2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The final of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Monday August 6, 2001. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, with the qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres. Cuba's eventual winner Osleidys Menéndez broke the event record twice during the final, in her second (69.42 metres) and third attempt (69.53 metres).

Medalists Gold Osleidys MenéndezCuba (CUB)Silver Mirela Manjani-TzeliliGreece (GRE)Bronze Sonia BissetCuba (CUB)

Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B04.08.2001 – 14:35h04.08.2001 – 16:25hFinal Round06.08.2001 – 17:05h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record 71.54 m July 1, 2001 Rethymno, Greece Event Record 67.09 m August 28, 1999 Seville, Spain Season Best 71.54 m July 1, 2001 Rethymno, Greece Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships Event Record 69.53 m August 6, 2001 Edmonton, Canada

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 X 65.71 — 65.71 m Q, NR 2 3 60.78 63.24 — 63.24 m Q 3 5 61.75 — — 61.75 m Q 4 7 61.56 — — 61.56 m Q, SB 5 9 59.59 60.89 57.83 60.89 m q 6 13 53.68 58.26 X 58.26 m 7 14 57.21 X 57.60 57.60 m 8 15 52.72 57.43 X 57.43 m 9 18 55.81 56.05 54.94 56.05 m 10 19 X 52.14 52.65 52.65 m 11 22 45.24 X 44.01 45.24 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2 64.39 — — 64.39 m Q 2 4 60.22 61.93 — 61.93 m Q 3 6 61.90 — — 61.90 m Q 4 8 59.40 61.42 — 61.42 m Q 5 10 59.78 58.60 59.14 59.78 m q 6 11 54.83 59.62 59.06 59.62 m q, SB 7 12 58.42 53.76 58.34 58.42 m q 8 16 56.61 X X 56.61 m 9 17 55.26 X 56.10 56.10 m 10 20 52.23 50.70 50.98 52.23 m 11 21 49.01 49.40 X 49.40 m

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 66.56 69.42 69.53 X 65.63 66.70 69.53 m CR 64.69 63.80 X X 65.78 62.68 65.78 m 63.14 X 57.77 61.32 64.69 X 64.69 m 4 63.11 62.91 X X 62.74 59.83 63.11 m 5 62.08 X 58.52 X X 56.01 62.08 m 6 61.94 60.40 X 57.91 60.89 60.91 61.94 m 7 58.56 61.60 59.00 61.27 61.43 61.40 61.60 m 8 61.01 57.88 58.61 60.74 58.17 58.96 61.01 m 9 59.26 60.91 X 60.91 m 10 52.48 58.31 58.45 58.45 m 11 54.46 57.27 56.08 57.27 m 12 53.72 57.21 53.19 57.21 m

See also 1998 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest) 2000 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney) 2002 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich) 2004 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens)

References Results RecProgression IAAF