Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1984 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
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
Road events
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 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entrylist of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups (29 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Monday August 6, 1984. 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	Tessa Sanderson  Great Britain
Silver	Tiina Lillak  Finland
Bronze	Fatima Whitbread  Great Britain

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Record	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	74.76 m	June 13, 1983	Tampere, Finland
Olympic Record	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	68.40 m	July 25, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union
Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	69.56 m	August 6, 1984	Los Angeles, United States

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	X	X	65.30	65.30 m
2	2	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	63.30	—	—	63.30 m
3	7	Karin Smith (USA)	61.38	—	—	61.38 m
4	9	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	60.86	—	—	60.86 m
5	10	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	59.64	60.42	—	60.42 m
6	11	Petra Rivers (AUS)	54.28	59.12	—	59.12 m
7	14	Emi Matsui (JPN)	55.92	57.72	55.94	57.72 m
8	15	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	56.48	57.66	55.66	57.66 m
9	17	Agnès Tchuinté (CMR)	55.94	X	51.86	55.94 m
10	18	Lynda Sutfin (USA)	55.70	51.36	55.92	55.92 m
11	21	Lee Hui-Chen (TPE)	51.18	52.46	49.54	52.46 m
12	22	Íris Grönfeldt (ISL)	47.34	48.70	48.16	48.70 m
13	23	Jennifer Pace (MLT)	47.92	X	47.68	47.92 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Trine Solberg (NOR)	62.68	—	—	62.68 m
2	4	Helena Laine (FIN)	X	61.80	—	61.80 m
3	5	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	61.58	—	—	61.58 m
4	6	Beate Peters (FRG)	61.56	—	—	61.56 m
5	8	Sharon Gibson (GBR)	60.88	—	—	60.88 m
6	12	Cathy Sulinski (USA)	54.32	X	59.00	59.00 m
10	13	Regula Egger (SUI)	56.32	57.80	57.88	57.88 m
10	16	Minori Mori (JPN)	46.66	56.60	X	56.60 m
10	19	Zhu Hongyang (CHN)	53.18	50.98	X	53.18 m
10	20	Sonia Smith (BER)	51.48	X	52.74	52.74 m
—	—	Anna Verouli (GRE)	57.72	X	58.62	DSQ	[1]
—	—	Iamo Launa (PNG)	—	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	69.56	66.56	63.68	64.84	66.86	64.10	69.56 m	OR
02 !	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	61.14	69.00	X	X	X	X	69.00 m
03 !	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	64.52	65.42	X	65.82	67.14	X	67.14 m
4	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	56.42	61.36	X	66.40	59.64	65.72	66.40 m
5	Trine Solberg (NOR)	64.52	60.90	X	X	X	X	64.52 m
6	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	61.12	63.26	55.64	55.96	60.42	56.26	63.26 m
7	Beate Peters (FRG)	61.84	59.90	X	61.24	57.98	62.34	62.34 m
8	Karin Smith (USA)	60.54	X	55.92	59.14	X	62.06	62.06 m
9	Sharon Gibson (GBR)	54.96	X	59.66				59.66 m
10	Cathy Sulinski (USA)	54.26	58.38	X				58.38 m
11	Helena Laine (FIN)	X	X	58.18				58.18 m
12	Petra Rivers (AUS)	55.66	56.20	X				56.20 m

See also

• 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1984 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)

References

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