2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw
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The women's javelin throw at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city , it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics...

 on 27 and 29 July.

Medalists

Gold   Linda Stahl
Linda Stahl
Linda Stahl is a German javelin thrower.Her personal best throw is 66.81 metres, achieved on 29 July 2010 at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, where she won gold....


Germany
Germany at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics
Germany were represented by 74 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.Just five days before the start of the Championships, it was announced that marathon runner Falk Cierpinski had to pull out due to injury....

 (GER)
Silver   Christina Obergföll
Christina Obergföll
Christina Obergföll is a German athlete, competing in the javelin throw.At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won the silver medal with a European record by finishing second behind Osleidys Menéndez, who set a new world record at the same event.Obergföll finished 4th at the 2006...


Germany
Germany at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics
Germany were represented by 74 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.Just five days before the start of the Championships, it was announced that marathon runner Falk Cierpinski had to pull out due to injury....

 (GER)
Bronze   Barbora Špotáková
Barbora Špotáková
Barbora Špotáková is a Czech javelin thrower. She is the current Olympic champion, as well as the world record holder....


Czech Republic
Czech Republic at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics
Czech Republic will be represented by 40 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain, from 27 July to 1 August 2010.- Participants :-Track and road events:-Field events:-Results:- References :*...

 (CZE)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record 72.28 Stuttgart
Stuttgart
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, Germany
Germany
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13 September 2008
European record 72.28 Stuttgart, Germany 13 September 2008
Championship record 67.47 Munich
Munich
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, Germany
8 August 2002
World Leading 68.89 Doha
Doha
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, Qatar
Qatar
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14 May 2010
European Leading 68.89 Doha, Qatar 14 May 2010

Schedule

Date Time Round
27 July 2010 19:05 Qualification
29 July 2010 20:40 Final

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 59.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
B Barbora Špotáková
Barbora Špotáková
Barbora Špotáková is a Czech javelin thrower. She is the current Olympic champion, as well as the world record holder....

 
65.56 65.56 Q
A Christina Obergföll
Christina Obergföll
Christina Obergföll is a German athlete, competing in the javelin throw.At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won the silver medal with a European record by finishing second behind Osleidys Menéndez, who set a new world record at the same event.Obergföll finished 4th at the 2006...

 
65.05 65.05 Q
A Mariya Abakumova
Mariya Abakumova
Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova is a Russian javelin thrower. She won the Gold medal at 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea where she threw a Russian national and World Championships record of 71.99 metres. She also won the Olympic silver medal in...

 
56.15 62.52 62.52 Q
B Martina Ratej
Martina Ratej
Martina Ratej is a female javelin thrower from Slovenia. Her personal best is 65.96 metres, achieved on March 2010 in Arles.She competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

 
61.92 61.92 Q
A Katharina Molitor
Katharina Molitor
Katharina Molitor is a German athlete who specialises in the javelin throw with a personal best of 64.67 metres...

 
59.74 59.74 Q
A Madara Palameika
Madara Palameika
Madara Palameika is a Latvian javelin thrower.She is the owner of Latvian record in javelin throw, which is 64.51 metres. She reached it in the 2009 U23 European Championships, where she won. Two years earlier, in the 2007 U23 European Championships she finished third.-Achievements:-References:...

 
58.06 53.82 58.85 58.85 q
A Jarmila Klimešová
Jarmila Klimešová
Jarmila Klimešová is a female javelin thrower from the Czech Republic. Her personal best throw is 62.60 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Prague....

 
52.26 51.57 58.45 58.45 q
B Linda Stahl
Linda Stahl
Linda Stahl is a German javelin thrower.Her personal best throw is 66.81 metres, achieved on 29 July 2010 at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, where she won gold....

 
57.42 57.42 q
B Tatjana Jelača
Tatjana Jelaca
Tatjana Jelača is a Serbian javelin thrower.She finished sixth at the 2007 World Youth Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships...

 
53.64 52.07 56.89 56.89 q
10 B Mercedes Chilla
Mercedes Chilla
Mercedes Chilla López is a javelin thrower from Spain. She has represented Spain at two Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics...

 
56.78 56.78 q
11 A Zahra Bani
Zahra Bani
Zahra Bani is a Somali-Italian javelin thrower.-Biography:In 1989, Bani moved to Torino, Italy from Somalia with her Italian father and Somali mother and started playing volleyball...

 
56.68 52.19 56.68 q
12 B Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic javelin thrower. She represented her country at the 2008 Olympic Games and has also competed at the 2006 and 2010 European Championships and 2009 World Championships. Her personal best throw is 61,37 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Reykjavík. This is the current...

 
49.47 51.55 56.55 56.55 q
13 B Sinta Ozoliņa  53.99 56.11 56.11
14 B Bregje Crolla  55.82 51.95 55.33 55.82
15 B Maria Negoita  55.68 54.49 55.34 55.68
16 B Elisabeth Pauer  53.45 53.02 53.45
17 A Vira Rebryk
Vira Rebryk
Vira Viktorivna Rebryk is a female javelin thrower from Ukraine. Her personal best throw is 63.01 metres, achieved at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz. This is the current junior world record.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
52.31 51.09 52.31
18 A Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan
Felicia Tilea-Moldovan
Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan is a Romanian javelin thrower. She is a four-time Olympian, and winner of the gold medal at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Japan. Her personal best throw is 63.89 metres....

 
46.51 46.51
19 A Evelien Dekkers  46.37 46.37
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Savva Lika
Savva Lika is a javelin thrower representing Greece. She was born in Korçë, Albania, and represented Albania prior to 2002. She had migrated to Greece by foot in 1997....

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Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
Linda Stahl
Linda Stahl
Linda Stahl is a German javelin thrower.Her personal best throw is 66.81 metres, achieved on 29 July 2010 at the 2010 European Athletics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, where she won gold....

 
60.36 57.31 63.17 66.81 64.13 66.81 PB
Christina Obergföll
Christina Obergföll
Christina Obergföll is a German athlete, competing in the javelin throw.At the 2005 World Championships in Athletics she won the silver medal with a European record by finishing second behind Osleidys Menéndez, who set a new world record at the same event.Obergföll finished 4th at the 2006...

 
61.46 64.12 63.76 62.78 65.58 65.58
Barbora Špotáková
Barbora Špotáková
Barbora Špotáková is a Czech javelin thrower. She is the current Olympic champion, as well as the world record holder....

 
65.36 62.89 65.09 65.36
4 Katharina Molitor
Katharina Molitor
Katharina Molitor is a German athlete who specialises in the javelin throw with a personal best of 64.67 metres...

 
61.44 59.69 58.45 63.81 63.81
5 Mariya Abakumova
Mariya Abakumova
Mariya Vasiliyevna Abakumova is a Russian javelin thrower. She won the Gold medal at 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea where she threw a Russian national and World Championships record of 71.99 metres. She also won the Olympic silver medal in...

 
60.87 61.46 58.79 61.18 61.46
6 Mercedes Chilla
Mercedes Chilla
Mercedes Chilla López is a javelin thrower from Spain. She has represented Spain at two Summer Olympics and has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics...

 
57.82 61.40 61.37 58.38 60.99 61.40
7 Martina Ratej
Martina Ratej
Martina Ratej is a female javelin thrower from Slovenia. Her personal best is 65.96 metres, achieved on March 2010 in Arles.She competed at the 2006 European Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final....

 
60.08 60.71 60.99 60.99
8 Madara Palameika
Madara Palameika
Madara Palameika is a Latvian javelin thrower.She is the owner of Latvian record in javelin throw, which is 64.51 metres. She reached it in the 2009 U23 European Championships, where she won. Two years earlier, in the 2007 U23 European Championships she finished third.-Achievements:-References:...

 
55.22 53.44 59.70 57.76 60.78 60.78
9 Jarmila Klimešová
Jarmila Klimešová
Jarmila Klimešová is a female javelin thrower from the Czech Republic. Her personal best throw is 62.60 metres, achieved in June 2006 in Prague....

 
56.37 56.50 56.50
10 Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir
Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir is an Icelandic javelin thrower. She represented her country at the 2008 Olympic Games and has also competed at the 2006 and 2010 European Championships and 2009 World Championships. Her personal best throw is 61,37 metres, achieved in May 2009 in Reykjavík. This is the current...

 
54.32 52.32 54.32
11 Zahra Bani
Zahra Bani
Zahra Bani is a Somali-Italian javelin thrower.-Biography:In 1989, Bani moved to Torino, Italy from Somalia with her Italian father and Somali mother and started playing volleyball...

 
51.70 53.67 53.67
12 Tatjana Jelača
Tatjana Jelaca
Tatjana Jelača is a Serbian javelin thrower.She finished sixth at the 2007 World Youth Championships and won the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships...

45.99 52.13 52.13
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