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Javelin Throw, Women

Date	25 – 27 August 2004
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi
Participants	45 from 31 countries

The favorite was the 2000 bronze medalist, Osleidys Menéndez (CUB), who was the world record holder, had won the 2001 World Championships, and had recorded the six longest throws of 2004. She settled matters in round one with 71.53 (234-8¼) metres, missing her world record by a centimeter. German Steffi Nerius, bronze medalist at the 2003 Worlds, moved up from fourth place to a silver medal with her final throw. The bronze medal went to the consistent Mirela Maniani-Tzelili of Greece, who had won the 1999 and 2003 World title, and won medals at the last four World Championships. Her final round throw secured the bronze to the delight of the Athinan crowd. In 2005, Menéndez would again win the World title. The sixth-place finisher, Laverne Eve of the Bahamas, had won the 1984 Pan-American Junior title in the shot put, and was twice a silver medalist in the javelin at the Pan-American Games (1995 and 2003).

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1468	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	64.91 (1)	71.53 (1)	Gold	OR
2	1915	Steffi Nerius	GER	62.14 (5)	65.82 (2)	Silver
3	1995	Mirela Maniani	GRE	61.04 (11)	64.29 (3)	Bronze
4	1491	Nikola Brejchová	CZE	64.39 (2)	64.23 (4)
5	1443	Sonia Bisset	CUB	61.45 (8)	63.54 (5)
6	1123	Laverne Eve	BAH	62.11 (6)	62.77 (6)
7	1441	Nora Aída Bicet	CUB	60.97 (12)	62.51 (7)
8	3184	Tetiana Liakhovych	UKR	63.07 (3)	61.75 (8)
9	1994	Savva Lika	GRE	62.22 (4)	60.91 (9)
10	1693	Taina Kolkkala	FIN	61.16 (10)	60.72 (10)
11	2800	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	ROU	62.05 (7)	59.72 (11)
12	2682	Barbara Madejczyk	POL	61.18 (9)	58.22 (12)
13 r1/2	1689	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	60.80 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2172	Claudia Coslovich	ITA	60.58 (14)	–
15 r1/2	1919	Christina Obergföll	GER	60.41 (15)	–
16 r1/2	2089	Nikolett Szabó	HUN	60.20 (16)	–
17 r1/2	1410	Zuleima Araméndiz	COL	59.94 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1367	Ma Ning	CHN	59.80 (18)	–
19 r1/2	2026	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	GRE	59.64 (19)	–
20 r1/2	1835	Goldie Sayers	GBR	59.11 (20)	–
21 r1/2	1937	Annika Suthe	GER	58.70 (21)	–
22 r1/2	1572	Mercedes Chilla	ESP	58.45 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1515	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	58.20 (23)	–
24 r1/2	3140	Aïda Sellam	TUN	57.76 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1502	Jarmila Klimešová	CZE	57.70 (25)	–
26 r1/2	2956	Oksana Yarygina	RUS	57.57 (26)	–
27 r1/2	2962	Valeriya Zabruskova	RUS	57.53 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1688	Paula Huhtaniemi	FIN	56.88 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1532	Christina Scherwin	DEN	56.86 (29)	–
30 r1/2	2193	Elisabetta Marin	ITA	56.34 (30)	–
31 r1/2	2449	Rita Ramanauskaitė	LTU	55.17 (31)	–
32 r1/2	1280	Hristina Georgieva	BUL	55.13 (32)	–
33 r1/2	1636	Moonika Aava	EST	54.96 (33)	–
34 r1/2	2416	Ilze Gribule	LAT	54.92 (34)	–
35 r1/2	2843	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	54.45 (35)	–
36 r1/2	2376	Jang Jeong-Yeon	KOR	53.93 (36)	–
37 r1/2	1379	Xue Juan	CHN	52.97 (37)	–
38 r1/2	3381	Liliya Dusmetova	UZB	52.46 (38)	–
39 r1/2	3297	Kim Kreiner	USA	52.18 (39)	–
40 r1/2	2559	Dalila Rugama	NCA	51.42 (40)	–
41 r1/2	1195	Natallia Shymchuk	BLR	51.23 (41)	–
42 r1/2	2651	Leryn Franco	PAR	50.37 (42)	–
43 r1/2	1040	Romina Maggi	ARG	48.58 (43)	–
44 r1/2	2980	Patsy Akeli	SAM	45.93 (44)	–
AC r1/2	2882	Yekaterina Ivakina	RUS	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round (25 August 2004)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 61.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance
1	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	64.91	Q
2	Nikola Brejchová	CZE	64.39	Q
3	Tetiana Liakhovych	UKR	63.07	Q
4	Savva Lika	GRE	62.22	Q
5	Steffi Nerius	GER	62.14	Q
6	Laverne Eve	BAH	62.11	Q
7	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	ROU	62.05	Q
8	Sonia Bisset	CUB	61.45	Q
9	Barbara Madejczyk	POL	61.18	Q
10	Taina Kolkkala	FIN	61.16	Q
11	Mirela Maniani	GRE	61.04	Q
12	Nora Aída Bicet	CUB	60.97	q
13	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	60.80
14	Claudia Coslovich	ITA	60.58
15	Christina Obergföll	GER	60.41
16	Nikolett Szabó	HUN	60.20
17	Zuleima Araméndiz	COL	59.94
18	Ma Ning	CHN	59.80
19	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	GRE	59.64
20	Goldie Sayers	GBR	59.11
21	Annika Suthe	GER	58.70
22	Mercedes Chilla	ESP	58.45
23	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	58.20
24	Aïda Sellam	TUN	57.76
25	Jarmila Klimešová	CZE	57.70
26	Oksana Yarygina	RUS	57.57
27	Valeriya Zabruskova	RUS	57.53
28	Paula Huhtaniemi	FIN	56.88
29	Christina Scherwin	DEN	56.86
30	Elisabetta Marin	ITA	56.34
31	Rita Ramanauskaitė	LTU	55.17
32	Hristina Georgieva	BUL	55.13
33	Moonika Aava	EST	54.96
34	Ilze Gribule	LAT	54.92
35	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	54.45
36	Jang Jeong-Yeon	KOR	53.93
37	Xue Juan	CHN	52.97
38	Liliya Dusmetova	UZB	52.46
39	Kim Kreiner	USA	52.18
40	Dalila Rugama	NCA	51.42
41	Natallia Shymchuk	BLR	51.23
42	Leryn Franco	PAR	50.37
43	Romina Maggi	ARG	48.58
44	Patsy Akeli	SAM	45.93
NM	Yekaterina Ivakina	RUS	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (25 August 2004 — 19:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group A Round One	Group A Round Two	Group A Round Three
1	2	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	64.91	64.91	-	-
2	21	Tetiana Liakhovych	UKR	63.07	59.43	57.35	63.07
3	14	Savva Lika	GRE	62.22	58.29	62.22	-
4	20	Steffi Nerius	GER	62.14	57.67	60.30	62.14
5	13	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	ROU	62.05	52.10	59.06	62.05
6	12	Barbara Madejczyk	POL	61.18	59.20	61.18	-
7	19	Taina Kolkkala	FIN	61.16	61.16	-	-
8	1	Mirela Maniani	GRE	61.04	56.92	×	61.04
9	17	Claudia Coslovich	ITA	60.58	60.58	×	×
10	6	Christina Obergföll	GER	60.41	60.41	58.47	56.67
11	8	Ma Ning	CHN	59.80	59.80	55.30	57.03
12	22	Mercedes Chilla	ESP	58.45	54.12	×	58.45
13	15	Barbora Špotáková	CZE	58.20	55.39	58.20	×
14	16	Jarmila Klimešová	CZE	57.70	55.89	55.62	57.70
15	9	Valeriya Zabruskova	RUS	57.53	57.51	57.53	55.47
16	7	Paula Huhtaniemi	FIN	56.88	56.88	×	×
17	10	Ilze Gribule	LAT	54.92	54.82	54.92	51.95
18	18	Jang Jeong-Yeon	KOR	53.93	×	50.54	53.93
19	23	Dalila Rugama	NCA	51.42	47.81	51.42	46.18
20	5	Natallia Shymchuk	BLR	51.23	51.23	×	48.11
21	4	Leryn Franco	PAR	50.37	49.17	48.20	50.37
22	11	Romina Maggi	ARG	48.58	46.00	48.57	48.58
NM	3	Yekaterina Ivakina	RUS	–	×	-	-

Qualifying Round, Group B (25 August 2004 — 20:35)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Group B Round One	Group B Round Two	Group B Round Three
1	14	Nikola Brejchová	CZE	64.39	64.39	-	-
2	6	Laverne Eve	BAH	62.11	62.11	-	-
3	10	Sonia Bisset	CUB	61.45	61.45	-	-
4	22	Nora Aída Bicet	CUB	60.97	59.45	60.61	60.97
5	13	Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	60.80	60.70	59.08	60.80
6	5	Nikolett Szabó	HUN	60.20	60.20	59.06	54.60
7	12	Zuleima Araméndiz	COL	59.94	58.77	58.99	59.94
8	15	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	GRE	59.64	56.21	57.88	59.64
9	1	Goldie Sayers	GBR	59.11	59.11	53.64	×
10	20	Annika Suthe	GER	58.70	58.70	56.81	55.62
11	19	Aïda Sellam	TUN	57.76	57.76	52.77	53.22
12	9	Oksana Yarygina	RUS	57.57	57.57	54.20	50.28
13	17	Christina Scherwin	DEN	56.86	56.79	55.26	56.86
14	2	Elisabetta Marin	ITA	56.34	54.43	×	56.34
15	4	Rita Ramanauskaitė	LTU	55.17	55.17	×	×
16	7	Hristina Georgieva	BUL	55.13	49.69	54.65	55.13
17	3	Moonika Aava	EST	54.96	×	53.41	54.96
18	8	Sunette Viljoen	RSA	54.45	52.71	54.45	53.28
19	21	Xue Juan	CHN	52.97	52.97	×	×
20	18	Liliya Dusmetova	UZB	52.46	49.86	50.92	52.46
21	11	Kim Kreiner	USA	52.18	52.18	×	51.46
22	16	Patsy Akeli	SAM	45.93	45.93	45.64	43.84

Final Round (27 August 2004 — 20:55)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	10/8	Osleidys Menéndez	CUB	71.53	71.53	×	65.41	68.60	63.64	-	OR
2	8/5	Steffi Nerius	GER	65.82	63.02	60.58	×	×	63.60	65.82
3	2/6	Mirela Maniani	GRE	64.29	62.29	63.61	×	62.20	×	64.29
4	3/7	Nikola Brejchová	CZE	64.23	62.46	63.77	64.23	×	63.77	62.55
5	6/2	Sonia Bisset	CUB	63.54	61.93	59.58	60.39	60.32	60.20	63.54
6	11/4	Laverne Eve	BAH	62.77	57.25	58.09	62.77	58.50	×	59.02
7	9/3	Nora Aída Bicet	CUB	62.51	62.36	60.64	60.70	62.51	60.41	61.61
8	1/1	Tetiana Liakhovych	UKR	61.75	59.52	57.26	61.75	×	57.39	55.70
9	5	Savva Lika	GRE	60.91	58.58	60.91	60.53	–	–	–
10	12	Taina Kolkkala	FIN	60.72	60.72	58.53	60.69	–	–	–
11	4	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan	ROU	59.72	58.04	57.42	59.72	–	–	–
12	7	Barbara Madejczyk	POL	58.22	54.54	56.43	58.22	–	–	–