Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Athletics at the 1992 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
Road events
Marathon		men		women
10 km walk				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

These are the official results of the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 25 participating athletes. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 62.50 metres advanced to the final. The javelin used was an "old design" rough surfaced javelin.

Medalists

Gold	Silke Renk  Germany
Silver	Natalya Shikolenko  Unified Team
Bronze	Karen Forkel  Germany

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics
World Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	74.68 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea

• The World and Olympic record holder Petra Felke competed in this event under the name Petra Meier.

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	67.20	—	—	67.20 m
2	6	Donna Mayhew (USA)	58.76	58.02	61.24	61.24 m
3	7	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)	58.18	55.60	60.74	60.74 m
4	8	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	60.70	X	53.20	60.70 m
5	9	Petra Meier (GER)	60.58	59.42	57.40	60.58 m
6	10	Louise McPaul (AUS)	58.00	59.24	60.56	60.56 m
7	12	Dulce García (CUB)	60.44	X	57.02	60.44 m	SB
8	14	Xu Demei (CHN)	X	X	59.98	59.98 m
9	17	Kirsten Smith (NZL)	X	53.82	59.34	59.34 m
10	20	Irina Kostyuchenkova (EUN)	X	57.96	X	57.96 m
11	21	Anna Verouli (GRE)	55.82	56.96	56.60	56.96 m
12	24	Vijitha Amerasekera (SRI)	X	48.00	44.70	48.00 m
—	—	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Natalya Shikolenko (EUN)	67.36	—	—	67.36 m
2	3	Karen Forkel (GER)	62.28	61.48	65.44	65.44 m
3	4	Silke Renk (GER)	65.38	—	—	65.38 m
4	5	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	63.98	—	—	63.98 m
5	11	Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN)	54.66	60.44	57.76	60.44 m	SB
6	13	Isel López (CUB)	X	X	60.42	60.42 m
7	15	Ha Xiaoyan (CHN)	59.70	56.58	58.38	59.70 m
8	16	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)	59.40	57.86	57.78	59.40 m
9	18	Teresė Nekrošaitė (LTU)	58.28	X	X	58.28 m
10	19	Genowefa Patla (POL)	X	55.14	58.18	58.18 m
11	22	Lee Young-Sun (KOR)	55.10	X	54.54	55.10 m
12	23	Paula Berry (USA)	48.70	X	49.00	49.00 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Silke Renk (GER)	67.24	62.08	65.34	65.62	65.62	68.34	68.34 m
	Natalya Shikolenko (EUN)	68.26	67.42	X	X	X	X	68.26 m
	Karen Forkel (GER)	65.02	X	62.76	65.84	66.86	66.80	66.86 m
4	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	63.58	X	62.60	X	X	59.80	63.58 m
5	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	59.52	58.52	63.54	X	59.70	X	63.54 m
6	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	62.34	59.62	X	58.02	61.36	58.76	62.34 m
7	Petra Meier (GER)	X	58.36	58.34	X	57.54	59.02	59.02 m
8	Dulce García (CUB)	54.56	58.00	58.26	X	X	X	58.26 m
9	Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN)	56.50	57.32	53.82				57.32 m
10	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)	56.54	54.78	55.16				56.54 m
11	Louise McPaul (AUS)	54.92	56.00	X				56.00 m
12	Donna Mayhew (USA)	X	55.68	54.36				55.68 m

See also

• 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championship Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 1992 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1993 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)

References

• Official Report
• Results
• sports-reference