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Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event=Women's javelin throw|games=2024 Summer

|image=

|caption=

|venue=Stade de France, Paris, France

|competitors=

|nations=

|teams=

|win_value=65.80 m

|win_label=Winning distance

|gold=Haruka Kitaguchi

|goldNOC=JPN

|silver=Jo-Ané van Dyk

|silverNOC=SAF

|bronze=Nikola Ogrodníková

|bronzeNOC=CZE

|prev=2020

|next=2028

|date={{ubl|7 August 2024 (qualification)
10 August 2024 (final)}}}}

{{Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics}}

The women's javelin throw at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held in Paris, France, on 7 and 10 August 2024. This was the 22nd time that the event was contested at the Summer Olympics.

Summary

Liu Shiying did not return to defend her title, silver medalist Maria Andrejczyk and bronze Kelsey-Lee Barber were back, as was 2016 Gold Medalist Sara Kolak. Barber won the 2019 and 2022 World Championships. Lü Huihui won silver back in 2015 and had two bronzes from 2017 and 2019. Haruka Kitaguchi won the 2023 World Championships on the last throw to beat Flor Ruiz and bronze medalist Mackenzie Little. Ruiz is the seasonal World Leader from the 2024 Ibero-American Championships in Athletics back in May.

In the qualification round there were eight automatic qualifiers over 62 metres. Andrejczyk, Ruiz, Jo-Ané van Dyk and Kitaguchi got it on their first attempt. It took 61.08m to get the small q, eliminating Lü and Barber.https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C74F_ATHWJAVELIN-----------QUAL--------.pdf

Andrejczyk started the action off with 62.44m. After three other throwers, Kitaguchi got off a good one, {{T&FcalcR|65.80}}. Five throwers later Kathryn Mitchell moved into second place with 62.63m. Near the end of the first round, Yulenmis Aguilar advanced ahead of her with a 62.78m. In the second round, Ruiz took over second position throwing 63 metres exactly. Then in the third round, van Dyk went from 10th place, in danger of not getting her final attempts, to second position with a 63.93m. Two throws later, Sara Kolak was in 11th place, then threw 63.40m to grab onto the podium. Kolak would hold that spot for five more throwers, then Nikola Ogrodníková leapfrogged from dead last to bronze with 63.68m. Those extra three attempts did not prove to be significant, nobody was able to improve, though Kitaguchi did back up her winning first round throw with a 64.73m.https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C51J2_ATHWJAVELIN-----------FNL-000100--.pdfhttps://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/ATH/OG2024_ATH_C73I2_ATHWJAVELIN-----------FNL-000100--.pdf

Background

The women's javelin throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1932.

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|+Global records before the 2024 Summer Olympics

!Record

!Athlete (Nation)

!Distance (m)

!Location

!Date

World record

|{{Flagathlete|Barbora Špotáková|CZE}}

|72.28[https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/throws/javelin-throw/all/women/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2024-08-01&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229533&ageCategory=senior All time Top lists – Senior – Javelin throw women]", World Athletics, 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

|Stuttgart, Germany

|13 September 2008

Olympic record

|{{Flagathlete|Osleidys Menéndez|CUB}}

|71.53

|Athens, Greece

|27 August 2004

World leading

|{{Flagathlete|Flor Ruiz|COL}}

|66.70"[https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/throws/javelin-throw/all/women/senior?regionType=world&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2024-08-01&maxResultsByCountry=all&eventId=10229533&ageCategory=senior Season Top Lists – Senior 2024 – Javelin throw women]", World Athletics, 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

|Cuiabá, Brazil

|12 May 2024

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|+Area records before the 2024 Summer Olympics{{Cite web |date=3 July 2024 |title=Records – Javelin throw women |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/throws/javelin-throw/all/women |access-date=3 July 2024 |website=World Athletics}}

!Area Record

!Athlete (Nation)

!Distance (m)

Africa (records)

|{{Flagathlete|Sunette Viljoen|RSA}}

|69.35

Asia (records)

|{{Flagathlete|Lü Huihui|CHN}}

|67.98

Europe (records)

|{{Flagathlete|Barbora Špotáková|CZE}}

|72.28 WR

North, Central America
and Caribbean (records)

|{{Flagathlete|Osleidys Menéndez|CUB}}

|71.70

Oceania (records)

|{{Flagathlete|Kathryn Mitchell|AUS}}

|68.92

South America (records)

|{{Flagathlete|Flor Ruiz|COL}}

|66.70

Qualification

{{main|Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification#Women's javelin throw}}

For the women's javelin throw event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 64.00 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.Sean McAlister, "[https://olympics.com/en/news/how-to-qualify-paris-2024-athletics-qualification-system-explained How to qualify for athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained]", Olympics.com, 20 December 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.{{Cite web |title=Road To {{!}} World Athletics |url=https://worldathletics.org/stats-zone/road-to/7153115?eventId=10229511 |access-date=7 July 2024 |website=worldathletics.org}}

Results

= Qualification =

The qualification was held on 7 August, starting at 10:25 (UTC+2) for Group A and 11:50 (UTC+2) for Group B in the morning. 32 athletes qualified for the first round by qualification time or world ranking."[https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/schedule/athletics Paris 2024 - Olympic Schedule - Athletics]", Olympics.com. Retrieved 29 June 2024.

Qualification Rules: Qualifying performance 62 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final

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!Rank

!Group

!Athlete

!Nation

!1

!2

!3

!Distance

!Notes

bgcolor="#bbf3bb"

|1

|B

| align="left" |Maria Andrejczyk

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|POL|2024 Summer}}

| 65.52

| —

| —

| 65.52

| {{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor="#bbf3bb"

|2

|B

| align="left" |Sara Kolak

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|CRO|2024 Summer}}

| 54.04

| 64.57

| —

| 64.57

| {{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor="#bbf3bb"

|3

|B

| align="left" |Flor Ruiz

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|COL|2024 Summer}}

| 64.40

| —

| —

| 64.40

| {{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor="#bbf3bb"

|4

|A

| align="left" |Jo-Ane van Dyk

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RSA|2024 Summer}}

| 64.22

| —

| —

| 64.22

| {{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|PB}}

bgcolor="#bbf3bb"

|5

|B

| align="left" |Elina Tzengko

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GRE|2024 Summer}}

| 52.02

| 61.09

| 63.22

| 63.22

| {{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor="#bbf3bb"

|6

|A

| align="left" |Mackenzie Little

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}

| 59.59

| 62.82

| —

| 62.82

| {{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor="#bbf3bb"

|7

|B

| align="left" |Haruka Kitaguchi

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|JPN|2024 Summer}}

| 62.58

| —

| —

| 62.58

| {{AthAbbr|Q}}

bgcolor="#bbf3bb"

|8

|A

| align="left" |Kathryn Mitchell

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}

| 58.71

| 62.40

| —

| 62.40

| {{AthAbbr|Q}}, {{AthAbbr|SB}}

bgcolor=ccf9cc

|9

|B

| align="left" |Yulenmis Aguilar

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|ESP|2024 Summer}}

| 61.95

| 58.35

| 59.92

| 61.95

| {{AthAbbr|q}}

bgcolor=ccf9cc

|10

|B

| align="left" |Marie-Therese Obst

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|NOR|2024 Summer}}

| 61.82

| x

| 55.40

| 61.82

| {{AthAbbr|q}}

bgcolor=ccf9cc

|11

|A

| align="left" |Nikola Ogrodníková

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|CZE|2024 Summer}}

| x

| 59.12

| 61.16

| 61.16

| {{AthAbbr|q}}

bgcolor=ccf9cc

|12

|B

| align="left" |Momone Ueda

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|JPN|2024 Summer}}

| 56.77

| 61.08

| 56.87

| 61.08

| {{AthAbbr|q}}

13

|B

| align="left" |Adriana Vilagoš

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|SRB|2024 Summer}}

| 60.49

| 60.17

| 49.41

| 60.49

|

14

|B

| align="left" |Petra Sičaková

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|CZE|2024 Summer}}

| 60.47

| 59.68

| 59.44

| 60.47

|

15

|B

| align="left" |Anete Sietiņa

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|LAT|2024 Summer}}

| 56.73

| 59.46

| 60.47

| 60.47

|

16

|A

| align="left" |María Lucelly Murillo

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|COL|2024 Summer}}

| 60.38

| 56.28

| x

| 60.38

| {{AthAbbr|SB}}

17

|A

| align="left" |Līna Mūze

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|LAT|2024 Summer}}

| 60.30

| x

| x

| 60.30

|

18

|A

| align="left" |Christin Hussong

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GER|2024 Summer}}

| 57.00

| 56.84

| 59.99

| 59.99

|

19

|A

| align="left" |Tori Peeters

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|NZL|2024 Summer}}

| 54.81

| 56.60

| 59.78

| 59.78

|

20

|A

| align="left" |Victoria Hudson

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|AUT|2024 Summer}}

| 59.69

| x

| x

| 59.69

|

21

|A

| align="left" |Marina Saito

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|JPN|2024 Summer}}

| 59.42

| x

| 57.66

| 59.42

|

22

|B

| align="left" |Lü Huihui

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|CHN|2024 Summer}}

| 58.52

| 55.38

| 59.37

| 59.37

|

23

|A

| align="left" |Dai Qianqian

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|CHN|2024 Summer}}

| 55.56

| 56.18

| 59.33

| 59.33

|

24

|A

| align="left" |Maggie Malone-Hardin

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|USA|2024 Summer}}

| 58.76

| 56.82

| 58.12

| 58.76

|

25

|B

| align="left" |Liveta Jasiūnaitė

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|LTU|2024 Summer}}

| 58.35

| x

| x

| 58.35

|

26

|B

| align="left" |Kelsey-Lee Barber

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}

| 56.32

| 57.73

| 56.56

| 57.73

| {{AthAbbr|SB}}

27

|A

| align="left" |Rhema Otabor

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|BAH|2024 Summer}}

| x

| 54.76

| 57.67

| 57.67

|

28

|A

| align="left" |Jucilene de Lima

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|BRA|2024 Summer}}

| x

| x

| 57.56

| 57.56

|

29

|A

| align="left" |Annu Rani

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|IND|2024 Summer}}

| 55.81

| 53.22

| 53.55

| 55.81

|

30

|B

| align="left" |Anni-Linnea Alanen

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|FIN|2024 Summer}}

| 55.30

| 54.53

| x

| 55.30

|

31

|B

| align="left" |Eda Tuğsuz

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|TUR|2024 Summer}}

| 51.33

| x

| 55.30

| 55.30

|

32

|A

| align="left" |Dilhani Lekamge

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|SRI|2024 Summer}}

| 53.66

| x

| 53.24

| 53.66

|

= Final =

The final was held on 10 August, starting at 19:40 (UTC+2) in the evening.

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! Rank !! Athlete !! Nation !! #1 !! #2 !! #3 !! #4 !! #5 !! #6

! Distance !! Notes

{{gold1}}align="left" |Haruka Kitaguchi

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|JPN|2024 Summer}}

65.8062.39X61.6864.73X65.80{{AthAbbr|SB}}
{{silver2}}align="left" |Jo-Ane van Dyk

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|RSA|2024 Summer}}

59.7261.7263.93X62.0757.0763.93
{{bronze3}}align="left" |Nikola Ogrodníková

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|CZE|2024 Summer}}

58.13X63.6858.3461.4558.0463.68{{AthAbbr|SB}}
4align="left" |Sara Kolak

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|CRO|2024 Summer}}

57.8658.8563.4058.4362.3163.0363.40
5align="left" |Flor Ruiz

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|COL|2024 Summer}}

60.4963.0062.4161.6860.1461.3563.00
6align="left" |Yulenmis Aguilar

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|ESP|2024 Summer}}

62.78X60.17—61.58X62.78
7align="left" |Kathryn Mitchell

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}

62.6359.5760.3162.16XX62.63{{AthAbbr|SB}}
8align="left" |Maria Andrejczyk

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|POL|2024 Summer}}

62.4460.52XXX57.7462.44
9align="left" |Elina Tzengko

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|GRE|2024 Summer}}

61.85X57.90colspan=3 {{n/a| did not advance}}61.85
10align="left" |Momone Ueda

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|JPN|2024 Summer}}

59.5761.6459.79colspan=3 {{n/a| did not advance}}61.64{{AthAbbr|SB}}
11align="left" |Marie-Therese Obst

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|NOR|2024 Summer}}

61.1460.5758.78colspan=3 {{n/a| did not advance}}61.14
12align="left" |Mackenzie Little

| align="left" |{{flagIOC|AUS|2024 Summer}}

60.3256.9459.41colspan=3 {{n/a| did not advance}}60.32

References

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