Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date23 July 1976 (qualifications)
24 July 1976 (finals)
Competitors15 from 10 nations
Winning distance65.94 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ruth Fuchs
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Marion Becker
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Kate Schmidt
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1972
1980  

The Women's javelin throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 23–24 July. [1]

Records

Prior to the competition, these were the following World and Olympic records.

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Ruth Fuchs  (GDR)69.12 m. Berlin, East Germany July 10, 1976
Olympic recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Ruth Fuchs  (GDR)65.12 m. Munich, West Germany September 1, 1972

The following new Olympic record was set during the competition

DateAthleteCountryDistanceOR WR
 July 24 Ruth Fuchs Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 65.94 m.OR

Results

Qualification

The qualification distance was set to 60.00 metres.

RankNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNote
1 Marion Becker Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 65.1465.14
2 Ruth Fuchs Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 62.4662.46Q
3 Kate Schmidt Flag of the United States.svg  United States 61.5061.50Q
4 Eva Janko Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 60.9060.90Q
5 Jacqueline Hein Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 60.7060.70Q
6 Karin Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States xx59.3659.36q
7 Tessa Sanderson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain x57.1857.18q
8 Svetlana Babich Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 56.8256.82q
9 Yordanka Peeva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria x53.6256.7456.74q
10 Nadezhda Yakubovich Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union xx56.5656.56q
11 Sabine Sebrowski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 55.4255.42q
12 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 55.3455.34q
13 Sherry Calvert Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52.58x53.0853.08
Sofia Sakorafa Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece NM
Christine Hunt Flag of Australia.svg  Australia NM

Final

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ruth Fuchs Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 65.9459.5865.0654.4858.8258.4465.94 OR
Silver medal icon.svg Marion Becker Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 60.6660.5264.70xxx64.70
Bronze medal icon.svg Kate Schmidt Flag of the United States.svg  United States xx59.7057.90x63.9663.96
4 Jacqueline Hein Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 58.3061.6860.9055.16x63.8463.84
5 Sabine Sebrowski Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 57.0259.1063.0856.4654.3451.7263.08
6 Svetlana Babich Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union x49.2459.42xxx59.42
7 Nadezhda Yakubovich Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 58.10x59.1655.76x52.6659.16
8 Karin Smith Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53.8657.5055.3252.6645.0839.4857.50
9 Eva Janko Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 55.0457.20x57.20
10 Tessa Sanderson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 57.0055.96x57.00
11 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 54.4053.8855.6055.60
12 Yordanka Peeva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 50.2852.0252.2452.24

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  1. "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2018.