Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Date5 August 1984 (qualifications)
6 August 1984 (final)
Competitors24 from 18 nations
Winning distance69.56 OR
Medalists
File:Gold medal icon.svg Tessa Sanderson
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
File:Silver medal icon.svg Tiina Lillak
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Fatima Whitbread
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
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The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups (29 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Monday August 6, 1984. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).[1]

Medalists

Gold Tessa Sanderson
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
Silver Tiina Lillak
File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland
Bronze Fatima Whitbread
File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
OR olympic record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record File:Flag of Finland.svg Tiina Lillak (FIN) 74.76 m June 13, 1983 File:Flag of Finland.svg Tampere, Finland
Olympic Record File:Flag of Cuba.svg María Caridad Colón (CUB) 68.40 m July 25, 1980 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 69.56 m August 6, 1984 File:Flag of the United States.svg Los Angeles, United States

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 1 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Fatima Whitbread (GBR) X X 65.30 65.30 m
2 2 File:Flag of Finland.svg Tiina Lillak (FIN) 63.30 63.30 m
3 7 File:Flag of the United States.svg Karin Smith (USA) 61.38 61.38 m
4 9 File:Flag of Germany.svg Ingrid Thyssen (FRG) 60.86 60.86 m
5 10 File:Flag of Finland.svg Tuula Laaksalo (FIN) 59.64 60.42 60.42 m
6 11 File:Flag of Australia.svg Petra Rivers (AUS) 54.28 59.12 59.12 m
7 14 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Emi Matsui (JPN) 55.92 57.72 55.94 57.72 m
8 15 File:Flag of Italy.svg Fausta Quintavalla (ITA) 56.48 57.66 55.66 57.66 m
9 17 File:Flag of Cameroon.svg Agnès Tchuinté (CMR) 55.94 X 51.86 55.94 m
10 18 File:Flag of the United States.svg Lynda Sutfin (USA) 55.70 51.36 55.92 55.92 m
11 21 File:Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Lee Hui-cheng (TPE) 51.18 52.46 49.54 52.46 m
12 22 File:Flag of Iceland.svg Íris Grönfeldt (ISL) 47.34 48.70 48.16 48.70 m
13 23 File:Flag of Malta.svg Jennifer Pace (MLT) 47.92 X 47.68 47.92 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
1 3 File:Flag of Norway.svg Trine Solberg (NOR) 62.68 62.68 m
2 4 File:Flag of Finland.svg Helena Laine (FIN) X 61.80 61.80 m
3 5 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 61.58 61.58 m
4 6 File:Flag of Germany.svg Beate Peters (FRG) 61.56 61.56 m
5 8 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Sharon Gibson (GBR) 60.88 60.88 m
6 12 File:Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Sulinski (USA) 54.32 X 59.00 59.00 m
7 13 File:Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Regula Egger (SUI) 56.32 57.80 57.88 57.88 m
8 16 File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Minori Mori (JPN) 46.66 56.60 X 56.60 m
9 19 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhu Hongyang (CHN) 53.18 50.98 X 53.18 m
10 20 File:Flag of Bermuda (1910–1999).svg Sonia Smith (BER) 51.48 X 52.74 52.74 m
File:Flag of Greece.svg Anna Verouli (GRE) 57.72 X 58.62 DSQ [2]
File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Iamo Launa (PNG) DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
File:Gold medal icon.svg File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 69.56 66.56 63.68 64.84 66.86 64.10 69.56 m OR
File:Silver medal icon.svg File:Flag of Finland.svg Tiina Lillak (FIN) 61.14 69.00 X X X X 69.00 m
File:Bronze medal icon.svg File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 64.52 65.42 X 65.82 67.14 X 67.14 m
4 File:Flag of Finland.svg Tuula Laaksalo (FIN) 56.42 61.36 X 66.40 59.64 65.72 66.40 m
5 File:Flag of Norway.svg Trine Solberg (NOR) 64.52 60.90 X X X X 64.52 m
6 File:Flag of Germany.svg Ingrid Thyssen (FRG) 61.12 63.26 55.64 55.96 60.42 56.26 63.26 m
7 File:Flag of Germany.svg Beate Peters (FRG) 61.84 59.90 X 61.24 57.98 62.34 62.34 m
8 File:Flag of the United States.svg Karin Smith (USA) 60.54 X 55.92 59.14 X 62.06 62.06 m
9 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Sharon Gibson (GBR) 54.96 X 59.66 59.66 m
10 File:Flag of the United States.svg Cathy Sulinski (USA) 54.26 58.38 X 58.38 m
11 File:Flag of Finland.svg Helena Laine (FIN) X X 58.18 58.18 m
12 File:Flag of Australia.svg Petra Rivers (AUS) 55.66 56.20 X 56.20 m

See also

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  2. Anna Verouli finished seventh at 58.62 (192’4”) but was subsequently disqualified as her doping tests proved positive.

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