2001 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 2001 World Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The final of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada was held on Monday August 6, 2001. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes, with the qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres. Cuba's eventual winner Osleidys Menéndez broke the event record twice during the final, in her second (69.42 metres) and third attempt (69.53 metres).

Gold	Osleidys Menéndez Cuba (CUB)
Silver	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili Greece (GRE)
Bronze	Sonia Bisset Cuba (CUB)

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC−7)

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.54 m	July 1, 2001	Rethymno, Greece
Event Record	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)	67.09 m	August 28, 1999	Seville, Spain
Season Best	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	71.54 m	July 1, 2001	Rethymno, Greece
Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	69.53 m	August 6, 2001	Edmonton, Canada

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Nikola Tomecková (CZE)	X	65.71	—	65.71 m	Q, NR
2	3	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	60.78	63.24	—	63.24 m	Q
3	5	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)	61.75	—	—	61.75 m	Q
4	7	Wei Jianhua (CHN)	61.56	—	—	61.56 m	Q, SB
5	9	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	59.59	60.89	57.83	60.89 m	q
6	13	Paula Huhtaniemi (FIN)	53.68	58.26	X	58.26 m
7	14	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)	57.21	X	57.60	57.60 m
8	15	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	52.72	57.43	X	57.43 m
9	18	Takako Miyake (JPN)	55.81	56.05	54.94	56.05 m
10	19	Ana Mirela Țermure (ROM)	X	52.14	52.65	52.65 m
11	22	Dominique Bilodeau (CAN)	45.24	X	44.01	45.24 m

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	64.39	—	—	64.39 m	Q
2	4	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	60.22	61.93	—	61.93 m	Q
3	6	Steffi Nerius (GER)	61.90	—	—	61.90 m	Q
4	8	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	59.40	61.42	—	61.42 m	Q
5	10	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	59.78	58.60	59.14	59.78 m	q
6	11	Taina Kolkkala (FIN)	54.83	59.62	59.06	59.62 m	q, SB
7	12	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	58.42	53.76	58.34	58.42 m	q
8	16	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM)	56.61	X	X	56.61 m
9	17	Laverne Eve (BAH)	55.26	X	56.10	56.10 m
10	20	Zuleima Araméndiz (COL)	52.23	50.70	50.98	52.23 m
11	21	Lindy Leveaux (SEY)	49.01	49.40	X	49.40 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	66.56	69.42	69.53	X	65.63	66.70	69.53 m	CR
	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)	64.69	63.80	X	X	65.78	62.68	65.78 m
	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	63.14	X	57.77	61.32	64.69	X	64.69 m
4	Nikola Tomecková (CZE)	63.11	62.91	X	X	62.74	59.83	63.11 m
5	Steffi Nerius (GER)	62.08	X	58.52	X	X	56.01	62.08 m
6	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	61.94	60.40	X	57.91	60.89	60.91	61.94 m
7	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	58.56	61.60	59.00	61.27	61.43	61.40	61.60 m
8	Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	61.01	57.88	58.61	60.74	58.17	58.96	61.01 m
9	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	59.26	60.91	X				60.91 m
10	Wei Jianhua (CHN)	52.48	58.31	58.45				58.45 m
11	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	54.46	57.27	56.08				57.27 m
12	Taina Kolkkala (FIN)	53.72	57.21	53.19				57.21 m

• 1998 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Budapest)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)
• 2002 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Munich)
• 2004 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Athens)

• Results
• RecProgression
• IAAF