Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw

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Athletics at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

These are the official results of the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 25 participating athletes.

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[edit] Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Germany Silke Renk
Germany (GER)
Unified Team Natalya Shikolenko
Unified Team (EUN)
Germany Karen Forkel
Germany (GER)

[edit] Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.

World Record 80.00 Flag of the German Democratic Republic Petra Felke Potsdam (GDR) September 9, 1988
Olympic Record 74.68 Flag of the German Democratic Republic Petra Felke Seoul (KOR) September 26, 1988

The world and Olympic record holder Petra Felke competed in this event under the name Petra Meier.

[edit] Final

RANK FINAL DISTANCE
Image:Med_1.png Germany Silke Renk (GER) 68.34 m
Image:Med_2.png Unified Team Natalya Shikolenko (EUN) 68.26 m
Image:Med_3.png Germany Karen Forkel (GER) 66.86 m
4. Great Britain Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 63.58 m
5. Norway Trine Hattestad (NOR) 63.54 m
6. Finland Heli Rantanen (FIN) 62.34 m
7. Germany Petra Meier (GER) 59.02 m
8. Cuba Dulce García (CUB) 58.26 m
9. Unified Team Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN) 57.32 m
10. Hungary Kinga Zsigmond (HUN) 56.54 m
11. Australia Louise McPaul (AUS) 56.00 m
12. United States Donna Mayhew (USA) 55.68 m


[edit] Qualification

RANK GROUP A DISTANCE
1. Norway Trine Hattestad (NOR) 67.20 m
2. United States Donna Mayhew (USA) 61.24 m
3. Hungary Kinga Zsigmond (HUN) 60.74 m
4. Great Britain Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 60.70 m
5. Germany Petra Meier (GER) 60.58 m
6. Australia Louise McPaul (AUS) 60.56 m
7. Cuba Dulce García (CUB) 60.44 m
8. China Xu Demei (CHN) 59.98 m
9. New Zealand Kirsten Smith (NZL) 59.34 m
10. Unified Team Irina Kostyuchenkova (EUN) 57.96 m
11. Greece Anna Verouli (GRE) 56.96 m
12. Sri Lanka Yohan Amerasekera (SRI) 48.00 m
Finland Päivi Alafrantti (FIN) NM


RANK GROUP B DISTANCE
1. Unified Team Natalya Shikolenko (EUN) 67.36 m
2. Germany Karen Forkel (GER) 65.44 m
3. Germany Silke Renk (GER) 65.38 m
4. Finland Heli Rantanen (FIN) 63.98 m
5. Unified Team Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN) 60.44 m
6. Cuba Isel López (CUB) 60.42 m
7. China Ha Xiaoyan (CHN) 59.70 m
8. Bulgaria Antoaneta Selenska (BUL) 59.40 m
9. Lithuania Teresė Nekrošaitė (LTU) 58.28 m
10. Poland Genowefa Patla (POL) 58.18 m
11. South Korea Lee Young-Sun (KOR) 55.10 m
12. United States Paula Berry (USA) 49.00 m


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