2003 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 2003 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday 30 August 2003. The qualification mark was set at 60.00 metres.

Gold	Mirela Manjani Greece (GRE)
Silver	Tatyana Shikolenko Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Steffi Nerius Germany (GER)

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 2003 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.54 m	July 1, 2001	Rethymno, Greece
Event Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	69.53 m	August 6, 2001	Edmonton, Canada
Season Best	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	66.00 m	August 10, 2003	Tula, Russia

Order	No.	Athlete	SB	PB
GROUP A
1	492	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	56.66	63.14
2	68	Lavern Eve (BAH)	62.89	63.73
3	1141	Kim Kreiner (USA)	60.86	64.19
4	211	Sabina Moya (COL)	60.17	62.62
5	690	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	60.87	62.69
6	951	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	66.00	67.20
7	524	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)	62.88	64.62
8	174	Ma Ning (CHN)	62.38	62.38
9	453	Steffi Nerius (GER)	64.42	66.52
10	241	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	63.96	71.54
11	255	Jarmila Klimešová (CZE)	60.54	62.60
12	337	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	63.55	64.03
GROUP B
1	817	Leryn Franco (PAR)	53.09	55.38
2	231	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	60.75	67.67
3	896	Sunette Viljoen (RSA)	61.59	61.59
4	375	Sarah Walter (FRA)	62.53	62.53
5	627	Takako Miyake (JPN)	55.99	61.15
6	336	Paula Tarvainen (FIN)	64.90	64.90
7	482	Miréla Manjani (GRE)	66.52	67.51
8	339	Taina Kolkkala (FIN)	61.96	64.06
9	886	Ana Mirela Țermure (ROU)	61.91	65.08
10	957	Valeriya Zabruskova (RUS)	64.49	64.49
11	230	Noraida Bicet (CUB)	62.40	63.32
12	568	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	62.70	65.30

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	63.71	—	—	63.71 m	Q
2	2	Lavern Eve (BAH)	62.89	—	—	62.89 m	Q, SB
3	4	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	61.74	—	—	61.74 m	Q
4	5	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	60.89	—	—	60.89 m	Q
5	7	Steffi Nerius (GER)	60.40	—	—	60.40 m	Q
6	9	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)	56.52	56.83	59.84	59.84 m	q
7	11	Ma Ning (CHN)	58.95	56.41	57.19	58.95 m	q
8	14	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	X	54.10	57.13	57.13 m
9	15	Jarmila Klimešová (CZE)	X	56.98	55.53	56.98 m
10	17	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	56.02	53.37	56.66	56.66 m	SB
11	19	Sabina Moya (COL)	55.75	X	51.80	55.75 m
12	21	Kim Kreiner (USA)	X	53.50	54.84	54.84 m

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Result	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Mirela Manjani (GRE)	62.48	—	—	62.48 m	Q
2	6	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	55.99	60.64	—	60.64 m	Q
3	7	Valeriya Zabruskova (RUS)	60.40	—	—	60.40 m	Q
4	10	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	59.57	X	55.99	59.57 m	q
5	12	Taina Kolkkala (FIN)	57.73	58.94	58.61	58.94 m	q
6	13	Ana Mirela Țermure (ROU)	58.50	55.90	56.88	58.50 m
7	16	Sunette Viljoen (RSA)	56.78	56.04	52.93	56.78 m
8	18	Noraida Bicet (CUB)	X	X	56.33	56.33 m
9	20	Paula Tarvainen (FIN)	54.55	55.06	51.46	55.06 m
10	22	Sarah Walter (FRA)	49.55	54.31	53.39	54.31 m
11	23	Takako Miyake (JPN)	52.26	49.07	46.88	52.26 m
12	24	Leryn Franco (PAR)	50.05	X	51.13	51.13 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Mirela Manjani (GRE)	64.55	64.46	64.09	66.52	X	56.84	66.52 m	SB
	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	62.76	62.99	63.28	X	60.67	59.93	63.28 m
	Steffi Nerius (GER)	59.15	62.70	60.30	X	61.81	X	62.70 m
4	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	61.37	59.98	—	62.02	—	62.20	62.20 m
5	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	61.18	X	X	62.19	60.47	X	62.19 m
6	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	56.90	58.21	60.17	X	X	56.36	60.17 m
7	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	55.48	58.81	59.64	56.05	57.89	56.14	59.64 m
8	Lavern Eve (BAH)	56.43	54.39	59.60	X	58.47	57.55	59.60 m
9	Valeriya Zabruskova (RUS)	59.51	54.19	58.67				59.51 m
10	Taina Kolkkala (FIN)	57.50	57.00	56.71				57.50 m
11	Ma Ning (CHN)	55.07	57.43	56.57				57.43 m
12	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)	56.98	56.97	55.85				56.98 m

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