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Javelin Throw, Women

Date	16 – 18 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	31 from 20 countries

The women’s javelin field was deep with no clear favorite. The hottest thrower of the year was Belarussian Tatyana Kholodovich, who had won the 2016 European Championship, following that with a Diamond League win in Monaco. She was expected to be challenged by two-time defending champion Barbora Špotáková of the Czech Republic, South African Sunette Viljoen, runner-up at London, and twice bronze medallist at the Worlds, and Croatian Sara Kolak, the bronze medal winner at the 2016 Europeans.

Viljoen opened with 64.92 in the final to take the lead, a mark she would not better and one that eventually brought her the silver medal. That held up until round four when Kolak threw 66.18 to take the lead. Špotáková challenged Viljoen in round five with 64.80, a mark that brought her the bronze medal. Kolak’s 66.18 held up and the Croatian won a surprising gold medal. The competition was very close as places 2-7 were decided by less than one metre.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	562	Sara Kolak	CRO	64.30 (3)	66.18 (1)	Gold
2	1173	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	63.54 (6)	64.92 (2)	Silver
3	598	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	64.65 (2)	64.80 (3)	Bronze
4	1090	Maria Andrejczyk	POL	67.11 (1)	64.78 (4)
5	392	Tatsiana Khaladovich	BLR	63.78 (5)	64.60 (5)
6	331	Kathryn Mitchell	AUS	61.63 (12)	64.36 (6)
7	526	Lu Huihui	CHN	63.28 (7)	64.04 (7)
8	769	Christina Obergföll	GER	62.18 (10)	62.92 (8)
9	556	Flor Ruiz	COL	62.32 (9)	61.54 (9)
10	977	Madara Palameika	LAT	63.03 (8)	60.14 (10)
11	781	Linda Stahl	GER	63.95 (4)	59.71 (11)
12	754	Christin Hussong	GER	62.17 (11)	57.70 (12)
13 r1/2	1382	Kara Winger	USA	61.02 (13)	–
14 r1/2	976	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	LAT	60.92 (14)	–
15 r1/2	520	Li Lingwei	CHN	60.91 (15)	–
16 r1/2	476	Liz Gleadle	CAN	60.28 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1277	Kateryna Derun	UKR	60.02 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1186	Martinka Ratej	SLO	59.76 (18)	–
19 r1/2	1281	Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova	UKR	58.90 (19)	–
20 r1/2	632	Liina Laasma	EST	58.06 (20)	–
21 r1/2	912	Yuki Ebihara	JPN	57.68 (21)	–
22 r1/2	330	Kim Mickle	AUS	57.20 (22)	–
23 r1/2	524	Liu Shiying	CHN	57.16 (23)	–
24 r1/2	666	Mathilde Andraud	FRA	56.61 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1354	Maggie Malone	USA	56.47 (25)	–
26 r1/2	393	Tatsiana Korzh	BLR	56.16 (26)	–
27 r1/2	1325	Brittany Borman	USA	56.04 (27)	–
28 r1/2	336	Kelsey-Lee Roberts	AUS	55.25 (28)	–
29 r1/2	568	Yulenmis Aguilar	CUB	54.94 (29)	–
30 r1/2	850	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	ISL	54.92 (30)	–
31 r1/2	663	Sanni Utriainen	FIN	53.42 (31)	–

Qualifying Round (16 August 2016 — 21:50)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Maria Andrejczyk	POL	67.11	Q
2	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	64.65	Q
3	Sara Kolak	CRO	64.30	Q
4	Linda Stahl	GER	63.95	Q
5	Tatsiana Khaladovich	BLR	63.78	Q
6	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	63.54	Q
7	Lu Huihui	CHN	63.28	Q
8	Madara Palameika	LAT	63.03	Q
9	Flor Ruiz	COL	62.32	q
10	Christina Obergföll	GER	62.18	q
11	Christin Hussong	GER	62.17	q
12	Kathryn Mitchell	AUS	61.63	q
13	Kara Winger	USA	61.02
14	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	LAT	60.92
15	Li Lingwei	CHN	60.91
16	Liz Gleadle	CAN	60.28
17	Kateryna Derun	UKR	60.02
18	Martinka Ratej	SLO	59.76
19	Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova	UKR	58.90
20	Liina Laasma	EST	58.06
21	Yuki Ebihara	JPN	57.68
22	Kim Mickle	AUS	57.20
23	Liu Shiying	CHN	57.16
24	Mathilde Andraud	FRA	56.61
25	Maggie Malone	USA	56.47
26	Tatsiana Korzh	BLR	56.16
27	Brittany Borman	USA	56.04
28	Kelsey-Lee Roberts	AUS	55.25
29	Yulenmis Aguilar	CUB	54.94
30	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	ISL	54.92
31	Sanni Utriainen	FIN	53.42

Qualifying Round, Group A (16 August 2016 — 20:35)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	14	Sara Kolak	CRO	64.30	55.68	55.86	64.30	Q
2	4	Tatsiana Khaladovich	BLR	63.78	63.78	–	–	Q
3	15	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	63.54	63.54	–	–	Q
4	11	Lu Huihui	CHN	63.28	59.56	59.89	63.28	Q
5	3	Flor Ruiz	COL	62.32	62.32	59.89	59.99	q
6	9	Christina Obergföll	GER	62.18	57.75	62.18	×	q
7	16	Christin Hussong	GER	62.17	56.19	55.58	62.17	q
8	1	Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala	LAT	60.92	60.92	58.08	×
9	13	Liz Gleadle	CAN	60.28	59.18	60.28	58.74
10	12	Martinka Ratej	SLO	59.76	59.76	58.15	×
11	7	Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova	UKR	58.90	58.90	×	58.38
12	10	Kim Mickle	AUS	57.20	57.20	×	55.93
13	2	Liu Shiying	CHN	57.16	57.16	55.60	×
14	5	Maggie Malone	USA	56.47	56.47	×	46.87
15	8	Brittany Borman	USA	56.04	54.15	56.04	52.73
16	6	Yulenmis Aguilar	CUB	54.94	54.84	×	54.94

Qualifying Round, Group B (16 August 2016)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	14	Maria Andrejczyk	POL	67.11	67.11	–	–	Q
2	8	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	64.65	62.50	64.65	–	Q
3	2	Linda Stahl	GER	63.95	63.95	–	–	Q
4	3	Madara Palameika	LAT	63.03	63.03	–	–	Q
5	13	Kathryn Mitchell	AUS	61.63	×	60.05	61.63	q
6	9	Kara Winger	USA	61.02	61.02	57.34	60.54
7	6	Li Lingwei	CHN	60.91	60.91	59.30	57.87
8	4	Kateryna Derun	UKR	60.02	60.02	54.86	×
9	1	Liina Laasma	EST	58.06	58.06	56.21	56.62
10	11	Yuki Ebihara	JPN	57.68	53.75	55.89	57.68
11	10	Mathilde Andraud	FRA	56.61	56.61	56.01	56.13
12	15	Tatsiana Korzh	BLR	56.16	49.41	53.54	56.16
13	5	Kelsey-Lee Roberts	AUS	55.25	44.75	55.04	55.25
14	12	Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir	ISL	54.92	×	54.92	×
15	7	Sanni Utriainen	FIN	53.42	53.42	×	52.45

Final Round (18 August 2016 — 21:10)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	11	Sara Kolak	CRO	66.18	60.89	62.95	63.00	66.18	×	59.42
2	8	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	64.92	64.92	61.04	×	63.00	×	×
3	12	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	64.80	60.16	63.73	×	61.25	64.80	×
4	5	Maria Andrejczyk	POL	64.78	61.92	59.25	60.23	59.31	64.78	63.69
5	3	Tatsiana Khaladovich	BLR	64.60	62.68	60.24	64.60	60.49	63.52	64.24
6	4	Kathryn Mitchell	AUS	64.36	×	64.36	×	×	62.20	63.02
7	6	Lu Huihui	CHN	64.04	60.32	63.50	59.56	64.04	×	56.96
8	10	Christina Obergföll	GER	62.92	60.17	62.28	×	×	×	62.92
9	1	Flor Ruiz	COL	61.54	61.54	58.46	59.61	–	–	–
10	9	Madara Palameika	LAT	60.14	×	×	60.14	–	–	–
11	7	Linda Stahl	GER	59.71	58.48	×	59.71	–	–	–
12	2	Christin Hussong	GER	57.70	54.99	54.47	57.70	–	–	–