2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
Introduction The '''Women's Javelin Throw''' at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on August 16 and August 18.The event featured four athletes whose ability was so much better than the opposition that Mirko Jalava of the IAAF said it would be a "major surprise" should another athlete beat them to the podium.The Olympic champion and world record holder Barbora Špotáková, and Beijing silver medallist Mariya Abakumova, had not matched their Olympic form of the previous year but remained strong contenders for the competition. The other two athletes came from the German team, which was headed by world-leader and two-time World medallist Christina Obergföll, as well as the veteran Steffi Nerius who won silver in 2003, 2005 and 2007.Osleidys Menéndez, Sunette Viljoen and Madara Palameika were the outside contenders.A modest qualifying round was highlighted by Abakumova's world-leading throw of 68.92 m, while German number three Linda Stahl and Slovenian Martina Ratej threw season's bests to qualify as the second and third best throwers. The first round saw the elimination of two of the season's top-six athletes, Palameika and Viljoen. On the final day, Nerius opened the competition in style with a season's best 67.30 m on her first throw, while Špotáková and Monica Stoian completed the top three with 64.94 and 	64.51 m respectively. With a throw of 65.39 m Mariya Abakumova moved into the bronze medal position, and she would remain there for the rest of the event. Obergföll and Stahl moved into the top six in round three, but the positions remained static thereafter. Neither Špotáková nor Abakumova (whose qualifying throw would have won the final) could find the form to dislodge Nerius from the gold medal spot. The 37-year-old German won her first ever World Championship gold medal in Berlin, in what was her final year in competitive athletics.
Medalists '''Gold''' Steffi Nerius''Germany (GER)'''''Silver''' Barbora Špotáková''Czech Republic (CZE)'''''Bronze''' Monica Stoian''Romania (ROM)''
Schedule *''All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)''Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B16.08.2009 – 10:45h16.08.2009 – 10:45hFinal Round18.08.2009 – 19:25h
Qualification standards A standardB standard 61.00 metres 59.00 metres
Records Standing records prior to the 2009 World Athletics Championships'''World record''''''72.28 m'''13 September 2008Stuttgart, Germany'''Event record''''''71.70 m'''14 August 2005Helsinki, Finland'''Season Best''''''68.59 m'''20 June 2009Leiria, Portugal'''African record''''''65.43 m'''7 July 2009Belgrade, Serbia'''Asian record''''''63.92 m'''18 August 2000Beijing, PR China'''North American record''''''71.70 m'''14 August 2005Helsinki, Finland'''South American record''''''62.62 m'''12 May 2002Guatemala City, Guatemala'''European record''''''72.28 m'''13 September 2008Stuttgart, Germany'''Oceanian record''''''66.80 m'''5 August 2000Runaway Bay, Australia
Results ===Qualification===Qualification: Qualifying distance 62.00 (Q) or the least 12 best athletes and ties (q) advance to the final. Rank  Group  Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3  Result  Notes 1   A  Linda Stahl    '''63.86'''     '''63.86''' Q, SB 2   A  Martina Ratej     53.13  '''63.42'''   '''63.42'''  Q, SB 3   A  Barbora Špotáková    '''63.27'''    '''63.27'''  Q 4   B  Osleidys Menéndez    59.86  '''61.94'''    '''61.94'''  q 5   A  Steffi Nerius    61.00    '''61.73'''  '''61.73'''  q 6   B  Christina Obergföll    60.04  59.86   '''60.74'''  '''60.74'''  q 7   A  Monica Stoian    59.45  '''60.29'''  55.57  '''60.29'''  q 8   A  Vira Rebryk    59.68  '''59.70'''  58.27  '''59.70'''  q 9   A  Savva Lika    57.26    '''59.64'''  '''59.64'''  q 10   B  Rachel Yurkovich    '''59.57'''  53.84  59.55  '''59.57''' q  11  B  Maria Nicoleta Negoita     '''59.46'''    56.32  '''59.46''' q 12   A  Goldie Sayers    56.44  58.58   '''58.98'''  '''58.98'''  13   B  Mikaela Ingberg    53.86  '''57.88'''    '''57.88'''  14   B  Kimberley Mickle    '''57.46'''    56.85  '''57.46'''  15   A  Yainelis Ribeaux    57.26   '''57.38'''  56.48  '''57.38'''   16  B  Olha Ivankova    '''56.91'''  54.86  54.85  '''56.91'''  17  B  Sunette Viljoen       '''56.83'''  49.45  '''56.83'''  18   A  Mercedes Chilla    '''56.68'''       '''56.68'''  19   B  Urszula Piwnicka     56.33  '''56.49'''  55.74  '''56.49'''  20   A  Maryna Novik    51.56  '''56.44'''  55.01  '''56.44'''  21   B  Yanet Cruz    55.50  '''56.19'''    '''56.19'''  22   B  Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir     '''55.86'''  55.27    '''55.86'''  23   A  Indrė Jakubaitytė    '''55.86'''       '''55.86'''  24   B  Yuki Ebihara    49.14  53.30  '''54.81'''  '''54.81'''  25   B  Moonika Aava     49.49  52.69  '''53.86'''  '''53.86'''  26   B  Madara Palameika    51.80  '''52.98'''    '''52.98'''   27   B  Valeriya Zabruskova     47.31  '''52.87'''  51.13  '''52.87'''  28   A  Kara Patterson    50.60     '''52.71'''  '''52.71'''  29   A  Elisabeth Pauer      49.32  '''50.88'''  '''50.88'''  30  A  Serafina Akeli    '''49.58'''      '''49.58'''  DSQ  A  Mariya Abakumova    '''68.92'''   '''68.92''' Q, '''WL''''''Key''':  Q = qualification by place in heat, q = qualification by overall place, SB = Seasonal best, WL = World leading (in a given season)===Final===Steffi Nerius won her first Championship gold medal at age 37.Rank   Athlete  Nationality  #1  #2  #3   #4  #5  #6  Result  Notes   Steffi Nerius    '''67.30'''  62.79  65.81    62.27    '''67.30'''  SB    Barbora Špotáková    64.94  64.26  '''66.42'''  61.29   62.25  59.74  '''66.42'''    Monica Stoian    '''64.51'''    61.90  59.62  61.84  61.53  '''64.51'''  PB    Christina Obergföll      60.37  '''64.34'''    63.02    '''64.34'''     Linda Stahl    61.64  '''63.23'''  63.18  59.00  61.33  60.90  '''63.23'''    Osleidys Menéndez    '''63.11'''        61.56  58.27  '''63.11'''  SB    Savva Lika    56.55  57.33  58.80  57.29     '''60.29'''  '''60.29'''    Vira Rebryk    '''58.25'''  56.78  57.50     '''58.25'''    Maria Nicoleta Negoita     57.59  '''57.65'''       '''57.65'''     Martina Ratej     '''57.57'''            '''57.57'''    Rachel Yurkovich    '''51.15'''  50.05       '''51.15'''     Mariya Abakumova    63.01    65.39    59.71  '''66.06'''  '''66.06'''  '''Key''':  PB = Personal best, SB = Seasonal best
References ;General* Javelin throw results ( Archived 2009-09-08). IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-08-16.;Specific