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Javelin Throw, Women

Date	29 – 30 September 2000
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales
Participants	35 from 27 countries

The javelin had been re-designed in 1998 and the world record list started anew. Norway’s Trine Hattestad set the first world record with the new implement on 28 July 2000. Twice favored at the Olympics (1992-96), she had been the most consistent thrower of the 1990s, winning the World Championships in 1993 and 1997, and the European Championship in 1994. In the first round, she threw 68.91 (226-1), the second-longest mark to date, and that would finally win her an Olympic gold medal. The silver medal went to the 1999 World Champion, Mirela Tzelili of Greece, while the bronze medal was won by the 1999 Pan-American Games champion, Osleidys Menéndez of Cuba.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2670	Trine Hattestad	NOR	65.44 (3)	68.91 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1998	Mirela Maniani-Tzelili	GRE	63.34 (4)	67.51 (2)	Silver
3	1495	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	67.34 (1)	66.18 (3)	Bronze
4	1919	Steffi Nerius	GER	65.76 (2)	64.84 (4)
5	1486	Sonia Bisset	CUB	60.09 (11)	63.26 (5)
6	1499	Xiomara Rivero	CUB	61.89 (5)	62.92 (6)
7	2976	Tatyana Shikolenko	RUS	61.54 (6)	62.91 (7)
8	1540	Nikola Tomečková	CZE	59.49 (12)	62.10 (8)
9	1700	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	60.85 (7)	58.56 (9)
10	1390	Wei Jianhua	CHN	60.64 (8)	58.33 (10)
11	1381	Li Lei	CHN	60.57 (9)	56.83 (11)
12	2230	Claudia Coslovich	ITA	60.12 (10)	56.74 (12)
13 r1/2	2498	Rita Ramanauskaitė	LTU	59.21 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2078	Nikolett Szabó	HUN	58.86 (14)	–
15 r1/2	2827	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	ROU	58.75 (15)	–
16 r1/2	1177	Laverne Eve	BAH	58.36 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1138	Jo Stone	AUS	58.34 (17)	–
18 r1/2	2007	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	GRE	58.11 (18)	–
19 r1/2	3234	Tetiana Liakhovych	UKR	57.41 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1707	Taina Uppa	FIN	57.39 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2292	Olivia McKoy	JAM	56.36 (21)	–
22 r1/2	2834	Ana Mirela Țermure	ROU	56.31 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1277	Sueli dos Santos	BRA	56.27 (23)	–
24 r1/2	2941	Yekaterina Ivakina	RUS	55.58 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1633	Marta Míguez	ESP	55.52 (25)	–
26 r1/2	3329	Lynda Blutreich	USA	55.25 (26)	–
27 r1/2	3039	Eufemija Štorga	SLO	54.94 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1294	Hristina Georgieva	BUL	54.60 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1748	Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf	FRA	53.85 (29)	–
30 r1/2	2463	Inga Kožarenoka	LAT	53.83 (30)	–
31 r1/2	1107	Louise Currey	AUS	53.32 (31)	–
32 r1/2	2108	Gurmeet Kaur	IND	52.78 (32)	–
33 r1/2	2426	Lee Yeong-Seon	KOR	49.84 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1432	Sabina Moya	COL	49.16 (34)	–
35 r1/2	2414	Tatyana Sudarikova	KGZ	48.33 (35)	–

Qualifying Round (29 September 2000)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 61.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	67.34	QOR
2	Steffi Nerius	GER	65.76	QOR
3	Trine Hattestad	NOR	65.44	Q
4	Mirela Maniani-Tzelili	GRE	63.34	QOR
5	Xiomara Rivero	CUB	61.89	Q
6	Tatyana Shikolenko	RUS	61.54	Q
7	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	60.85	q
8	Wei Jianhua	CHN	60.64	q
9	Li Lei	CHN	60.57	q
10	Claudia Coslovich	ITA	60.12	q
11	Sonia Bisset	CUB	60.09	q
12	Nikola Tomečková	CZE	59.49	q
13	Rita Ramanauskaitė	LTU	59.21
14	Nikolett Szabó	HUN	58.86
15	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	ROU	58.75
16	Laverne Eve	BAH	58.36
17	Jo Stone	AUS	58.34
18	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	GRE	58.11
19	Tetiana Liakhovych	UKR	57.41
20	Taina Uppa	FIN	57.39
21	Olivia McKoy	JAM	56.36
22	Ana Mirela Țermure	ROU	56.31
23	Sueli dos Santos	BRA	56.27
24	Yekaterina Ivakina	RUS	55.58
25	Marta Míguez	ESP	55.52
26	Lynda Blutreich	USA	55.25
27	Eufemija Štorga	SLO	54.94
28	Hristina Georgieva	BUL	54.60
29	Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf	FRA	53.85
30	Inga Kožarenoka	LAT	53.83
31	Louise Currey	AUS	53.32
32	Gurmeet Kaur	IND	52.78
33	Lee Yeong-Seon	KOR	49.84
34	Sabina Moya	COL	49.16
35	Tatyana Sudarikova	KGZ	48.33

Qualifying Round, Group A (29 September 2000 — 10:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	10	Steffi Nerius	GER	65.76	65.76	-	-	OR
2	11	Trine Hattestad	NOR	65.44	65.44	-	-
3	6	Mirela Maniani-Tzelili	GRE	63.34	63.34	-	-	OR
4	12	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	60.85	58.94	60.85	×
5	16	Li Lei	CHN	60.57	57.01	×	60.57
6	2	Sonia Bisset	CUB	60.09	59.13	×	60.09
7	17	Rita Ramanauskaitė	LTU	59.21	57.81	×	59.21
8	9	Nikolett Szabó	HUN	58.86	58.86	55.95	56.72
9	14	Ana Mirela Țermure	ROU	56.31	55.67	56.31	53.86
10	18	Yekaterina Ivakina	RUS	55.58	55.30	52.43	55.58
11	1	Lynda Blutreich	USA	55.25	×	52.77	55.25
12	8	Eufemija Štorga	SLO	54.94	×	54.94	52.97
13	15	Hristina Georgieva	BUL	54.60	54.60	51.10	53.31
14	13	Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf	FRA	53.85	51.02	53.85	49.90
15	4	Inga Kožarenoka	LAT	53.83	53.83	×	×
16	5	Louise Currey	AUS	53.32	53.32	×	-
17	3	Gurmeet Kaur	IND	52.78	52.78	48.80	46.46
18	7	Tatyana Sudarikova	KGZ	48.33	47.56	×	48.33

Qualifying Round, Group B (29 September 2000 — 11:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	7	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	67.34	67.34	-	-	OR
2	8	Xiomara Rivero	CUB	61.89	61.89	-	-
3	11	Tatyana Shikolenko	RUS	61.54	61.54	-	-
4	10	Wei Jianhua	CHN	60.64	60.64	×	57.19
5	1	Claudia Coslovich	ITA	60.12	60.12	×	57.05
6	13	Nikola Tomečková	CZE	59.49	59.49	55.40	59.40
7	14	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	ROU	58.75	54.11	58.75	×
8	4	Laverne Eve	BAH	58.36	×	57.98	58.36
9	17	Jo Stone	AUS	58.34	53.34	57.57	58.34
10	5	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	GRE	58.11	×	58.11	×
11	6	Tetiana Liakhovych	UKR	57.41	55.81	53.33	57.41
12	3	Taina Uppa	FIN	57.39	57.39	×	×
13	15	Olivia McKoy	JAM	56.36	55.98	52.83	56.36
14	9	Sueli dos Santos	BRA	56.27	×	56.27	50.50
15	16	Marta Míguez	ESP	55.52	55.52	55.01	×
16	12	Lee Yeong-Seon	KOR	49.84	49.84	×	×
17	2	Sabina Moya	COL	49.16	41.22	49.16	47.37

Final Round (30 September 2000 — 20:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	6	Trine Hattestad	NOR	68.91	68.91	62.27	×	64.38	66.22	64.09	OR
2	10	Mirela Maniani-Tzelili	GRE	67.51	×	65.56	67.51	61.96	65.34	67.51
3	5	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	66.18	66.03	64.99	65.17	63.95	62.47	66.18
4	3	Steffi Nerius	GER	64.84	61.99	61.41	64.84	57.88	61.11	61.02
5	9	Sonia Bisset	CUB	63.26	63.26	62.77	×	×	62.85	63.11
6	2	Xiomara Rivero	CUB	62.92	62.10	62.92	×	60.20	×	×
7	12	Tatyana Shikolenko	RUS	62.91	58.28	62.91	61.54	×	×	61.97
8	8	Nikola Tomečková	CZE	62.10	58.13	55.86	58.69	56.12	61.30	62.10
9	1	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	58.56	58.10	55.97	58.56	–	–	–
10	4	Wei Jianhua	CHN	58.33	54.06	58.23	58.33	–	–	–
11	11	Li Lei	CHN	56.83	×	×	56.83	–	–	–
12	7	Claudia Coslovich	ITA	56.74	56.46	54.28	56.74	–	–	–