Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics

At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, 29 athletics events were contested, 23 for men and 6 for women. The program of events was unchanged from the previous Games. There was a total of 776 participants from 43 countries competing.-Medal table:...

at the 1936 Summer Olympics

1936 Summer Olympics

The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona...

. The competition was held on August 2, 1936. The final was won by German

Germans

The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....

Tilly Fleischer.

Final standings

Rank	Name	Distance	Notes
	Tilly Fleischer Tilly Fleischer Ottilie Fleischer was a German athlete who excelled in track and field....	45.18	OR
	Luise Krüger Luise Krüger Luise Krüger was a German athlete, who competed mainly in the javelin. She won the silver medal for her native country at the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany, behind team mate Tilly Fleischer. She was born and died in Dresden....	43.29
	Maria Kwaśniewska Maria Kwasniewska Maria Jadwiga Kwaśniewska-Maleszewska, née Kwaśniewska was a Polish athlete who competed mainly in the Javelin throw....	41.80
4	Herma Bauma Herma Bauma Hermine Bauma was an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the javelin...	41.66
5	Sadako Yamamoto	41.45
6	Lydia Eberhardt	41.37
7	Gertrude Wilhelmsen	37.35
8	Gien de Kock	36.93
9	Martha Worst	36.69
10	Irja Lipasti	33.69
11	Jeanne Van Kesteren	33.13
12	Jelica Stanojević	29.88
13	Betty Burch	28.84
14	Kathleen Connall	27.80

Key: OR = Olympic record

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