Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Athletics pictogram.svg
Pictogram of athletics
Venues Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 25 (qualifications)
September 26 (finals)
Competitors29 from 18 nations
Winning distance74.68 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Petra Felke
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Fatima Whitbread
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Beate Koch
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
  1984
1992  

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups (29 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. The top 12 and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design). [1]

Contents

Medalists

Gold Petra Felke
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany
Silver Fatima Whitbread
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Bronze Beate Koch
Flag of East Germany.svg East Germany

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
25.09.1988 ??:??h25.09.1988 ??:??h
Final Round
26.09.1988 ??:??h

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Petra Felke  (GDR)80.00 m September 9, 1988 Flag of East Germany.svg Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tessa Sanderson  (GBR)69.56 m August 6, 1984 Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Petra Felke  (GDR)72.62 mSeptember 26, 1988 Flag of South Korea.svg Seoul, South Korea
74.68 m

Qualification

Group A

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
12Flag of East Germany.svg  Petra Felke  (GDR)67.0667.06 m
23Flag of East Germany.svg  Beate Koch  (GDR)66.8666.86 m
35Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Yermolovich  (URS)X64.4464.44 m
46Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsuzsa Malovecz  (HUN)64.3064.30 m
511Flag of Switzerland.svg  Denise Thiémard  (SUI)55.1861.7455.6061.74 m
613Flag of Finland.svg  Tuula Laaksalo  (FIN)57.3460.6454.6660.64 m
714Flag of Germany.svg  Beate Peters  (FRG)XX60.2060.20 m
816Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Laverne Eve  (BAH)X57.4860.0260.02 m
918Flag of Norway.svg  Trine Solberg  (NOR)57.7656.9058.8258.82 m
1019Flag of Greece.svg  Anna Verouli  (GRE)57.6058.52X58.52 m
1121Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Tessa Sanderson  (GBR)54.1856.7056.2656.70 m
1222Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhou Yuanxiang  (CHN)53.6652.8056.3656.36 m
1324Flag of the United States.svg  Lynda Sutfin  (USA)56.0856.12X56.12 m
1427Flag of Canada.svg  Céline Chartrand  (CAN)47.6446.1854.1054.10 m
Flag of France.svg  Nadine Auzeil  (FRA)XXXNM

Group B

RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123
11Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Fatima Whitbread  (GBR)54.90X68.4468.44 m
24Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Antoaneta Selenska  (BUL)50.8461.6264.6064.60 m
37Flag of East Germany.svg  Silke Renk  (GDR)63.6463.64 m
48Flag of Germany.svg  Ingrid Thyssen  (FRG)63.3263.32 m
59Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Irina Kostyuchenkova  (URS)58.56X63.2463.24 m
610Flag of Finland.svg  Päivi Alafrantti  (FIN)62.8258.5459.8262.82 m
712Flag of the United States.svg  Donna Mayhew  (USA)61.5660.6259.0861.56 m
815Flag of Finland.svg  Tiina Lillak  (FIN)60.06X55.5260.06 m
917Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Li Baolian  (CHN)56.6458.9256.6258.92 m
1020Flag of the United States.svg  Karin Smith  (USA)57.4253.8657.9457.94 m
1123Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Emi Matsui  (JPN)50.70X56.2656.26 m
1225Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Sharon Gibson  (GBR)56.0050.7453.2056.00 m
1326Flag of Iceland.svg  Íris Grönfeldt  (ISL)X54.2850.8454.28 m
1428Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  Yu Chun-ok  (KOR)X44.9248.2648.26 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistance
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  Petra Felke  (GDR)72.6274.6866.1266.7671.1268.3874.68 m
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Fatima Whitbread  (GBR)61.9867.4666.5864.8667.8270.3270.32 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of East Germany.svg  Beate Koch  (GDR)67.3065.6666.4862.0465.6466.0267.30 m
4Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Irina Kostyuchenkova  (URS)64.3467.0063.1263.4263.10X67.00 m
5Flag of East Germany.svg  Silke Renk  (GDR)60.8658.7463.9864.6064.7466.3866.38 m
6Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Natalya Yermolovich  (URS)64.84XXXXX64.84 m
7Flag of the United States.svg  Donna Mayhew  (USA)57.52X61.7859.72X56.7461.78 m
8Flag of Germany.svg  Ingrid Thyssen  (FRG)60.7660.1256.66X59.6458.2860.76 m
9Flag of Switzerland.svg  Denise Thiémard  (SUI)57.5857.2058.5458.54 m
10Flag of Finland.svg  Päivi Alafrantti  (FIN)58.2055.8656.4658.20m
11Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Antoaneta Selenska  (BUL)56.78XX56.78 m
12Flag of Hungary.svg  Zsuzsa Malovecz  (HUN)X54.58X54.58 m

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References

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