2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
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
10,000 m walk		men		women
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

The women's javelin throw event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 19 and 20 October.

Medalists

Gold	Jarmila Klimešová Czech Republic
Silver	Inga Kožarenoka Latvia
Bronze	Halina Kakhava Belarus

Results

Final

20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	48.88	50.51	x	x	52.17	54.82	54.82
	Inga Kožarenoka	Latvia	49.88	50.62	45.95	x	54.64	51.27	54.64
	Halina Kakhava	Belarus	54.26	52.38	51.46	46.95	48.04	x	54.26
4	Magdalena Czenska	Poland	x	51.74	53.59	-	-	-	53.59
5	Yi Chunmei	China	50.96	x	49.74	48.77	x	53.12	53.12
6	Goldie Sayers	United Kingdom	51.52	x	47.90	50.12	x	x	51.52
7	Hidemi Ueki	Japan	47.24	46.94	47.77	46.97	42.96	50.88	50.88
8	Christina Obergföll	Germany	49.10	48.35	48.16	44.36	47.36	50.23	50.23
9	Maja Janjic	Yugoslavia	46.16	41.66	46.68				46.68
10	Ilze Gribule	Latvia	x	46.47	39.86				46.47
11	Jana Ladewig	Germany	41.63	46.10	45.38				46.10
12	Natalya Shymchuk	Belarus	x	44.16	45.32				45.32

Qualifications

19 October

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Yi Chunmei	China	50.66	52.40	-	52.40	Q
2	Inga Kožarenoka	Latvia	52.13	-	-	52.13	Q
3	Natalya Shymchuk	Belarus	51.43	51.56	x	51.56	q
4	Jana Ladewig	Germany	51.09	51.32	51.15	51.32	q
5	Hidemi Ueki	Japan	45.81	50.40	49.50	50.40	q
6	Maja Janjic	Yugoslavia	49.91	49.02	46.63	49.91	q
7	Marion Bonaudo	France	48.96	43.83	43.92	48.96
8	Inga Stasiulionytė	Lithuania	46.68	41.96	38.32	46.68
9	Katy Polansky	United States	x	43.17	41.06	43.17
10	Andrea McBride	New Zealand	x	x	42.97	42.97
11	Stephanie Hancock	Australia	40.12	38.38	37.80	40.12

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Halina Kakhava	Belarus	55.73	-	-	55.73	Q
2	Jarmila Klimešová	Czech Republic	54.61	-	-	54.61	Q
3	Goldie Sayers	United Kingdom	54.58	-	-	54.58	Q
4	Magdalena Czenska	Poland	50.29	50.76	50.29	50.76	q
5	Ilze Gribule	Latvia	49.48	45.90	x	49.48	q
6	Christina Obergföll	Germany	49.40	46.02	49.16	49.40	q
7	Marie Bringard	France	47.69	44.02	47.19	47.69
8	Martina Ratej	Slovenia	x	46.83	45.38	46.83
9	Xénia Frajka	Hungary	44.40	43.86	44.83	44.83
10	Hana'a Omar	Egypt	37.10	35.17	42.14	42.14

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

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