Women Javelin Throw Athletics XXIV Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 1988 - Monday, 26 September

Women Javelin Throw Athletics XXIV Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 1988 - Monday, 26 September - Gold Medal: Petra Felke, East Germany

Final		Distance	SO	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Petra Felke	GDR	74.68m OR	11.	72.62	74.68	66.12	66.76	71.12	68.38
2. Fatima Whitbread	GBR	70.32m	7.	61.98	67.46	66.58	64.86	67.82	70.32
3. Beate Koch	GDR	67.30m	3.	67.30	65.66	66.48	62.04	65.64	66.02
4. Irina Kostioutchenkova	URS	67.00m	10.	64.34	67.00	63.12	63.42	63.10	X
5. Silke Renk	GDR	66.38m	4.	60.86	58.74	63.98	64.60	64.74	66.38
6. Natalia Ermolovitch	URS	64.84m	1.	64.84	X	X	X	X
7. Donna Mayhew	USA	61.78m	8.	57.52	X	61.78	59.72	X	56.74
8. Ingrid Thyssen	FRG	60.76m	12.	60.76	60.12	56.66	X	59.64	58.28
9. Denise Thiemard	SUI	58.54m		57.58	57.20	58.54
10.Paivi Alafrantti	FIN	58.20m		58.20	55.86	56.46
11.Antoaneta Selenska	BUL	56.78m		56.78	X	X
12.Zsuzsa Malovecz	HUN	54.58m		X	54.58	X

world Women Javelin Throw History

Venue: Centennial Olympic Stadium, Seoul 69,950.

29 competitors from 18 nations.

Felke became the only woman in history to throw 80m when she reached that exact distance less than three weeks before Seoul. She trailed her great rival Whitbread in the qualifying round 68.44 to 67.06, as the list of non-qualifiers included ’84 medallists Sanderson and Lillak, as well as Verouli and Solberg. Felke settled the matter of the gold medal quickly in the final with the first Olympic 70m throw – 72.62 – to overtake Koch’s 67.30. Whitbread then threw 67.46 in the second round with Kostyuchenkova reaching 67.00 later that round to solidify the first four places. Felke followed the Ukrainian with the winning throw of 74.68, which was the last improvement of the top four, until Whitbread’s final two throws of 67.82 and 70.32.

Qualification - Sunday 25.09

Mark 63.00m 9+3 Athletes

Group A		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Petra Felke	GDR	67.06m	67.06
2. Beate Koch	GDR	66.86m	66.86
3. Natalia Ermolovitch	URS	64.44m	X	64.44
4. Zsuzsa Malovecz	HUN	64.30m	64.30
5. Denise Thiemard	SUI	61.74m	55.18	61.74	55.60
6. Tuula Laaksalo	FIN	60.64m	57.34	60.64	54.66
7. Beate Peters	FRG	60.20m	X	X	60.20
8. Laverne Eve	BAH	60.02m	X	57.48	60.02
9. Trine Solberg	NOR	58.82m	57.76	56.90	58.82
10.Anna Verouli	GRE	58.52m	57.60	58.52	X
11.Tessa Sanderson	GBR	56.70m	54.18	56.70	56.26
12.Yuanxiang Zhou	CHN	56.36m	53.66	52.80	56.36
13.Lynda Sutfin	USA	56.12m	56.08	56.12	X
14.Celine Chartrand	CAN	54.10m	47.64	46.18	54.10
-. Nadine Auzeil	FRA	NM	X	X	X

Group B		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Fatima Whitbread	GBR	68.44m	54.90	X	68.44
2. Antoaneta Selenska	BUL	64.60m	50.84	61.62	64.60
3. Silke Renk	GDR	63.64m	63.64
4. Ingrid Thyssen	FRG	63.32m	63.32
5. Irina Kostioutchenkova	URS	63.24m	58.56	X	63.24
6. Paivi Alafrantti	FIN	62.82m	62.82	58.54	59.82
7. Donna Mayhew	USA	61.56m	61.56	60.62	59.08
8. Kristiina Lillak	FIN	60.06m	60.06	X	55.52
9. Baolian Li	CHN	58.92m	56.64	58.92	56.62
10.Karin Smith	USA	57.94m	57.42	53.86	57.94
11.Emi Matsui	JPN	56.26m	50.70	X	56.26
12.Sharon Gibson	GBR	56.00m	56.00	50.74	53.20
13.Iris Gronfeldt	ISL	54.28m	X	54.28	50.84
14.Chun-Ok Yoo	KOR	48.26m	X	44.92	48.26

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Seoul 1988 index

Athletics Seoul 1988
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m	Women 1500m
Men 5000m	Women 3000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon	Women Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles	Women 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay	Men 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon	Women Heptathlon
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