1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 8, 1995. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists edit

Gold   Natalya Shikolenko
Belarus (BLR)
Silver   Felicia Țilea-Moldovan
Romania (ROM)
Bronze   Mikaela Ingberg
Finland (FIN)

Schedule edit

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
06.08.1995 – 09:45h 06.08.1995 – 11:15h
Final Round
08.08.1995 – 17:35h

Abbreviations edit

  • All results shown are in metres
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 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record   Petra Felke-Meier (GDR) 80.00 m September 9, 1988   Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record   Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 76.64 m September 6, 1987   Rome, Italy
Season Best   Steffi Nerius (GER) 68.42 m June 25, 1995   Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Qualification edit

  • Held on Sunday 1995-08-06
RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1.   Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) 65.64 m
2.   Tanja Damaske (GER) 62.82 m
3.   Yekaterina Krasnikova (RUS) 61.52 m
4.   Renata Strašek (SLO) 60.26 m
5.   Isel Lopez (CUB) 60.04 m
6.   Joanna Stone (AUS) 59.52 m
7.   Silke Renk (GER) 58.86 m
8.   Kinga Zsigmond (HUN) 57.86 m
9.   Tang Lishuang (CHN) 56.98 m
10.   Claudia Isaila (ROM) 55.84 m
11.   Taina Uppa (FIN) 54.38 m
12.   Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) 54.14 m
13.   Donna Mayhew (USA) 53.10 m
14.   Aysel Taş (TUR) 49.20 m
15.   Maka Obolashvili (GEO) 43.98 m


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1.   Steffi Nerius (GER) 62.62 m
2.   Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (ALB) 62.40 m
3.   Jette Jeppesen (DEN) 61.96 m
4.   Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM) 61.52 m
5.   Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) 60.72 m
6.   Heli Rantanen (FIN) 60.34 m
7.   Louise McPaul (AUS) 59.30 m
8.   Laverne Eve (BAH) 58.78 m
9.   Xiomara Rivero (CUB) 58.32 m
10.   Nikola Tomecková (CZE) 57.98 m
11.   Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf (FRA) 56.80 m
12.   Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS) 56.74 m
13.   Nicole Carroll (USA) 55.32 m
14.   Agnes Preisinger (HUN) 54.00 m
15.   Kate Farrow (AUS) 49.24 m
16.   Ketut Mudiani (INA) 40.92 m

Final edit

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) 66.48 63.58 X X 65.46 67.56 67.56 m
    Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM) 62.34 60.98 59.64 65.22 X X 65.22 m
    Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) 61.82 59.54 60.12 65.16 X X 65.16 m
4   Heli Rantanen (FIN) 55.44 59.66 X 59.10 62.96 65.04 65.04 m
5   Joanna Stone (AUS) 59.14 X 61.46 58.50 57.80 63.74 63.74 m
6   Tanja Damaske (GER) 62.32 X 60.42 X 59.64 X 62.32 m
7   Isel Lopez (CUB) 54.30 X 60.80 X X X 60.80 m
8   Yekaterina Krasnikova (RUS) 59.82 56.06 58.64 55.28 X X 59.82 m
9   Renata Strašek (SLO) X 59.10 X 59.10 m
10   Jette Jeppesen (DEN) 58.48 X 58.84 58.84 m
11   Steffi Nerius (GER) 56.50 52.98 55.28 56.50 m
12   Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (ALB) X 55.56 55.50 55.56 m

See also edit

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