1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 9, 1997. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Norway.svg Trine Hattestad
Norway (NOR)
Silver Flag of Australia (converted).svg Joanna Stone
Australia (AUS)
Bronze Flag of Germany.svg Tanja Damaske
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
07.08.1997 08:30h07.08.1997 10:10h
Final Round
09.08.1997 19:10h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Petra Felke-Meier  (GDR)80.00 m September 9, 1988 Flag of East Germany.svg Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Fatima Whitbread  (GBR)76.64 m September 6, 1987 Flag of Italy.svg Rome, Italy
Season Best Flag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)69.66 m June 18, 1997 Flag of Finland.svg Helsinki, Finland

Qualification

RANKGROUP ADISTANCE
1.Flag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)66.12 m
2.Flag of Finland.svg  Heli Rantanen  (FIN)64.46 m
3.Flag of Greece.svg  Mirela Maniani-Tzelili  (GRE)63.50 m
4.Flag of Romania.svg  Felicia Țilea-Moldovan  (ROM)63.06 m
5.Flag of Russia.svg  Oksana Ovchinnikova  (RUS)61.58 m
6.Flag of Cuba.svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)60.90 m
7.Flag of Germany.svg  Karen Forkel  (GER)60.70 m
8.Flag of Colombia.svg  Zuleima Araméndiz  (COL)58.98 m
9.Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Laverne Eve  (BAH)58.80 m
10.Flag of Hungary.svg  Nikolett Szabó  (HUN)57.78 m
11.Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Young-Sun  (KOR)55.98 m
12.Flag of the United States.svg  Lynda Lipson  (USA)52.64 m
13.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Shelley Holroyd  (GBR)51.06 m
14.Flag of Guyana.svg  Trishel Thompson  (GUY)38.14 m


RANKGROUP BDISTANCE
1.Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Joanna Stone  (AUS)67.72 m
2.Flag of Finland.svg  Mikaela Ingberg  (FIN)63.92 m
3.Flag of Cuba.svg  Sonia Bisset  (CUB)63.48 m
4.Flag of Germany.svg  Tanja Damaske  (GER)63.30 m
5.Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Rita Ramanauskaitė  (LTU)62.60 m
6.Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Shikolenko  (RUS)61.78 m
7.Flag of Germany.svg  Silke Renk  (GER)60.72 m
8.Flag of Cuba.svg  Odelmys Palma  (CUB)58.42 m
9.Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tessa Sanderson  (GBR)57.84 m
10.Flag of Finland.svg  Taina Uppa  (FIN)57.72 m
11.Flag of Poland.svg  Ewa Rybak  (POL)56.24 m
12.Flag of the United States.svg  Nicole Carroll  (USA)55.62 m
13.Flag of the United States.svg  Erica Wheeler  (USA)54.16 m
14.Flag of Greece.svg  Ageliki Tsiolakoudi  (GRE)53.48 m
15.Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Nikola Tomečková  (CZE)52.86 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
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Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Trine Hattestad  (NOR)68.7863.32X66.32X65.4668.78 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Joanna Stone  (AUS)64.6868.1666.9466.1268.6468.6068.64 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Tanja Damaske  (GER)64.3063.7264.3664.1866.2667.1267.12 m
4Flag of Finland.svg  Mikaela Ingberg  (FIN)64.50X63.7261.7064.1466.0066.00 m
5Flag of Romania.svg  Felicia Țilea-Moldovan  (ROM)60.3255.2464.9061.1459.2464.4064.90 m
6Flag of Cuba.svg  Sonia Bisset  (CUB)63.8063.1663.0860.4460.5263.3463.80 m
7Flag of Cuba.svg  Osleidys Menéndez  (CUB)63.7662.44X59.8863.0262.1463.76 m
8Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Shikolenko  (RUS)X63.76X62.68XX63.76 m
9Flag of Russia.svg  Oksana Ovchinnikova  (RUS)58.7261.3262.9262.92 m
10Flag of Finland.svg  Heli Rantanen  (FIN)62.6459.96X62.64 m
11Flag of Greece.svg  Mirela Maniani-Tzelili  (GRE)61.02X57.8061.02 m
12Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Rita Ramanauskaitė  (LTU)56.8057.3856.3657.38 m

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