# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

The final of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Monday August 6, 2001. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, with the qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres. Cuba's eventual winner Osleidys Menéndez broke the event record twice during the final, in her second (69.42 metres) and third attempt (69.53 metres).

## Medalists

| Gold | Osleidys Menéndez Cuba (CUB) |
| Silver | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili Greece (GRE) |
| Bronze | Sonia Bisset Cuba (CUB) |

## Schedule

* All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 04.08.2001 – 14:35h | 04.08.2001 – 16:25h |
| Final Round ||
| 06.08.2001 – 17:05h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.54 m | July 1, 2001 | Rethymno, Greece |
| Event Record | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) | 67.09 m | August 28, 1999 | Seville, Spain |
| Season Best | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.54 m | July 1, 2001 | Rethymno, Greece |
| Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 69.53 m | August 6, 2001 | Edmonton, Canada |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Nikola Tomecková (CZE) | X | 65.71 | — | 65.71 m | Q, NR |
| 2 | 3 | Sonia Bisset (CUB) | 60.78 | 63.24 | — | 63.24 m | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) | 61.75 | — | — | 61.75 m | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Wei Jianhua (CHN) | 61.56 | — | — | 61.56 m | Q, SB |
| 5 | 9 | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 59.59 | 60.89 | 57.83 | 60.89 m | q |
| 6 | 13 | Paula Huhtaniemi (FIN) | 53.68 | 58.26 | X | 58.26 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Nikolett Szabó (HUN) | 57.21 | X | 57.60 | 57.60 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) | 52.72 | 57.43 | X | 57.43 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Takako Miyake (JPN) | 55.81 | 56.05 | 54.94 | 56.05 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Ana Mirela Țermure (ROM) | X | 52.14 | 52.65 | 52.65 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Dominique Bilodeau (CAN) | 45.24 | X | 44.01 | 45.24 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 64.39 | — | — | 64.39 m | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) | 60.22 | 61.93 | — | 61.93 m | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 61.90 | — | — | 61.90 m | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 59.40 | 61.42 | — | 61.42 m | Q |
| 5 | 10 | Xiomara Rivero (CUB) | 59.78 | 58.60 | 59.14 | 59.78 m | q |
| 6 | 11 | Taina Kolkkala (FIN) | 54.83 | 59.62 | 59.06 | 59.62 m | q, SB |
| 7 | 12 | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | 58.42 | 53.76 | 58.34 | 58.42 m | q |
| 8 | 16 | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM) | 56.61 | X | X | 56.61 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Laverne Eve (BAH) | 55.26 | X | 56.10 | 56.10 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Zuleima Araméndiz (COL) | 52.23 | 50.70 | 50.98 | 52.23 m | |
| 11 | 21 | Lindy Leveaux (SEY) | 49.01 | 49.40 | X | 49.40 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 66.56 | 69.42 | 69.53 | X | 65.63 | 66.70 | 69.53 m | CR |
| | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) | 64.69 | 63.80 | X | X | 65.78 | 62.68 | 65.78 m | |
| | Sonia Bisset (CUB) | 63.14 | X | 57.77 | 61.32 | 64.69 | X | 64.69 m | |
| 4 | Nikola Tomecková (CZE) | 63.11 | 62.91 | X | X | 62.74 | 59.83 | 63.11 m | |
| 5 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 62.08 | X | 58.52 | X | X | 56.01 | 62.08 m | |
| 6 | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 61.94 | 60.40 | X | 57.91 | 60.89 | 60.91 | 61.94 m | |
| 7 | Xiomara Rivero (CUB) | 58.56 | 61.60 | 59.00 | 61.27 | 61.43 | 61.40 | 61.60 m | |
| 8 | Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) | 61.01 | 57.88 | 58.61 | 60.74 | 58.17 | 58.96 | 61.01 m | |
| 9 | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 59.26 | 60.91 | X | | | | 60.91 m | |
| 10 | Wei Jianhua (CHN) | 52.48 | 58.31 | 58.45 | | | | 58.45 m | |
| 11 | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | 54.46 | 57.27 | 56.08 | | | | 57.27 m | |
| 12 | Taina Kolkkala (FIN) | 53.72 | 57.21 | 53.19 | | | | 57.21 m | |