# Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August.

## Competition format

Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

## Schedule

All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2)
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 25 August 2004 | 19:00 | Qualification |
| Friday, 27 August 2004 | 20:55 | Final |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading mark were as follows:
| World record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.54 m | Rethymno, Greece | 1 July 2001 |
| Olympic record | Trine Hattestad (NOR) | 68.91 m | Sydney, Australia | 30 September 2000 |
| World Leading | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 68.23 m | Havana, Cuba | 5 March 2004 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Result | Record |
| 27 August | Final | Osleidys Menéndez | Cuba | 71.53 m | OR |

## Results
### Qualifying round

Rule: Qualifying standard 61.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Osleidys Menéndez | Cuba | 64.91 | — | — | 64.91 | Q |
| 2 | B | Nikola Brejchová | Czech Republic | 64.39 | — | — | 64.39 | Q |
| 3 | A | Tetyana Lyakhovych | Ukraine | 59.43 | 57.35 | 63.07 | 63.07 | Q, NR |
| 4 | A | Savva Lika | Greece | 58.29 | 62.22 | — | 62.22 | Q |
| 5 | A | Steffi Nerius | Germany | 57.67 | 60.30 | 62.14 | 62.14 | Q |
| 6 | B | Laverne Eve | Bahamas | 62.11 | — | — | 62.11 | Q, SB |
| 7 | A | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan | Romania | 52.10 | 59.06 | 62.05 | 62.05 | Q |
| 8 | B | Sonia Bisset | Cuba | 61.45 | — | — | 61.45 | Q |
| 9 | A | Barbara Madejczyk | Poland | 59.20 | 61.18 | — | 61.18 | Q |
| 10 | A | Taina Kolkkala | Finland | 61.16 | — | — | 61.16 | Q |
| 11 | A | Miréla Manjani | Greece | 56.92 | x | 61.04 | 61.04 | Q, SB |
| 12 | B | Noraida Bicet | Cuba | 59.45 | 60.61 | 60.97 | 60.97 | q |
| 13 | B | Mikaela Ingberg | Finland | 60.70 | 59.08 | 60.80 | 60.80 | |
| 14 | A | Claudia Coslovich | Italy | 60.58 | x | x | 60.58 | |
| 15 | A | Christina Obergföll | Germany | 60.41 | 58.47 | 56.67 | 60.41 | |
| 16 | B | Nikolett Szabó | Hungary | 60.20 | 59.06 | 54.60 | 60.20 | |
| 17 | B | Zuleima Araméndiz | Colombia | 58.77 | 58.99 | 59.94 | 59.94 | PB |
| 18 | A | Ma Ning | China | 59.80 | 55.30 | 57.03 | 59.80 | SB |
| 19 | B | Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi | Greece | 56.21 | 57.88 | 59.64 | 59.64 | |
| 20 | B | Katherine Sayers | Great Britain | 59.11 | 53.64 | x | 59.11 | |
| 21 | B | Annika Suthe | Germany | 58.70 | 56.81 | 55.62 | 58.70 | |
| 22 | A | Mercedes Chilla | Spain | 54.12 | x | 58.45 | 58.45 | |
| 23 | A | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic | 55.39 | 58.20 | x | 58.20 | |
| 24 | B | Aïda Sellam | Tunisia | 57.76 | 52.77 | 53.22 | 57.76 | |
| 25 | A | Jarmila Klimešová | Czech Republic | 55.89 | 55.62 | 57.70 | 57.70 | |
| 26 | B | Oksana Yarygina | Russia | 57.57 | 54.20 | 50.28 | 57.57 | |
| 27 | A | Valeriya Zabruskova | Russia | 57.51 | 57.53 | 55.47 | 57.53 | |
| 28 | A | Paula Tarvainen | Finland | 56.88 | x | x | 56.88 | |
| 29 | B | Christina Scherwin | Denmark | 56.79 | 55.26 | 56.86 | 56.86 | |
| 30 | B | Elisabetta Marin | Italy | 54.43 | x | 56.34 | 56.34 | |
| 31 | B | Rita Ramanauskaitė | Lithuania | 55.17 | x | x | 55.17 | |
| 32 | B | Hristina Georgieva | Bulgaria | 49.69 | 54.65 | 55.13 | 55.13 | |
| 33 | B | Moonika Aava | Estonia | x | 53.41 | 54.96 | 54.96 | |
| 34 | A | Ilze Gribule | Latvia | 54.82 | 54.92 | 51.95 | 54.92 | |
| 35 | B | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa | 52.71 | 54.45 | 53.28 | 54.45 | |
| 36 | A | Chang Jung-yeon | South Korea | x | 50.54 | 53.93 | 53.93 | |
| 37 | B | Xue Juan | China | 52.97 | x | x | 52.97 | |
| 38 | B | Liliya Dusmetova | Uzbekistan | 49.86 | 50.92 | 52.46 | 52.46 | |
| 39 | B | Kim Kreiner | United States | 52.18 | x | 51.46 | 52.18 | |
| 40 | A | Dalila Rugama | Nicaragua | 47.81 | 51.42 | 46.18 | 51.42 | |
| 41 | A | Natallia Shymchuk | Belarus | 51.23 | x | 48.11 | 51.23 | |
| 42 | A | Leryn Franco | Paraguay | 49.17 | 48.20 | 50.37 | 50.37 | |
| 43 | A | Romina Maggi | Argentina | 46.00 | 48.57 | 48.58 | 48.58 | |
| 44 | B | Serafina Akeli | Samoa | 45.93 | 45.64 | 43.84 | 45.93 | |
| | A | Yekaterina Ivakina | Russia | x | x | — | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Osleidys Menéndez | Cuba | 71.53 | x | 65.41 | 68.60 | 63.64 | — | 71.53 | OR |
| | Steffi Nerius | Germany | 63.02 | 60.58 | x | x | 63.60 | 65.82 | 65.82 | PB |
| | Miréla Manjani | Greece | 62.29 | 63.61 | x | 62.20 | x | 64.29 | 64.29 | SB |
| 4 | Nikola Brejchová | Czech Republic | 62.46 | 63.77 | 64.23 | x | 63.77 | 62.55 | 64.23 | |
| 5 | Sonia Bisset | Cuba | 61.93 | 59.58 | 60.39 | 60.32 | 60.20 | 63.54 | 63.54 | |
| 6 | Laverne Eve | Bahamas | 57.25 | 58.09 | 62.77 | 58.50 | x | 59.02 | 62.77 | SB |
| 7 | Noraida Bicet | Cuba | 62.36 | 60.64 | 60.70 | 62.51 | 60.41 | 61.61 | 62.51 | |
| 8 | Tetyana Lyakhovych | Ukraine | 59.52 | 57.26 | 61.75 | x | 57.39 | 55.70 | 61.75 | |
| 9 | Savva Lika | Greece | 58.58 | 60.91 | 60.53 | | | | 60.91 | |
| 10 | Taina Kolkkala | Finland | 60.72 | 58.53 | 60.69 | | | | 60.72 | |
| 11 | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan | Romania | 58.04 | 57.42 | 59.72 | | | | 59.72 | |
| 12 | Barbara Madejczyk | Poland | 54.54 | 56.43 | 58.22 | | | | 58.22 | |