The women's javelin throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 20 and 22 July 2022.Timetable
Summary
Kelsey-Lee Barber was back as the defending champion, but she was unable to get an automatic qualifier in the trial round, taking all three throws. Haruka Kitaguchi, Liu Shiying and Liveta Jasiūnaitė made an auto qualifier on their first attempt and were able to relax.
In the final as the second thrower, Barber's teammate Mackenzie Little took the first round lead with a 63.22m. Barber's 62.67m did put Australia in the top two spots. In the third round, Barber threw a to reverse the first two spots and move into the lead. Kitaguchi was back in third position with a 62.07m. In the fourth round, Liu edged into third position with a 63.25m. In the final round, Kara Winger brought cheers from the home crowd with her 64.05m, to jump from fifth to second. With her final attempt, Kitaguchi, threw a 63.27m to snatch the bronze medal
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record72.28 mStuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Championship record71.70 mHelsinki, Finland14 August 2005World Leading65.73 mBurnaby, Canada14 June 2022African Record69.35 mNew York City, United States9 June 2012Asian Record67.98 mShenyang, China2 August 2019North, Central American and Caribbean record71.70 mHelsinki, Finland14 August 2005South American Record63.84 mCali, Colombia25 June 2016European Record72.28 mStuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Oceanian record68.92 mGold Coast, Australia11 April 2018
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 64.00 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date Time Round20 July 15:20 Qualification22 July 18:20 Final
Results
Qualification Qualification: Qualifying distance 62.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) qualify to the final.Qualification Summary
Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 B Haruka Kitaguchi 64.32 64.32 Q, 2 B Liu Shiying 63.86 63.86 Q, 3 A Liveta Jasiūnaitė 63.80 63.80 Q, 4 A Kara Winger 58.12 61.30 54.86 61.30 q 5 B Kelsey-Lee Barber 58.02 61.27 57.71 61.27 q 6 B Nikola Ogrodníková 60.59 59.07 – 60.59 q 7 A Elizabeth Gleadle x 60.38 x 60.38 q 8 B Annu Rani x 55.35 59.60 59.60 q 9 A Annika Marie Fuchs 55.18 59.36 x 59.36 q 10 B Līna Mūze 59.16 x 53.38 59.16 q 11 B Sae Takemoto 57.10 59.15 54.51 59.15 q 12 A Mackenzie Little 55.74 52.34 59.06 59.06 q 13 A Madara Palameika x 58.02 58.61 58.61 14 B Coralys Ortiz 58.52 x 55.27 58.52 15 B Jo-Ane van Dyk 54.89 57.79 x 57.79 16 A Lü Huihui 53.75 57.59 56.97 57.59 17 B Juleisy Angulo 54.23 57.28 x 57.28 18 A Ariana Ince 57.17 56.71 57.24 57.24 19 A Jucilene de Lima 57.13 x x 57.13 20 A Elina Tzengko 55.44 57.12 x 57.12 21 B Maria Andrejczyk x 55.47 54.67 55.47 22 B Maggie Malone 54.19 54.12 x 54.19 23 A Victoria Hudson x x 54.05 54.05 24 B Tori Peeters x 52.03 53.67 53.67 25 B Kathryn Mitchell x x 53.09 53.09 26 A Sanne Erkkola 52.04 x x 52.04 27 A Momone Ueda 47.36 50.70 49.51 50.70 B Eda Tuğsuz x x x NM A Sara Kolak x x x NM
Final
Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kelsey-Lee Barber 62.67 62.92 66.91 61.20 – – 66.91 Kara Winger 56.93 61.96 61.00 58.78 62.17 64.05 64.05 Haruka Kitaguchi 62.07 x 55.78 61.27 x 63.27 63.27 Liu Shiying 61.67 x 60.22 63.25 61.75 x 63.25 Mackenzie Little 63.22 49.78 59.10 58.50 54.99 x 63.22 Līna Mūze 59.83 x x 61.26 x x 61.26 Annu Rani 56.18 61.12 59.27 58.14 59.98 58.70 61.12 Nikola Ogrodníková 54.11 56.04 59.98 59.48 58.79 60.18 60.18 Elizabeth Gleadle 59.59 x x 59.59 10 Liveta Jasiūnaitė 58.97 x 57.23 58.97 11 Sae Takemoto 54.77 57.93 x 57.93 12 Annika Marie Fuchs 55.42 56.46 x 56.46
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