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 1984 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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 had an entrylist of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups (29 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Monday August 6, 1984. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

  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 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record		74.76 m	June 13, 1983	Tampere, Finland
Olympic Record		68.40 m	July 25, 1980	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record		69.56 m	August 6, 1984	Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1		X	X	65.30	65.30 m
2	2		63.30	—	—	63.30 m
3	7		61.38	—	—	61.38 m
4	9		60.86	—	—	60.86 m
5	10		59.64	60.42	—	60.42 m
6	11		54.28	59.12	—	59.12 m
7	14		55.92	57.72	55.94	57.72 m
8	15		56.48	57.66	55.66	57.66 m
9	17		55.94	X	51.86	55.94 m
10	18		55.70	51.36	55.92	55.92 m
11	21		51.18	52.46	49.54	52.46 m
12	22		47.34	48.70	48.16	48.70 m
13	23		47.92	X	47.68	47.92 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	align=left	| 62.68	—	—	62.68 m
2	4	align=left	| X	61.80	—	61.80 m
3	5	align=left	| 61.58	—	—	61.58 m
4	6	align=left	| 61.56	—	—	61.56 m
5	8	align=left	| 60.88	—	—	60.88 m
6	12	align=left	| 54.32	X	59.00	59.00 m
10	13	align=left	| 56.32	57.80	57.88	57.88 m
10	16	align=left	| 46.66	56.60	X	56.60 m
10	19	align=left	| 53.18	50.98	X	53.18 m
10	20	align=left	| 51.48	X	52.74	52.74 m
—	—	align=left	| 57.72	X	58.62	DSQ
—	—	align=left	| —	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
		69.56	66.56	63.68	64.84	66.86	64.10	69.56 m	OR
		61.14	69.00	X	X	X	X	69.00 m
		64.52	65.42	X	65.82	67.14	X	67.14 m
4		56.42	61.36	X	66.40	59.64	65.72	66.40 m
5		64.52	60.90	X	X	X	X	64.52 m
6		61.12	63.26	55.64	55.96	60.42	56.26	63.26 m
7		61.84	59.90	X	61.24	57.98	62.34	62.34 m
8		60.54	X	55.92	59.14	X	62.06	62.06 m
9		54.96	X	59.66				59.66 m
10		54.26	58.38	X				58.38 m
11		X	X	58.18				58.18 m
12		55.66	56.20	X				56.20 m

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
  1982 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Women's javelin throw event at the 1982 European Championships in Athens, Greece. The final was held on 9 September 1982...
  
  
• 1983 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
  1983 World Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin
  These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1983 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. There were a total of 23 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 13, 1983. The qualification mark was set at 62.00 metres...
  
  
• 1984 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 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...