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

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.

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.

Medalists

Gold	Trine Hattestad  Norway
Silver	Mirella Maniani-Tzelili  Greece
Bronze	Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba

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
World Record	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	69.41 m	28 July 2000	Oslo, Norway
Olympic Record	New javelin was introduced officially from 01.04.1999
Broken records during the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	67.34 m	29 September 2000	Sydney, Australia
Olympic Record	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	68.91 m	30 September 2000	Sydney, Australia

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Steffi Nerius (GER)	65.76	—	—	65.76 m	PB
2	3	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	65.44	—	—	65.44 m
3	4	Mirella Maniani-Tzelili (GRE)	63.34	—	—	63.34 m
4	7	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	58.94	60.85	X	60.85 m
5	9	Li Lei (CHN)	57.01	X	60.57	60.57 m
6	11	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	59.13	X	60.09	60.09 m
7	13	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	57.81	X	59.21	59.21 m
8	14	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)	58.86	55.95	56.72	58.86 m
9	22	Ana Mirela Ţermure (ROM)	55.67	56.31	53.86	56.31 m
10	24	Yekaterina Ivakina (RUS)	55.30	52.43	55.58	55.58 m
11	26	Lynda Blutreich (USA)	X	52.77	55.25	55.25 m
12	27	Evfemija Štorga (SLO)	X	54.94	52.97	54.94 m
13	28	Khristina Georgieva (BUL)	54.60	51.10	53.31	54.60 m
14	29	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)	51.02	53.85	49.90	53.85 m
15	30	Inga Kožarenoka (LAT)	53.83	X	X	53.83 m
16	31	Louise Currey (AUS)	53.32	X	—	53.32 m
17	32	Gurmeet Kaur (IND)	52.78	48.80	46.46	52.78 m
18	35	Tatyana Sudarikova (KGZ)	47.56	X	48.33	48.33 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	67.34	—	—	67.34 m	AR
2	5	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	61.89	—	—	61.89 m	SB
3	6	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	61.54	—	—	61.54 m
4	8	Wei Jianhua (CHN)	60.64	X	57.19	60.64 m
5	10	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	60.12	X	57.05	60.12 m
6	12	Nikola Tomečková (CZE)	59.49	55.40	59.40	59.49 m
7	15	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM)	54.11	58.75	X	58.75 m
8	16	Laverne Eve (BAH)	X	57.98	58.36	58.36 m
9	17	Joanna Stone (AUS)	53.34	57.57	58.34	58.34 m
10	18	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	X	58.11	X	58.11 m
11	19	Tetyana Lyakhovych (UKR)	55.81	53.33	57.41	57.41 m
12	20	Taina Uppa (FIN)	57.39	X	X	57.39 m
13	21	Olivia McKoy (JAM)	55.98	52.83	56.36	56.36 m
14	23	Sueli dos Santos (BRA)	X	56.27	50.50	56.27 m
15	25	Marta Míguez (ESP)	55.52	55.01	X	55.52 m
16	33	Lee Young-Sun (KOR)	49.84	X	X	49.84 m
17	34	Sabina Moya (COL)	41.22	49.16	47.37	49.16 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	68.91	62.27	X	64.38	66.22	64.09	68.91 m	OR
	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)	X	65.56	67.51	61.96	65.34	67.51	67.51 m	NR
	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	66.03	64.99	65.17	63.95	62.47	66.18	66.18 m
4	Steffi Nerius (GER)	61.99	61.41	64.84	57.88	61.11	61.02	64.84 m
5	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	63.26	62.77	X	X	62.85	63.11	63.26 m
6	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	62.10	62.92	X	60.20	X	X	62.92 m	PB
7	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	58.28	62.91	61.54	X	X	61.97	62.91 m
8	Nikola Tomečková (CZE)	58.13	55.86	58.69	56.12	61.30	62.10	62.10 m
9	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	58.10	55.97	58.56				58.56 m
10	Wei Jianhua (CHN)	54.06	58.23	58.33				58.33 m
11	Li Lei (CHN)	X	X	56.83				56.83 m
12	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	56.46	54.28	56.74				56.74 m

See also

• 2000 Javelin Throw Year Ranking

References

• Official Report
• todor66
• sports-reference