Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Dates	October 14
Competitors	16 from 11 nations
Winning distance	60.36
Medalists
Angéla Németh   Hungary   Mihaela Peneş   Romania   Eva Janko   Austria

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
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
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place on October 154 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Yelena Gorchakova (URS)	62.40 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 16, 1964
Olympic record

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single final round. Each athlete is allowed three throws, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Németh, AngélaAngéla Németh	Hungary	57.66	60.36	55.56	57.54	X	53.30	60.36
	Peneş, MihaelaMihaela Peneş	Romania	59.92	54.68	X	51.40	58.36	X	59.92
	Janko, EvaEva Janko	Austria	54.60	X	X	46.44	46.24	58.04	58.04
4	Rudas, MártaMárta Rudas	Hungary	56.38	X	X	51.60	X	52.68	56.38
5	Jaworska, DanielaDaniela Jaworska	Poland	55.78	56.06	52.34	51.88	X	53.20	56.06
6	Urbančič, NatašaNataša Urbančič	Yugoslavia	53.80	X	55.42	X	X	–	55.42
7	Koloska, AmeliAmeli Koloska	West Germany	53.54	54.08	X	54.00	55.20	X	55.20
8	Launela, KaisaKaisa Launela	Finland	53.96	51.44	X	X	X	X	53.96
9	Friedrich, BarbaraBarbara Friedrich	United States	53.44	51.00	52.16	N/A			53.44
10	Tsymosh, LidiyaLidiya Tsymosh	Soviet Union	X	X	53.40	N/A			53.40
11	Bair, RaNaeRaNae Bair	United States	49.54	48.08	53.14	N/A			53.14
12	Krawcewicz, LucynaLucyna Krawcewicz	Poland	51.54	X	X	N/A			51.54
13	Dahlgren, JayJay Dahlgren	Canada	51.34	51.10	48.04	N/A			51.34
14	Evert, ValentynaValentyna Evert	Soviet Union	X	51.16	X	N/A			51.16
15	Platt, SueSue Platt	Great Britain	X	44.94	48.52	N/A			48.52
AC	Strasser, ErikaErika Strasser	Austria	X	X	X	N/A			NM

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84foundation.org. Retrieved August 17, 2012.