The women's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 30 September and 1 October 2019.

Summary On the second throw of the competition, returning bronze medalist Lü Huihui took the lead with a 64.93m. Three throwers later, her Chinese teammate Liu Shiying almost matched that with a 64.81m effort. Defending champion Barbora Špotáková fouled. The third-place thrower was Kelsey-Lee Barber, almost two metres behind. In the second round, Lü improved to 65.06m and Christin Hussong landed one only a centimetre behind, while Špotáková only managed a 59.52m. By the time of Špotáková's third attempt, she already knew Tatsiana Khaladovich held the #8 spot with 60.84m. She at least needed to beat that to continue in the competition, but her throw was almost a metre short. With a new champion destined, nobody improved through the fourth round. In the fifth, Liu threw a 65.88m to take the lead. Lü responded with a 65.49m but still not enough. On her final attempt, Barber tossed a to jump from a distant fourth place to take the gold medal.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

Record Athlete Date LocationWorld72.28Barbora Špotáková13 Sep 2008Stuttgart, GermanyChampionship71.70Osleidys Menéndez14 Aug 2005Helsinki, FinlandWorld leading67.98Lü Huihui2 Aug 2019Shenyang, ChinaAfrican69.35Sunette Viljoen9 Jun 2012New York, United StatesAsian67.98Lü Huihui2 Aug 2019Shenyang, ChinaNACAC71.70Osleidys Menéndez14 Aug 2005Helsinki, FinlandSouth American63.84Flor Ruiz25 Jun 2016Cali, ColombiaEuropean72.28Barbora Špotáková13 Sep 2008Stuttgart, GermanyOceanian68.92Kathryn Mitchell11 Apr 2018Gold Coast, Australia

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:

Date Time Round30 September 16:30 Qualification1 October 21:20 Final

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying distance 63.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) advanced to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 B Lü Huihui 62.90 67.27 67.27 2 B Christin Hussong 65.29 65.29 3 A Liu Shiying 62.35 63.48 61.56 63.48 4 A Martina Ratej 60.78 62.87 62.87 5 A Annu Rani 57.05 62.43 60.50 62.43 , 6 B Barbora Špotáková 58.27 62.15 62.15 7 B Kara Winger 60.56 61.51 62.13 62.13 8 B Tatsiana Khaladovich 61.74 61.74 9 A Nikola Ogrodníková 50.95 61.17 61.17 10 A Kelsey-Lee Barber 61.08 58.95 58.20 61.08 11 A Sara Kolak 60.03 60.99 60.99 12 B Irena Šedivá 55.51 60.90 60.90 13 A Haruka Kitaguchi 57.34 60.84 60.54 60.84 14 B Alexie Alaïs 57.37 60.46 56.83 60.46 15 A Ariana Ince 60.44 58.08 60.44 16 A Elizabeth Gleadle 57.35 59.22 60.17 60.17 17 B Sunette Viljoen 60.10 56.56 55.57 60.10 18 A Madara Palameika 59.95 59.95 19 B Su Lingdan 58.56 53.73 58.56 20 A Eda Tuğsuz 56.98 58.28 58.28 21 A Annika Fuchs 57.10 58.16 56.74 58.16 22 B Maria Andrejczyk 57.68 55.39 56.28 57.68 23 B Liveta Jasiūnaitė 56.90 55.15 55.97 56.90 24 A Anete Kociņa 56.70 56.70 25 B Réka Szilágyi 54.37 53.94 56.26 56.26 26 B Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova 54.79 55.84 55.84 27 B Līna Mūze 55.66 55.11 55.66 28 A Laila Domingos 55.44 52.03 55.49 55.49 29 B Yuka Sato 51.88 55.03 55.03 30 A Yu Yuzhen 53.38 49.26 48.11 53.38 31 A Victoria Hudson 52.51 52.51

Final The final was started on 1 October at 21:22.

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kelsey-Lee Barber 62.95 61.40 58.34 60.90 63.65 66.56 66.56 Liu Shiying 64.81 62.61 64.82 61.82 65.88 65.75 65.88 Lü Huihui 64.93 65.06 65.00 62.31 65.49 62.61 65.49 4 Christin Hussong 60.58 65.05 60.26 60.84 62.25 65.2165.21 5 Kara Winger 57.96 61.77 62.88 63.23 62.40 63.23 6 Tatsiana Khaladovich 60.84 62.54 62.23 60.51 61.98 62.54 7 Sara Kolak 58.22 62.22 60.93 57.09 62.28 56.21 62.28 8 Annu Rani 59.25 61.12 60.20 60.40 58.49 57.93 61.12 9 Barbora Špotáková 59.52 59.87 59.87 10 Martina Ratej 58.98 57.22 57.32 58.98 11 Nikola Ogrodníková 56.01 57.24 57.24 12 Irena Šedivá 55.73 55.86 55.86

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