# 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Girls' javelin throw

The girls' javelin throw at the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadio Olímpico Pascual Guerrero in Cali, Colombia from 15 to 16 July 2015.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Xue Juan (CHN) | 62.93 | Changsha, China | 27 October 2003 |
| Championship Record | Mackenzie Little (AUS) | 61.47 | Donetsk, Ukraine | 11 July 2013 |
| World Youth Leading | Yu Yuzhen (CHN) | 61.97 | Doha, Qatar | 8 May 2015 |

## Results
### Qualification

With qualifying standard of 52.00 (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Nikol Tabačková | Czech Republic | 50.69 | 55.29 | | 55.29 | Q |
| 2 | A | Lotte Reimann | Germany | 54.35 | | | 54.35 | Q, PB |
| 3 | A | Stella Weinberg | Norway | 53.46 | | | 53.46 | Q |
| 4 | B | Laine Donāne | Latvia | x | 52.71 | | 52.71 | Q |
| 5 | B | Chen Jiajia | China | 46.36 | 52.34 | | 52.34 | Q |
| 6 | A | Sophia Rivera | United States | 49.26 | 47.72 | 52.21 | 52.21 | Q, PB |
| 7 | A | Haruka Kitaguchi | Japan | 51.27 | 52.15 | | 52.15 | Q, PB |
| 8 | B | Katelyn Gochenour | United States | 51.76 | 48.70 | x | 51.76 | q, PB |
| 9 | A | Yu Yuzhen | China | 51.61 | x | 46.03 | 51.61 | q |
| 10 | B | Anneke Germishuys | South Africa | 49.65 | x | 45.87 | 49.65 | q |
| 11 | A | Maritza Escárcega | Mexico | 48.05 | 46.04 | 49.05 | 49.05 | q, PB |
| 12 | B | Emma Hamplett | Great Britain | 48.58 | x | x | 48.58 | q |
| 13 | A | Afrodíti Manioú | Greece | x | 44.38 | 48.52 | 48.52 | |
| 14 | B | Géraldine Ruckstuhl | Switzerland | x | x | 48.13 | 48.13 | |
| 15 | B | Tsugumi Okabayashi | Japan | 47.64 | 46.51 | 42.33 | 47.64 | PB |
| 16 | B | Araceli Llanes | Paraguay | 45.60 | x | 46.90 | 46.90 | |
| 17 | B | Salma Mohsen Taha | Egypt | 46.89 | 44.35 | 45.29 | 46.89 | |
| 18 | A | Carolin Näslund | Sweden | x | x | 46.88 | 46.88 | |
| 19 | A | Valeriya Kuchina | Russia | x | x | 46.83 | 46.83 | |
| 20 | A | Oleksandra Zarytska | Ukraine | x | 46.10 | 42.43 | 46.10 | |
| 21 | B | Francesca Iacuzzo | Italy | x | 45.46 | 40.63 | 45.46 | |
| 22 | B | Franja Želimorski | Croatia | x | 34.55 | 45.26 | 45.26 | |
| 23 | A | Sara Zabarino | Italy | 44.00 | 45.19 | x | 45.19 | |
| 24 | B | Gabriela Soler | Venezuela | x | 45.17 | 43.46 | 45.17 | |
| 25 | B | Maja Gustavsson | Sweden | 44.72 | 44.78 | 43.10 | 44.78 | |
| 26 | A | Marcella Liiv | Estonia | 43.48 | 42.26 | 41.35 | 43.48 | |
| 27 | B | Eleni Geli | Greece | x | 43.18 | 41.55 | 43.18 | |
| 28 | A | Claudia Lapuerta | Spain | 40.00 | 41.68 | x | 41.68 | |
| 29 | A | Guisett Ortiz | Colombia | 37.90 | x | 34.78 | 37.90 | PB |
| – | A | Carli Nieuwenhuizen | South Africa | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Haruka Kitaguchi | Japan | 56.42 | 51.92 | x | 52.93 | 60.35 | 56.42 | 60.35 | PB |
| | Stella Weinberg | Norway | x | 51.99 | 57.11 | x | r | | 57.11 | PB |
| | Laine Donāne | Latvia | 56.15 | x | 51.71 | x | 55.41 | 56.10 | 56.15 | |
| 4 | Nikol Tabačková | Czech Republic | 53.86 | 49.54 | 52.29 | 50.46 | 55.97 | 54.39 | 55.97 | |
| 5 | Chen Jiajia | China | 46.44 | 53.95 | 52.85 | x | x | 53.08 | 53.95 | |
| 6 | Anneke Germishuys | South Africa | 50.04 | 53.10 | x | 44.84 | 49.00 | x | 53.10 | PB |
| 7 | Yu Yuzhen | China | 49.79 | x | 49.90 | 51.42 | 51.51 | 50.66 | 51.51 | |
| 8 | Sophia Rivera | United States | x | 48.11 | 50.85 | 48.18 | – | – | 50.85 | |
| 9 | Emma Hamplett | Great Britain | 47.56 | x | 41.88 | | | | 47.56 | |
| 10 | Maritza Escárcega | Mexico | 46.52 | x | x | | | | 46.52 | |
| 11 | Lotte Reimann | Germany | 45.63 | 29.60 | 46.11 | | | | 46.11 | |
| 12 | Katelyn Gochenour | United States | x | x | 45.88 | | | | 45.88 | |