The women's javelin throw competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was held at the Olympic Stadium on 16–18 August.Women's Javelin Throw - Standings rio2016.com Retrieved on 2016-08-19 Each athlete received three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieved the qualifying distance progressed to the final. Each finalist was allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Summary In the qualifying round, Maria Andrejczyk threw a Polish national record 67.11m, moving her to the # 16 thrower of all time. Of course, several women on that same list also qualified for the final, including world record holder and 2016 non-Russian world leader Barbora Špotáková. Vera Rebrik had thrown 67.30 in February, but Russia was on suspension.

Flor Ruiz started the final round with a 61.54 m. Two throws later Tatsiana Khaladovich raised the stakes to 62.68 m. Two throws later Andrejczyk displaced Ruiz with a 61.92. Sunette Viljoen moved on top with a 64.92 m. Near the top of the second round, Kathryn Mitchell almost matched it with a 64.36 to move into silver position. 2015 World silver medalist Lü Huihui moved into bronze position with a 63.50 m that lasted until the end of the round when two-time defending champion Špotáková moved into the bronze position with a 63.73 m. Khaladovich came back in the third round with a 64.60 m to move into the silver spot. After the field dropped off returning bronze medalist Linda Stahl, 21 year old Sara Kolak threw to rocket from sixth to first. As second thrower in the fifth round, Andrejczyk threw 64.78 m to leapfrog from seventh to bronze medal position. That only lasted a few throwers until Špotáková threw 2 cm further.

For Kolak, whose previous medal collection included the bronze medal from the 2016 European Championships, it was a new Croatian National Record, beating the 64.30 m she set in qualifying, which beat the 63.50 she threw winning the European bronze. Prior to 2016, her best was still the national record, but was a 57.79 from 2013, improving in just 5 months. Kolak moved into the #20 position on the all-time list.

The following evening the medals were presented by Li Lingwei, IOC member, China and Alberto Juantorena, Vice President of the IAAF.

Schedule All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

Date Time RoundTuesday, 16 August 2016 20:35QualificationsThursday, 18 August 2016 21:10Finals

Records , the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading mark were as follows:

World record72.28 mStuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Olympic record71.53 mAthens, Greece27 August 2004World leading67.30 mSochi, Russia19 February 2016

The following national records were established during the competition:

Country Athlete Round Distance Notes Poland Qualifying 67.11 m Croatia Qualifying 64.30 m Final 66.18 m

Results Qualifying round Qualification rule: qualification standard 63.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Maria Andrejczyk 67.11 67.11 , 2 B Barbora Špotáková 62.50 64.65 64.65 3 A Sara Kolak 55.68 55.86 64.30 64.30 , 4 B Linda Stahl 63.95 63.95 5 A Tatsiana Khaladovich 63.78 63.78 6 A Sunette Viljoen 63.54 63.54 7 A Lü Huihui 63.28 63.28 8 B Madara Palameika 63.03 63.03 9 A Flor Ruiz 62.32 59.89 59.99 62.32 10 A Christina Obergföll 57.75 62.18 x 62.18 11 A Christin Hussong 56.19 55.58 62.17 62.17 12 B Kathryn Mitchell x 60.05 61.63 61.63 13 B Kara Winger 61.02 57.34 60.54 61.02 14 A Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala 60.92 58.08 x 60.92 15 B Li Lingwei 60.91 59.30 57.87 60.91 16 A Elizabeth Gleadle 59.18 60.28 58.74 60.28 17 B Kateryna Derun 60.02 54.86 x 60.02 18 A Martina Ratej 59.76 58.15 x 59.76 19 A Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova 58.90 x 58.38 58.90 20 B Liina Laasma 58.06 56.21 56.62 58.06 21 B Yuki Ebihara 53.75 55.89 57.68 57.68 22 A Kim Mickle 57.20 x 55.93 57.20 23 A Liu Shiying 57.16 55.60 x 57.16 24 B Mathilde Andraud 56.61 56.01 56.13 56.61 25 A Maggie Malone 56.47 x 46.87 56.47 26 B Tatsiana Korzh 49.41 53.54 56.16 56.16 27 A Brittany Borman 54.15 56.04 52.73 56.04 28 B Kelsey-Lee Roberts 44.75 55.04 55.25 55.25 29 A Yulenmis Aguilar 54.84 x 54.94 54.94 30 B Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir x 54.92 x 54.92 31 B Sanni Utriainen 53.42 x 52.45 53.42

Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes 60.89 62.95 63.00 66.18 x 59.42 66.18 64.92 61.04 x 63.00 x x 64.92 60.16 63.73 x 61.25 64.80 x 64.80 61.92 59.25 60.23 59.31 64.78 63.69 64.78 62.68 60.24 64.60 60.49 63.52 64.24 64.60 x 64.36 x x 62.20 63.02 64.36 60.32 63.50 59.56 64.04 x 56.96 64.04 60.17 62.28 x x x 62.92 62.92 61.54 58.46 59.61 did not advance 61.54 10 x x 60.14 did not advance 60.14 11 58.48 x 59.71 did not advance 59.71 12 54.99 54.47 57.70 did not advance 57.70

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