The 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 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

as part of the athletics program

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

 was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 61.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Medalists

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  29.09.2000 – 10:00h	29.09.2000 – 11:45h
  Final Round
  30.09.2000 – 20:00h

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
World Record 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...		69.41 m	July 28, 2000	Oslo, Norway
Olympic Record	New javelin was introduced officially from 01.04.1999
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		67.34 m	September 29, 2000	Sydney, Australia
Olympic Record		68.91 m	September 30, 2000	Sydney, Australia

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2		65.76	—	—	65.76 m	PB
2	3		65.44	—	—	65.44 m
3	4	align=left	| 63.34	—	—	63.34 m
4	7		58.94	60.85	X	60.85 m
5	9		57.01	X	60.57	60.57 m
6	11	align=left	| 59.13	X	60.09	60.09 m
7	13		57.81	X	59.21	59.21 m
8	14	align=left	| 58.86	55.95	56.72	58.86 m
9	22		55.67	56.31	53.86	56.31 m
10	24	align=left	| 55.30	52.43	55.58	55.58 m
11	26	align=left	| X	52.77	55.25	55.25 m
12	27		X	54.94	52.97	54.94 m
13	28		54.60	51.10	53.31	54.60 m
14	29		51.02	53.85	49.90	53.85 m
15	30		53.83	X	X	53.83 m
16	31		53.32	X	—	53.32 m
17	32		52.78	48.80	46.46	52.78 m
18	35		47.56	X	48.33	48.33 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		67.34	—	—	67.34 m	AR
2	5		61.89	—	—	61.89 m	SB
3	6		61.54	—	—	61.54 m
4	8		60.64	X	57.19	60.64 m
5	10		60.12	X	57.05	60.12 m
6	12	align=left	| 59.49	55.40	59.40	59.49 m
7	15		54.11	58.75	X	58.75 m
8	16	align=left	|X	57.98	58.36	58.36 m
9	17		53.34	57.57	58.34	58.34 m
10	18	align=left	|X	58.11	X	58.11 m
11	19	align=left	|55.81	53.33	57.41	57.41 m
12	20		57.39	X	X	57.39 m
13	21		55.98	52.83	56.36	56.36 m
14	23		X	56.27	50.50	56.27 m
15	25		55.52	55.01	X	55.52 m
16	33		49.84	X	X	49.84 m
17	34		41.22	49.16	47.37	49.16 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		68.91	62.27	X	64.38	66.22	64.09	68.91 m	OR
		X	65.56	67.51	61.96	65.34	67.51	67.51 m	NR Greek records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Greece maintained by Greece's national athletics federation: Association Hellenique d'Athlétisme Amateur .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratified by IAAF...
		66.03	64.99	65.17	63.95	62.47	66.18	66.18 m
4		61.99	61.41	64.84	57.88	61.11	61.02	64.84 m
5		63.26	62.77	X	X	62.85	63.11	63.26 m
6		62.10	62.92	X	60.20	X	X	62.92 m	PB
7		58.28	62.91	61.54	X	X	61.97	62.91 m
8		58.13	55.86	58.69	56.12	61.30	62.10	62.10 m
9		58.10	55.97	58.56				58.56 m
10		54.06	58.23	58.33				58.33 m
11		X	X	56.83				56.83 m
12		56.46	54.28	56.74				56.74 m