2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 25 August 2023.

Summary

There were a few surprises in the javelin. Defending champion Kelsey-Lee Barber barely made the final. Her final throw of the preliminary round getting the 12th spot. Later, her third throw in the finals barely reached 8th place and she wouldn't get any further luck.

Veteran Flor Ruiz's season best was 61.83m, dating back to March. Her personal best of 63.84m dated back to 2016. In the first round of the final, she launched a South American record . Only returning bronze medalist/world leader Haruka Kitaguchi, 61.78m and Olympic gold medalist Liu Shiying 61.66m, were able to get over 60 meters. Victoria Hudson threw 62.14m to start the second round, and Kitaguchi improved to 61.99m. Kitaguchi's third round effort of 63.00m put her into silver position. In the fourth round, Anete Kociņa moved into silver position with a 63.18m. Then in the final round Mackenzie Little jumped into the silver position with a 63.38m dropping Kitaguchi out of the medals. But Kitaguchi still had her last attempt and she used it to throw to leapfrog into the gold medal.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record72.28 mStuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Championship record71.70 mHelsinki, Finland14 August 2005World Leading67.04 mChorzów, Poland16 July 2023African 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 63.80 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round23 August 11:55 Qualification25 August 20:20 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying distance 61.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) qualify to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Līna Mūze 53.96 56.88 63.50 63.50 Q 2 B Mackenzie Little 50.94 58.79 63.45 63.45 Q 3 A Haruka Kitaguchi 59.04 63.27 63.27 Q 4 A Victoria Hudson 62.96 62.96 Q 5 A María Lucelly Murillo 59.34 62.72 62.72 Q, 6 A Kathryn Mitchell 62.10 62.10 Q, 7 B Flor Ruiz 60.73 60.23 62.05 62.05 Q, 8 B Anete Kociņa x 61.27 58.46 61.27 q 9 A Liu Shiying 60.41 x 60.72 60.72 q 10 A Jo-Ane van Dyk 59.34 57.59 60.09 60.09 q 11 B Jucilene de Lima 58.39 57.94 59.76 59.76 q 12 A Kelsey-Lee Barber 58.10 55.90 59.66 59.66 q 13 B Tori Peeters 57.95 59.59 54.46 59.59 14 B Liveta Jasiūnaitė 59.00 56.88 57.61 59.00 15 B Marina Saito x 56.24 58.95 58.95 16 A Adriana Vilagoš 58.65 58.10 55.55 58.65 17 A Anni-Linnea Alanen 53.66 54.79 58.30 58.30 18 B Maggie Malone 56.27 57.85 54.46 57.85 19 A Annu Rani 57.05 x 56.01 57.05 20 A Réka Szilágyi 56.21 54.14 x 56.21 21 A Momone Ueda 54.67 56.19 56.19 56.19 22 A Dilhani Lekamge 54.77 50.00 55.89 55.89 23 B Sara Kolak 50.80 x 55.89 55.89 24 B 49.88 55.45 x 55.45 25 A Juleisy Angulo x 52.82 55.27 55.27 26 B Angéla Moravcsik 52.54 x 55.10 55.10 27 A Ariana Ince 54.60 x x 54.60 28 A Nikola Ogrodníková 50.78 54.59 54.36 54.59 29 A Martina Ratej 54.41 x 53.35 54.41 30 B Elina Tzengko 53.70 54.27 x 54.27 31 B Marija Vučenović x 54.21 52.27 54.21 32 B Irena Gillarová 54.15 x 53.06 54.15 33 B Rhema Otabor 48.34 53.62 x 53.62 34 B Sigrid Borge 52.09 x 53.34 53.34 B Eda Tuğsuz x x x B x x x

Final The final started on 25 August at 20:20.

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haruka Kitaguchi 61.78 61.99 63.00 62.36 62.68 66.73 66.73 Flor Ruiz 65.47 62.45 62.89 59.73 x 60.97 65.47 Mackenzie Little 59.95 56.81 61.41 61.23 61.66 63.38 63.38 4 Anete Kociņa 59.04 58.82 59.66 63.18 x 62.02 63.18 5 Victoria Hudson 59.08 62.14 59.20 62.92 59.56 59.84 62.92 6 Liu Shiying 61.66 x x 61.16 61.23 58.72 61.66 7 Kelsey-Lee Barber 55.82 59.44 58.98 58.31 61.19 61.01 61.19 8 Jucilene de Lima 58.49 x 60.34 x 58.33 x 60.34 9 Līna Mūze 58.43 x x 58.43 10 Jo-Ane van Dyk 57.43 54.45 53.99 57.43 11 María Lucelly Murillo x x 54.85 54.85 Kathryn Mitchell

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