The Women's javelin throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on September 1 and 2.

Barbora Špotáková, the reigning Olympic champion, topped the season's rankings with a throw of 69.45 m. Second-ranked Christina Obergföll had shown greater consistency, having won four of the Diamond League meetings before the championships. Mariya Abakumova, a 2009 World and 2008 Olympic medallist, was ranked third in both the Diamond League and world rankings. Others in good form were Sunette Viljoen (who set an African record two weeks earlier), Martina Ratej, Kathrina Molitor and Goldie Sayers.Landells, Steve (2011-08-19). Women’s Javelin Throw – PREVIEW . IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-08-28.Javelin Throw 2011. IAAF (2011-08-23). Retrieved on 2011-08-28.World Championships preview – women’s field events . Athletics Weekly (2011-08-25). Retrieved on 2011-08-28. The 2009 world champion, Steffi Nerius, had retired.

Favorite Špotáková took the early lead, but Abakumova's second throw would lead into the 5th round. Viljoen improved on her African record in the 5th round, but that was only enough to put her in third place. Špotáková then threw a new World Championship record, only to be passed on the following throw by Abakumova improving on the record and setting a new Russian National Record.

However, in 2018, the Athletics Integrity Unit decided to disqualify Abakumova because of doping, stripping her of the gold medal, which gets inherited by Špotáková.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBarbora ŠpotákováSunette ViljoenChristina Obergföll

Records Prior to the competition, the established records were as follows. World record72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Championship record71.70Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005World leading69.45Monaco22 July 2011African record66.47Shenzhen, China18 August 2011Asian record63.92Beijing, China18 August 2000North, Central American and Caribbean record71.70Helsinki, Finland14 August 2005South American record62.62Guatemala City, Guatemala12 May 2002European record72.28Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Oceanian record66.80Runaway Bay, Australia5 August 2000

Qualification standards A standardB standard 61.00 59.00

Schedule Date Time RoundSeptember 1, 2011 10:10 QualificationSeptember 2, 2011 19:10 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying distance 61.00m (Q) or at 12 best athletes and ties (q) advance to the final

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Christina Obergföll 68.76 68.76 Q 2 B Sunette Viljoen 65.34 65.34 Q 3 A Katharina Molitor 63.52 63.52 Q 4 B Barbora Špotáková 63.40 63.40 Q 5 A Goldie Sayers 56.61 62.19 62.19 Q 6 B Martina Ratej 61.58 61.58 Q 7 B Kimberley Mickle 60.50 57.80 60.12 60.50 q 8 B Linda Stahl 60.21 59.85 58.25 60.21 q 9 A Yuki Ebihara 57.36 59.66 59.88 59.88 q 10 A Madara Palameika 59.78 59.33 59.78 q 11 A Jarmila Klimešová 55.90 59.65 56.01 59.65 q 12 A Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir 59.15 57.62 59.15 SB 13 B Zahra Bani 58.92 58.92 14 A Rachel Yurkovich 58.84 58.01 57.92 58.84 15 B Vira Rebryk 55.69 58.50 58.50 16 B Mercedes Chilla 58.34 52.01 58.34 17 B Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala 56.18 58.15 54.02 58.15 18 A Justine Robbeson 57.87 55.27 58.08 58.08 19 B Liu Chunhua 56.73 56.37 57.52 57.52 20 B Kara Patterson 56.41 55.25 57.14 57.14 21 A Indrė Jakubaitytė 56.01 56.92 56.92 22 A Yanet Cruz 55.91 56.73 55.48 56.73 23 B Tatjana Jelača 56.68 54.58 56.68 24 A Elisabeth Eberl 56.48 54.39 56.48 25 B Risa Miyashita 55.62 55.52 55.40 55.62 26 A Kim Kyung-ae 51.64 53.75 54.96 54.96 27 B María Lucelly Murillo 52.83 52.83 DSQ A Mariya Abakumova 62.49 62.49 Q

Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Barbora Špotáková 68.80 67.90 68.64 67.12 71.58 66.80 71.58 SB Sunette Viljoen 64.36 65.20 63.12 58.48 68.38 62.68 68.38 AR Christina Obergföll 61.74 64.39 64.80 65.24 63.51 65.24 Katharina Molitor 59.88 58.19 57.94 60.31 58.85 64.32 64.32 Kimberley Mickle 59.33 57.07 60.87 61.96 61.33 61.96 Martina Ratej 58.87 60.58 61.65 61.65 Jarmila Klimešová 59.27 57.37 55.87 59.27 Yuki Ebihara 59.08 58.39 57.96 59.08 Goldie Sayers 57.32 57.52 58.18 58.18 Madara Palameika 55.69 58.08 58.08 Linda Stahl Mariya Abakumova 60.38 71.25 71.99 64.27 71.99 NR, CR, WL

References

External links Javelin throw results at IAAF website