Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||||||
Dates | October 14 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 16 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 60.36 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place on October 154 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario. [1]
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The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12th to the 27th.
Estadio Olímpico Universitario is a multi-purpose stadium located in Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City. It was built in 1952 and at that time was the largest stadium in Mexico. This stadium has a capacity of 72,000. The first major event held in the stadium was the 1955 Pan American Games. During the 1950s and the 1960s this stadium was used mostly for college American football matches between the largest Mexican public universities at the time: UNAM and IPN. From the late 1950s it was used for football matches, some American football matches and athletics contests. American architect Frank Lloyd Wright called it "the most important building in the modern America".
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 62.40 m | Tokyo, Japan | October 16, 1964 | |
Olympic record |
The competition consisted of a single final round. Each athlete is allowed three throws, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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Angéla Németh | 57.66 | 60.36 | 55.56 | 57.54 | X | 53.30 | 60.36 | |||
Mihaela Peneş | 59.92 | 54.68 | X | 51.40 | 58.36 | X | 59.92 | |||
Eva Janko | 54.60 | X | X | 46.44 | 46.24 | 58.04 | 58.04 | |||
4 | Márta Rudas | 56.38 | X | X | 51.60 | X | 52.68 | 56.38 | ||
5 | Daniela Jaworska | 55.78 | 56.06 | 52.34 | 51.88 | X | 53.20 | 56.06 | ||
6 | Nataša Urbančič | 53.80 | X | 55.42 | X | X | – | 55.42 | ||
7 | Ameli Koloska | 53.54 | 54.08 | X | 54.00 | 55.20 | X | 55.20 | ||
8 | Kaisa Launela | 53.96 | 51.44 | X | X | X | X | 53.96 | ||
9 | Barbara Friedrich | 53.44 | 51.00 | 52.16 | N/A | 53.44 | ||||
10 | Lidiya Tsymosh | X | X | 53.40 | N/A | 53.40 | ||||
11 | RaNae Bair | 49.54 | 48.08 | 53.14 | N/A | 53.14 | ||||
12 | Lucyna Krawcewicz | 51.54 | X | X | N/A | 51.54 | ||||
13 | Jay Dahlgren | 51.34 | 51.10 | 48.04 | N/A | 51.34 | ||||
14 | Valentyna Evert | X | 51.16 | X | N/A | 51.16 | ||||
15 | Sue Platt | X | 44.94 | 48.52 | N/A | 48.52 | ||||
AC | Erika Strasser | X | X | X | N/A | NM |
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