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World Athletics Championships Results

DAEGU, South Korea (AP) — Results Thursday from the World Athletics Championships at Daegu Stadium:

Men
1,500
Semifinals

Heat 1 — 1, Q-Matthew Centrowitz, United States, 3 minutes, 46.66 seconds. 2, Q-Mekonnen Gebremedhin, Ethiopia, 3:46.71. 3, Q-Silas Kiplagat, Kenya, 3:46.75. 4, Q-Mehdi Baala, France, 3:46.87. 5, Q-Abdalaati Iguider, Morocco, 3:46.89. 6, Yusuf Saad Kamel, Bahrain, 3:47.18. 7, Amine Laalou, Morocco, 3:47.65. 8, Ryan Gregson, Australia, 3:47.89. 9, Geoffrey Martinson, Canada, 3:48.83. 10, Diego Ruiz, Spain, 3:49.26. 11, Taoufik Makhloufi, Algeria, 3:50.86. 12, Zebene Alemayehu, Ethiopia, 3:51.19.

Heat 2 — 1, Q-Asbel Kiprop, Kenya, 3:36.75. 2, Q-Tarek Boukensa, Algeria, 3:36.84. 3, Q-Mohamed Moustaoui, Morocco, 3:36.87. 4, Q-Manuel Olmedo, Spain, 3:36.91. 5, Q-Eduar Villanueva, Venezuela, 3:36.96. 6, q-Ciaran O'Lionaird, Ireland, 3:36.96. 7, q-Nicholas Willis, New Zealand, 3:37.39. 8, Yoann Kowal, France, 3:37.44. 9, Daniel Kipchirchir Komen, Kenya, 3:37.58. 10, Juan Carlos Higuero, Spain, 3:37.92. 11, Deresse Mekonnen, Ethiopia, 3:44.65. 12, Leonel Manzano, United States, 3:47.98.

5,000
First Round

Heat 1 — 1, Q-Bernard Lagat, United States, 13:33.90. 2, Q-Thomas Pkemei Longosiwa, Kenya, 13:34.46. 3, Q-Dejen Gebremeskel, Ethiopia, 13:34.48. 4, Q-Isiah Kiplangat Koech, Kenya, 13:34.54. 5, Q-Galen Rupp, United States, 13:34.91. 6, q- Hussain Jamaan Alhamdah, Saudi Arabia, 13:35.47. 7, q-Bilisuma Shugi, Bahrain, 13:35.86. 8, q-Daniele Meucci, Italy, 13:39.90. 9, Javier Carriqueo, Argentina, 13:47.51. 10, Collis Birmingham, Australia, 13:47.88. 11, Mumin Gala, Dijbouti, 13:48.19. 12, Rui Silva, Portugal, 13:50.16. 13, Craig Mottram, Australia, 13:56.60. 14, Moses Kibet, Uganda, 14:05.15. 15, Goitom Kifle, Eritrea, 14:06.42. 16, Abdishakur Nageye Abdulle, Somalia, 15:13.64. Mounir Miout, Algeria, DNF. Francisco Javier Alves, Spain, DNF. Kenenisa Bekele, Ethiopia, DNS. Adrian Blincoe, New Zealand, DNS.

Heat 2 — 1, Q-Imane Merga, Ethiopia, 13:37.96. 2, Q-Mo Farah, Britain, 13:38.03. 3, Q-Abera Kuma, Ethiopia, 13:38.41. 4, Q-Eliud Kipchoge, Kenya, 13:39.02. 5, Q-Alistair Ian Cragg, Ireland, 13:39.36. 6, q-Amanuel Mesel, Eritrea, 13:39.97. 7, q-Jesus Espana, Spain, 13:40.38. 8, Abraham Kiplimo, Uganda, 13:44.09. 9, Andrew Bumbalough, United States, 13:44.38. 10, Elroy Gelant, South Africa, 13:48.33. 11, Ben St. Lawrence, Australia, 13:51.64. 12, Jake Robertson, New Zealand, 13:53.57. 13, Geofrey Kusuro, Uganda, 13:54.58. 14, Dejene Regassa, Bahrain, 13:56.83. 15, Sylvain Rukundo, Rwanda, 13:58.92. 16, Rabah Aboud, Algeria, 14:00.34. 17, Gerard Gahungu, Burundi, 14:09.15. 18, Kazuya Watanabe, Japan, 14:20.62. 19, Baek Seung-ho, South Korea, 15:01.37. 20, Christian Ngningba, Gabon, 18:44.06. Abdullah Abdulaziz Aljoud, Saudi Arabia, DNF.

4x400 Relay
First Round

Heat 1 — 1, Q-United States (Greg Nixon; Jamaal Torrance; Michael Berry; LaShawn Merritt), 2:58.82. 2 Q-Jamaica (Allodin Fothergill; Riker Hylton; Lansford Spence; Leford Green), 2:59.13. 3, Q-South Africa (Oscar Pistorius; Ofentse Mogawane; Willem de Beer; Shane Victor), 2:59.21. 4, q-Britain (Richard Strachan; Nigel Levine; Christopher Clarke; Martyn Rooney), 3:00.38. 5, q-Germany (Jonas Plass; Kamghe Gaba; Eric Kruger; Thomas Schneider), 3:00.68. 6, Trinidad and Tobago (Zwede Hewitt; Jarrin Solomon; Deon Lendore; Renny Quow), 3:02.47. 7, Japan, (Kei Takase; Yuzo Kanemaru; Yusuke Ishitsuka; Hideyuki Hirose), 3:02.64. 8, South Korea (Park Bong-go; Lim Chan-ho; Lee Jun; Seong Hyeok-je), 3:04.05.

Heat 2 — 1, Q-Belgium (Antoine Gillet; Jonathan Borlee; Nils Duerinck; Kevin Borlee), 3:00.71. 2, Q-Russia (Maksim Dyldin; Konstantin Svechkar; Pavel Trenikhin; Denis Alekseyev), 3:00.81. 3, Q-Kenya (Vincent Kiplangat Kosgei; Anderson Mureta Mutegi; Vincent Mumo Kiilu; Mark Kiprotich Mutai), 3:00.97. 4, Bahamas (Ramon Miller; Avard Moncur; Andrae Williams; LaToy Williams), Bahamas, 3:01.54. 5, Australia (Ben Offereins; Tristan Thomas; Steven Solomon; Sean Wroe), 3:01.56. 6, Poland (Kacper Kozlowski; Piotr Wiaderek; Jakub Krzewina; Marcin Marciniszyn), 3:01.84. 7, France (Nicolas Fillon; Teddy Venel; Mamoudou Hanne; Yoann Decimus), 3:03.68. 8, Saudi Arabia (Ismail M.H. Alsabani; Yousef Ahmed Masrahi; Hamed Hamdan AlBishi; Mohammed al-Salhi), 3:05.65.

400 Hurdles
Final

1, David Greene, Britain, 48.26. 2, Javier Culson, Puerto Rico, 48.44. 3, L.J. van Zyl, South Africa, 48.80. 4, Felix Sanchez, Dominican Republic, 48.87. 5, Cornel Fredericks, South Africa, 49.12. 6, Bershawn Jackson, United States, 49.24. 7, Angelo Taylor, United States, 49.31. 8, Aleksandr Derevyagin, Russia, 49.32.

Steeplechase
Final

1, Ezekiel Kemboi, Kenya, 8:14.85. 2, Brimin Kipruto, Kenya, 8:16.05. 3, Mahiedine Mekhissi-Benabbad, France, 8:16.09. 4, Bouabdellah Tahri, France, 8:17.56. 5, Roba Gari, Ethiopia, 8:18.37. 6, Jacob Araptany, Uganda, 8:18.67. 7, Richard Mateelong, Kenya, 8:19.31. 8, Ion Luchianov, Moldova, 8:19.69. 9, Hamid Ezzine, Morocco, 8:21.97. 10, Benjamin Kiplagat, Uganda, 8:22.21. 11, Nahom Mesfin, Ethiopia, 8:25.39. 12, Vincent Zouaoui-Dandrieux, France, 8:30.39. 13, Ruben Ramolefi, South Africa, 8:30.47. 14, Abraham Kipkirong Chirchir, Kenya, 8:33.56. 15, Alberto Paulo, Portugal, 8:33.84.

High Jump
Final

1, Jesse Williams, United States, 2.35 meters. 2, Aleksey Dmitrik, Russia, 2.35. 3, Trevor Barry, Bahamas, 2.32. 4, Jaroslav Baba, Czech Republic, 2.32. 5, Ivan Ukhov, Russia, 2.32. (tie) Dimitrios Chondrokoukis, Greece, 2.32. 7, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Qatar, 2.32. 8, Aleksandr Shustov, Russia, 2.29. 9, Raul Spank, Germany, 2.29. 10, Zhang Guowei, China, 2.25. 11, Donald Thomas, Bahamas, 2.20. 12, Darvin Edwards, Saint Lucia, 2.20. 13, Dmytro Demyanyuk, Ukraine, 2.20.

Long Jump
Qualification

Group A — 1, Q-Dwight Phillips, United States, 8.32. 2, Q-Mitchell Watt, Australia, 8.15. 3, q-Christian Reif, Germany, 8.13. 4, q-Aleksandr Menkov, Russia, 8.07. 5, q-Yahya Berrabah, Morocco, 8.05. 6, q-Kim Deok-hyeon, South Korea, 8.02. 7, q-Christopher Tomlinson, Britain, 8.02. 8, Marquise Goodwin, United States, 8.02. 9, Godfrey Khotso Mokoena, South Africa, 8.00. 10, Ignisious Gaisah, Ghana, 7.92. 11, Damar Forbes, Jamaica, 7.91. 12, Luis Felipe Meliz, Spain, 7.82. 13, Robert Crowther, Australia, 7.74. 14, Jorge McFarlane, Peru, 7.66. 15, Michel Torneus, Sweden, 7.65. 16, Salim Sdiri, France, 7.58. Mohamed Fathalla Difallah, Egypt, NM. Povilas Mykolaitis, Lithuania, NM.

Group B — 1, q-Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwe, 8.11. 2, q-Sebastian Bayer, Germany, 8.11. 3, q-Marcos Chuva, Portugal, 8.10. 4, q-Will Claye, United States, 8.09. 5, q-Luvo Manyonga, South Africa, 8.04. 6, Louis Tsatoumas, Greece, 8.01. 7, Greg Rutherford, Britain, 8.00. 8, Eusebio Caceres, Spain, 7.91. 9, Tyrone Smith, Bermuda, 7.91. 10, Fabrice Lapierre, Australia, 7.89. 11, Irving Saladino, Panama, 7.84. 12, Raymond Higgs, Bahamas, 7.72. 13. Lin Ching-hsuan, Taiwan, 7.30. 14, Kristinn Torfason, Iceland, 7.17. 15, Trevell Quinley, United States, 7.09. 16, Su Xiongfeng, China, 7.03. Henry Dagmil, Philippines, NM. Stanley Gbagbeke, Nigeria, DNS.

Shot Put
Qualification

Group A — 1, Q-David Storl, Germany, 21.50. 2, Q-Andrei Mikhnevich, Belarus, 20.79. 3, Q-Ryan Whiting, United States, 20.77. 4, Q-Tomasz Majewski, Poland, 20.73. 5, q-Ralf Bartels, Germany, 20.45. 6, q-Adam Nelson, United States, 20.23. 7, q-Asmir Kolasinac, Serbia, 20.14. 8, Kim Christensen, Denmark, 19.74. 9, Jan Marcell, Czech Republic, 19.51. 10, German Lauro, Argentina, 19.50. 11, Andriy Semenov, Ukraine, 19.45. 12, Om Prakash Singh, India, 19.29. 13, Borja Vivas, Spain, 18.37. 14, Hwang In-sung, South Korea, 17.75.

Group B — 1, Q-Dylan Armstrong, Canada, 21.05. 2, Q-Reese Hoffa, United States, 20.96. 3, Q-Christian Cantwell, United States, 20.73. 4, q-Marco Fortes, Portugal, 20.32. 5, q-Carlos Veliz, Cuba, 20.24. 6, Marco Schmidt, Germany, 20.06. 7, Lajos Kurthy, Hungary, 20.02, 8, Maksim Sidorov, Russia, 19.95. 9, Pavel Lyzhyn, Belarus, 19.91. 10, Hamza Alic, Bosnia-Herzegonvia, 19.70. 11, Chang Ming-huang, Taiwan, 19.60. 12, Amin Nikfar, Iran, 19.18. 13, Milan Jotanovic, Serbia, 18.39.

Javelin
Qualification

Group A — 1, Q-Guillermo Martinez, Cuba, 83.77. 2, Q-Dmitri Tarabin, Russia, 82.92. 3, q-Matthias de Zordo, Germany, 82.05. 4, q-Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway, 81.83. 5, q-Vitezslav Vesely, Czech Republic, 81.64. 6, q-Jarrod Bannister, Australia, 81.35. 7, Yukifumi Murakami, Japan, 80.19. 8, Jakub Vadlejch, Czech Republic, 80.08. 9, Tero Pitkamaki, Finland, 79.46. 10, Scott Russell, Canada, 77.49. 11, Eriks Rags, Latvia, 77.34. 12, Yervasios Filippidis, Greece, 76.66. 13, Mihkel Kukk, Estonia, 76.42. 14, Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, Ukraine, 73.56. 14, Oleksandr Pyatnytsya, Ukraine, 73.56. 15, Matija Kranjc, Slovenia, 73.17. 16, John Robert Oosthuizen, South Africa, 73.14. 17, Ihab Abdelrahman El Sayed, Egypt, 71.99. 18, Rinat Tarzumanov, Uzbekistan, 70.32. Mike Hazle, United States, DNS.

Group B — 1, q-Stuart Farquhar, New Zealand, 82.10. 2, q-Fatih Avan, Turkey, 81.94. 3, q-Mark Frank, Germany, 81.93. 4, Roman Avramenko, Ukraine, 81.46. 5, q-Sergey Makarov, Russia, 81.42. 6, q-Antti Ruuskanen, Finland, 81.03. 7, Igor Janik, Poland, 80.88. 8, Ari Mannio, Finland, 80.27. 9, Chen Qi, China, 78.42. 10, Leslie Copeland, Fiji, 76.57. 11, Petr Frydrych, Czech Republic, 76.18. 12, Vadims Vasilevskis, Latvia, 75.23. 13, Gabriel Wallin, Sweden, 74.44. 14, Arley Ibarguen, Colombia, 74.02. 15, Aleksandr Ivanov, Russia, 73.81. 16, Spiridon Lebesis, Greece, 73.35. 17, Zigismunds Sirmais, Latvia, 73.16. 18, Jung Sang-jin, South Korea, 72.03.

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Women
200
First Round

Heat 1 — 1, Q-Myriam Soumare, France, 22.71. 2, Q-Kerron Stewart, Jamaica, 22.83. 3, Q-Yulia Gushchina, Russia, 22.88. 4, Q-Nivea Smith, Bahamas, 23.09. 5, q-Chisato Fukushima, Japan, 23.25. 6, Jeneba Tarmoh, United States, 23.60. 7, Seyha Chan, Cambodia, 26.34. Ramona van der Vloot, Suriname, DNS.

Heat 2 — 1, Q-Carmelita Jeter, United States, 22.68. 2, Q-Sherone Simpson, Jamaica, 22.94. 3, Q-Elizabeta Savlinis, Russia, 23.09. 4, Q-Elyzaveta Bryzgina, Ukraine, 23.70. 5, Vanda Gomes, Brazil, 23.70. 6, Viktoriya Zyabkina, Kazakhstan, 24.09. 7, Mary Jane Vincent, Mauritius, 25.20. Blessing Okagbare, Nigeria, DNS.

Heat 3 — 1, Q-Dafne Schippers, Netherlands, 22.69. 2, Q-Allyson Felix, United States, 22.71. 3, Q-Ana Claudia Silva, Brazil, 22.96. 4, Q-Janelle Redhead, Grenada, 23.11. 5, q-Allison Peter, U.S. Virgin Islands, 23.17. 6, Endurance Abinuwa, Nigeria, 23.53. 7, Phumlile Ndzinisa, Swaziland, 24.15. 8, Afa Ismail, Maldives, 26.48.

Heat 4 — 1, Q-Shalonda Solomon, United States, 22.69. 2, Q-Mariya Ryemyen, Ukraine, 22.77. 3, Q-Kai Selvon, Trinidad and Tobago, 22.89. 4, Q-Anthonique Strachan, Bahamas, 23.20. 5, q-Nelkis Casabona, Cuba, 23.21. 6, Anna Kielbasinska, Poland, 23.34. 7, Kimberly Hyacinthe, Canada, 23.83. 8, Hinikissia Albertine Ndikert, Chad, 24.81.

Heat 5 — 1, Q-Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica, 22.46. 2, Q-Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria, 22.62. 3, Q-Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Bahamas, 22.86. 4, Q-Hrystyna Stuy, Ukraine, 22.92. 5, q-Anyika Onuora, Britain, 22.93. 6, Moa Hjelmer, Sweden, 23.31. 7, Maryam Toosi, Iran, 24.17. 8, Fanny Shonobi, Gambia, 25.55.

Semifinals

Heat 1 — 1, Q-Carmelita Jeter, United States, 22.47. 2, Q-Sherone Simpson, Jamaica, 22.88. 3, Mariya Ryemyen, Ukraine, 22.94. 4, Ana Claudia Silva, Brazil, 22.97. 5, Myriam Soumare, France, 23.02. 6, Nivea Smith, Bahamas, 23.06. 7, Nelkis Casabona, Cuba, 23.32. Chisato Fukushima, Japan, 23.52.

Heat 2 — Q-Shalonda Solomon, United States, 22.46. 2, Q-Kerron Stewart, Jamaica, 22.77. 3, q-Hrystyna Stuy, Ukraine, 22.79. 4, q-Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie, Bahamas, 22.85. 5, Dafne Schippers, Netherlands, 22.92. 6, Elizabeta Savlinis, Russia, 23.04. 7, Anyika Onuora, Britain, 23.08. 8, Allison Peter, U.S. Virgin Islands, 23.56.

Heat 3 — 1, Q-Veronica Campbell-Brown, Jamaica, 22.53. 2, Q-Allyson Felix, United States, 22.67. 3, Ivet Lalova, Bulgaria, 23.03. 4, Kai Selvon, Trinidad and Tobago, 23.11. 5, Yulia Gushchina, Russia, 23.26. 6, Janelle Redhead, Grenada, 23.57. 7, Anthonique Strachan, Bahamas, 23.85. Elyzaveta Bryzgina, Ukraine, DNF.

800
First Round

Heat 1 — 1, Q-Jennifer Meadows, Britain, 2:01.11. 2, Q-Maggie Vessey, United States, 2:01.32. 3, Q-Rosibel Garcia, Colombia, 2:01.33. 4, Q-Eunice Jepkoech Sum, Kenya, 2:01.37. 5, q-Yuliya Rusanova, Russia, 2:01.38. 6, Egle Balciunaite, Lithuania, 2:02.88. 7, Yvonne Hak, Netherlands, 2:03.05.

Heat 2 — 1, Q-Kenia Sinclair, Jamaica, 2:01.66. 2, Q-Halima Hachlaf, Morocco, 2:01.80. 3, Q-Yuliya Krevsun, Ukraine, 2:01.88. 4, Q-Maryna Arzamasava, Belarus, 2:01.97. 5, q-Fantu Magiso, Ethiopia, 2:02.58. 6, Merve Aydin, Turkey, 2:04.88. 7, Hug Yeon-jung, South Korea, 2:08.05. 8, Zourah Ali, Djibouti, 2:36.36.

Heat 3 — 1, Q-Janeth Jepkosgei Busienei, Kenya, 1:59.36. 2, Q-Ekaterina Kostetskaya, Russia, 1:59.61. 3, Q-Alysia Johnson Montano, United States, 1:59.62. 4, Q-Marilyn Okoro, Britain, 1:59.74. 5, Luiza Gega, Albania, 2:03.21. 6, Margarita Matsko, Kazakhstan, 2:04.24. Tetiana Petlyuk, Ukraine, DNF.

Heat 4 — 1, Q-Mariya Savinova, Russia, 2:01.01. 2, Q-Caster Semenya, South Africa, 2:01.01. 3, Q-Cherono Koech, Kenya, 2:01.03. 4, Q-Alice Schmidt, United States, 2:01.11. 5, q-Emma Jackson, Britain, 2:01.17. 6, q-Tintu Luka, India, 2:01.89. 7, Truong Thanh Hang, Vietnam, 2:03.52.

Heat 5 — 1, Q-Annet Negesa, Uganda, 2:02.75. 2, Q-Zahra Bouras, Algeria, 2:02.77. 3, Q-Lucia Klocova, Slovakia, 2:02.81. 4, Q-Liliya Lobanova, Ukraine, 2:02.84. 5, Nikki Hamblin, New Zealand, 2:02.87. 6, Lemlem Bereket, Canada, 2:03.62. 7, Sviatlana Usovich, Belarus, 2:05.62.

1,500
Final

1, Jennifer Barringer Simpson, United States, 4:05.40. 2, Hannah England, Britain, 4:05.68. 3, Natalia Rodriguez, Spain, 4:05.87. 4, Btissam Lakhouad, Morocco, 4:06.18. 5, Kalkidan Gezahegne, Ethiopia, 4:06.42. 6, Ingvill Makestad Bovim, Norway, 4:06.85. 7, Mimi Belete, Bahrain, 4:07.60. 8, Tugba Karakaya, Turkey, 4:08.14. 9, Nataliya Tobias, Ukraine, 4:08.68. 10, Morgan Uceny, United States, 4:19.71. 11, Hellen Onsando Obiri, Kenya, 4:20.23. 12, Maryam Yusuf Jamal, Bahrain, 4:22.67.

400 Hurdles
Final

1, Lashinda Demus, United States, 52.47. 2, Melaine Walker, Jamaica, 52.73. 3, Natalya Antyukh, Russia, 53.85. 4, Kaliese Spencer, Jamaica, 54.01. 5, Anastasiya Rabchenyuk, Ukraine, 54.18. 6, Vania Stambolova, Bulgaria, 54.23. 7, Zuzana Hejnova, Czech Republic, 54.23. 8, Elena Churakova, Russia, 55.17.

High Jump
Qualification

Group A — 1, Q-Anna Chicherova, Russia, 1.95. (tie) Q-Svetlana Shkolina, Russia, 1.95. 3, Q-Emma Green Tregaro, Sweden, 1.95. 4, Q-Deirdre Ryan, Ireland, 1.95. 5, Q-Anna Iljustsenko, Estonia, 1.95. 6, Q-Levern Spencer, Saint Lucia, 1.92. 7, Melanie Melfort, France, 1.92. 8, Ruth Beitia, Spain, 1.92. 9, Vita Styopina, Ukraine, 1.92. 10, Venelina Veneva-Mateeva, Bulgaria, 1.89. 11, Tonje Angelsen, Norway, 1.85. 12, Raffaella Lamera, Italy, 1.85. 13, Marielys Rojas, Venezuela, 1.85. 14, Inika McPherson, United States, 1.80. 15, Han Da-rye, South Korea, 1.75.

Group B — 1, Q-Blanka Vlasic, Croatia, 1.95. (tie) Q-Antonietta Di Martino, Italy, 1.95. (tie) Q-Brigetta Barrett, United States, 1.95. 4, Q-Doreen Amata, Nigeria, 1.95. 5, Q- Zheng Xingjuan, China, 1.95. (tie) Q-Elena Slesarenko, Russia, 1.95. (tie) Q-Svetlana Radzivil, Uzbekistan, 1.95. 8, Esthera Petre, Romania, 1.92. 9, Ebba Jungmark, Sweden, 1.92. 10, Marina Aitova, Kazakhstan, 1.89. (tie) Oksana Okuneva, Ukraine, 1.89. 12, Wanida Boonwan, Thailand, 1.85. 13, Danielle Frenkel, Israel, 1.85. 14, Marija Vukovic, Montenegro, 1.80.

Triple Jump
Final

1, Olha Saladuha, Ukraine, 14.94. 2, Olga Rypakova, Kazakhstan, 14.89. 3, Caterine Ibarguen, Colombia, 14.84. 4, Mabel Gay, Cuba, 14.67. 5, Yamile Aldama, Britain, 14.50. 6, Yargeris Savigne, Cuba, 14.43. 7, Anna Kuropatkina, Russia, 14.23. 8, Baya Rahouli, Algeria, 14.12. 9, Natalia Iastrebova, Ukraine, 14.12. 10, Biljana Topic, Serbia, 14.03. 11, Dana Veldakova, Slovakia, 13.96. 12, Keila Costa, Brazil, 13.72.

Javelin
Qualification

Group A — 1, Q-Christina Obergfoll, Germany, 68.76. 2, Q-Kathrina Molitor, Germany, 63.52. 3, Q-Maria Abakumova, Russia, 62.49. 4, Q-Goldie Sayers, Britain, 62.19. 5, Q-Yuki Ebihara, Japan, 59.88. 6, Madara Palameika, Latvia, 59.78. 7, Jarmila Klimesova, Czech Republic, 59.65. 8, Asdis Hjalmsdottir, Iceland, 59.15. 9, Rachel Yurkovich, United States, 58.84. 10, Justine Robbeson, South Africa, 58.08. 11, Indre Jakubaityte, Lithuania, 56.92. 12, Yanet Cruz, Cuba, 56.73. 13, Elisabeth Eberl, Austria, 56.48. 14, Kim Kyung-ae, South Korea, 54.96.

Group B — 1, Q-Sunette Viljoen, South Africa, 65.34. 2, Q-Barbora Spotakova, Czech Republic, 63.40. 3, Q-Martina Ratej, Slovenia, 61.58. 4, q-Kimberley Mickle, Australia, 60.50. 5, q-Linda Stahl, Germany, 60.21. 6, Zahra Bani, Italy, 58.92. 7, Vira Rebryk, Ukraine, 58.50. 8, Mercedes Chilla, Spain, 58.34. 9, Sinta Ozolina-Kovala, Latvia, 58.15. 10, Liu Chunhua, China, 57.52. 11, Kara Patterson, United States, 57.14. 12, Tatjana Jelaca, Serbia, 56.68. 13, Risa Miyashita, Japan, 55.62. 14, Maria Murillo, Colombia, 52.83.

A brief history of Japan Airlines

Japan Airlines Corp., which filed for bankruptcy Wednesday, was the country's first airline and the largest carrier in Asia. The following is a brief history of the company, also known as JAL:

_1951: JAL is founded in Tokyo while Japan is still under U.S. occupation. The company begins service with a DC 3 borrowed from Philippine Airlines. It offers domestic service with Northwest Airlines (now part of Delta) overseeing flight operations.

_1953: JAL is nationalized.

_1954: JAL begins first international route, to San Francisco.

_1987: JAL is privatized after growing to become one of the world's largest international carriers.

_2001: The state-run Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) loans 154 billion yen to JAL and 85 billion yen to ANA to help them overcome falling sales after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. JAL merges with smaller carrier Japan Air System.

_2003: The DBJ loans 70 billion yen to JAL as passenger numbers fall due to the SARS outbreak and the Iraq war.

_2005: JAL struggles with a series of minor but embarassing safety lapses, including the front tires of a plane coming off during landing and a pilot attempting to take off without approval from air traffic controllers. Company chairman Isao Kaneko resigns.

_2009: JAL receives a 100 billion yen loan deal from the DBJ and three commercial banks as it continues to struggle, losing 131.2 billion yen in the six months through September. The airline asks for more public funds, but a new government refuses, and the state-run Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation is brought in to oversee the company's revival.

_2010: JAL's shares plunge to 5 yen from 101 yen in a month on fears the issue will be removed from the stock exchange. JAL files for a government-led bankruptcy with 2.32 trillion ($25.6 billion) yen in debt.