Women Javelin Throw Athletics XVII Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 2000 - Saturday, 30th September - Gold Medal: Trine Solberg-Hattestad, Norway
Final 20:00
Distance
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1. Trine Solberg-Hattestad
Norway
68.91m
68.91
62.27
X
64.38
66.22
64.09
2. Mirela Manjani-Tzelili
Greece
67.51m
X
65.56
67.51
61.96
65.34
67.51
3. Osleidys Menendez
Cuba
66.18m
66.03
64.99
65.17
63.95
62.47
66.18
4. Steffi Nerius
Germany
64.84m
61.99
61.41
64.84
57.88
61.11
61.02
5. Sonia Bisset
Cuba
63.26m
63.26
62.77
X
X
62.85
63.11
6. Xiomara Rivero
Cuba
62.92m
62.10
62.92
X
60.20
X
X
7. Tatyana Shikolenko
Russia
62.91m
58.28
62.91
61.54
X
X
61.97
8. Nikola Tomeckova
Czechia
62.10m
58.13
55.86
58.69
56.12
61.30
62.10
9. Mikaela Ingberg
Finland
58.56m
58.10
55.97
58.56
10.Jianhua Wei
China
58.33m
54.06
58.23
58.33
11.Lei Li
China
56.83m
X
X
56.83
12.Claudia Coslovich
Italy
56.74m
56.46
54.28
56.74
Qualifiying A Standard: 60.50m. Qualifiying B Standard: 57.00m.
In an event notable for surprises, Trine Hattestad was a model of consistency. After early career failures in the 1980s, and one Olympic
medal in four attempts, she had won two world titles, and become world record holder with the new specification javelin introduced at the beginning of the pre-Olympic year. The qualifying was led by
Menéndez with 67.34, with Nerius (65.76) and Hattestad (65.44) also producing big throws.
Hattestad settled things early in the final, booming the 6th throw of the competition out to 68.91, the second-furthest of all-time. Menéndez had preceded the Norwegian with 66.03, and was overtaken for silver in the third round by World Champion Tzelíli, who moved into third on the all-time list with 67.51, a throw which she emulated in the 6th round.
Menéndez showed good competitive fire with her final throw of 66.18, and in all produced four throws ahead of fourth place Nerius’s 64.84.