Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Medalists
Ruth Fuchs   East Germany   Marion Becker   West Germany   Kate Schmidt   United States

Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 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		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 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 competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 23–24 July.

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	65.94	59.58	65.06	54.48	58.82	58.44	65.94 m OR
	Marion Becker (FRG)	60.66	60.52	64.70	x	x	x	64.70 m
	Kate Schmidt (USA)	x	x	59.70	57.90	x	63.96	63.96 m
4	Jacqueline Hein (GDR)	58.30	61.68	60.90	55.16	x	63.84	63.84 m
5	Sabine Sebrowski (GDR)	57.02	59.10	63.08	56.46	54.34	51.72	63.08 m
6	Svetlana Babich (URS)	x	49.24	59.42	x	x	x	59.42 m
7	Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS)	58.10	x	59.16	55.76	x	52.66	59.16 m
8	Karin Smith (USA)	53.86	57.50	55.32	52.66	45.08	39.48	57.50 m
9	Eva Janko (AUT)	55.04	57.20	x				57.20 m
10	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	57.00	55.96	x				57.00 m
11	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROM)	54.40	53.88	55.60				55.60 m
12	Yordanka Peeva (BUL)	50.28	52.02	52.24				52.24 m

References

• Official report