The women's javelin throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 25–27 August.

Competition format Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Schedule All times are Greece Standard Time (UTC+2) Date Time RoundWednesday, 25 August 2004 19:00QualificationFriday, 27 August 2004 20:55Final

Records Prior to the competition, the existing world record, Olympic record, and world leading mark were as follows:

The following record was established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Result Record 27 August Final Osleidys Menéndez 71.53 m

Results

Qualifying round Rule: Qualifying standard 61.00 (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 A Osleidys Menéndez 64.91 64.91 Q 2 B Nikola Brejchová 64.39 64.39 Q 3 A Tetyana Lyakhovych 59.43 57.35 63.07 63.07 Q, NR 4 A Savva Lika 58.29 62.22 62.22 Q 5 A Steffi Nerius 57.67 60.30 62.14 62.14 Q 6 B Laverne Eve 62.11 62.11 Q, SB 7 A Felicia Țilea-Moldovan 52.10 59.06 62.05 62.05 Q 8 B Sonia Bisset 61.45 61.45 Q 9 A Barbara Madejczyk 59.20 61.18 61.18 Q 10 A Taina Kolkkala 61.16 61.16 Q 11 A Miréla Manjani 56.92 61.04 61.04 Q, SB 12 B Noraida Bicet 59.45 60.61 60.97 60.97 q 13 B Mikaela Ingberg 60.70 59.08 60.80 60.80 14 A Claudia Coslovich 60.58 60.58 15 A Christina Obergföll 60.41 58.47 56.67 60.41 16 B Nikolett Szabó 60.20 59.06 54.60 60.20 17 B Zuleima Araméndiz 58.77 58.99 59.9459.94 PB 18 A Ma Ning 59.80 55.30 57.03 59.80 SB 19 B Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi 56.21 57.88 59.64 59.64 20 B Katherine Sayers 59.11 53.64 59.11 21 B Annika Suthe 58.70 56.81 55.62 58.70 22 A Mercedes Chilla 54.12 58.45 58.45 23 A Barbora Špotáková 55.39 58.20 58.20 24 B Aïda Sellam 57.76 52.77 53.22 57.76 25 A Jarmila Klimešová 55.89 55.62 57.70 57.70 26 B Oksana Yarygina 57.57 54.20 50.28 57.57 27 A Valeriya Zabruskova 57.51 57.53 55.47 57.53 28 A Paula Tarvainen 56.88 56.88 29 B Christina Scherwin 56.79 55.26 56.86 56.86 30 B Elisabetta Marin 54.43 56.3456.34 31 B Rita Ramanauskaitė 55.1755.17 32 B Hristina Georgieva 49.69 54.65 55.13 55.13 33 B Moonika Aava 53.41 54.96 54.96 34 A Ilze Gribule 54.82 54.92 51.95 54.92 35 B Sunette Viljoen 52.71 54.45 53.28 54.45 36 A Chang Jung-yeon 50.54 53.93 53.93 37 B Xue Juan 52.9752.97 38 B Liliya Dusmetova 49.86 50.92 52.46 52.46 39 B Kim Kreiner 52.18 51.46 52.18 40 A Dalila Rugama 47.81 51.42 46.18 51.42 41 A Natallia Shymchuk 51.23 48.11 51.23 42 A Leryn Franco 49.17 48.20 50.37 50.37 43 A Romina Maggi 46.00 48.57 48.58 48.58 44 B Serafina Akeli 45.93 45.64 43.84 45.93 A Yekaterina Ivakina

Final Rank Name Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes Osleidys Menéndez 71.53 65.41 68.60 63.64 71.53 Steffi Nerius 63.02 60.58 63.60 65.82 65.82 PB Miréla Manjani 62.29 63.61 62.20 64.29 64.29 SB 4 Nikola Brejchová 62.46 63.77 64.23 63.77 62.55 64.23 5 Sonia Bisset 61.93 59.58 60.39 60.32 60.20 63.54 63.54 6 Laverne Eve 57.25 58.09 62.77 58.50 59.02 62.77 SB 7 Noraida Bicet 62.36 60.64 60.70 62.51 60.41 61.61 62.51 8 Tetyana Lyakhovych 59.52 57.26 61.75 57.39 55.70 61.75 9 Savva Lika 58.58 60.91 60.53 60.91 10 Taina Kolkkala 60.72 58.53 60.69 60.72 11 Felicia Țilea-Moldovan 58.04 57.42 59.72 59.72 12 Barbara Madejczyk 54.54 56.43 58.22 58.22

References

External links Official Olympic Report