Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	25–27 August
Competitors	45 from 31 nations
Winning distance	71.53 OR
Medalists
Osleidys Menéndez   Cuba   Steffi Nerius   Germany   Miréla Manjani   Greece

Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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
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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

The women's javelin throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August.^[1]

Competition format

Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.^[2]

Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.54 m	Rethymno, Greece	1 July 2001
Olympic record	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	68.91 m	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Result	Record
27 August	Final	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	71.53 m	OR

Results

Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 61.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	64.91	0.00 !—	0.00 !—	64.91	Q
2	B	Nikola Brejchová	Czech Republic	64.39	0.00 !—	0.00 !—	64.39	Q
3	A	Tetyana Lyakhovych	Ukraine	59.43	57.35	63.07	63.07	Q, NR
4	A	Savva Lika	Greece	58.29	62.22	0.00 !—	62.22	Q
5	A	Steffi Nerius	Germany	57.67	60.30	62.14	62.14	Q
6	B	Laverne Eve	Bahamas	62.11	0.00 !—	0.00 !—	62.11	Q, SB
7	A	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	Romania	52.10	59.06	62.05	62.05	Q
8	B	Sonia Bisset	Cuba	61.45	0.00 !—	0.00 !—	61.45	Q
9	A	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland	59.20	61.18	0.00 !—	61.18	Q
10	A	Taina Kolkkala	Finland	61.16	0.00 !—	0.00 !—	61.16	Q
11	A	Miréla Manjani	Greece	56.92	0.00 !x	61.04	61.04	Q, SB
12	B	Noraida Bicet	Cuba	59.45	60.61	60.97	60.97	q
13	B	Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	60.70	59.08	60.80	60.80
14	A	Claudia Coslovich	Italy	60.58	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	60.58
15	A	Christina Obergföll	Germany	60.41	58.47	56.67	60.41
16	B	Nikolett Szabó	Hungary	60.20	59.06	54.60	60.20
17	B	Zuleima Araméndiz	Colombia	58.77	58.99	59.94	59.94	PB
18	A	Ma Ning	China	59.80	55.30	57.03	59.80	SB
19	B	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi	Greece	56.21	57.88	59.64	59.64
20	B	Katherine Sayers	Great Britain	59.11	53.64	0.00 !x	59.11
21	B	Annika Suthe	Germany	58.70	56.81	55.62	58.70
22	A	Mercedes Chilla	Spain	54.12	0.00 !x	58.45	58.45
23	A	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic	55.39	58.20	0.00 !x	58.20
24	B	Aïda Sellam	Tunisia	57.76	52.77	53.22	57.76
25	A	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	55.89	55.62	57.70	57.70
26	B	Oksana Yarygina	Russia	57.57	54.20	50.28	57.57
27	A	Valeriya Zabruskova	Russia	57.51	57.53	55.47	57.53
28	A	Paula Tarvainen	Finland	56.88	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	56.88
29	B	Christina Scherwin	Denmark	56.79	55.26	56.86	56.86
30	B	Elisabetta Marin	Italy	54.43	0.00 !x	56.34	56.34
31	B	Rita Ramanauskaitė	Lithuania	55.17	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	55.17
32	B	Hristina Georgieva	Bulgaria	49.69	54.65	55.13	55.13
33	B	Moonika Aava	Estonia	0.00 !x	53.41	54.96	54.96
34	A	Ilze Gribule	Latvia	54.82	54.92	51.95	54.92
35	B	Sunette Viljoen	South Africa	52.71	54.45	53.28	54.45
36	A	Chang Jung-yeon	South Korea	0.00 !x	50.54	53.93	53.93
37	B	Xue Juan	China	52.97	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	52.97
38	B	Liliya Dusmetova	Uzbekistan	49.86	50.92	52.46	52.46
39	B	Kim Kreiner	United States	52.18	0.00 !x	51.46	52.18
40	A	Dalila Rugama	Nicaragua	47.81	51.42	46.18	51.42
41	A	Natallia Shymchuk	Belarus	51.23	0.00 !x	48.11	51.23
42	A	Leryn Franco	Paraguay	49.17	48.20	50.37	50.37
43	A	Romina Maggi	Argentina	46.00	48.57	48.58	48.58
44	B	Serafina Akeli	Samoa	45.93	45.64	43.84	45.93
45	A	Yekaterina Ivakina	Russia	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	0.00 !—	0.00 !NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
01 !	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	71.53	0.00 !x	65.41	68.60	63.64	0.00 !—	71.53	OR
02 !	Steffi Nerius	Germany	63.02	60.58	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	63.60	65.82	65.82	PB
03 !	Miréla Manjani	Greece	62.29	63.61	0.00 !x	62.20	0.00 !x	64.29	64.29	SB
4	Nikola Brejchová	Czech Republic	62.46	63.77	64.23	0.00 !x	63.77	62.55	64.23
5	Sonia Bisset	Cuba	61.93	59.58	60.39	60.32	60.20	63.54	63.54
6	Laverne Eve	Bahamas	57.25	58.09	62.77	58.50	0.00 !x	59.02	62.77	SB
7	Noraida Bicet	Cuba	62.36	60.64	60.70	62.51	60.41	61.61	62.51
8	Tetyana Lyakhovych	Ukraine	59.52	57.26	61.75	0.00 !x	57.39	55.70	61.75
9	Savva Lika	Greece	58.58	60.91	60.53				60.91
10	Taina Kolkkala	Finland	60.72	58.53	60.69				60.72
11	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	Romania	58.04	57.42	59.72				59.72
12	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland	54.54	56.43	58.22				58.22

References

External links

• Official Olympic Report