2005 World Championships in Athletics - Women's javelin throw

__NOTOC__The javelin throw at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 12 and August 14. It was a high-quality contest where Olympic champion Osleidys Menéndez set a new world record whereas Christina Obergföll set a new European record.

Medalists

Results

All results shown are in metres.

Q denotes qualification by place.
q denotes qualification by result.
DNS denotes did not start.
NM denotes no mark.
AR denotes area record
NR denotes national record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season's best.

Qualifying

Group A

# 65.77m Q
# 61.59m Q
# 61.06m Q
# 60.67m Q
# 60.11m q
# 59.06m q
# 58.38m
# 56.56m
# 55.78m
# 55.05m
# 54.68m
# , Cuba 54.52m
# 54.38m
# 54.24m
# 50.37m

Group B

# , Germany 66.52m Q (PB)
# , Cuba 64.50m Q
# 61.12m Q (SB)
# , Finland 60.83m Q (SB)
# , Italy 60.09m q
# 59.22m q
# 58.74m
# 58.49m
# 57.14m
# 56.71m
# 55.17m
# , Greece 55.03m
# 53.81m
# 47.37m
* , Greece NM

Final

# , Cuba 71.70m (WR)
# , Germany 70.03m (AR)
# , Germany 65.96m
# , Denmark 63.43m (NR)
# , Italy 62.75m (PB)
# , Finland 62.64m (SB)
# , Cuba 61.75m
# , Greece 57.99m
# , Finland 57.54m
# , Bahamas 57.10m
# , Bulgaria 57.06m
# , Great Britain 54.44m

External links

* [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/results/gender=W/discipline=JT/combCode=hash/roundCode=q/index.html IAAF results, qualifying]
* [http://www.iaaf.org/WCH05/results/gender=W/discipline=JT/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/index.html IAAF results, final]