Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw explained

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program went held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, 29 September and Saturday, 30 September.^[1]

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws. The qualifying distance was 61.50 metres. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

Schedule

• All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
29.09.2000  - 10:00h	29.09.2000  - 11:45h
Final Round
30.09.2000  - 20:00h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
OR	olympic record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics
		69.41 m	28 July 2000	Oslo, Norway
	New javelin was introduced officially from 01.04.1999
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
		67.34 m	29 September 2000
		68.91 m	30 September 2000

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
				1	2	3
1	2			65.76	—	—	65.76 m	PB
2	3			65.44	—	—	65.44 m
3	4			63.34	—	—	63.34 m
4	7			58.94	60.85	X	60.85 m
5	9			57.01	X	60.57	60.57 m
6	11			59.13	X	60.09	60.09 m
7	13			57.81	X	59.21	59.21 m
8	14			58.86	55.95	56.72	58.86 m
9	22			55.67	56.31	53.86	56.31 m
10	24			55.30	52.43	55.58	55.58 m
11	26			X	52.77	55.25	55.25 m
12	27			X	54.94	52.97	54.94 m
13	28			54.60	51.10	53.31	54.60 m
14	29			51.02	53.85	49.90	53.85 m
15	30			53.83	X	X	53.83 m
16	31			53.32	X	—	53.32 m
17	32			52.78	48.80	46.46	52.78 m
18	35			47.56	X	48.33	48.33 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Country	Attempts			Distance	Note
				1	2	3
1	1			67.34	—	—	67.34 m	AR
2	5			61.89	—	—	61.89 m	SB
3	6			61.54	—	—	61.54 m
4	8			60.64	X	57.19	60.64 m
5	10			60.12	X	57.05	60.12 m
6	12			59.49	55.40	59.40	59.49 m
7	15			54.11	58.75	X	58.75 m
8	16			X	57.98	58.36	58.36 m
9	17			53.34	57.57	58.34	58.34 m
10	18			X	58.11	X	58.11 m
11	19			55.81	53.33	57.41	57.41 m
12	20			57.39	X	X	57.39 m
13	21			55.98	52.83	56.36	56.36 m
14	23			X	56.27	50.50	56.27 m
15	25			55.52	55.01	X	55.52 m
16	33			49.84	X	X	49.84 m
17	34			41.22	49.16	47.37	49.16 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		68.91	62.27	X	64.38	66.22	64.09	68.91 m	OR
		X	65.56	67.51	61.96	65.34	67.51	67.51 m	NR
		66.03	64.99	65.17	63.95	62.47	66.18	66.18 m
4		61.99	61.41	64.84	57.88	61.11	61.02	64.84 m
5		63.26	62.77	X	X	62.85	63.11	63.26 m
6		62.10	62.92	X	60.20	X	X	62.92 m	PB
7		58.28	62.91	61.54	X	X	61.97	62.91 m
8		58.13	55.86	58.69	56.12	61.30	62.10	62.10 m
9		58.10	55.97	58.56				58.56 m
10		54.06	58.23	58.33				58.33 m
11		X	X	56.83				56.83 m
12		56.46	54.28	56.74				56.74 m

See also

• 1999 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
• 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

External links

• Official Report
• todor66

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174921/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/ATH/womens-javelin-throw.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 20 January 2018 . sports-reference.com.