The women's javelin throw at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 19–21 August at the Beijing National Stadium.

The qualifying standards were 60.50 m (A standard) and 56.00 m (B standard).

Mariya Abakumova held the lead from her first throw, with Barbora Špotáková the only other competitor within 3 metres. Abakumova improved to 70.78 on her fourth throw. Christina Obergföll took third place, and Goldie Sayers took fourth (with a British national record); both of these positions were gained from their first round throws with no improvement thereafter. Then Špotáková threw 71.42 on her final throw to win the gold medal, with Abakumova taking silver.

Eight years after the competition, the IOC retested samples from the event in connection with the Russian doping scandal. Mariya Abakumova tested positive for chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (turinabol), so she was disqualified and stripped of her silver medal, which was reallocated to Christina Obergföll. On 26 July 2018, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) confirmed the award of the bronze medal to Goldie Sayers.

Schedule All times are China standard time (UTC+8) Date Time RoundTuesday, 19 August 2008 09:00QualificationsThursday, 21 August 2008 19:20Finals

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading mark were as follows:

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round Qualification: 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result NotesIAAF . Retrieved 2008-08-18. 1 A Barbora Špotáková 67.69 67.69 Q 2 B Christina Obergföll 67.52 67.52 Q 3 A Steffi Nerius 59.15 59.74 63.94 63.94 Q DSQ A Mariya Abakumova 61.23 63.48 63.48 Q 5 B Goldie Sayers 60.79 62.99 62.99 Q 6 B Barbara Madejczyk 62.81 62.81 Q, SB 7 A Mercedes Chilla 56.98 61.81 61.81 Q, SB 8 A Zhang Li 58.30 61.77 61.77 Q 9 B Katharina Molitor 55.65 53.50 60.92 60.92 q 10 B Felicea Moldovan-Tilea 53.25 55.89 60.81 60.81 q 11 A Osleidys Menéndez 60.51 x 60.41 60.51 q 12 A Sinta Ozoliņa 60.13 x 52.62 60.13 q, NR 13 B Justine Robbeson 56.75 54.26 59.63 59.63 14 A Urszula Piwnicka 51.33 52.99 59.28 59.28 15 A Savva Lika 56.44 58.59 59.11 59.11 16 A Vira Rebryk 55.77 57.12 59.05 59.05 17 B Mikaela Ingberg 55.71 58.82 58.36 58.82 18 A Chang Chunfeng 58.42 x x 58.42 19 B Yanet Cruz 58.06 57.15 57.03 58.06 20 B Lavern Eve 55.22 57.36 55.15 57.36 21 B Jarmila Klimešová 52.18 57.25 x 57.25 22 A Nikolett Szabó 56.98 57.15 x 57.15 23 A Natallia Shymchuk 55.56 57.11 x 57.11 24 A Sílvia Cruz 54.65 57.06 x 57.06 25 B Olha Ivankova 55.63 51.98 57.05 57.05 26 B Moonika Aava x 56.94 x 56.94 27 A Alessandra Resende 54.05 56.53 54.32 56.53 28 B Buoban Pamang 53.69 x 56.35 56.35 SB 29 B Lindy Leveau-Agricole 56.32 55.90 50.74 56.32 SB 30 B Erma-Gene Evans 46.79 54.60 56.27 56.27 31 B Maryna Novik 56.10 x 53.48 56.10 32 A Inga Stasiulionyte 55.66 x 55.34 55.66 33 A Sunette Viljoen 53.14 55.58 53.82 55.58 34 B Olivia McKoy 55.51 x 53.85 55.51 35 B Tetyana Lyakhovych 55.50 x 53.59 55.50 36 A Anastasiya Svechnikova 55.31 x 48.71 55.31 37 A Martina Ratej 55.30 51.56 53.24 55.30 38 B Kim Kreiner 55.13 53.81 53.48 55.13 39 A Zuleima Aramendiz 51.30 54.71 x 54.71 40 A Monica Stoian x 54.56 x 54.56 41 A Kara Patterson 54.00 50.35 54.39 54.39 42 B Song Dan 53.11 54.32 x 54.32 43 A Nadeeka Lakmali x 53.44 54.28 54.28 44 A Christina Scherwin 53.95 x x 53.95 SB 45 B Alexandra Nasta-Tsisiou 53.24 x 47.18 53.24 46 A Gim Gyeong-ae 51.46 48.00 53.13 53.13 47 B Mariya Yakovenko 47.90 51.67 50.49 51.67 48 A María González 48.37 50.51 42.32 50.51 49 B Serafina Akeli 47.83 42.78 49.26 49.26 50 B Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir x x 48.59 48.59 51 B Leryn Franco 45.34 x 43.77 45.34 52 B Rumyana Karapetrova 40.15 - - 40.15 A Zahra Bani x x x B Tatjana Jelaca x x x

Final RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes Barbora Špotáková 69.2267.04x64.92x71.42 71.42AR Christina Obergföll 66.13x63.34xxx 66.13 Goldie Sayers 65.7559.4062.9259.7265.0356.8365.75NR4Steffi Nerius 64.0562.2559.97xx65.2965.295Osleidys Menéndez 63.35xxxxx63.356Barbara Madejczyk58.7459.1658.67x58.2162.0262.02 7Katharina Molitor 53.1957.3759.6458.8156.7257.0059.648Mercedes Chilla x57.9458.13 58.13 9Zhang Li 54.69x56.14 56.1410Sinta Ozoliņa50.6753.3852.23 53.3811Felicia Tilea-Moldovan53.04x52.80 53.04 DSQ Mariya Abakumova 69.3269.08x 70.78 x 67.52 DSQ

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