# 2017 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 August.

## Summary

Olympic gold medalist Sara Kolak's second throw took the lead at 64.95 metres. Her lead lasted only two throws before world record holder, at age 36, Barbora Špotáková threw 66.76 m (219 ft 0 in), which turned out to be the winner. These were two of six throwers who achieved their best distance in the second round. Li Lingwei's personal best 66.25 metres near the end of the third round put her in second place. After improving her own Asian record by almost a metre and a half to 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in), to move to #11 of all time, in her only throw of the qualifying round, Lü Huihui barely qualified into the final round in seventh place. With the benefit of those three extra throws, Lü threw a 65.26m in the fifth round to take the bronze medal from Kolak. She was the only competitor to improve her position in the final three throws.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Dist. | Athlete | Nat. | Date | Location |
| World | 72.28 | Barbora Špotáková | CZE | 13 Sep 2008 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Championship | 71.99 | Maria Abakumova | RUS | 2 Sep 2011 | Daegu, South Korea |
| World leading | 68.43 | Sara Kolak | CRO | 6 Jul 2017 | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| African | 69.35 | Sunette Viljoen | RSA | 9 Jun 2012 | New York City, United States |
| Asian | 66.13 | Lü Huihui | CHN | 30 Aug 2015 | Beijing, China |
| NACAC | 71.70 | Olisdeilys Menéndez | CUB | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki, Finland |
| South American | 63.84 | Flor Ruiz | COL | 25 Jun 2016 | Cali, Colombia |
| European | 72.28 | Barbora Špotáková | CZE | 13 Sep 2008 | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Oceanian | 66.83 | Kimberley Mickle | AUS | 22 Mar 2014 | Melbourne, Australia |
The following records were set at the competition:
| Record | Dist. | Athlete | Nat. | Date |
| Asian | 67.59 | Lü Huihui | CHN | 6 Aug 2017 |
| Chinese | 67.59 | Lü Huihui | CHN | 6 Aug 2017 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 61.40 metres.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 6 August | 19:05 | Qualification |
| 8 August | 19:20 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification round took place on 6 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 19:05 and Group B starting at 20:29. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 63.50 metres( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final. The overall results were as follows:
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Lü Huihui | China (CHN) | 67.59 | | | 67.59 | Q, AR |
| 2 | B | Martina Ratej | Slovenia (SLO) | 65.64 | | | 65.64 | Q, SB |
| 3 | A | Katharina Molitor | Germany (GER) | 61.76 | 65.37 | | 65.37 | Q, SB |
| 4 | A | Liu Shiying | China (CHN) | x | 58.89 | 64.72 | 64.72 | Q |
| 5 | B | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 59.04 | 64.32 | | 64.32 | Q |
| 6 | B | Eda Tuğsuz | Turkey (TUR) | 62.13 | 61.51 | 63.87 | 63.87 | Q |
| 7 | A | Kelsey-Lee Roberts | Australia (AUS) | 61.12 | 63.70 | | 63.70 | Q |
| 8 | A | Sara Kolak | Croatia (CRO) | 63.03 | x | 63.24 | 63.24 | q |
| 9 | B | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Iceland (ISL) | 59.53 | 57.28 | 63.06 | 63.06 | q |
| 10 | A | Elizabeth Gleadle | Canada (CAN) | 61.39 | 62.97 | x | 62.97 | q |
| 11 | A | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Belarus (BLR) | 62.58 | 61.07 | 59.73 | 62.58 | q |
| 12 | B | Li Lingwei | China (CHN) | 62.26 | 62.29 | 60.78 | 62.29 | q |
| 13 | B | Anete Kociņa | Latvia (LAT) | x | 62.26 | 58.75 | 62.26 | |
| 14 | A | Marharyta Dorozhon | Israel (ISR) | 56.02 | 61.33 | x | 61.33 | |
| 15 | A | Kara Winger | United States (USA) | 61.27 | 58.24 | 59.63 | 61.27 | |
| 16 | A | Marina Saito | Japan (JPN) | 59.21 | 57.29 | 60.86 | 60.86 | |
| 17 | B | Christin Hussong | Germany (GER) | 57.53 | 56.92 | 60.86 | 60.86 | |
| 18 | B | Laila Domingos | Brazil (BRA) | 60.54 | 56.44 | 60.10 | 60.54 | |
| 19 | A | Nikola Ogrodníková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 59.99 | x | 55.89 | 59.99 | |
| 20 | B | Annu Rani | India (IND) | 57.34 | 59.93 | 57.16 | 59.93 | |
| 21 | A | Madara Palameika | Latvia (LAT) | x | 59.54 | x | 59.54 | |
| 22 | B | Marcelina Witek | Poland (POL) | 59.00 | x | x | 59.00 | |
| 23 | A | Flor Ruiz | Colombia (COL) | 57.93 | 57.94 | x | 57.94 | |
| 24 | A | Yuki Ebihara | Japan (JPN) | 55.36 | 57.51 | x | 57.51 | |
| 25 | B | Kathryn Mitchell | Australia (AUS) | 57.42 | x | x | 57.42 | |
| 26 | A | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 50.51 | 55.05 | 55.80 | 55.80 | |
| 27 | A | Sigrid Borge | Norway (NOR) | 54.94 | 55.08 | x | 55.08 | |
| 28 | B | Ariana Ince | United States (USA) | x | 54.52 | x | 54.52 | |
| 29 | B | Risa Miyashita | Japan (JPN) | 51.57 | 53.43 | 53.83 | 53.83 | |
| 30 | A | Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 51.90 | x | 51.90 | |
| | B | Vera Rebrik | Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA) | x | x | r | NM | |

### Final

The final took place on 8 August at 19:20. The results were as follows:
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 58.48 | 66.76 | x | 65.64 | 62.57 | 63.75 | 66.76 | |
| | Li Lingwei | China (CHN) | 61.81 | 63.01 | 66.25 | 65.38 | x | x | 66.25 | PB |
| | Lü Huihui | China (CHN) | 62.71 | 62.44 | 61.95 | 60.87 | 65.26 | 58.30 | 65.26 | |
| 4 | Sara Kolak | Croatia (CRO) | x | 64.95 | x | 57.38 | 63.50 | x | 64.95 | |
| 5 | Eda Tuğsuz | Turkey (TUR) | 61.81 | 64.52 | x | 63.68 | 64.47 | 62.77 | 64.52 | |
| 6 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Belarus (BLR) | 63.04 | 64.05 | x | x | 62.62 | x | 64.05 | |
| 7 | Katharina Molitor | Germany (GER) | 59.81 | 63.75 | 59.67 | 59.67 | 59.80 | 58.30 | 63.75 | |
| 8 | Liu Shiying | China (CHN) | x | x | 62.28 | 62.84 | 61.31 | 61.39 | 62.84 | |
| 9 | Martina Ratej | Slovenia (SLO) | 61.05 | x | 59.11 | | | | 61.05 | |
| 10 | Kelsey-Lee Roberts | Australia (AUS) | 60.76 | 58.39 | 59.76 | | | | 60.76 | |
| 11 | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Iceland (ISL) | 57.38 | 60.16 | x | | | | 60.16 | |
| 12 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Canada (CAN) | 60.12 | 58.87 | 58.36 | | | | 60.12 | |