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

{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Women's javelin throw

|games = 1988 Summer

|image = Athletics pictogram.svg

|image_size = 50px

|caption = Pictogram of athletics

|dates = September 25 (qualifications)
September 26 (finals)

|venues = Olympic Stadium

|competitors = 29

|nations = 18

|win_label = Winning distance

|win_value = 74.68 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|longnames = yes

|gold = Petra Felke

|goldNOC = GDR

|silver = Fatima Whitbread

|silverNOC = GBR

|bronze = Beate Koch

|bronzeNOC = GDR

|prev = 1984

|next = 1992

}}

{{AthleticsAt1988SummerOlympics}}

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list 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).{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-javelin-throw.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174928/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1988/ATH/womens-javelin-throw.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw |access-date=19 January 2018 |work=sports-reference.com}}

Medalists

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{{OlympicGoldMedalist|Petra Felke|GDR|1988 Summer}}
{{OlympicSilverMedalist|Fatima Whitbread|GBR|1988 Summer}}
{{OlympicBronzeMedalist|Beate Koch|GDR|1988 Summer}}

Schedule

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colspan="2"|Qualification Round
Group A

!Group B

25.09.1988 – ??:??h

|25.09.1988 – ??:??h

colspan="2"|Final Round
colspan="2"|26.09.1988 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

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bgcolor="ccffcc"| Qautomatic qualification
bgcolor="ddffdd"| qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ORolympic record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

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colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record{{flagathlete|Petra Felke|GDR}}80.00 m September 9, 1988{{flagicon|GDR}} Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record{{flagathlete|Tessa Sanderson|GBR}}69.56 m August 6, 1984{{flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles, United States
colspan="5"|Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
rowspan=2| Olympic Recordrowspan=2| {{flagIOCathlete|Petra Felke|GDR|1988 Summer}}72.62 mrowspan=2| September 26, 1988rowspan=2| {{flagicon|KOR}} Seoul, South Korea
74.68 m

Qualification

=Group A=

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rowspan="2"|Rank

!rowspan="2"|Overall

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="3"|Attempts

!rowspan="2"|Distance

!rowspan="2"|Note

1

!2

!3

style="background:#ccffcc;"12align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Petra Felke|GDR|1988 Summer}}67.06——67.06 m#263
style="background:#ccffcc;"23align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Beate Koch|GDR|1988 Summer}}66.86——66.86 m#272
style="background:#ccffcc;"35align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Natalya Yermolovich|URS|1988 Summer}}X64.44—64.44 m#519
style="background:#ccffcc;"46align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Zsuzsa Malovecz|HUN|1988 Summer}}64.30——64.30 m
style="background:#ddffdd;"511align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Denise Thiémard|SUI|1988 Summer}}55.1861.7455.6061.74 m
|613align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Tuula Laaksalo|FIN|1988 Summer}}57.3460.6454.6660.64 m
|714align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Beate Peters|FRG|1988 Summer}}XX60.2060.20 m
|816align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Laverne Eve|BAH|1988 Summer}}X57.4860.0260.02 m
|918align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Trine Solberg|NOR|1988 Summer}}57.7656.9058.8258.82 m
|1019align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Anna Verouli|GRE|1988 Summer}}57.6058.52X58.52 m
|1121align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Tessa Sanderson|GBR|1988 Summer}}54.1856.7056.2656.70 m
|1222align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Zhou Yuanxiang|CHN|1988 Summer}}53.6652.8056.3656.36 m
|1324align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Lynda Sutfin|USA|1988 Summer}}56.0856.12X56.12 m
|1427align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Céline Chartrand|CAN|1988 Summer}}47.6446.1854.1054.10 m
|——align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Nadine Auzeil|FRA|1988 Summer}}XXXNM

=Group B=

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rowspan="2"|Rank

!rowspan="2"|Overall

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="3"|Attempts

!rowspan="2"|Distance

!rowspan="2"|Note

1

!2

!3

style="background:#ccffcc;"11align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Fatima Whitbread|GBR|1988 Summer}}54.90X68.4468.44 m#253
style="background:#ccffcc;"24align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Antoaneta Selenska|BUL|1988 Summer}}50.8461.6264.6064.60 m#52
style="background:#ccffcc;"37align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Silke Renk|GDR|1988 Summer}}63.64——63.64 m#284
style="background:#ccffcc;"48align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Ingrid Thyssen|FRG|1988 Summer}}63.32——63.32 m
style="background:#ccffcc;"59align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Irina Kostyuchenkova|URS|1988 Summer}}58.56X63.2463.24 m
style="background:#ddffdd;"610align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Päivi Alafrantti|FIN|1988 Summer}}62.8258.5459.8262.82 m
style="background:#ddffdd;"712align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Donna Mayhew|USA|1988 Summer}}61.5660.6259.0861.56 m#587
|815align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Tiina Lillak|FIN|1988 Summer}}60.06X55.5260.06 m
|917align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Li Baolian|CHN|1988 Summer}}56.6458.9256.6258.92 m
|1020align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Karin Smith|USA|1988 Summer}}57.4253.8657.9457.94 m
|1123align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Emi Matsui|JPN|1988 Summer}}50.70X56.2656.26 m
|1225align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Sharon Gibson|GBR|1988 Summer}}56.0050.7453.2056.00 m
|1326align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Íris Grönfeldt|ISL|1988 Summer}}X54.2850.8454.28 m
|1428align=left|{{flagIOCathlete|Yu Chun-ok|KOR|1988 Summer}}X44.9248.2648.26 m

Final

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rowspan="2"|Rank

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!colspan="6"|Attempts

!rowspan="2"|Distance

1

!2

!3

!4

!5

!6

{{gold1}}align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Petra Felke|GDR|1988 Summer}}

|72.62

|74.68

|66.12

|66.76

|71.12

|68.38

|align="center" |74.68 m

{{silver2}}align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Fatima Whitbread|GBR|1988 Summer}}

|61.98

|67.46

|66.58

|64.86

|67.82

|70.32

|align="center" |70.32 m

{{bronze3}}align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Beate Koch|GDR|1988 Summer}}

|67.30

|65.66

|66.48

|62.04

|65.64

|66.02

|align="center" |67.30 m

4align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Irina Kostyuchenkova|URS|1988 Summer}}

|64.34

|67.00

|63.12

|63.42

|63.10

|X

|align="center" |67.00 m

5align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Silke Renk|GDR|1988 Summer}}

|60.86

|58.74

|63.98

|64.60

|64.74

|66.38

|align="center" |66.38 m

6align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Natalya Yermolovich|URS|1988 Summer}}

|64.84

|X

|X

|X

|X

|X

|align="center" |64.84 m

7align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Donna Mayhew|USA|1988 Summer}}

|57.52

|X

|61.78

|59.72

|X

|56.74

|align="center" |61.78 m

8align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Ingrid Thyssen|FRG|1988 Summer}}

|60.76

|60.12

|56.66

|X

|59.64

|58.28

|align="center" |60.76 m

colspan=9 bgcolor=lightgray|
9align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Denise Thiémard|SUI|1988 Summer}}

|57.58

|57.20

|58.54

colspan=3|58.54 m
10align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Päivi Alafrantti|FIN|1988 Summer}}

|58.20

|55.86

|56.46

colspan=3|58.20m
11align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Antoaneta Selenska|BUL|1988 Summer}}

|56.78

|X

|X

colspan=3|56.78 m
12align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|Zsuzsa Malovecz|HUN|1988 Summer}}

|X

|54.58

|X

colspan=3|54.58 m

See also

References

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External links

  • {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155747/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1988/1988v2.pdf Official Report]
  • {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20120407111202/http://todor66.com/olim/1988/Athletics/Women_Javelin_Throw.html todor66]

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