# 2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, on 30 September and 1 October 2019.

## Summary

On the second throw of the competition, returning bronze medalist Lü Huihui took the lead with a 64.93m. Three throwers later, her Chinese teammate Liu Shiying almost matched that with a 64.81m effort. Defending champion Barbora Špotáková fouled. The third-place thrower was Kelsey-Lee Barber, almost two metres behind. In the second round, Lü improved to 65.06m and Christin Hussong landed one only a centimetre behind, while Špotáková only managed a 59.52m. By the time of Špotáková's third attempt, she already knew Tatsiana Khaladovich held the #8 spot with 60.84m. She at least needed to beat that to continue in the competition, but her throw was almost a metre short. With a new champion destined, nobody improved through the fourth round. In the fifth, Liu threw a 65.88m to take the lead. Lü responded with a 65.49m but still not enough. On her final attempt, Barber tossed a 66.56 m (218 ft 4 in) to jump from a distant fourth place to take the gold medal.

## 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 | 71.70 | Osleidys Menéndez | CUB | 14 Aug 2005 | Helsinki, Finland |
| World leading | 67.98 | Lü Huihui | CHN | 2 Aug 2019 | Shenyang, China |
| African | 69.35 | Sunette Viljoen | RSA | 9 Jun 2012 | New York, United States |
| Asian | 67.98 | Lü Huihui | CHN | 2 Aug 2019 | Shenyang, China |
| NACAC | 71.70 | Osleidys 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 | 68.92 | Kathryn Mitchell | AUS | 11 Apr 2018 | Gold Coast, Australia |

## Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 September | 16:30 | Qualification |
| 1 October | 21:20 | Final |

### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying distance 63.50 (Q) or the 12 best athletes including ties (q) advanced to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
| 1 | B | Lü Huihui | China (CHN) | 62.90 | 67.27 | | 67.27 | Q |
| 2 | B | Christin Hussong | Germany (GER) | 65.29 | | | 65.29 | Q |
| 3 | A | Liu Shiying | China (CHN) | 62.35 | 63.48 | 61.56 | 63.48 | q |
| 4 | A | Martina Ratej | Slovenia (SLO) | 60.78 | 62.87 | – | 62.87 | q |
| 5 | A | Annu Rani | India (IND) | 57.05 | 62.43 | 60.50 | 62.43 | q, NR |
| 6 | B | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 58.27 | 62.15 | 62.15 | q |
| 7 | B | Kara Winger | United States (USA) | 60.56 | 61.51 | 62.13 | 62.13 | q |
| 8 | B | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Belarus (BLR) | x | 61.74 | x | 61.74 | q |
| 9 | A | Nikola Ogrodníková | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 50.95 | 61.17 | 61.17 | q |
| 10 | A | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Australia (AUS) | 61.08 | 58.95 | 58.20 | 61.08 | q |
| 11 | A | Sara Kolak | Croatia (CRO) | 60.03 | x | 60.99 | 60.99 | q |
| 12 | B | Irena Šedivá | Czech Republic (CZE) | 55.51 | 60.90 | x | 60.90 | q |
| 13 | A | Haruka Kitaguchi | Japan (JPN) | 57.34 | 60.84 | 60.54 | 60.84 | |
| 14 | B | Alexie Alaïs | France (FRA) | 57.37 | 60.46 | 56.83 | 60.46 | |
| 15 | A | Ariana Ince | United States (USA) | 60.44 | x | 58.08 | 60.44 | |
| 16 | A | Elizabeth Gleadle | Canada (CAN) | 57.35 | 59.22 | 60.17 | 60.17 | |
| 17 | B | Sunette Viljoen | South Africa (RSA) | 60.10 | 56.56 | 55.57 | 60.10 | |
| 18 | A | Madara Palameika | Latvia (LAT) | 59.95 | x | x | 59.95 | |
| 19 | B | Su Lingdan | China (CHN) | 58.56 | 53.73 | x | 58.56 | |
| 20 | A | Eda Tuğsuz | Turkey (TUR) | 56.98 | x | 58.28 | 58.28 | |
| 21 | A | Annika Fuchs | Germany (GER) | 57.10 | 58.16 | 56.74 | 58.16 | |
| 22 | B | Maria Andrejczyk | Poland (POL) | 57.68 | 55.39 | 56.28 | 57.68 | |
| 23 | B | Liveta Jasiūnaitė | Lithuania (LTU) | 56.90 | 55.15 | 55.97 | 56.90 | |
| 24 | A | Anete Kociņa | Latvia (LAT) | x | x | 56.70 | 56.70 | |
| 25 | B | Réka Szilágyi | Hungary (HUN) | 54.37 | 53.94 | 56.26 | 56.26 | |
| 26 | B | Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova | Ukraine (UKR) | 54.79 | 55.84 | x | 55.84 | |
| 27 | B | Līna Mūze | Latvia (LAT) | 55.66 | x | 55.11 | 55.66 | |
| 28 | A | Laila Domingos | Brazil (BRA) | 55.44 | 52.03 | 55.49 | 55.49 | |
| 29 | B | Yuka Sato | Japan (JPN) | 51.88 | x | 55.03 | 55.03 | |
| 30 | A | Yu Yuzhen | China (CHN) | 53.38 | 49.26 | 48.11 | 53.38 | |
| 31 | A | Victoria Hudson | Austria (AUT) | 52.51 | x | x | 52.51 | |

### Final

The final was started on 1 October at 21:22.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
| | Kelsey-Lee Barber | Australia (AUS) | 62.95 | 61.40 | 58.34 | 60.90 | 63.65 | 66.56 | 66.56 | |
| | Liu Shiying | China (CHN) | 64.81 | 62.61 | 64.82 | 61.82 | 65.88 | 65.75 | 65.88 | SB |
| | Lü Huihui | China (CHN) | 64.93 | 65.06 | 65.00 | 62.31 | 65.49 | 62.61 | 65.49 | |
| 4 | Christin Hussong | Germany (GER) | 60.58 | 65.05 | 60.26 | 60.84 | 62.25 | 65.21 | 65.21 | |
| 5 | Kara Winger | United States (USA) | 57.96 | 61.77 | 62.88 | x | 63.23 | 62.40 | 63.23 | |
| 6 | Tatsiana Khaladovich | Belarus (BLR) | x | 60.84 | 62.54 | 62.23 | 60.51 | 61.98 | 62.54 | |
| 7 | Sara Kolak | Croatia (CRO) | 58.22 | 62.22 | 60.93 | 57.09 | 62.28 | 56.21 | 62.28 | |
| 8 | Annu Rani | India (IND) | 59.25 | 61.12 | 60.20 | 60.40 | 58.49 | 57.93 | 61.12 | |
| 9 | Barbora Špotáková | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 59.52 | 59.87 | | | | 59.87 | |
| 10 | Martina Ratej | Slovenia (SLO) | 58.98 | 57.22 | 57.32 | | | | 58.98 | |
| 11 | Nikola Ogrodníková | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 56.01 | 57.24 | | | | 57.24 | |
| 12 | Irena Šedivá | Czech Republic (CZE) | 55.73 | x | 55.86 | | | | 55.86 | |