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]
| Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | |||||||||
| Date | 5 August 1984 (qualifications) 6 August 1984 (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 from 18 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 69.56 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Medalists edit
| Gold | Tessa Sanderson Great Britain
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| Silver | Tiina Lillak Finland
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| Bronze | Fatima Whitbread Great Britain
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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 |
| OR | olympic record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||||
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| World Record | Tiina Lillak (FIN) |
74.76 m | June 13, 1983 | Tampere, Finland
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| Olympic Record |  María Caridad Colón (CUB) |
68.40 m | July 25, 1980 |  Moscow, Soviet Union
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| Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||||
| Olympic Record | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) |
69.56 m | August 6, 1984 |  Los Angeles, United States
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Qualification edit
Group A edit
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 |  Fatima Whitbread (GBR) |
X | X | 65.30 | 65.30 m | |
| 2 | 2 |  Tiina Lillak (FIN) |
63.30 | — | — | 63.30 m | |
| 3 | 7 |  Karin Smith (USA) |
61.38 | — | — | 61.38 m | |
| 4 | 9 |  Ingrid Thyssen (FRG) |
60.86 | — | — | 60.86 m | |
| 5 | 10 | Tuula Laaksalo (FIN) |
59.64 | 60.42 | — | 60.42 m | |
| 6 | 11 |  Petra Rivers (AUS) |
54.28 | 59.12 | — | 59.12 m | |
| 7 | 14 |  Emi Matsui (JPN) |
55.92 | 57.72 | 55.94 | 57.72 m | |
| 8 | 15 |  Fausta Quintavalla (ITA) |
56.48 | 57.66 | 55.66 | 57.66 m | |
| 9 | 17 |  Agnès Tchuinté (CMR) |
55.94 | X | 51.86 | 55.94 m | |
| 10 | 18 | Lynda Sutfin (USA) |
55.70 | 51.36 | 55.92 | 55.92 m | |
| 11 | 21 |  Lee Hui-cheng (TPE) |
51.18 | 52.46 | 49.54 | 52.46 m | |
| 12 | 22 |  Íris Grönfeldt (ISL) |
47.34 | 48.70 | 48.16 | 48.70 m | |
| 13 | 23 |  Jennifer Pace (MLT) |
47.92 | X | 47.68 | 47.92 m | |
Group B edit
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 3 |  Trine Solberg (NOR) |
62.68 | — | — | 62.68 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Helena Laine (FIN) |
X | 61.80 | — | 61.80 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) |
61.58 | — | — | 61.58 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Beate Peters (FRG) |
61.56 | — | — | 61.56 m | |
| 5 | 8 | Sharon Gibson (GBR) |
60.88 | — | — | 60.88 m | |
| 6 | 12 | Cathy Sulinski (USA) |
54.32 | X | 59.00 | 59.00 m | |
| 7 | 13 |  Regula Egger (SUI) |
56.32 | 57.80 | 57.88 | 57.88 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Minori Mori (JPN) |
46.66 | 56.60 | X | 56.60 m | |
| 9 | 19 |  Zhu Hongyang (CHN) |
53.18 | 50.98 | X | 53.18 m | |
| 10 | 20 |  Sonia Smith (BER) |
51.48 | X | 52.74 | 52.74 m | |
| — | — |  Anna Verouli (GRE) |
57.72 | X | 58.62 | DSQ | [2] |
| — | — |  Iamo Launa (PNG) |
— | — | — | DNS | |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
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Tessa Sanderson (GBR) |
69.56 | 66.56 | 63.68 | 64.84 | 66.86 | 64.10 | 69.56 m | OR |
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Tiina Lillak (FIN) |
61.14 | 69.00 | X | X | X | X | 69.00 m | |
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Fatima Whitbread (GBR) |
64.52 | 65.42 | X | 65.82 | 67.14 | X | 67.14 m | |
| 4 | Tuula Laaksalo (FIN) |
56.42 | 61.36 | X | 66.40 | 59.64 | 65.72 | 66.40 m | |
| 5 | Trine Solberg (NOR) |
64.52 | 60.90 | X | X | X | X | 64.52 m | |
| 6 | Ingrid Thyssen (FRG) |
61.12 | 63.26 | 55.64 | 55.96 | 60.42 | 56.26 | 63.26 m | |
| 7 | Beate Peters (FRG) |
61.84 | 59.90 | X | 61.24 | 57.98 | 62.34 | 62.34 m | |
| 8 | Karin Smith (USA) |
60.54 | X | 55.92 | 59.14 | X | 62.06 | 62.06 m | |
| 9 | Sharon Gibson (GBR) |
54.96 | X | 59.66 | 59.66 m | ||||
| 10 | Cathy Sulinski (USA) |
54.26 | 58.38 | X | 58.38 m | ||||
| 11 | Helena Laine (FIN) |
X | X | 58.18 | 58.18 m | ||||
| 12 | Petra Rivers (AUS) |
55.66 | 56.20 | X | 56.20 m | ||||
See also edit
- 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
- 1983 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
- 1984 Women's Friendship Games Javelin Throw (Prague)
- 1984 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
- 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
- 1987 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ Anna Verouli finished seventh at 58.62 (192’4”) but was subsequently disqualified as her doping tests proved positive.
External links edit
- (in English) Official Report
- (in English) Results
- (in English) todor66