2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 19 and 20 October.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Jarmila Klimešová  Czech Republic
Silver	Inga Kožarenoka  Latvia
Bronze	Halina Kakhava  Belarus

Results

Final

20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	48.88	50.51	x	x	52.17	54.82	54.82
	Inga Kožarenoka	Latvia	49.88	50.62	45.95	x	54.64	51.27	54.64
	Halina Kakhava	Belarus	54.26	52.38	51.46	46.95	48.04	x	54.26
4	Magdalena Czenska	Poland	x	51.74	53.59	-	-	-	53.59
5	Yi Chunmei	China	50.96	x	49.74	48.77	x	53.12	53.12
6	Goldie Sayers	United Kingdom	51.52	x	47.90	50.12	x	x	51.52
7	Hidemi Ueki	Japan	47.24	46.94	47.77	46.97	42.96	50.88	50.88
8	Christina Obergföll	Germany	49.10	48.35	48.16	44.36	47.36	50.23	50.23
9	Maja Janjic	Yugoslavia	46.16	41.66	46.68				46.68
10	Ilze Gribule	Latvia	x	46.47	39.86				46.47
11	Jana Ladewig	Germany	41.63	46.10	45.38				46.10
12	Natalya Shymchuk	Belarus	x	44.16	45.32				45.32

Qualifications

19 October

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Yi Chunmei	China	50.66	52.40	-	52.40	Q
2	Inga Kožarenoka	Latvia	52.13	-	-	52.13	Q
3	Natalya Shymchuk	Belarus	51.43	51.56	x	51.56	q
4	Jana Ladewig	Germany	51.09	51.32	51.15	51.32	q
5	Hidemi Ueki	Japan	45.81	50.40	49.50	50.40	q
6	Maja Janjic	Yugoslavia	49.91	49.02	46.63	49.91	q
7	Marion Bonaudo	France	48.96	43.83	43.92	48.96
8	Inga Stasiulionytė	Lithuania	46.68	41.96	38.32	46.68
9	Katy Polansky	United States	x	43.17	41.06	43.17
10	Andrea McBride	New Zealand	x	x	42.97	42.97
11	Steph Hancock	Australia	40.12	38.38	37.80	40.12

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Halina Kakhava	Belarus	55.73	-	-	55.73	Q
2	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	54.61	-	-	54.61	Q
3	Goldie Sayers	United Kingdom	54.58	-	-	54.58	Q
4	Magdalena Czenska	Poland	50.29	50.76	50.29	50.76	q
5	Ilze Gribule	Latvia	49.48	45.90	x	49.48	q
6	Christina Obergföll	Germany	49.40	46.02	49.16	49.40	q
7	Marie Bringard	France	47.69	44.02	47.19	47.69
8	Martina Ratej	Slovenia	x	46.83	45.38	46.83
9	Xénia Frajka	Hungary	44.40	43.86	44.83	44.83
10	Hana'a Omar	Egypt	37.10	35.17	42.14	42.14

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Belarus (2)
•  China (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Egypt (1)
•  France (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  Hungary (1)
•  Japan (1)
•  Latvia (2)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (1)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2000 Santiago CHI Oct 17-22, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 December 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015