Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Women's javelin throw; at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
	Pictogram of athletics
Venues	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 25 (qualifications); September 26 (finals)
Competitors	29 from 18 nations
Winning distance	74.68 OR
Medalists

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups (29 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. The top 12 and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Petra Felke East Germany
Silver	Fatima Whitbread Great Britain
Bronze	Beate Koch East Germany

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
25.09.1988 – ??:??h	25.09.1988 – ??:??h
Final Round
26.09.1988 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

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

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	69.56 m	August 6, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	72.62 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Olympic Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	74.68 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	2	Petra Felke (GDR)	67.06	—	—	67.06 m	#263
2	3	Beate Koch (GDR)	66.86	—	—	66.86 m	#272
3	5	Natalya Yermolovich (URS)	X	64.44	—	64.44 m	#519
4	6	Zsuzsa Malovecz (HUN)	64.30	—	—	64.30 m
5	11	Denise Thiémard (SUI)	55.18	61.74	55.60	61.74 m
6	13	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	57.34	60.64	54.66	60.64 m
7	14	Beate Peters (FRG)	X	X	60.20	60.20 m
8	16	Laverne Eve (BAH)	X	57.48	60.02	60.02 m
9	18	Trine Solberg (NOR)	57.76	56.90	58.82	58.82 m
10	19	Anna Verouli (GRE)	57.60	58.52	X	58.52 m
11	21	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	54.18	56.70	56.26	56.70 m
12	22	Zhou Yuanxiang (CHN)	53.66	52.80	56.36	56.36 m
13	24	Lynda Sutfin (USA)	56.08	56.12	X	56.12 m
14	27	Céline Chartrand (CAN)	47.64	46.18	54.10	54.10 m
—	—	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	54.90	X	68.44	68.44 m	#253
2	4	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)	50.84	61.62	64.60	64.60 m	#52
3	7	Silke Renk (GDR)	63.64	—	—	63.64 m	#284
4	8	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	63.32	—	—	63.32 m
5	9	Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)	58.56	X	63.24	63.24 m
6	10	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	62.82	58.54	59.82	62.82 m
7	12	Donna Mayhew (USA)	61.56	60.62	59.08	61.56 m	#587
8	15	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	60.06	X	55.52	60.06 m
9	17	Li Baolian (CHN)	56.64	58.92	56.62	58.92 m
10	20	Karin Smith (USA)	57.42	53.86	57.94	57.94 m
11	23	Emi Matsui (JPN)	50.70	X	56.26	56.26 m
12	25	Sharon Gibson (GBR)	56.00	50.74	53.20	56.00 m
13	26	Íris Grönfeldt (ISL)	X	54.28	50.84	54.28 m
14	28	Yu Chun-ok (KOR)	X	44.92	48.26	48.26 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance
	Petra Felke (GDR)	72.62	74.68	66.12	66.76	71.12	68.38	74.68 m
	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	61.98	67.46	66.58	64.86	67.82	70.32	70.32 m
	Beate Koch (GDR)	67.30	65.66	66.48	62.04	65.64	66.02	67.30 m
4	Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)	64.34	67.00	63.12	63.42	63.10	X	67.00 m
5	Silke Renk (GDR)	60.86	58.74	63.98	64.60	64.74	66.38	66.38 m
6	Natalya Yermolovich (URS)	64.84	X	X	X	X	X	64.84 m
7	Donna Mayhew (USA)	57.52	X	61.78	59.72	X	56.74	61.78 m
8	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	60.76	60.12	56.66	X	59.64	58.28	60.76 m

9	Denise Thiémard (SUI)	57.58	57.20	58.54				58.54 m
10	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	58.20	55.86	56.46				58.20m
11	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)	56.78	X	X				56.78 m
12	Zsuzsa Malovecz (HUN)	X	54.58	X				54.58 m

References

^ "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

External links

(in English) Official Report
(in English) todor66

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
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
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Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
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
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v t e Javelin throw at the Olympic Games
Summary
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See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw