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

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Dates	August 2
Medalists
Tilly Fleischer Germany   Luise Krüger Germany   Maria Kwaśniewska Poland

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeple		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The women's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2, 1936. The final was won by German Tilly Fleischer.

Results

Final standings

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	45.18	OR
	Luise Krüger	Germany	43.29
	Maria Kwaśniewska	Poland	41.80
4	Herma Bauma	Austria	41.66
5	Sadako Yamamoto	Japan	41.45
6	Lydia Eberhardt	Germany	41.37
7	Gertrude Wilhelmsen	United States	37.35
8	Gien de Kock	Netherlands	36.93
9	Martha Worst	United States	36.69
10	Irja Lipasti	Finland	33.69
11	Jeanne Van Kesteren	Belgium	33.13
12	Jelica Stanojević	Yugoslavia	29.88
13	Betty Burch	United States	28.84
14	Kathleen Connall	Great Britain	27.80

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

• 1936 Summer Olympics results: Women's javelin throw, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-06-01.