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 1988 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist 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).

Medalists

Schedule

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  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 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 Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre.... , East Germany
Olympic Record		69.56 m	August 6, 1984	Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		72.62 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
		74.68 m

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	align=left	| 67.06	—	—	67.06 m
2	3	align=left	| 66.86	—	—	66.86 m
3	5	align=left	| X	64.44	—	64.44 m
4	6	align=left	| 64.30	—	—	64.30 m
5	11	align=left	| 55.18	61.74	55.60	61.74 m
6	13	align=left	| 57.34	60.64	54.66	60.64 m
7	14	align=left	| X	X	60.20	60.20 m
8	16	align=left	| X	57.48	60.02	60.02 m
9	18	align=left	| 57.76	56.90	58.82	58.82 m
10	19	align=left	| 57.60	58.52	X	58.52 m
11	21	align=left	| 54.18	56.70	56.26	56.70 m
12	22	align=left	| 53.66	52.80	56.36	56.36 m
13	24	align=left	| 56.08	56.12	X	56.12 m
14	27	align=left	| 47.64	46.18	54.10	54.10 m
—	—		X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	align=left	| 54.90	X	68.44	68.44 m
2	4	align=left	| 50.84	61.62	64.60	64.60 m
3	7	align=left	| 63.64	—	—	63.64 m
4	8	align=left	| 63.32	—	—	63.32 m
5	9	align=left	| 58.56	X	63.24	63.24 m
6	10	align=left	| 62.82	58.54	59.82	62.82 m
7	12	align=left	| 61.56	60.62	59.08	61.56 m
8	15	align=left	| 60.06	X	55.52	60.06 m
9	17	align=left	| 56.64	58.92	56.62	58.92 m
10	20	align=left	| 57.42	53.86	57.94	57.94 m
11	23	align=left	| 50.70	X	56.26	56.26 m
12	25	align=left	| 56.00	50.74	53.20	56.00 m
13	26	align=left	| X	54.28	50.84	54.28 m
14	28	align=left	| X	44.92	48.26	48.26 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		72.62	74.68	66.12	66.76	71.12	68.38	74.68 m
		61.98	67.46	66.58	64.86	67.82	70.32	70.32 m
		67.30	65.66	66.48	62.04	65.64	66.02	67.30 m
4		64.34	67.00	63.12	63.42	63.10	X	67.00 m
5		60.86	58.74	63.98	64.60	64.74	66.38	66.38 m
6		64.84	X	X	X	X	X	64.84 m
7		57.52	X	61.78	59.72	X	56.74	61.78 m
8		60.76	60.12	56.66	X	59.64	58.28	60.76 m
9		57.58	57.20	58.54				58.54 m
10		58.20	55.86	56.46				58.20m
11		56.78	X	X				56.78 m
12		X	54.58	X				54.58 m

See also

• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
  1986 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Women's javelin throw event at the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany. The final was held on 29 August 1986...
  
  
• 1987 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
  1987 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1987 World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday September 6, 1987...
  
  
• 1988 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
  1990 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia. The final was held on 30 August 1990...
  
  
• 1991 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
  1991 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. There were a total of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday September 1, 1991...