2013 World Championships Statistics - Women’s JT by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Moskva: 1) If she wins silver, Abakumova will complete the medal set, first in this event at Worlds. 2) If she wins gold, Abakumova will tie Menendez, Tzelili and Hattestad for number of gold (2). All time Performance List at the World Championships (new Javelin) Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 71.99 Mariya Abakumova RUS 1 Daegu 2011 2 2 71.70 Osleidys Menendez CUB 1 Helsinki 2005 3 3 71.58 Barbora Spotakova CZE 2 Daegu 2011 4 4 70.03 Christina Obergföll GER 2 Helsinki 2005 5 69.53 Osleidys Menendez 1 Edmonton 2001 6 68.92 Maria Abakumova 1qA Berlin 2009 7 68.76 Christina Obergföll Q Daegu 2011 8 5 68.38 Sunette Viljoen RSA 3 Daegu 2011 9 6 67.30 Steffi Nerius GER 1 Berlin 2009 10 7 67.09 Mirela Tzelili GRE 1 Sevilla 1999 11 67.07 Barbora Spotakova 1 Osaka 2007 12 8 66.52 Mirela Manjani GRE 1 Paris 2003 13 66.52 Steffi Nerius 1qB Helsinki 2005 14 66.46 Christina Obergföll 2 Osaka 2007 15 66.42 Barbora Spotakova 2 Berlin 2009 16 9 66.37 Tatyana Shikolenko RUS 2 Sevilla 1999 17 10 66.06 Trine Hattestad NOR 3 Sevilla 1999 17 66.06 Maria Abakumova RUS 3 Berlin 2009 19 65.96 Steffi Nerius 3 Helsinki 2005 20 65.78 Mirela Tzelili 2 Edmonton 2001 21 65.77 Osleidys Menendez 1qA Helsinki 2005 22 65.71 Nikola Tomeckova 1qA Edmonton 2001 23 65.34 Sunette Viljoen Q Daegu 2011 24 65.24 Christina Obergföll 4 Daegu 2011 25 11 64.69 Sonia Bisset CUB 3 Edmonton 2001 26 64.61 Osleidys Menendez 4 Sevilla 1999 27 12 64.51 Monica Stojan ROU 4 Berlin 2009 28 64.50 Sonia Bisset 2qB Helsinki 2005 29 64.42 Steffi Nerius 3 Osaka 2007 30 64.39 Osleidys Menendez 1qB Edmonton 2001 31 13 64.38 Louise Currey AUS 5 Sevilla 1999 32 64.34 Christina Obergföll 5 Berlin 2009 33 14 64.32 Kathrina Molitor GER 5 Daegu 2011 34 15 64.29 Nikola Brejchova CZE 1qA Osaka 2007 35 16 63.86 Linda Stahl GER 2qA Berlin 2009 36 17 63.83 Oksana Makarova RUS 1qB Sevilla 1999 37 63.77 Barbora Spotakova 1qB Osaka 2007 38 63.73 Nikol Brejchova 4 Osaka 2007 39 63.71 Tatyana Shikolenko 1qA Paris 2003 Old Javelin (until 1999) Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 76.64 Fatima Whitbread GBR 1 Roma 1987 2 2 71.76 Petra Felke GDR 2 Roma 1987 3 3 70.82 Tina Lilak FIN 1 Helsinki 1983 4 4 69.18 Trine Hattestad NOR 1 Stuttgart 1993 5 69.16 Tina Lilak 1qB Helsinki 1983 5 69.16 Petra Felke 1qA Roma 1987 7 69.14 Fatima Whitbread 2 Helsinki 1983 8 5 68.82 Beate Peters FRG 3 Roma 1987 9 6 68.78 Xu Demei CHN 1 Tokyo 1991 9 68.78 Trine Hattestad 1 Athinai 1997 11 7 68.68 Petra Meier GER 2 Tokyo 1991 12 8 68.64 Joanna Stone AUS 2 Athinai 1997 13 9 68.50 Anna Verouli GRE 2qB Helsinki 1983 Shortest winning distance: 66.52 by Mirela Manjani (GRE) in 2003 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 4.88m 76.64 Fatima Whitbread (old Javelin) GBR Roma 1987 3.75m 69.53 Osleidys Menendez (new Javelin) CUB Edmonton 2001 Min 10cm 68.78 Xu Demei (old Javelin) CHN Tokyo 1991 61cm 67.07 Barbora Spotakova (new Javelin) CZE Osaka 2007 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 7.82 76.64 68.82 Fatima Whitbread GBR Roma 1987 Min 1.03 67.09 66.06 Mirela Tzelili GRE Sevilla 1999 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.53m 65.96 Steffi Nerius GER Helsinki 2005 Min 12cm 65.16 Mikaela Ingberg FIN Göteborg 1995 Longest Throw in each round (with new Javelin) Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 71.70m Osleidys Menendez CUB Helsinki 2005 Qualifying 68.92 Maria Abakumova RUS Berlin 2009 Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 60.72 7qB Silke Renk (old Javelin) GER Athinai 1997 59.52 5qA Taina Kolkkala (new Javelin) FIN Osaka 2007 Average of last six (21 st century) World Championships Average 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning distance 69.02 71.99 67.30 67.07 71.70 66.52 69.53 Winning Medal 65.37 68.38 66.06 64.42 65.96 62.70 64.69 8th place 59.87 59.27 60.29 61.03 57.99 59.60 61.01 Best Marks for Places in the World Championships (new Javelin) Pos Time Name Nat Venue Year 1 71.99 Mariya Abakumova RUS Daegu 2011 71.70 Osleidys Menendez CUB Helsinki 2005 2 71.58 Barbora Spotakova CZE Daegu 2011 70.03 Christina Obergföll GER Helsinki 2005 3 68.38 Sunette Viljoen RSA Daegu 2011 66.06 Trine Hattestad NOR Sevilla 1999 66.06 Maria Abakumova RUS Berlin 2009 4 65.24 Christina Obergföll GER Daegu 2011 64.61 Osleidys Menendez CUB Sevilla 1999 5 64.38 Louise Currey AUS Sevilla 1999 6 63.52 Sonia Bisset CUB Sevilla 1999 7 63.11 Olisdeilys Menendez CUB Berlin 2009 62.97 Wei Jianhua CHN Sevilla 1999 8 62.67 Oksana Makarova RUS Sevilla 1999 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 72.28 Barbora Spotakova CZE Stuttgart 13 Sept 2008 2 71.58 Barbora Spotakova CZE Daegu 2 Sept 2011 70.78 Mariya Abakumova RUS Beijing 21 Aug 2008 3 68.38 Sunette Viljoen RSA Daegu 2 Sept 2011 67.16 Martina Ratej SLO Doha 14 May 2010 4 65.75 Goldie Sayers GBR Beijing 21 Aug 2008 65.24 Christina Obergföll GER Daegu 2 Sept 2011 5 65.29 Steffi Nerius GER Beijing 21 Aug 2008 64.47 Steffi Nerius GER Berlin 1 Sept 2000 6 64.03 Mikaela Ingberg FIN Berlin 1 Sept 2000 63.52 Sonia Bisset CUB Sevilla 28 Aug 1999 Multiple Gold Medalists: Osleidys Menendez (CUB): 2001, 2005 Mirela Tzelili Manjani(CUB): 1999, 2003 Trine Hattestad (NOR): 1993, 1997 Multiple Medalists: Mariya Abakumova (RUS) 2009 Bronze, 2011 Gold Barbora Spotakova (CZE): 2007 Gold, 2009 Silver, 2011 Silver Christina Obergföll (GER): 2005 Silver, 2007 Silver Steffi Nerius (GER): 2003 Bronze, 2005 Bronze, 2007 Bronze, 2009 Gold Osleidys Menendez (CUB): 2001 Gold, 2005 Gold Mirela Tzelili Manjani(GRE): 1999 Gold, 2001 Silver, 2003 Gold Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS): 1999 Silver, 2003 Silver Natala Shikolenko (BLR): 1993 Bronze, 1995 Gold, Trine Hattestad (NOR): 1993 Gold, 1997 Gold, 1999 Bronze Petra Felke Meier (GDR): 1987 Silver, 1991 Silver Fatima Whitbread (GBR): 1983 Silver, 1987 Gold Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze GER 2007 Christina Obergföll Steffi Nerius GER 2005 Christina Obergföll Steffi Nerius CUB 2001 Osleidys Menendez Sonia Bisset GER 1991 Petra Meier Silke Renk Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: None Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze GRE 2 1 1 NOR 2 1 CUB 2 1 GER 1 4 5 GBR 1 1 CZE 1 2 BLR 1 1 FIN 1 1 CHN 1 RUS 1 2 1 ROU 1 AUS 1 GDR 1 FRG 1 RSA 1 Round in which the winning marks were recorded by winners Dist Winner Winning marks were recorded in Second best throw 2nd 1983 70.82 Tina Lilak 6 67.46 69.14 1987 76.64 Fatima Whitbread 5 72.14 71.76 1991 68.78 Xu Demei 1 62.98 68.68 1993 69.18 Trine Hattestad 1 66.18 65.80 1995 67.56 Natalya Shikolenko 6 66.48 65.22 1997 68.78 Trine Hattestad 1 66.32 68.64 1999 67.09 Mirela Tzelili 3 66.44 66.37 2001 69.53 Osleidys Menendez 3 69.42 65.78 2003 66.52 Mirela Manjani 4 64.55 63.28 2005 71.70 Osleidys Menendez 1 65.53 70.03 2007 67.07 Barbora Spotakova 3 66.40 66.46 2009 67.30 Steffi Nerius 1 65.81 66.42 2011 71.99 Mariya Abukumova 5 71.25 71.58 The second best by the winner would have been enough in 1987, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2001 and 2003 World Champion with Olympic gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Barbora Spotakova CZE 2007 2008 Osleidys Menendez CUB 2001, 2005 2004 Trine Hattestad NOR 1993, 1997 2000 World Champion who previously won World Junior gold medal Name Nat World Championships World Junior Championships Osleidys Menendez CUB 2001, 2005 1996,1998 World Championships medalists who previously won World Youth medal: None World Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat World Championships European Championships Steffi Nerius GER 2009 2006 Mirela Manjani GRE 1999, 2003 2002 Trine Hattestad NOR 1993, 1997 1994 Fatima Whitbread GBR 1987 1986 World Championships medalists with Asian Games medal: Name Nat World Championships Year Asian Games Year Xu Demei CHN Gold 1991 Silver 1990 World Champion with Asian Championships Gold medal: Name Nat World Championships Asian Championships Xu Demei CHN 1991 1991 World Championships medalists with All African Games medal: None African never made a final of World Championships World Championships medalists with African Championships medal: None African never made a final of World Championships World Champion with Pan American Games gold medal Name Nat World Championships Pan American Games Osleidys Menendez CUB 2001, 2005 1999, 2007 World Champion with Commonwealth Games Gold medal: None Last six World Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2011 Mariya Abukumova RUS 71.99 Barbora Spotakova CZE 71.58 Sunette Viljoen RSA 68.38 2009 Steffi Nerius GER 67.30 Barbora Spotakova CZE 66.42 Maria Abakumova RUS 66.06 2007 Barbora Spotakova CZE 67.07 Christina Obergföll GER 66.46 Stiffi Nerius GER 64.42 2005 Osleidys Menendez CUB 71.70 Christina Obergföll GER 70.03 Steffi Nerius GER 65.96 2003 Mirela Manjani GRE 66.52 Tatyana Shikolenko RUS 63.28 Steffi Nerius GER 62.70 2001 Osleidys Menendez CUB 69.53 Mirela Tzelili GRE 65.78 Sonia Bisset CUB 64.69 Last four Olympics: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Barbora Spotakova CZE 69.55 Christina Obergföll GER 65.16 Linda Stahl GER 64.91 2008 Barbora Spotakova CZEW 71.42 Mariya Abakumova RUS 70.78 Christina Obergföll GER 66.13 2004 Osleidys Menendez CUB 71.53 Steffi Nerius GER 65.82 Mirela Manjani GRE 64.29 2000 Trine Hattestad NOR 68.91 Mirela Tzelili GRE