Medalists

Gold	Trine Hattestad Trine Hattestad Trine Hattestad is a former Norwegian javelin thrower. She was born on 18 April 1966 in Lørenskog, Norway.... Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...  (NOR)
Silver	Joanna Stone Joanna Stone Joanna Stone-Nixon is a retired javelin thrower, who represented Australia twice at the Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. She is best known for winning the silver medal at the 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece... Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...  (AUS)
Bronze	Tanja Damaske Tanja Damaske Tanja Damaske is a former female javelin thrower from Germany, best known for winning the gold medal at the 1998 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary. A year earlier she gained the bronze medal at the World Championships. A five-time German champion in the women's javelin throw, she retired... Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...  (GER)

Schedule

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  Qualification Round
  Group A	Group B
  07.08.1997 – 08:30h	07.08.1997 – 10:10h
  Final Round
  09.08.1997 – 19:10h

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 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record World records in athletics World records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the International Association of Athletics Federations. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking....		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
Event Record		76.64 m	September 6, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best		69.66 m	June 18, 1997	Helsinki, Finland

Qualification

• Held on Thursday 1997-08-07

  RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
  1.		66.12 m
  2.		64.46 m
  3.		63.50 m
  4.		63.06 m
  5.		61.58 m
  6.		60.90 m
  7.		60.70 m
  8.		58.98 m
  9.		58.80 m
  10.		57.78 m
  11.		55.98 m
  12.		52.64 m
  13.		51.06 m
  14.		38.14 m

Final

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw
  Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw
  These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.-Medalists:-Abbreviations:-Records:-Group A:-Group B:-Final:-See also:*1995 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw...
  
  
• 1997 Javelin Throw Year Ranking