercedes Chilla	ESP	61.81m	7.	25	56.98	61.81
5. Li Zhang	CHN	61.77m	8.	19	58.30	61.77
6. Osleidys Menendez	CUB	60.51m	11.	22	60.51	X	60.41
7. Sinta Ozolina	LAT	60.13m	12.	8	60.13	X	52.62
8. Urszula Piwnicka	POL	59.28m	14.	15	51.33	52.99	59.28
9. Voisava Lika	GRE	59.11m	15.	9	56.44	58.59	59.11
10.Vira Rebryk	UKR	59.05m	16.	21	55.77	57.12	59.05
11.Chunfeng Chang	CHN	58.42m	18.	13	58.42	X	X
12.Nikolett Szabo	HUN	57.15m	22.	11	56.98	57.15	X
13.Natallia Shymchuk	BLR	57.11m	23.	24	55.56	57.11	X
14.Silvia Cruz	POR	57.06m	24.	27	54.65	57.06	X
15.Alessandra Resende	BRA	56.53m	27.	20	54.05	56.53	54.32
16.Inga Stasiulionyte	LTU	55.66m	32.	4	55.66	X	55.34
17.Sunette Viljoen	RSA	55.58m	33.	15	53.14	55.58	53.82
18.Anastasiya Svechnikova	UZB	55.31m	36.	6	55.31	X	48.71
19.Martinka Ratej	SLO	55.30m	37.	2	55.30	51.56	53.24
20.Zuleima Aramendiz	COL	54.71m	39.	10	51.30	54.71	X
21.Monica Stoian	ROU	54.56m	40.	5	X	54.56	X
22.Kara Patterson	USA	54.39m	41.	12	54.00	50.35	54.39
23.Nadeeka Lakmali	SLA	54.28m	43.	7	X	53.44	54.28
24.Christina Scherwin	DEN	53.95m	44.	17	53.95	X	X
25.Gyeongae Kim	KOR	53.13m	46.	16	51.46	48.00	53.13
26.Maria Gonzalez	VEN	50.51m	48.	23	48.37	50.51	42.32
-. Zahra Bani	ITA	NM		1	X	X	X

Group B 19.08 10:40	Team	Dist.	Rk.	SO	1.	2.	3.
1. Christina Obergfoll	GER	67.52m	2.	15	67.52
2. Goldie Sayers	GBR	62.99m	5.	5	60.79	62.99
3. Barbara Madejczyk	POL	62.81m	6.	3	62.81
4. Katharina Molitor	GER	60.92m	9.	26	55.65	53.50	60.92
5. Felicea Moldovan-Tilea	ROU	60.81m	10.	6	53.25	55.89	60.81
6. Justine Robbeson	RSA	59.63m	13.	1	56.75	54.26	59.63
7. Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	58.82m	17.	14	55.71	58.82	58.36
8. Yanet Cruz	CUB	58.06m	19.	20	58.06	57.15	57.03
9. Lavern Eve	BAH	57.36m	20.	10	55.22	57.36	55.15
10.Jarmila Klimesova	CZE	57.25m	21.	12	52.18	57.25	X
11.Olha Ivankova	UKR	57.05m	25.	17	55.63	51.98	57.05
12.Moonika Aava	EST	56.94m	26.	9	X	56.94	X
13.Buoban Pamang	THA	56.35m	28.	23	53.69	X	56.35
14.Lindy Leveau-Agricole	SEY	56.32m	29.	11	56.32	55.90	50.74
15.Erma Gene Evans	SLU	56.27m	30.	22	46.79	54.60	56.27
16.Maryna Novik	BLR	56.10m	31.	16	56.10	X	53.48
17.Olivia McKoy	JAM	55.51m	34.	27	55.51	X	53.85
18.Tetyana Lyakhovych	UKR	55.50m	35.	19	55.50	X	53.59
19.Kim Kreiner	USA	55.13m	38.	25	55.13	53.81	53.48
20.Dan Song	CHN	54.32m	42.	24	53.11	54.32	X
21.Alexandra Tsisiou	CYP	53.24m	45.	8	53.24	X	47.18
22.Maria Yakovenko	RUS	51.67m	47.	4	47.90	51.67	50.49
23.Selafina Akeli	SAM	49.26m	49.	2	47.83	42.78	49.26
24.Asdis Hjalmsdottir	ISL	48.59m	50.	7	X	X	48.59
25.Leryn Franco	PAR	45.34m	51.	18	45.34	X	43.77
26.Rumyana Karapetrova	BUL	40.15m	52.	21	40.15	-	-
-. Tatijana Jelaca	SRB	NM		13	X	X	X