Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 25 March 2006. A total of 47 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 23 by female athletes. Furthermore, three men's and three women's disability events were held within the programme...

was held on March 19.

Results

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Sunette Viljoen Sunette Viljoen Sunette Stella Viljoen is a South African javelin thrower, who has won gold at the Commonwealth Games and African Championships. She also made one Women's Test cricket and 17 Women's One Day International appearances for South Africa between 2000 and 2002.She won gold at the 2009 Summer...	56.27	60.72	58.45	53.16	56.39	x	60.72	GR
	Laverne Eve Laverne Eve Laverne Eve is a female track and field athlete from the Bahamas, who competes in the javelin throw. Her personal best throw is 63.73 metres, achieved in April 2000 in Nashville. In her early career she also competed in shot put and discus throw...	57.00	x	60.54	58.54	55.23	52.77	60.54
	Olivia McKoy Olivia McKoy Olivia Celia McKoy is a retired female javelin thrower from Jamaica.She won the silver medals at the 1999 and 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and the bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and finished fourth at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games.She also...	57.04	55.52	56.09	55.53	x	58.27	58.27
	Kimberley Mickle Kimberley Mickle Kimberley Mickle is a female javelin thrower from Australia. Her personal best is 63.49 metres, achieved in March 2009 in Perth....	55.68	x	51.86	58.18	54.97	x	58.18
	Goldie Sawyers	50.96	55.79	54.75	54.07	52.85	57.29	57.29
	Kathryn Mitchell	55.22	49.33	54.06	52.47	49.90	47.64	55.22
	Lindy Leveau	51.58	53.91	54.50	51.84	51.22	x	54.50
	Rosie Hooper	51.81	52.46	51.27	51.73	47.02	51.76	52.46
	Serafina Akeli	51.25	50.57	47.83				51.25
10	Shelley Holroyd Shelley Holroyd Shelley Holroyd is a British javelin thrower.Shelley Holroyd is the 6th British Javelin Thrower to throw over 60m and the first thrower to reach an Olympic Games since Tessa Sanderson. At the age of 23 Shelley had already competed in every championship...	47.37	49.38	49.46				49.46
11	Anne de Silva	44.14	42.70	43.98				44.14
12	Parveen Akhtar	41.22	37.33	39.25				41.22

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