Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
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Marathon		men		women
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
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
Wheelchair races

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entrylist of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups (29 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. The top 12 and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Gold	Petra Felke East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Fatima Whitbread Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Beate Koch East Germany (GDR)

Schedule

• All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
25.09.1988 – ??:??h	25.09.1988 – ??:??h
Final Round
26.09.1988 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	69.56 m	August 6, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	72.62 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
		74.68 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Petra Felke (GDR)	67.06	—	—	67.06 m
2	3	Beate Koch (GDR)	66.86	—	—	66.86 m
3	5	Natalya Yermolovich (URS)	X	64.44	—	64.44 m
4	6	Zsuzsa Malovecz (HUN)	64.30	—	—	64.30 m
5	11	Denise Thiémard (SUI)	55.18	61.74	55.60	61.74 m
6	13	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	57.34	60.64	54.66	60.64 m
7	14	Beate Peters (FRG)	X	X	60.20	60.20 m
8	16	Laverne Eve (BAH)	X	57.48	60.02	60.02 m
9	18	Trine Solberg (NOR)	57.76	56.90	58.82	58.82 m
10	19	Anna Verouli (GRE)	57.60	58.52	X	58.52 m
11	21	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	54.18	56.70	56.26	56.70 m
12	22	Zhou Yuanxiang (CHN)	53.66	52.80	56.36	56.36 m
13	24	Lynda Sutfin (USA)	56.08	56.12	X	56.12 m
14	27	Céline Chartrand (CAN)	47.64	46.18	54.10	54.10 m
—	—	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	54.90	X	68.44	68.44 m
2	4	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)	50.84	61.62	64.60	64.60 m
3	7	Silke Renk (GDR)	63.64	—	—	63.64 m
4	8	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	63.32	—	—	63.32 m
5	9	Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)	58.56	X	63.24	63.24 m
6	10	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	62.82	58.54	59.82	62.82 m
7	12	Donna Mayhew (USA)	61.56	60.62	59.08	61.56 m
8	15	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	60.06	X	55.52	60.06 m
9	17	Li Baolian (CHN)	56.64	58.92	56.62	58.92 m
10	20	Karin Smith (USA)	57.42	53.86	57.94	57.94 m
11	23	Emi Matsui (JPN)	50.70	X	56.26	56.26 m
12	25	Sharon Gibson (GBR)	56.00	50.74	53.20	56.00 m
13	26	Íris Grönfeldt (ISL)	X	54.28	50.84	54.28 m
14	28	Yoo Chun-Ok (KOR)	X	44.92	48.26	48.26 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Petra Felke (GDR)	72.62	74.68	66.12	66.76	71.12	68.38	74.68 m
	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	61.98	67.46	66.58	64.86	67.82	70.32	70.32 m
	Beate Koch (GDR)	67.30	65.66	66.48	62.04	65.64	66.02	67.30 m
4	Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)	64.34	67.00	63.12	63.42	63.10	X	67.00 m
5	Silke Renk (GDR)	60.86	58.74	63.98	64.60	64.74	66.38	66.38 m
6	Natalya Yermolovich (URS)	64.84	X	X	X	X	X	64.84 m
7	Donna Mayhew (USA)	57.52	X	61.78	59.72	X	56.74	61.78 m
8	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	60.76	60.12	56.66	X	59.64	58.28	60.76 m
9	Denise Thiémard (SUI)	57.58	57.20	58.54				58.54 m
10	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	58.20	55.86	56.46				58.20m
11	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)	56.78	X	X				56.78 m
12	Zsuzsa Malovecz (HUN)	X	54.58	X				54.58 m

See also

• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
• 1988 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)

References

• (English) Official Report
• (English) todor66
• (English) sports-reference