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  Czech Republic (CZE)
Silver	Germany  (GER)
Bronze	Germany  (GER)

Schedule

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Abbreviations

Records

Standing records prior to the 2005 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba (CUB)	71.70 m	August 14, 2005	Helsinki, Finland
Event Record	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba (CUB)	71.70 m	August 14, 2005	Helsinki, Finland
Season Best	Christina Obergföll	Germany  (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	Czech Republic (CZE)	64.29	—	—	64.29 m	SB
2	8	Barbara Madejczyk	Poland (POL)	60.09	60.86	57.87	60.86 m
3	9	Christina Obergföll	Germany  (GER)	59.92	60.77	60.49	60.77 m
4	11	Sonia Bisset	Cuba (CUB)	60.25	X	59.02	60.25 m
5	13	Taina Kolkkala	Finland (FIN)	58.61	59.52	59.47	59.52 m	SB
6	14	Zahra Bani	Italy (ITA)	59.02	57.74	57.71	59.02 m
7	16	Lada Chernova	Russia  (RUS)	58.12	55.72	56.93	58.12 m
8	17	Mariya Yakovenko	Russia  (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	Romania (ROM)	56.84	55.68	55.22	56.84 m
11	22	Alessandra Resende	Brazil (BRA)	56.42	56.07	56.38	56.42 m
12	23	Buoban Pamang	Thailand (THA)	56.28	55.19	55.21	56.28 m
13	25	Indrė Jakubaitytė	Lithuania (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	Nicaragua (NCA)	53.22	X	49.05	53.22 m
16	30	Serafina Akeli	Samoa (SAM)	47.91	X	50.29	50.29 m	SB
17	31	Emika Yoshida	Japan (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	Czech Republic (CZE)	63.77	—	—	63.77 m	SB
2	3	Paula Tarvainen	Finland (FIN)	63.58	—	—	63.58 m	SB
3	4	Linda Stahl	Germany  (GER)	62.80	—	—	62.80 m	PB
4	5	Savva Lika	Greece (GRE)	57.39	57.91	62.38	62.38 m	SB
5	6	Steffi Nerius	Germany  (GER)	60.94	61.89	—	61.89 m
6	7	Olha Ivankova	Ukraine (UKR)	X	61.68	—	61.68 m	PB
7	10	Mariya Abakumova	Russia  (RUS)	60.55	58.79	59.19	60.55 m
8	12	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan	Romania (ROM)	51.70	60.07	X	60.07 m
9	15	Sílvia Cruz	Portugal (POR)	54.81	56.62	58.53	58.53 m
10	19	Alexandra Nasta-Tsisiou	Cyprus (CYP)	57.17	X	54.49	57.17 m	SB
11	20	Lavern Eve	Bahamas (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	Spain (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	Bulgaria (BUL)	48.50	X	47.68	48.50 m
—	—	Lindy Leveau-Agricole	Seychelles (SEY)	X	X	X	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Attempts						Distance	Note
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Barbora Špotáková	Czech Republic (CZE)	66.40	60.30	67.07	64.28	63.56	64.61	67.07 m	NR
	Christina Obergföll	Germany  (GER)	64.01	65.26	60.90	61.87	61.12	66.46	66.46 m
	Steffi Nerius	Germany  (GER)	59.89	59.75	59.96	64.42	62.38	X	64.42 m
4	Nikola Brejchová	Czech Republic (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	Cuba (CUB)	57.77	56.38	61.74	X	X	53.18	61.74 m
7	Mariya Abakumova	Russia  (RUS)	61.43	59.91	X	X	X	60.74	61.43 m
8	Linda Stahl	Germany  (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	Ukraine (UKR)	57.56	56.88	57.87				57.87 m
11	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan	Romania (ROM)	54.76	55.71	X				55.71 m
12	Paula Tarvainen	Finland (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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