2016 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Women's Javelin Throw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
 |  CROCroatia | Sara Kolak | 66.18 |
 |  RSASouth Africa | Sunette Viljoen | 64.92 |
 |  CZECzechia | Barbora Spotáková | 64.80 |
| 4 |  POLPoland | Maria Andrejczyk | 64.78 |
| 5 |  BLRBelarus | Tatsiana Khaladovich | 64.60 |
| 6 |  AUSAustralia | Kathryn Mitchell | 64.36 |
| 7 |  CHNChina | Lu Huihui | 64.04 |
| 8 |  GERGermany | Christina Obergföll | 62.92 |
| 9 |  COLColombia | Flor Ruiz | 61.54 |
| 10 |  LATLatvia | Madara Palameika | 60.14 |
| 11 | GERGermany | Linda Stahl | 59.71 |
| 12 | GERGermany | Christin Hussong | 57.70 |
| 13 |  USAUnited States | Kara Winger | 61.02 |
| 14 | LATLatvia | Sinta Ozolina-Kovala | 60.92 |
| 15 | CHNChina | Li Lingwei | 60.91 |
| 16 |  CANCanada | Liz Gleadle | 60.28 |
| 17 |  UKRUkraine | Kateryna Derun | 60.02 |
| 18 |  SLOSlovenia | Martina Ratej | 59.76 |
| 19 | UKRUkraine | Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova | 58.90 |
| 20 |  ESTEstonia | Liina Laasma | 58.06 |
| 21 |  JPNJapan | Yuki Ebihara | 57.68 |
| 22 | AUSAustralia | Kimberley Mickle | 57.20 |
| 23 | CHNChina | Liu Shiying | 57.16 |
| 24 |  FRAFrance | Matilde Andraud | 56.61 |
| 25 | USAUnited States | Maggie Malone Hardin | 56.47 |
| 26 | BLRBelarus | Tatsiana Korzh | 56.16 |
| 27 | USAUnited States | Brittany Borman | 56.04 |
| 28 | AUSAustralia | Kelsey-Lee Barber | 55.25 |
| 29 |  CUBCuba | Yulenmis Aguilar | 54.94 |
| 30 |  ISLIceland | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | 54.92 |
| 31 |  FINFinland | Sanni Utriainen | 53.42 |
| Women's Javelin Throw, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | CROCroatia | Sara Kolak | 64.30 55.68/55.86/ |
| 2 | BLRBelarus | Tatsiana Khaladovich | 63.78 |
| 3 | RSASouth Africa | Sunette Viljoen | 63.54 |
| 4 | CHNChina | Lu Huihui | 63.28 59.56/59.89/ |
| 5 | COLColombia | Flor Ruiz | 62.32 /59.89/59.99 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Christina Obergföll | 62.18 57.75//x |
| 7 | GERGermany | Christin Hussong | 62.17 56.19/55.58/ |
| 8 | LATLatvia | Sinta Ozolina-Kovala | 60.92 /58.08/x |
| 9 | CANCanada | Liz Gleadle | 60.28 59.18//58.74 |
| 10 | SLOSlovenia | Martina Ratej | 59.76 /58.15/x |
| 11 | UKRUkraine | Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova | 58.90 /x/58.38 |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Kimberley Mickle | 57.20 /x/55.93 |
| 13 | CHNChina | Liu Shiying | 57.16 /55.60/x |
| 14 | USAUnited States | Maggie Malone Hardin | 56.47 /x/46.87 |
| 15 | USAUnited States | Brittany Borman | 56.04 54.15//52.73 |
| 16 | CUBCuba | Yulenmis Aguilar | 54.94 54.84/x/ |
| Women's Javelin Throw, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 16 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Maria Andrejczyk | 67.11 Q |
| 2 | CZECzechia | Barbora Spotáková | 64.65 Q |
| 3 | CROCroatia | Sara Kolak | 64.30 Q |
| 4 | GERGermany | Linda Stahl | 63.95 Q |
| 5 | BLRBelarus | Tatsiana Khaladovich | 63.78 Q |
| 6 | RSASouth Africa | Sunette Viljoen | 63.54 Q |
| 7 | CHNChina | Lu Huihui | 63.28 Q |
| 8 | LATLatvia | Madara Palameika | 63.03 Q |
| 9 | COLColombia | Flor Ruiz | 62.32 q |
| 10 | GERGermany | Christina Obergföll | 62.18 q |
| 11 | GERGermany | Christin Hussong | 62.17 q |
| 12 | AUSAustralia | Kathryn Mitchell | 61.63 q |
| 13 | USAUnited States | Kara Winger | 61.02 |
| 14 | LATLatvia | Sinta Ozolina-Kovala | 60.92 |
| 15 | CHNChina | Li Lingwei | 60.91 |
| 16 | CANCanada | Liz Gleadle | 60.28 |
| 17 | UKRUkraine | Kateryna Derun | 60.02 |
| 18 | SLOSlovenia | Martina Ratej | 59.76 |
| 19 | UKRUkraine | Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova | 58.90 |
| 20 | ESTEstonia | Liina Laasma | 58.06 |
| 21 | JPNJapan | Yuki Ebihara | 57.68 |
| 22 | AUSAustralia | Kimberley Mickle | 57.20 |
| 23 | CHNChina | Liu Shiying | 57.16 |
| 24 | FRAFrance | Matilde Andraud | 56.61 |
| 25 | USAUnited States | Maggie Malone Hardin | 56.47 |
| 26 | BLRBelarus | Tatsiana Korzh | 56.16 |
| 27 | USAUnited States | Brittany Borman | 56.04 |
| 28 | AUSAustralia | Kelsey-Lee Barber | 55.25 |
| 29 | CUBCuba | Yulenmis Aguilar | 54.94 |
| 30 | ISLIceland | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | 54.92 |
| 31 | FINFinland | Sanni Utriainen | 53.42 |
| Women's Javelin Throw, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 19 - Final | |||
| 1 | CROCroatia | Sara Kolak | 66.18 60.89/62.95/63.00//x/59.42 |
| 2 | RSASouth Africa | Sunette Viljoen | 64.92 /61.04/x/63.00/x/x |
| 3 | CZECzechia | Barbora Spotáková | 64.80 60.16/63.73/x/61.25//x |
| 4 | POLPoland | Maria Andrejczyk | 64.78 61.92/59.25/60.23/59.31//63.69 |
| 5 | BLRBelarus | Tatsiana Khaladovich | 64.60 62.68/60.24//60.49/63.52/64.24 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Kathryn Mitchell | 64.36 x//x/x/62.20/63.02 |
| 7 | CHNChina | Lu Huihui | 64.04 60.32/63.50/59.56//x/56.96 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Christina Obergföll | 62.92 60.17/62.28/x/x/x/ |
| 9 | COLColombia | Flor Ruiz | 61.54 /58.46/59.61 |
| 10 | LATLatvia | Madara Palameika | 60.14 x/x/ |
| 11 | GERGermany | Linda Stahl | 59.71 58.48/x/ |
| 12 | GERGermany | Christin Hussong | 57.70 54.99/54.47/ |
| Women's Javelin Throw, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 17 - Final | |||
| 1 | POLPoland | Maria Andrejczyk | 67.11 |
| 2 | CZECzechia | Barbora Spotáková | 64.65 62.50/ |
| 3 | GERGermany | Linda Stahl | 63.95 |
| 4 | LATLatvia | Madara Palameika | 63.03 |
| 5 | AUSAustralia | Kathryn Mitchell | 61.63 x/60.05/ |
| 6 | USAUnited States | Kara Winger | 61.02 /57.34/60.54 |
| 7 | CHNChina | Li Lingwei | 60.91 /59.30/57.87 |
| 8 | UKRUkraine | Kateryna Derun | 60.02 /54.86/x |
| 9 | ESTEstonia | Liina Laasma | 58.06 /56.21/56.62 |
| 10 | JPNJapan | Yuki Ebihara | 57.68 53.75/55.89/ |
| 11 | FRAFrance | Matilde Andraud | 56.61 /56.01/56.13 |
| 12 | BLRBelarus | Tatsiana Korzh | 56.16 49.41/53.54/ |
| 13 | AUSAustralia | Kelsey-Lee Barber | 55.25 44.75/55.04/ |
| 14 | ISLIceland | Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir | 54.92 x//x |
| 15 | FINFinland | Sanni Utriainen | 53.42 /x/52.45 |
Medal Tracker
Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 45
JPN
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Medal Leaders
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
- 5
O'Callaghan
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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