2006 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

Javelin throw

The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

event at the 2006 European Championships

2006 European Championships in Athletics

The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit"...

in Gothenburg, Sweden had a total number of 27 participating athletes. The final was held on Sunday August 13, 2006, and the qualifying round on Saturday August 12, 2006 with the mark set at 61.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Steffi Nerius Steffi Nerius Steffi Nerius is a German athlete competing in the javelin throw. She won silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and is the reigning World Champion; she is also a three-time bronze medalist at that level.Initially playing volleyball in school, she was too short for a career in this sport and... Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate... (GER)
Silver	Barbora Špotáková Barbora Špotáková Barbora Špotáková is a Czech javelin thrower. She is the current Olympic champion, as well as the world record holder.... Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... (CZE)
Bronze	Mercedes Chilla Mercedes Chilla Mercedes Chilla López is a javelin thrower from Spain. She has represented Spain at two Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics... Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... (ESP)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
12.08.2006 – 10:30h 12.08.2006 – 12:00h
Final Round
13.08.2006 – 14:35h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
12.08.2006 – 10:30h	12.08.2006 – 12:00h
Final Round
13.08.2006 – 14:35h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 European Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....		71.70 m	August 14, 2005	Helsinki, Finland
Event Record		67.47 m	August 8, 2002	Munich, Germany

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1		66.12	—	—	66.12 m	NR Czech records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in the Czech Republic maintained by the Czech Athletic Federation: Český atletický svaz .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:x = mark was made in a mixed race+ = en route to a longer distance...
2	2		63.35	—	—	63.35 m
3	3		X	54.74	61.15	61.15 m
4	4		60.07	X	X	60.07 m
5	6		56.41	59.79	X	59.79 m
6	9		59.03	58.65	X	59.03 m
7	12		56.60	58.65	X	58.65 m
8	14		52.93	57.82	55.89	57.82 m
9	16		56.48	57.21	57.10	57.21 m
10	19		56.48	54.00	53.06	56.48 m
11	20		54.00	55.62	54.71	55.62 m
12	22		X	51.93	54.48	54.48 m
13	25		X	45.51	51.33	51.33 m
14	27		45.08	44.00	47.34	47.34 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	5		60.06	56.37	X	60.06 m
2	7		59.65	58.91	X	59.65 m
3	8		59.54	54.00	56.16	59.54 m
4	10		58.95	X	X	58.95 m
5	11		58.04	57.39	58.92	58.92 m
6	13		56.20	58.25	56.06	58.25 m
7	15		56.75	57.11	57.40	57.40 m
8	17		48.33	54.09	56.81	56.81 m
9	18		X	56.02	56.76	56.76 m
10	21		55.49	X	51.16	55.49 m
11	23		50.80	52.65	54.44	54.44 m
12	24		53.33	53.29	X	53.33 m
13	26		47.04	49.68	49.44	49.68 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		64.60	60.69	63.09	65.82	65.35	—	65.82 m	SB
		65.64	X	62.14	59.46	59.09	—	65.64 m
		57.26	59.63	X	X	61.98	X	61.98 m
4		55.29	59.59	59.60	X	61.89	58.20	61.89 m
5		61.33	59.31	61.06	61.81	X	60.79	61.81 m
6		54.28	X	61.78	56.09	55.78	54.14	61.78 m	PB
7		55.63	57.53	58.02	55.78	55.76	59.92	59.92 m
8		58.25	57.03	56.03	X	X	54.88	58.25 m

9		57.91	55.58	X				57.91 m
10		55.27	53.32	56.70				56.70 m
11		54.01	55.59	44.47				55.59 m
12		54.70	X	X				54.70 m