The women's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 10 August 2024. This was the 22nd time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary Liu Shiying did not return to defend her title, silver medalist Maria Andrejczyk and bronze Kelsey-Lee Barber were back, as was 2016 Gold Medalist Sara Kolak. Barber won the 2019 and 2022 World Championships. Lü Huihui won silver back in 2015 and had two bronzes from 2017 and 2019. Haruka Kitaguchi won the 2023 World Championships on the last throw to beat Flor Ruiz and bronze medalist Mackenzie Little. Ruiz is the seasonal World Leader from the 2024 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics back in May.

In the qualification round there were eight automatic qualifiers over 62 metres. Andrejczyk, Ruiz, Jo-Ané van Dyk and Kitaguchi got it on their first attempt. It took 61.08m to get the small q, eliminating Lü and Barber.

Andrejczyk started the action off with 62.44m. After three other throwers, Kitaguchi got off a good one, . Five throwers later Kathryn Mitchell moved into second place with 62.63m. Near the end of the first round, Yulenmis Aguilar advanced ahead of her with a 62.78m. In the second round, Ruiz took over second position throwing 63 metres exactly. Then in the third round, van Dyk went from 10th place, in danger of not getting her final attempts, to second position with a 63.93m. Two throws later, Sara Kolak was in 11th place, then threw 63.40m to grab onto the podium. Kolak would hold that spot for five more throwers, then Nikola Ogrodníková leapfrogged from dead last to bronze with 63.68m. Those extra three attempts did not prove to be significant, nobody was able to improve, though Kitaguchi did back up her winning first round throw with a 64.73m.

Background The women's javelin throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1932. +Global records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsRecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)LocationDateWorld record72.28All time Top lists – Senior – Javelin throw women", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Stuttgart, Germany13 September 2008Olympic record71.53Athens, Greece27 August 2004World leading66.70"Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Javelin throw women", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.Cuiabá, Brazil12 May 2024 +Area records before the 2024 Summer OlympicsArea RecordAthlete (Nation)Distance (m)Africa (records)69.35Asia (records)67.98Europe (records)72.28 WRNorth, Central Americaand Caribbean (records)71.70Oceania (records)68.92South America (records)66.70

Qualification

For the women's javelin throw event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 64.00 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.Sean McAlister, "How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

Results

Qualification The qualification was held on 7 August, starting at 10:25 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:50 (UTC+2) for Group B in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking."Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 62 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes1BMaria Andrejczyk 65.52 — — 65.52 , 2BSara Kolak 54.04 64.57 — 64.57 , 3BFlor Ruiz 64.40 — — 64.40 4AJo-Ane van Dyk 64.22 — — 64.22 , 5BElina Tzengko 52.02 61.09 63.22 63.22 , 6AMackenzie Little 59.59 62.82 — 62.82 7BHaruka Kitaguchi 62.58 — — 62.58 8AKathryn Mitchell 58.71 62.40 — 62.40 , 9BYulenmis Aguilar 61.95 58.35 59.92 61.95 10BMarie-Therese Obst 61.82 x 55.40 61.82 11ANikola Ogrodníková x 59.12 61.16 61.16 12BMomone Ueda 56.77 61.08 56.87 61.08 13BAdriana Vilagoš 60.49 60.17 49.41 60.49 14BPetra Sičaková 60.47 59.68 59.44 60.47 15BAnete Sietiņa 56.73 59.46 60.47 60.47 16AMaría Lucelly Murillo 60.38 56.28 x 60.38 17ALīna Mūze 60.30 x x 60.30 18AChristin Hussong 57.00 56.84 59.99 59.99 19ATori Peeters 54.81 56.60 59.78 59.78 20AVictoria Hudson 59.69 x x 59.69 21AMarina Saito 59.42 x 57.66 59.42 22BLü Huihui 58.52 55.38 59.37 59.37 23ADai Qianqian 55.56 56.18 59.33 59.33 24AMaggie Malone-Hardin 58.76 56.82 58.12 58.76 25BLiveta Jasiūnaitė 58.35 x x 58.35 26BKelsey-Lee Barber 56.32 57.73 56.56 57.73 27ARhema Otabor x 54.76 57.67 57.67 28AJucilene de Lima x x 57.56 57.56 29AAnnu Rani 55.81 53.22 53.55 55.81 30BAnni-Linnea Alanen 55.30 54.53 x 55.30 31BEda Tuğsuz 51.33 x 55.30 55.30 32ADilhani Lekamge 53.66 x 53.24 53.66

Final The final was held on 10 August, starting at 19:40 (UTC+2) in the evening.

Rank Athlete Nation #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Distance Notes Haruka Kitaguchi 65.80 62.39 X 61.68 64.73 X 65.80 Jo-Ane van Dyk 59.72 61.72 63.93 X 62.07 57.07 63.93 Nikola Ogrodníková 58.13 X 63.68 58.34 61.45 58.04 63.68 4Sara Kolak 57.86 58.85 63.40 58.43 62.31 63.03 63.40 5Flor Ruiz 60.49 63.00 62.41 61.68 60.14 61.35 63.00 6Yulenmis Aguilar 62.78 X 60.17 — 61.58 X 62.78 7Kathryn Mitchell 62.63 59.57 60.31 62.16 X X 62.63 8Maria Andrejczyk 62.44 60.52 X X X 57.74 62.44 9Elina Tzengko 61.85 X 57.90 colspan=3 61.85 10Momone Ueda 59.57 61.64 59.79 colspan=3 61.64 11Marie-Therese Obst 61.14 60.57 58.78 colspan=3 61.14 12Mackenzie Little 60.32 56.94 59.41 colspan=3 60.32

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