Women Javelin Throw Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - 27th July

Women Javelin Throw Athletics XXVI Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 1996 - 27th July - Gold Medal: Heli Rantanen, Finland

Final		Distance	SO	1	2	3	4	5	6
1. Heli Rantanen	Finland	67.94m	1.	67.94	64.72	63.84	62.60	63.82	59.18
2. Louise Mcpaul	Australia	65.54m	7.	61.72	62.74	64.18	59.76	63.34	65.54
3. Elsa Katrine Hattestad	Norway	64.98m	9.	61.42	60.78	X	58.66	62.74	64.98
4. Isel Lopez	Cuba	64.68m	2.	X	63.50	57.98	X	64.68	X
5. Xiomara Rivero	Cuba	64.48m	5.	X	61.94	62.76	X	64.48	61.60
6. Karen Forkel	Germany	64.18m	10.	56.50	59.20	64.18	58.70	62.04	62.42
7. Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	61.52m	11.	X	61.52	X	60.30	X	X
8. Lei LI	China	60.74m	8.	X	56.96	60.74	59.56	58.52	60.12
9. Steffi Nerius	Germany	60.20m		57.88	60.20	59.78
10.Felicia Tilea	Romania	59.94m		56.02	57.28	59.94
11.Odelmye Palma	Cuba	59.70m		X	59.70	57.50
12.Natasha Shikolenko	Belarus	58.56m		58.56	X	X

world Women Javelin Throw History

Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium 85,000.

32 competitors from 23 nations.

Veterans Shikolenko and Hattestad were favoured to battle for gold, but the javelin is not a respecter of expectations. Tilea (66.94) and Rantanen (66.54) led the qualifying, with both favourites getting through, while reigning champion Renk (59.70), and six-time Olympian Sanderson (58.86) each failed to make it to the final stages. Rantanen opened the final with a lifetime best of 67.94, and then watched as the other 11 finalists had their 54 throws without getting within 2m of her best. Lean (1.73/64kg) Louise McPaul got closest with 65.54, as she and Hattestad (64.98) shunted Cubans López and Rivero out of medals in the final round.

Qualification

mark ? 3+9 Athletes

Group A		Distance	1. ?2.	3.
1. Elsa Katrine Hattestad	Norway	64.52m	64.52
2. Natasha Shikolenko	Belarus	62.32m	X	50.10	62.32
3. Lei LI	China	61.48m	59.54	61.48	X
4. Isel Lopez	Cuba	61.40m	60.12	61.40	X
5. Steffi Nerius	Germany	60.98m	X	56.82	60.98
6. Mikaela Ingberg	Finland	60.46m	53.52	X	60.46
7. Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	58.86m	58.86	56.80	56.64
8. Young-Sun Lee	South Korea	58.66m	54.62	57.94	58.66
9. Joanna Stone	Australia	58.54m	52.30	49.16	58.54
10.Aysel Tas	Turkey	57.86m	55.32	56.20	57.86
11.Taina Uppa	Finland	57.74m	57.74	56.80	X
12.Renata Strasek	Slovenia	57.04m	54.72	51.46	57.04
13.Jette Jeppesen	Denmark	56.16m	55.24	54.52	56.16
14.Mirela Manjani	Albania	55.64m	X	X	55.64
15.Erica Wheeler	United States	53.34m	53.34	49.54	52.72
16.Iloai Suaniu	Samoa	38.08m	X	38.08	X
-. Sonya Radicheva	Bulgaria	DNS

Group B		Distance	1. ?2.	3.
1. Felicia Tilea	Romania	66.94m	58.84	X	66.94
2. Heli Rantanen	Finland	66.54m	66.54
3. Louise Mcpaul	Australia	62.32m	62.32
4. Odelmys Palma	Cuba	62.30m	62.30	54.76	X
5. Xiomara Rivero	Cuba	61.32m	X	52.84	61.32
6. Karen Forkel	Germany	60.84m	60.84	59.48	X
7. Silke Renk	Germany	59.70m	58.88	59.10	59.70
8. Laverne Eve	Bahamas	58.48m	52.92	X	58.48
9. Oksana Ovchinnikova	Russia	57.28m	X	57.28	X
10.Rita Ramanauskaite	Lithuania	56.94m	X	56.38	56.94
11.Nikola Tomeckova	Czechia	55.02m	55.02	52.48	X
12.Nicole Carroll	United States	54.74m	53.46	54.74	52.18
13.Shelley Holroyd	Great Britain	54.72m	53.46	52.72	54.72
14.Zuleima Aramendiz Mejia	Colombia	54.24m	53.86	X	54.24
15.Akiko Miyajima	Japan	53.98m	49.58	53.18	53.98
16.Nadine Auzeil	France	52.76m	52.76	52.66	50.84

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Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m	Women 1500m
Men 5000m	Women 5000m
Men 10000m	Women 10000m
Men Marathon	Women Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles	Women 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay	Women 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump	Women Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk	Women 10km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon	Women Heptathlon
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