# 2013 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 16–18 August.
Throwing at home, defending champion and world leader Mariya Abakumova made one attempt in the trials. Her 69.09 flew past the automatic qualifying mark and turned out to be the farthest throw of the competition, leading ten other automatic qualifiers.
In the final, Abakumova couldn't match her qualifier, though she did take the first round lead with 65.09. But that was to be her best. In the second round Kimberley Mickle threw a personal best 66.25 to take the lead. The lead lasted only 5 attempts before Christina Obergföll let loose a 69.05. That was it, the only other news from the final four rounds was Mickle's second improvement on her personal best to 66.60 in the final round.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Barbora Špotáková (CZE) | 72.28 | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 September 2008 |
| Championship record | Maria Abakumova (RUS) | 71.99 | Daegu, South Korea | 2 September 2011 |
| World leading | Maria Abakumova (RUS) | 69.34 | Castellón, Spain | 22 July 2013 |
| African record | Sunette Viljoen (RSA) | 69.35 | New York City, United States | 9 Jun 2012 |
| Asian record | Lü Huihui (CHN) | 65.62 | Zhaoqing, People's Republic of China | 27 April 2013 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.70 | Helsinki, Finland | 14 August 2005 |
| South American record | Sabina Moya (COL) | 62.62 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 12 May 2002 |
| European record | Barbora Špotáková (CZE) | 72.28 | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 September 2008 |
| Oceanian record | Louise Currey (AUS) | 66.80 | Runaway Bay, Australia | 5 August 2000 |

## Qualification standards

| A result | B result |
| 62.00 | 60.00 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 16 August 2013 | 9:30 | Qualification |
| 18 August 2013 | 16:00 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)

## Results

| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 61.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Mariya Abakumova | Russia (RUS) | 69.09 | | | 69.09 | Q |
| 2 | B | Kimberley Mickle | Australia (AUS) | 59.92 | 65.73 | | 65.73 | Q, PB |
| 3 | A | Linda Stahl | Germany (GER) | 64.51 | | | 64.51 | Q |
| 3 | B | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa (RSA) | 64.51 | | | 64.51 | Q, SB |
| 5 | A | Kathryn Mitchell | Australia (AUS) | x | 62.80 | | 62.80 | Q, SB |
| 6 | B | Tatjana Jelača | Serbia (SRB) | 57.65 | 62.68 | | 62.68 | Q, NR |
| 7 | B | Christina Obergföll | Germany (GER) | 62.36 | | | 62.36 | Q |
| 8 | B | Viktoriya Sudarushkina | Russia (RUS) | x | 52.88 | 62.20 | 62.20 | Q |
| 9 | A | Sofi Flinck | Sweden (SWE) | 61.96 | | | 61.96 | Q, NR |
| 10 | A | Vira Rebryk | Ukraine (UKR) | 59.49 | 58.60 | 61.70 | 61.70 | Q |
| 11 | B | Li Lingwei | China (CHN) | 58.62 | 61.51 | | 61.51 | Q, SB |
| 12 | B | Nadeeka Lakmali | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 56.12 | 59.09 | 60.39 | 60.39 | q |
| 13 | B | Katharina Molitor | Germany (GER) | 57.17 | 58.03 | 60.32 | 60.32 | |
| 14 | B | Līna Mūze | Latvia (LAT) | 54.36 | 60.29 | x | 60.29 | |
| 15 | A | Zhang Li | China (CHN) | 58.59 | 60.16 | 58.98 | 60.16 | |
| 16 | A | Yuki Ebihara | Japan (JPN) | 58.39 | 59.31 | 59.80 | 59.80 | |
| 17 | A | Krista Woodward | Canada (CAN) | 58.86 | 55.31 | 55.59 | 58.86 | |
| 18 | A | Hanna Hatsko | Ukraine (UKR) | 57.82 | 58.63 | 57.55 | 58.63 | |
| 19 | B | Marharyta Dorozhon | Ukraine (UKR) | 58.23 | 54.53 | 55.40 | 58.23 | |
| 20 | B | Martina Ratej | Slovenia (SLO) | 56.36 | 57.95 | x | 57.95 | |
| 21 | B | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Iceland (ISL) | 57.36 | 57.65 | 55.98 | 57.65 | |
| 22 | B | Brittany Borman | United States (USA) | 53.20 | 57.63 | x | 57.63 | |
| 23 | A | Flor Ruiz | Colombia (COL) | 55.43 | 57.47 | 54.09 | 57.47 | |
| 24 | B | Liina Laasma | Estonia (EST) | 55.53 | 54.11 | 56.93 | 56.93 | |
| 25 | A | Eliza Toader | Romania (ROM) | 54.47 | 55.76 | 54.64 | 55.76 | |
| 26 | A | Jucilene de Lima | Brazil (BRA) | 54.14 | 55.18 | x | 55.18 | |
| 27 | A | Madara Palameika | Latvia (LAT) | x | x | 53.70 | 53.70 | |

### Final

The final was started at 16:00.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Christina Obergföll | Germany (GER) | 64.63 | 69.05 | 64.02 | 62.93 | x | x | 69.05 | SB |
| | Kimberley Mickle | Australia (AUS) | 60.43 | 66.25 | 64.18 | 64.29 | x | 66.60 | 66.60 | PB |
| | Mariya Abakumova | Russia (RUS) | 65.09 | 63.78 | 64.33 | x | 60.99 | 58.71 | 65.09 | |
| 4 | Linda Stahl | Germany (GER) | 64.78 | 62.58 | x | x | x | 61.81 | 64.78 | |
| 5 | Kathryn Mitchell | Australia (AUS) | 63.77 | x | 60.34 | 62.19 | x | 62.23 | 63.77 | SB |
| 6 | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa (RSA) | 63.58 | x | 56.51 | 58.66 | 59.00 | 60.25 | 63.58 | |
| 7 | Viktoriya Sudarushkina | Russia (RUS) | 60.44 | 62.21 | 55.82 | x | 58.64 | x | 62.21 | |
| 8 | Li Lingwei | China (CHN) | 57.48 | 60.30 | 61.30 | 55.63 | 57.58 | 57.96 | 61.30 | |
| 9 | Tatjana Jelača | Serbia (SRB) | 60.38 | 60.63 | 60.81 | | | | 60.81 | |
| 10 | Sofi Flinck | Sweden (SWE) | 57.56 | 59.52 | 55.56 | | | | 59.52 | |
| 11 | Vira Rebryk | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 58.33 | x | | | | 58.33 | |
| 12 | Nadeeka Lakmali | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 55.10 | 58.16 | 55.77 | | | | 58.16 | |