Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				women
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Medalists

Gold	Heli Rantanen  Finland
Silver	Louise McPaul  Australia
Bronze	Trine Hattestad  Norway

Abbreviations

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

Standing records prior to the 1996 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
Season Best	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM)	69.26 m	June 28, 1996	Bergen, Norway

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	64.52	—	—	64.52 m
2	4	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	X	50.10	62.32	62.32 m
3	7	Li Lei (CHN)	59.54	61.48	X	61.48 m
4	8	Isel López (CUB)	60.12	61.40	X	61.40 m
5	10	Steffi Nerius (GER)	X	56.82	60.98	60.98 m
6	12	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	53.52	X	60.46	60.46 m
7	14	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	58.86	56.80	56.64	58.86 m
8	15	Lee Young-Sun (KOR)	54.62	57.94	58.66	58.66 m
9	16	Joanna Stone (AUS)	52.30	49.16	58.54	58.54 m
10	18	Aysel Taş (TUR)	55.32	56.20	57.86	57.86 m
11	19	Taina Uppa (FIN)	57.74	56.80	X	57.74 m
12	21	Renata Strašek (SLO)	54.72	51.46	57.04	57.04 m
13	23	Jette Jeppesen (DEN)	55.24	54.52	56.16	56.16 m
14	24	Mirela Manjani (ALB)	X	X	55.64	55.64 m
15	30	Erica Wheeler (USA)	53.34	49.54	52.72	53.34 m
16	32	Iloai Suaniu (SAM)	X	38.08	X	38.08 m
—	—	Sonya Radicheva (BUL)	—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Felicia Tilea (ROM)	58.84	X	66.94	66.94 m
2	2	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	66.54	—	—	66.54 m
3	5	Louise McPaul (AUS)	62.32	—	—	62.32 m
4	6	Odelmys Palma (CUB)	62.30	54.76	X	62.30 m
5	9	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	X	52.84	61.32	61.32 m
6	11	Karen Forkel (GER)	60.84	59.48	X	60.84 m
7	13	Silke Renk (GER)	58.88	59.10	59.70	59.70 m
8	17	Laverne Eve (BAH)	52.92	X	58.48	58.48 m
9	20	Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS)	X	57.28	X	57.28 m
10	22	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	X	56.38	56.94	56.94 m
11	25	Nikola Tomečková (CZE)	55.02	52.48	X	55.02 m
12	26	Nicole Carroll (USA)	53.46	54.74	52.18	54.74 m
13	27	Shelley Holroyd (GBR)	53.46	52.72	54.72	54.72 m
14	28	Zuleima Aramendiz (COL)	53.86	X	54.24	54.24 m
15	29	Akiko Miyajima (JPN)	49.58	53.18	53.98	53.98 m
16	31	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)	52.76	52.66	50.84	52.76 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	67.94	64.72	63.84	62.60	63.82	59.18	67.94 m
	Louise McPaul (AUS)	61.72	62.74	64.18	59.76	63.34	65.54	65.54 m
	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	61.42	60.78	X	58.66	62.74	64.98	64.98 m
4	Isel López (CUB)	X	63.50	57.98	X	64.68	X	64.68 m
5	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	X	61.94	62.76	X	64.48	61.60	64.48 m
6	Karen Forkel (GER)	56.50	59.20	64.18	58.70	62.04	62.42	64.18 m
7	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	X	61.52	X	60.30	X	X	61.52 m
8	Li Lei (CHN)	X	56.96	60.74	59.56	58.52	60.12	60.74 m
9	Steffi Nerius (GER)	57.88	60.20	59.78				60.20 m
10	Felicia Tilea (ROU)	56.02	57.28	59.94				59.94 m
11	Odelmys Palma (CUB)	X	59.70	57.50				59.70 m
12	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	58.56	X	X				58.56 m

See also

• 1995 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw
• 1996 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1997 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw

References

• Official Report
• Results
• sports-reference