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Javelin Throw at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Olympic Stadium on Friday, September 29 and Saturday, September 30.

The qualifying athletes progressed through to the final where the qualifying distances are scrapped and they start afresh with up to six throws.

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in meters) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics.

World Record	69.41 m	Trine Hattestad	Norway	Oslo, Norway	28 July 2000
Olympic Record

[edit] Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Trine Hattestad, Norway	Mirella Maniani-Tzelili, Greece	Osleidys Menendez Cuba

[edit] Results

All distances shown are in meters.

DNS denotes did not start.
DNF denotes did not finish.
DQ denotes disqualification.
NR denotes national record.
AR denotes area/continental record.
OR denotes Olympic record.
WR denotes world record.
PB denotes personal best.
SB denotes season best

[edit] Qualifying

Held on Friday, September 29, 2000.

The qualifying distance was 61.5 m. For all qualifiers who did not achieve the standard, the remaining spaces in the final were filled by the longest throws until a total of 12 qualifiers.

[edit] Group A

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	2	Steffi Nerius	Germany	65.76	Q	PB
2	3	Trine Hattestad	Norway	65.44	Q
3	4	Mirella Maniani-Tzelili	Greece	63.34	Q
4	7	Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	60.85	q
5	9	Li Lei	China	60.57	q
6	11	Sonia Bisset	Cuba	60.09	q
7	13	Rita Ramanauskaite	Lithuania	59.21
8	14	Nikolett Szabo	Hungary	58.86
9	22	Ana Mirela Termure	Romania	56.31
10	24	Yekaterina Ivakina	Russia	55.58
11	26	Lynda Blutreich	United States	55.25
12	27	Eufemija Storga	Slovenia	54.94
13	28	Khristina Georgieva	Bulgaria	54.60
14	29	Nadine Auzeil	France	53.85
15	30	Inga Kozarenoka	Latvia	53.83
16	31	Louise Currey	Australia	53.32
17	32	Gurmeet Kaur	India	52.78
18	35	Tatyana Sudarikova	Kyrgyzstan	48.33

[edit] Group B

Place	Overall	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Qual	Record
1	1	Osleidys Menendez	Cuba	67.34	Q	AR
2	5	Xiomara Rivero	Cuba	61.89	Q	SB
3	6	Tatyana Shikolenko	Russia	61.54	Q
4	8	Wei Jianhua	China	60.64	q
5	10	Claudia Coslovich	Italy	60.12	q
6	12	Nikola Tomeckova	Czech Republic	59.49	q
7	15	Felicea Moldovan Tilea	Romania	58.75
8	16	Laverne Eve	Bahamas	58.36
9	17	Jo Stone	Australia	58.34
10	18	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	Greece	58.11
11	19	Tetyana Lyakhovych	Ukraine	57.41
12	20	Taina Uppa	Finland	57.39
13	21	Olivia McKoy	Jamaica	56.36
14	23	Sueli Santos	Brazil	56.27
15	25	Marta Miguez	Spain	55.52
16	33	Young-Sun Lee	South Korea	49.84
17	34	Sabina Moya	Colombia	49.16

[edit] Overall Qualifying Results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Group	Mark	Qual	Record
1	Osleidys Menendez	Cuba	B	67.34	Q	AR
2	Steffi Nerius	Germany	A	65.76	Q	PB
3	Trine Hattestad	Norway	A	65.44	Q
4	Mirella Maniani-Tzelili	Greece	A	63.34	Q
5	Xiomara Rivero	Cuba	B	61.89	Q	SB
6	Tatyana Shikolenko	Russia	B	61.54	Q
7	Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	A	60.85	q
8	Wei Jianhua	China	B	60.64	q
9	Li Lei	China	A	60.57	q
10	Claudia Coslovich	Italy	B	60.12	q
11	Sonia Bisset	Cuba	A	60.09	q
12	Nikola Tomeckova	Czech Republic	B	59.49	q
13	Rita Ramanauskaite	Lithuania	A	59.21
14	Nikolett Szabo	Hungary	A	58.86
15	Felicea Moldovan Tilea	Romania	B	58.75
16	Laverne Eve	Bahamas	B	58.36
17	Jo Stone	Australia	B	58.34
18	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi	Greece	B	58.11
19	Tetyana Lyakhovych	Ukraine	B	57.41
20	Taina Uppa	Finland	B	57.39
21	Olivia McKoy	Jamaica	B	56.36
22	Ana Mirela Termure	Romania	A	56.31
23	Sueli Santos	Brazil	B	56.27
24	Yekaterina Ivakina	Russia	A	55.58
25	Marta Miguez	Spain	B	55.52
26	Lynda Blutreich	United States	A	54.94
27	Eufemija Storga	Slovenia	A	54.94
28	Khristina Georgieva	Bulgaria	A	54.60
29	Nadine Auzeil	France	A	53.85
30	Inga Kozarenoka	Latvia	A	53.83
31	Louise Currey	Australia	A	53.32
32	Gurmeet Kaur	India	A	52.78
33	Young-Sun Lee	South Korea	B	49.84
34	Sabina Moya	Colombia	B	49.16
35	Tatyana Sudarikova	Kyrgyzstan	A	48.33

[edit] Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Mark	Record
1	Trine Hattestad	Norway	68.91	OR
2	Mirella Maniani-Tzelili	Greece	67.51	NR
3	Osleidys Menendez	Cuba	66.18
4	Steffi Nerius	Germany	64.84
5	Sonia Bisset	Cuba	63.26
6	Xiomara Rivero	Cuba	62.92	PB
7	Tatyana Shikolenko	Russia	62.91
8	Nikola Tomeckova	Czech Republic	62.10
9	Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	58.56
10	Wei Jianhua	China	58.33
11	Li Lei	China	56.83
12	Claudia Coslovich	Italy	56.74

[edit] References

Source: Official Report of the 2000 Sydney Summer Olympics available at http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm

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