Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 1
Medalists
Elvīra Ozoliņa Soviet Union   Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia   Birutė Kalėdienė Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
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
Decathlon		men

The women's javelin throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 1.

Results

Top 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 48.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3
1	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	53.25	53.25	pass	pass
2	Dana Zátopková	Czechoslovakia	51.64	47.94	51.64	pass
3	Sue Platt	Great Britain	50.67	50.67	pass	pass
4	Karen Anderson	United States	50.62	43.96	44.26	50.62
5	Vlasta Pešková	Czechoslovakia	50.61	50.61	pass	pass
6	Márta Rudasné Antal	Hungary	50.01	foul	47.56	50.01
7	Maria Diţi	Romania	49.80	49.80	pass	pass
8	Anna Wojtaszek	Australia	49.20	45.66	49.20	pass
9	Alla Shastitko	Soviet Union	48.91	48.91	pass	pass
10	Birutė Kalėdienė	Soviet Union	48.59	48.59	pass	pass
11	Marlene Ahrens	Chile	48.36	44.61	48.36	pass
12	Anneliese Gerhards	Germany	48.33	45.89	foul	48.33
13	Urszula Figwer	Poland	48.04	48.04	pass	pass
14	Ingrid Almqvist	Sweden	47.67	foul	44.33	47.67
15	Erika Strößenreuther	Germany	46.85	45.88	foul	46.85
16	Almut Brömmel	Germany	45.52	34.76	45.52	41.20
17	Erika Strasser	Austria	43.80	43.79	43.80	foul
18	Lise Kock	Denmark	43.01	43.01	foul	40.36
19	Averil Williams	Great Britain	42.44	42.44	foul	40.03
20	Unn Thorvaldsen	Norway	41.99	foul	foul	41.99

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	55.98	55.98 OR	foul	51.54	54.80	foul	foul	OR
	Dana Zátopková	Czechoslovakia	53.78	49.84	50.36	53.78	51.02	46.13	50.70
	Birutė Kalėdienė	Soviet Union	53.45	50.17	49.81	53.45	50.87	49.58	foul
4	Vlasta Pešková	Czechoslovakia	52.56	50.94	foul	51.28	52.56	49.00	48.82
5	Urszula Figwer	Poland	52.33	52.33	foul	47.92	50.16	46.53	pass
6	Anna Wojtaszek	Australia	51.15	51.15	47.04	foul	42.76	47.35	foul
7	Sue Platt	Great Britain	51.01	51.01	50.84	foul
8	Alla Shastitko	Soviet Union	50.92	47.43	50.83	50.92
9	Márta Rudasné Antal	Hungary	50.25	50.25	48.41	49.66
10	Maria Diţi	Romania	49.56	49.56	47.49	48.83
11	Anneliese Gerhards	Germany	49.27	47.76	49.27	foul
12	Marlene Ahrens	Chile	47.53	46.39	47.53	45.34
13	Karen Anderson	United States	46.52	44.39	46.52	44.24

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

• 1960 Summer Olympics results: Women's javelin throw, from http://www.sports-reference.com/; retrieved 2010-08-18.