Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw (original) (raw)

Women's javelin throwat the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Pictogram for Athletics
Venue	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates	31 July (qualification) 1 August (final)
Competitors	25 from 17 nations
Winning distance	68.34
Medalists
Silke Renk Germany Natalya Shikolenko Unified Team Karen Forkel Germany
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Athletics at the1992 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 msteeplechase	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
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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.[1]

The winning margin was 8 cm which as of 2023 remains the only time the women's javelin throw was won by less than 10 cm at the Olympics.

Medalists

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

Abbreviations

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Records

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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

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Group A

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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

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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

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| 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

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

References

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1. ^ "Athletics at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

External links

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• Official Report
• Results

vteOlympic champions in women's javelin throw

1932: Babe Didrikson (USA) 1936: Tilly Fleischer (GER) 1948: Herma Bauma (AUT) 1952: Dana Zátopková (TCH) 1956: Inese Jaunzeme (URS) 1960: Elvīra Ozoliņa (URS) 1964: Mihaela Peneș (ROU) 1968: Angéla Németh (HUN) 1972: Ruth Fuchs (GDR) 1976: Ruth Fuchs (GDR) 1980: María Caridad Colón (CUB) 1984: Tessa Sanderson (GBR) 1988: Petra Felke (GDR) 1992: Silke Renk (GER) 1996: Heli Rantanen (FIN) 2000: Trine Hattestad (NOR) 2004: Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 2008: Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 2012: Barbora Špotáková (CZE) 2016: Sara Kolak (CRO) 2020: Liu Shiying (CHN) 2024: Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN)