Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Women's javelin throw; at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
	Pictogram for Athletics
Venue	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates	31 July (qualification); 1 August (final)
Competitors	25 from 17 nations
Winning distance	68.34
Medalists
	← 1988 1996 →

These are the official results of the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 25 participating athletes. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 62.50 metres advanced to the final. The javelin used was an "old design" rough surfaced javelin.^[1]

Medalists edit

Gold	Silke Renk Germany
Silver	Natalya Shikolenko Unified Team
Bronze	Karen Forkel Germany

Abbreviations edit

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	74.68 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

The World and Olympic record holder Petra Felke competed in this event under the name Petra Meier.

Qualification edit

Group A edit

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	2	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	67.20	—	—	67.20 m
2	6	Donna Mayhew (USA)	58.76	58.02	61.24	61.24 m
3	7	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)	58.18	55.60	60.74	60.74 m
4	8	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	60.70	X	53.20	60.70 m
5	9	Petra Meier (GER)	60.58	59.42	57.40	60.58 m
6	10	Louise McPaul (AUS)	58.00	59.24	60.56	60.56 m
7	12	Dulce García (CUB)	60.44	X	57.02	60.44 m	SB
8	14	Xu Demei (CHN)	X	X	59.98	59.98 m
9	17	Kirsten Smith (NZL)	X	53.82	59.34	59.34 m
10	20	Irina Kostyuchenkova (EUN)	X	57.96	X	57.96 m
11	21	Anna Verouli (GRE)	55.82	56.96	56.60	56.96 m
12	24	Vijitha Amerasekera (SRI)	X	48.00	44.70	48.00 m
—	—	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	X	X	X	NM

Group B edit

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1	Natalya Shikolenko (EUN)	67.36	—	—	67.36 m
2	3	Karen Forkel (GER)	62.28	61.48	65.44	65.44 m
3	4	Silke Renk (GER)	65.38	—	—	65.38 m
4	5	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	63.98	—	—	63.98 m
5	11	Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN)	54.66	60.44	57.76	60.44 m	SB
6	13	Isel López (CUB)	X	X	60.42	60.42 m
7	15	Ha Xiaoyan (CHN)	59.70	56.58	58.38	59.70 m
8	16	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)	59.40	57.86	57.78	59.40 m
9	18	Teresė Nekrošaitė (LTU)	58.28	X	X	58.28 m
10	19	Genowefa Patla (POL)	X	55.14	58.18	58.18 m
11	22	Lee Young-Sun (KOR)	55.10	X	54.54	55.10 m
12	23	Paula Berry (USA)	48.70	X	49.00	49.00 m

Final edit

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
	Silke Renk (GER)	67.24	62.08	65.34	65.62	65.62	68.34	68.34 m
	Natalya Shikolenko (EUN)	68.26	67.42	X	X	X	X	68.26 m
	Karen Forkel (GER)	65.02	X	62.76	65.84	66.86	66.80	66.86 m
4	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	63.58	X	62.60	X	X	59.80	63.58 m
5	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	59.52	58.52	63.54	X	59.70	X	63.54 m
6	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	62.34	59.62	X	58.02	61.36	58.76	62.34 m
7	Petra Meier (GER)	X	58.36	58.34	X	57.54	59.02	59.02 m
8	Dulce García (CUB)	54.56	58.00	58.26	X	X	X	58.26 m

9	Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN)	56.50	57.32	53.82				57.32 m
10	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)	56.54	54.78	55.16				56.54 m
11	Louise McPaul (AUS)	54.92	56.00	X				56.00 m
12	Donna Mayhew (USA)	X	55.68	54.36				55.68 m

References edit

^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

External links edit

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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