# 2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 23 and 25 August 2023.

## Summary

There were a few surprises in the javelin. Defending champion Kelsey-Lee Barber barely made the final. Her final throw of the preliminary round getting the 12th spot. Later, her third throw in the finals barely reached 8th place and she wouldn't get any further luck.
Veteran Flor Ruiz's season best was 61.83m, dating back to March. Her personal best of 63.84m dated back to 2016. In the first round of the final, she launched a South American record 65.47 m (214 ft 9 in). Only returning bronze medalist/world leader Haruka Kitaguchi, 61.78m and Olympic gold medalist Liu Shiying 61.66m, were able to get over 60 meters. Victoria Hudson threw 62.14m to start the second round, and Kitaguchi improved to 61.99m. Kitaguchi's third round effort of 63.00m put her into silver position. In the fourth round, Anete Kociņa moved into silver position with a 63.18m. Then in the final round Mackenzie Little jumped into the silver position with a 63.38m dropping Kitaguchi out of the medals. But Kitaguchi still had her last attempt and she used it to throw 66.73 m (218 ft 11 in) to leapfrog into the gold medal.

## Records

Before the competition records were as follows:
| Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
| World record | Barbora Špotáková (CZE) | 72.28 m | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 September 2008 |
| Championship record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.70 m | Helsinki, Finland | 14 August 2005 |
| World Leading | Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN) | 67.04 m | Chorzów, Poland | 16 July 2023 |
| African Record | Sunette Viljoen (RSA) | 69.35 m | New York City, United States | 9 June 2012 |
| Asian Record | Lyu Huihui (CHN) | 67.98 m | Shenyang, China | 2 August 2019 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.70 m | Helsinki, Finland | 14 August 2005 |
| South American Record | Flor Ruiz (COL) | 63.84 m | Cali, Colombia | 25 June 2016 |
| European Record | Barbora Špotáková (CZE) | 72.28 m | Stuttgart, Germany | 13 September 2008 |
| Oceanian record | Kathryn Mitchell (AUS) | 68.92 m | Gold Coast, Australia | 11 April 2018 |

## Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 63.80 m.

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 23 August | 11:55 | Qualification |
| 25 August | 20:20 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 61.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) qualify to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | A | Līna Mūze | Latvia (LAT) | 53.96 | 56.88 | 63.50 | 63.50 | Q |
| 2 | B | Mackenzie Little | Australia (AUS) | 50.94 | 58.79 | 63.45 | 63.45 | Q |
| 3 | A | Haruka Kitaguchi | Japan (JPN) | 59.04 | 63.27 | | 63.27 | Q |
| 4 | A | Victoria Hudson | Austria (AUT) | 62.96 | | | 62.96 | Q |
| 5 | A | María Lucelly Murillo | Colombia (COL) | 59.34 | 62.72 | | 62.72 | Q, PB |
| 6 | A | Kathryn Mitchell | Australia (AUS) | 62.10 | | | 62.10 | Q, SB |
| 7 | B | Flor Ruiz | Colombia (COL) | 60.73 | 60.23 | 62.05 | 62.05 | Q, SB |
| 8 | B | Anete Kociņa | Latvia (LAT) | x | 61.27 | 58.46 | 61.27 | q |
| 9 | A | Liu Shiying | China (CHN) | 60.41 | x | 60.72 | 60.72 | q |
| 10 | A | Jo-Ane van Dyk | South Africa (RSA) | 59.34 | 57.59 | 60.09 | 60.09 | q |
| 11 | B | Jucilene de Lima | Brazil (BRA) | 58.39 | 57.94 | 59.76 | 59.76 | q |
| 12 | A | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Australia (AUS) | 58.10 | 55.90 | 59.66 | 59.66 | q |
| 13 | B | Tori Peeters | New Zealand (NZL) | 57.95 | 59.59 | 54.46 | 59.59 | |
| 14 | B | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 59.00 | 56.88 | 57.61 | 59.00 | |
| 15 | B | Marina Saito | Japan (JPN) | x | 56.24 | 58.95 | 58.95 | |
| 16 | A | Adriana Vilagoš | Serbia (SRB) | 58.65 | 58.10 | 55.55 | 58.65 | |
| 17 | A | Anni-Linnea Alanen | Finland (FIN) | 53.66 | 54.79 | 58.30 | 58.30 | |
| 18 | B | Maggie Malone | United States (USA) | 56.27 | 57.85 | 54.46 | 57.85 | |
| 19 | A | Annu Rani | India (IND) | 57.05 | x | 56.01 | 57.05 | |
| 20 | A | Réka Szilágyi | Hungary (HUN) | 56.21 | 54.14 | x | 56.21 | |
| 21 | A | Momone Ueda | Japan (JPN) | 54.67 | 56.19 | 56.19 | 56.19 | |
| 22 | A | Dilhani Lekamge | Sri Lanka (SRI) | 54.77 | 50.00 | 55.89 | 55.89 | |
| 23 | B | Sara Kolak | Croatia (CRO) | 50.80 | x | 55.89 | 55.89 | |
| 24 | B | Nikol Tabačková [cs] | Czech Republic (CZE) | 49.88 | 55.45 | x | 55.45 | |
| 25 | A | Juleisy Angulo [de] | Ecuador (ECU) | x | 52.82 | 55.27 | 55.27 | |
| 26 | B | Angéla Moravcsik | Hungary (HUN) | 52.54 | x | 55.10 | 55.10 | |
| 27 | A | Ariana Ince | United States (USA) | 54.60 | x | x | 54.60 | |
| 28 | A | Nikola Ogrodníková | Czech Republic (CZE) | 50.78 | 54.59 | 54.36 | 54.59 | |
| 29 | A | Martina Ratej | Slovenia (SLO) | 54.41 | x | 53.35 | 54.41 | |
| 30 | B | Elina Tzengko | Greece (GRE) | 53.70 | 54.27 | x | 54.27 | |
| 31 | B | Marija Vučenović | Serbia (SRB) | x | 54.21 | 52.27 | 54.21 | |
| 32 | B | Irena Gillarová | Czech Republic (CZE) | 54.15 | x | 53.06 | 54.15 | |
| 33 | B | Rhema Otabor | Bahamas (BAH) | 48.34 | 53.62 | x | 53.62 | |
| 34 | B | Sigrid Borge | Norway (NOR) | 52.09 | x | 53.34 | 53.34 | |
| – | B | Eda Tuğsuz | Turkey (TUR) | x | x | x | NM | |
| – | B | Gedly Tugi [et] | Estonia (EST) | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

The final started on 25 August at 20:20.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Haruka Kitaguchi | Japan (JPN) | 61.78 | 61.99 | 63.00 | 62.36 | 62.68 | 66.73 | 66.73 | |
| | Flor Ruiz | Colombia (COL) | 65.47 | 62.45 | 62.89 | 59.73 | x | 60.97 | 65.47 | AR |
| | Mackenzie Little | Australia (AUS) | 59.95 | 56.81 | 61.41 | 61.23 | 61.66 | 63.38 | 63.38 | |
| 4 | Anete Kociņa | Latvia (LAT) | 59.04 | 58.82 | 59.66 | 63.18 | x | 62.02 | 63.18 | SB |
| 5 | Victoria Hudson | Austria (AUT) | 59.08 | 62.14 | 59.20 | 62.92 | 59.56 | 59.84 | 62.92 | |
| 6 | Liu Shiying | China (CHN) | 61.66 | x | x | 61.16 | 61.23 | 58.72 | 61.66 | SB |
| 7 | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Australia (AUS) | 55.82 | 59.44 | 58.98 | 58.31 | 61.19 | 61.01 | 61.19 | |
| 8 | Jucilene de Lima | Brazil (BRA) | 58.49 | x | 60.34 | x | 58.33 | x | 60.34 | |
| 9 | Līna Mūze | Latvia (LAT) | 58.43 | x | x | | | | 58.43 | |
| 10 | Jo-Ane van Dyk | South Africa (RSA) | 57.43 | 54.45 | 53.99 | | | | 57.43 | |
| 11 | María Lucelly Murillo | Colombia (COL) | x | x | 54.85 | | | | 54.85 | |
| | Kathryn Mitchell | Australia (AUS) | | | | | | | | DNS |