Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1980 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
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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 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 22 competitors, with two qualifying groups (22 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Friday July 25, 1980. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Gold	María Caridad Colón Cuba (CUB)
Silver	Saida Gunba Soviet Union (URS)
Bronze	Ute Hommola East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

• All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Qualification Round
24.07.1980 – 12:25h
Final Round
25.07.1980 – 17:15h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Ute Richter (GDR)	57.40	66.66	—	66.66 m
2	4	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	63.84	—	—	63.84 m
3	7	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	62.42	—	—	62.42 m
4	8	Ivanka Vancheva (BUL)	61.16	—	—	61.16 m
5	9	Antoaneta Todorova (BUL)	60.56	—	—	60.56 m
6	10	Bernadetta Blechacz (POL)	55.92	50.26	59.90	59.90 m
7	11	Tatyana Biryulina (URS)	57.72	52.44	59.86	59.86 m
8	13	Mária Janák (HUN)	54.22	X	57.80	57.80 m
9	15	Petra Rivers (AUS)	51.08	53.14	55.80	55.80 m
10	18	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	47.22	49.74	49.74	47.44 m
—	—	Sofia Sakorafa (GRE)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	54.12	64.26	—	64.26 m
2	3	Saida Gunba (URS)	63.98	—	—	63.98 m
3	5	Ute Hommola (GDR)	63.52	—	—	63.52 m
4	6	Yadviga Putiniene (URS)	62.96	—	—	62.96 m
5	12	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	58.76	X	—	58.76 m
6	14	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	53.44	56.26	X	56.26 m
7	16	Pamela Matthews (AUS)	55.72	53.72	51.70	55.72 m
8	17	Agnès Tchuinté (CMR)	55.36	52.16	49.22	55.36 m
9	19	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	48.76	X	X	48.76 m
10	20	Patricia Guerrero (PER)	38.36	45.40	45.42	45.42 m
—	2	Tsvetana Ralinska (BUL)	—	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	68.40	X	64.58	62.70	66.02	63.06	68.40 m
	Saida Gunba (URS)	66.08	67.76	X	63.78	X	65.06	67.76 m
	Ute Hommola (GDR)	60.62	58.84	66.04	66.56	61.96	64.92	66.56 m
4	Ute Richter (GDR)	54.86	53.12	62.80	65.68	66.04	66.54	66.54 m
5	Ivanka Vancheva (BUL)	65.38	60.88	X	60.12	61.90	62.90	65.38 m
6	Tatyana Biryulina (URS)	56.28	65.08	58.42	60.36	X	62.48	65.08 m
7	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	X	64.08	54.80	59.44	57.02	54.30	64.08 m
8	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	59.90	X	61.48	X	63.94	59.20	63.94 m
9	Bernadetta Blechacz (POL)	57.94	52.84	61.46				61.46 m
10	Antoaneta Todorova (BUL)	54.76	60.66	52.98				60.66 m
11	Yadviga Putiniene (URS)	59.94	X	52.72				59.94 m
12	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	49.60	57.50	57.52				57.52 m

See also

• 1978 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Prague)
• 1980 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)

References

• (English) Results
• (English) sports-reference