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For the women's javelin throw event, the qualification period is between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024. 32 athletes are able to qualify for the event, with a maximum of three athletes per nation, by throwing the entry standard of 64.00 m or further or by their World Athletics Ranking for this event.
The men's javelin throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1908, being the last of the current throwing events to feature at the Olympics after the shot put, discus throw and hammer throw. The women's event was first contested at the 1932 Olympics, becoming the second women's throws event after the discus in 1928. [1] [2]
According to Tony Estanguet, a triple Olympic slalom canoeing champion and president of the Paris 2024 organising committee, "We wanted to reverse the order in an ambition to more gender equality and bring women to the fore for the first time so the women's marathon will enjoy major visibility on 11 August to cap off the athletics program."
The first known women's javelin marks were recorded in Finland in 1909. [8] Originally, women threw the same implement as men; a lighter, shorter javelin for women was introduced in the 1920s. Women's javelin throw was added to the Olympic program in 1932; Mildred "Babe" Didrikson of the United States became the first champion. [4]: 479
Team USA's Anna Hall finished in fifth place in the women's heptathlon after running a 2:04.39 in the final event, the 800M. ... Javelin throw: 45.99 meters, a personal best, placing ninth overall ...
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from ...
Javelin throw 55.23 m: 2019 Balkan Championships: Pravets, Bulgaria 1st Javelin throw 57.21 m: 2021 European Throwing Cup: Split, Croatia 5th Javelin throw 62.25 m: Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan 20th (q) Javelin throw 58.93 m: 2022 European Throwing Cup: Leiria, Portugal 3rd Javelin throw 57.26 m: 2023 European Throwing Cup: Leiria, Portugal 2nd ...
Javelin throw 64.78 m: 2019 World Championships: Doha, Qatar: 22nd (q) Javelin throw 57.68 m: 2021 Olympic Games: Tokyo, Japan 2nd Javelin throw 64.61 m: 2022 World Championships: Eugene, United States: 21st (q) Javelin throw 55.47 m: 2024 European Championships: Rome, Italy: 10th Javelin throw 58.29 m: Olympic Games: Paris, France: 8th Javelin ...