1994 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
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These are the official results of the Women’s javelin throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes. The final was held on 12 August 1994. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design). The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres.

Medalists

Gold   Trine Hattestad
Trine Hattestad
Trine Hattestad is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. She was born on 18 April 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway....


Greece
Greece
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 (NOR)
Silver   Karen Forkel
Karen Forkel
Karen Forkel is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner. In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers. Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took the bronze medal with a throw of 66.86 meters.Her personal best throw with the...


Germany
Germany
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 (GER)
Bronze   Felicia Tilea
Romania
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 (ROM)



Abbreviations

  • 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

Standing records prior to the 1994 European Athletics Championships
World Record
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

 
80.00 m September 9, 1988   Potsdam
Potsdam
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, East Germany
Event Record  77.44 m August 28, 1986   Stuttgart
Stuttgart
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, West Germany
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Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Notes
1 2 3
1 2 64.28 m
2 3 62.84 m
3 4 60.16 m
4 5 59.64 m
5 6 59.26 m
6 7 58.18 m
7 9 56.80 m
8 13 55.12 m
9 14 55.08 m
10 21 51.26 m
11 22 49.96 m



Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Notes
1 2 3
1 1 64.46 m
2 8 57.34 m
3 10 56.14 m
4 11 55.72 m
5 12 55.66 m
6 15 54.86 m
7 16 54.26 m
8 17 53.82 m
9 18 53.28 m
10 19 53.10 m
11 20 53.06 m



Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
65.18 63.66 66.42 65.12 X 68.00 68.00 m
65.26 59.68 X X 59.28 66.10 66.10 m
64.34 62.40 X X 59.78 X 64.34 m
4 62.90 m
5 61.54 m
6 61.32 m
7 59.74 m
8 57.76 m
9 57.52 m
10 57.20 m
11 56.92 m
12 56.06 m



See also

  • 1991 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
  • 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)
  • 1993 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
  • 1994 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
  • 1995 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Gothenburg)
  • 1996 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
  • 1997 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)


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