# 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 30 August.
There were eight automatic qualifiers out of the first round. With the best mark qualifiers, the German team was able to get four into the finals including defending champion Christina Obergföll, the home team was able to get two when Lü Huihui got in with the tenth qualifier. World leader Sunette Viljoen also could not make the automatic but got into the finals while the world record holder Barbora Špotáková did get an automatic.
The partisan locals were overjoyed when Lü took over the lead with a 63.80 and three throws later Li Lingwei improved upon that with a 64.10, putting the home team in first and second place. That lead held through the second round as closest anybody could come was Viljoen at 63.09 to take third place. Obergföl started the third round with a new leader 64.61, but Lü came back with an answer of 64.72 which held the lead until the next thrower Katharina Molitor threw it 2 cm further. Špotáková barely made 60 and didn't get to make the last three throws. In the fourth round, Viljoen threw 65.79 to move into the lead and as the fifth round was ending, Lü uncorked a 66.13 to set a new Asian Record and take the lead to a furious ovation. That was the status going into the last throw of the competition. Molitor had seen her leading position drop to third place over the last 2 rounds but found the answer, a 67.69 to let the air out of the crowd.

## 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 | Sunette Viljoen (RSA) | 66.62 | Melbourne, Australia | 21 March 2015 |
| African record | Sunette Viljoen (RSA) | 69.35 | New York City, United States | 9 Jun 2012 |
| Asian record | Zhang Li (CHN) | 65.47 | Incheon, South Korea | 1 October 2014 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Olisdeilys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.70 | Helsinki, Finland | 14 August 2005 |
| South American record | Flor Ruiz (COL) | 63.80 | Xalapa, Mexico | 27 November 2014 |
| European record | Barbora Špotáková (CZE) | 72.28 | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 September 2008 |
| Oceanian record | Kimberley Mickle (AUS) | 66.83 | Melbourne, Australia | 22 March 2014 |
| The following records were established during the competition: |||||
| Asian record | Lü Huihui (CHN) | 66.13 | Beijing, China | 30 August 2015 |
| World leading | Katharina Molitor (GER) | 67.69 | Beijing, China | 30 August 2015 |

## Qualification standards

* Entry standards
* 61.00

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 28 August 2015 | 19:00 | Qualification |
| 30 August 2015 | 18:45 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)

## Results

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

### Qualification

Qualification: 63.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | # 1 | # 2 | # 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Christin Hussong | Germany (GER) | 60.27 | 61.00 | 65.92 | 65.92 | Q, PB |
| 2 | B | Li Lingwei | China (CHN) | 65.07 | | | 65.07 | Q, SB |
| 3 | B | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 60.62 | 65.02 | | 65.02 | Q |
| 4 | A | Brittany Borman | United States (USA) | 58.24 | x | 64.22 | 64.22 | Q |
| 5 | A | Christina Obergföll | Germany (GER) | x | x | 64.10 | 64.10 | Q |
| 6 | B | Elizabeth Gleadle | Canada (CAN) | 64.02 | | | 64.02 | Q |
| 7 | A | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa (RSA) | 63.93 | | | 63.93 | Q |
| 8 | B | Linda Stahl | Germany (GER) | 62.12 | 61.21 | 63.52 | 63.52 | Q |
| 9 | A | Katharina Molitor | Germany (GER) | 60.64 | 59.90 | 63.23 | 63.23 | q |
| 10 | A | Lü Huihui | China (CHN) | 59.66 | 63.15 | – | 63.15 | q |
| 11 | B | Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala | Latvia (LAT) | 62.81 | x | x | 62.81 | q, SB |
| 12 | B | Kara Winger | United States (USA) | 61.59 | 62.21 | 59.18 | 62.21 | q |
| 13 | A | Madara Palameika | Latvia (LAT) | 59.78 | x | 62.17 | 62.17 | |
| 14 | A | Zhang Li | China (CHN) | 61.29 | 61.80 | 56.23 | 61.80 | SB |
| 15 | A | Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova | Ukraine (UKR) | 59.25 | 61.41 | x | 61.41 | SB |
| 16 | B | Marharyta Dorozhon | Israel (ISR) | 61.04 | 59.79 | 60.63 | 61.04 | |
| 17 | B | Kathryn Mitchell | Australia (AUS) | 61.04 | x | x | 61.04 | |
| 18 | B | Yulenmis Aguilar | Cuba (CUB) | 60.52 | 59.05 | 58.04 | 60.52 | |
| 19 | A | Yuki Ebihara | Japan (JPN) | 53.67 | 57.56 | 60.30 | 60.30 | |
| 20 | A | Kelsey-Lee Roberts | Australia (AUS) | 60.18 | 58.03 | 49.78 | 60.18 | |
| 21 | A | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Belarus (BLR) | x | 55.67 | 60.07 | 60.07 | |
| 22 | B | Kimberley Mickle | Australia (AUS) | x | 59.83 | x | 59.83 | |
| 23 | A | Martina Ratej | Slovenia (SLO) | 57.13 | 59.76 | x | 59.76 | |
| 24 | A | Vera Rebrik | Russia (RUS) | 59.67 | x | 59.35 | 59.67 | |
| 25 | A | Jucilene de Lima | Brazil (BRA) | 59.38 | 59.49 | 51.18 | 59.49 | |
| 26 | A | Goldie Sayers | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 58.28 | 58.11 | x | 58.28 | |
| 27 | B | Flor Ruiz | Colombia (COL) | x | 56.70 | 57.25 | 57.25 | |
| 28 | B | Maria Andrejczyk | Poland (POL) | 52.86 | 53.44 | 56.75 | 56.75 | |
| 29 | B | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | Iceland (ISL) | 56.72 | x | x | 56.72 | |
| 30 | B | Mariya Abakumova | Russia (RUS) | 56.08 | 55.69 | x | 56.08 | |
| 31 | A | Sanni Utriainen | Finland (FIN) | 54.57 | 55.56 | x | 55.56 | |
| 32 | B | Kateryna Derun | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 53.49 | x | 53.49 | |

### Final

The final was started at 18:45
| Rank | Name | Nationality | # 1 | # 2 | # 3 | # 4 | # 5 | # 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Katharina Molitor | Germany (GER) | 60.84 | 61.37 | 64.74 | 61.86 | 62.13 | 67.69 | 67.69 | WL |
| | Lü Huihui | China (CHN) | 63.80 | x | 64.72 | 59.65 | 66.13 | 63.72 | 66.13 | AR |
| | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa (RSA) | 60.18 | 63.09 | 62.93 | 65.79 | 62.11 | 60.11 | 65.79 | |
| 4 | Christina Obergföll | Germany (GER) | x | 61.04 | 64.61 | x | 62.51 | x | 64.61 | SB |
| 5 | Li Lingwei | China (CHN) | 64.10 | 62.56 | 61.94 | x | 62.87 | x | 64.10 | |
| 6 | Christin Hussong | Germany (GER) | x | 59.98 | 62.94 | 62.98 | x | x | 62.98 | |
| 7 | Sinta Ozoliņa-Kovala | Latvia (LAT) | 62.20 | 60.56 | x | 58.88 | x | x | 62.20 | |
| 8 | Kara Winger | United States (USA) | 58.55 | 60.63 | 60.88 | 59.34 | 59.28 | x | 60.88 | |
| 9 | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 59.54 | 60.08 | | | | 60.08 | |
| 10 | Linda Stahl | Germany (GER) | 58.82 | 59.69 | 59.88 | | | | 59.88 | |
| 11 | Elizabeth Gleadle | Canada (CAN) | 59.78 | 59.82 | x | | | | 59.82 | |
| 12 | Brittany Borman | United States (USA) | 57.96 | 58.26 | 57.86 | | | | 58.26 | |