2022 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the 2022 World Championships
Kelsey-Lee Barber shortly after winning the final.
Venue	Hayward Field
Dates	20 July (qualification) 22 July (final)
Competitors	32 from 23 nations
Winning distance	66.91
Medalists
Kelsey-Lee Barber    Australia   Kara Winger    United States   Haruka Kitaguchi    Japan

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The women's javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 20 and 22 July 2022.^[1]

Summary

Kelsey-Lee Barber was back as the defending champion, but she was unable to get an automatic qualifier in the trial round, taking all three throws. Haruka Kitaguchi, Liu Shiying and Liveta Jasiūnaitė made an auto qualifier on their first attempt and were able to relax.

In the final as the second thrower, Barber's teammate Mackenzie Little took the first round lead with a 63.22m. Barber's 62.67m did put Australia in the top two spots. In the third round, Barber threw a 66.91 m (219 ft 6 in) to reverse the first two spots. Kitaguchi was back in third position with a 62.07m. In the fourth round, Liu edged into third position with a 63.25m. In the final round, Kara Winger brought cheers from the home crowd with her 64.05m, to jump from fifth to second. With her final attempt, Kitaguchi, threw a 63.27m to snatch the bronze medal

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28 m	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Championship record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70 m	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
World Leading	Maggie Malone (USA)	65.73 m	Burnaby, Canada	14 June 2022
African Record	Sunette Viljoen (RSA)	69.35 m	New York City, United States	9 June 2012
Asian Record	Lyu Huihui (CHN)	67.98 m	Shenyang, China	2 August 2019
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.70 m	Helsinki, Finland	14 August 2005
South American Record	Flor Ruiz (COL)	63.84 m	Cali, Colombia	25 June 2016
European Record	Barbora Špotáková (CZE)	72.28 m	Stuttgart, Germany	13 September 2008
Oceanian record	Kathryn Mitchell (AUS)	68.92 m	Gold Coast, Australia	11 April 2018

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 64.00 m.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
20 July	15:20	Qualification
22 July	18:20	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 62.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) qualify to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B	Haruka Kitaguchi	Japan (JPN)	64.32			64.32	Q, SB
2	B	Liu Shiying	China (CHN)	63.86			63.86	Q, SB
3	A	Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Lithuania (LTU)	63.80			63.80	Q, SB
4	A	Kara Winger	United States (USA)	58.12	61.30	54.86	61.30	q
5	B	Kelsey-Lee Barber	Australia (AUS)	58.02	61.27	57.71	61.27	q
6	B	Nikola Ogrodníková	Czech Republic (CZE)	60.59	59.07	–	60.59	q
7	A	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada (CAN)	x	60.38	x	60.38	q
8	B	Annu Rani	India (IND)	x	55.35	59.60	59.60	q
9	A	Annika Marie Fuchs	Germany (GER)	55.18	59.36	x	59.36	q
10	B	Līna Mūze	Latvia (LAT)	59.16	x	53.38	59.16	q
11	B	Sae Takemoto	Japan (JPN)	57.10	59.15	54.51	59.15	q
12	A	Mackenzie Little	Australia (AUS)	55.74	52.34	59.06	59.06	q
13	A	Madara Palameika	Latvia (LAT)	x	58.02	58.61	58.61	SB
14	B	Coralys Ortiz	Puerto Rico (PUR)	58.52	x	55.27	58.52
15	B	Jo-Ane van Dyk	South Africa (RSA)	54.89	57.79	x	57.79
16	A	Lü Huihui	China (CHN)	53.75	57.59	56.97	57.59	SB
17	B	Juleisy Angulo	Ecuador (ECU)	54.23	57.28	x	57.28
18	A	Ariana Ince	United States (USA)	57.17	56.71	57.24	57.24
19	A	Jucilene de Lima	Brazil (BRA)	57.13	x	x	57.13
20	A	Elina Tzengko	Greece (GRE)	55.44	57.12	x	57.12
21	B	Maria Andrejczyk	Poland (POL)	x	55.47	54.67	55.47
22	B	Maggie Malone	United States (USA)	54.19	54.12	x	54.19
23	A	Victoria Hudson	Austria (AUT)	x	x	54.05	54.05
24	B	Tori Peeters	New Zealand (NZL)	x	52.03	53.67	53.67
25	B	Kathryn Mitchell	Australia (AUS)	x	x	53.09	53.09
26	A	Sanne Erkkola	Finland (FIN)	52.04	x	x	52.04
27	A	Momone Ueda	Japan (JPN)	47.36	50.70	49.51	50.70
	B	Eda Tuğsuz	Turkey (TUR)	x	x	x	NM
	A	Sara Kolak	Croatia (CRO)	x	x	x	NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Kelsey-Lee Barber	Australia (AUS)	62.67	62.92	66.91	61.20	–	–	66.91	WL
	Kara Winger	United States (USA)	56.93	61.96	61.00	58.78	62.17	64.05	64.05
	Haruka Kitaguchi	Japan (JPN)	62.07	x	55.78	61.27	x	63.27	63.27
4	Liu Shiying	China (CHN)	61.67	x	60.22	63.25	61.75	x	63.25
5	Mackenzie Little	Australia (AUS)	63.22	49.78	59.10	58.50	54.99	x	63.22	PB
6	Līna Mūze	Latvia (LAT)	59.83	x	x	61.26	x	x	61.26
7	Annu Rani	India (IND)	56.18	61.12	59.27	58.14	59.98	58.70	61.12
8	Nikola Ogrodníková	Czech Republic (CZE)	54.11	56.04	59.98	59.48	58.79	60.18	60.18
9	Elizabeth Gleadle	Canada (CAN)	59.59	x	x				59.59
10	Liveta Jasiūnaitė	Lithuania (LTU)	58.97	x	57.23				58.97
11	Sae Takemoto	Japan (JPN)	54.77	57.93	x				57.93
12	Annika Marie Fuchs	Germany (GER)	55.42	56.46	x				56.46

References

1. Timetable
2. "Javelin Throw Women − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
4. Qualification Summary