# 2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 30 August 2003. The qualification mark was set at 60.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mirela Manjani Greece (GRE) |
| Silver | Tatyana Shikolenko Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Steffi Nerius Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 28.08.2003 – 17:00h | 28.08.2003 – 18:55h |
| Final Round ||
| 30.08.2003 – 16:40h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.54 m | July 1, 2001 | Rethymno, Greece |
| Event Record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 69.53 m | August 6, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |
| Season Best | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 66.00 m | August 10, 2003 | Tula, Russia |

## Startlist

| Order | No. | Athlete | SB | PB |
| GROUP A |||||
| 1 | 492 | Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) | 56.66 | 63.14 |
| 2 | 68 | Lavern Eve (BAH) | 62.89 | 63.73 |
| 3 | 1141 | Kim Kreiner (USA) | 60.86 | 64.19 |
| 4 | 211 | Sabina Moya (COL) | 60.17 | 62.62 |
| 5 | 690 | Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) | 60.87 | 62.69 |
| 6 | 951 | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 66.00 | 67.20 |
| 7 | 524 | Nikolett Szabó (HUN) | 62.88 | 64.62 |
| 8 | 174 | Ma Ning (CHN) | 62.38 | 62.38 |
| 9 | 453 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 64.42 | 66.52 |
| 10 | 241 | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 63.96 | 71.54 |
| 11 | 255 | Jarmila Klimešová (CZE) | 60.54 | 62.60 |
| 12 | 337 | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 63.55 | 64.03 |
| GROUP B |||||
| 1 | 817 | Leryn Franco (PAR) | 53.09 | 55.38 |
| 2 | 231 | Sonia Bisset (CUB) | 60.75 | 67.67 |
| 3 | 896 | Sunette Viljoen (RSA) | 61.59 | 61.59 |
| 4 | 375 | Sarah Walter (FRA) | 62.53 | 62.53 |
| 5 | 627 | Takako Miyake (JPN) | 55.99 | 61.15 |
| 6 | 336 | Paula Tarvainen (FIN) | 64.90 | 64.90 |
| 7 | 482 | Miréla Manjani (GRE) | 66.52 | 67.51 |
| 8 | 339 | Taina Kolkkala (FIN) | 61.96 | 64.06 |
| 9 | 886 | Ana Mirela Țermure (ROU) | 61.91 | 65.08 |
| 10 | 957 | Valeriya Zabruskova (RUS) | 64.49 | 64.49 |
| 11 | 230 | Noraida Bicet (CUB) | 62.40 | 63.32 |
| 12 | 568 | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | 62.70 | 65.30 |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 63.71 | — | — | 63.71 m | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Lavern Eve (BAH) | 62.89 | — | — | 62.89 m | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 61.74 | — | — | 61.74 m | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 60.89 | — | — | 60.89 m | Q |
| 5 | 7 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 60.40 | — | — | 60.40 m | Q |
| 6 | 9 | Nikolett Szabó (HUN) | 56.52 | 56.83 | 59.84 | 59.84 m | q |
| 7 | 11 | Ma Ning (CHN) | 58.95 | 56.41 | 57.19 | 58.95 m | q |
| 8 | 14 | Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) | X | 54.10 | 57.13 | 57.13 m | |
| 9 | 15 | Jarmila Klimešová (CZE) | X | 56.98 | 55.53 | 56.98 m | |
| 10 | 17 | Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) | 56.02 | 53.37 | 56.66 | 56.66 m | SB |
| 11 | 19 | Sabina Moya (COL) | 55.75 | X | 51.80 | 55.75 m | |
| 12 | 21 | Kim Kreiner (USA) | X | 53.50 | 54.84 | 54.84 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Mirela Manjani (GRE) | 62.48 | — | — | 62.48 m | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Sonia Bisset (CUB) | 55.99 | 60.64 | — | 60.64 m | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Valeriya Zabruskova (RUS) | 60.40 | — | — | 60.40 m | Q |
| 4 | 10 | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | 59.57 | X | 55.99 | 59.57 m | q |
| 5 | 12 | Taina Kolkkala (FIN) | 57.73 | 58.94 | 58.61 | 58.94 m | q |
| 6 | 13 | Ana Mirela Țermure (ROU) | 58.50 | 55.90 | 56.88 | 58.50 m | |
| 7 | 16 | Sunette Viljoen (RSA) | 56.78 | 56.04 | 52.93 | 56.78 m | |
| 8 | 18 | Noraida Bicet (CUB) | X | X | 56.33 | 56.33 m | |
| 9 | 20 | Paula Tarvainen (FIN) | 54.55 | 55.06 | 51.46 | 55.06 m | |
| 10 | 22 | Sarah Walter (FRA) | 49.55 | 54.31 | 53.39 | 54.31 m | |
| 11 | 23 | Takako Miyake (JPN) | 52.26 | 49.07 | 46.88 | 52.26 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Leryn Franco (PAR) | 50.05 | X | 51.13 | 51.13 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Mirela Manjani (GRE) | 64.55 | 64.46 | 64.09 | 66.52 | X | 56.84 | 66.52 m | SB |
| | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 62.76 | 62.99 | 63.28 | X | 60.67 | 59.93 | 63.28 m | |
| | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 59.15 | 62.70 | 60.30 | X | 61.81 | X | 62.70 m | |
| 4 | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 61.37 | 59.98 | — | 62.02 | — | 62.20 | 62.20 m | |
| 5 | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 61.18 | X | X | 62.19 | 60.47 | X | 62.19 m | |
| 6 | Sonia Bisset (CUB) | 56.90 | 58.21 | 60.17 | X | X | 56.36 | 60.17 m | |
| 7 | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | 55.48 | 58.81 | 59.64 | 56.05 | 57.89 | 56.14 | 59.64 m | |
| 8 | Lavern Eve (BAH) | 56.43 | 54.39 | 59.60 | X | 58.47 | 57.55 | 59.60 m | |
| 9 | Valeriya Zabruskova (RUS) | 59.51 | 54.19 | 58.67 | | | | 59.51 m | |
| 10 | Taina Kolkkala (FIN) | 57.50 | 57.00 | 56.71 | | | | 57.50 m | |
| 11 | Ma Ning (CHN) | 55.07 | 57.43 | 56.57 | | | | 57.43 m | |
| 12 | Nikolett Szabó (HUN) | 56.98 | 56.97 | 55.85 | | | | 56.98 m | |