1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

1994 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Women’s javelin throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1994.^[1] There were a total number of 22 participating athletes. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design). The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres (200.13 ft).

Trine Hattestad of Norway won the gold medal with a throw of 68.00 metres (223.10 ft).

Medalists

Gold	Trine Hattestad Norway (NOR)
Silver	Karen Forkel Germany (GER)
Bronze	Felicia Ţilea Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1994 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	77.44 m	August 28, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Notes
			1	2	3
1	2	Karen Forkel (GER)				64.28 m
2	3	Felicia Ţilea (ROM)				62.84 m
3	4	Claudia Isăilă (ROM)				60.16 m
4	5	Jette Jeppesen (DEN)				59.64 m
5	6	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)				59.26 m
6	7	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)				58.18 m
7	9	Silke Gast (GER)				56.80 m
8	13	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)				55.12 m
9	14	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)				55.08 m
10	21	Shelley Holroyd (GBR)				51.26 m
11	22	Mirela Manjani (ALB)				49.96 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Notes
			1	2	3
1	1	Trine Hattestad (NOR)				64.46 m
2	8	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)				57.34 m
3	10	Tanja Damaske (GER)				56.14 m
4	11	Nathalie Teppe (FRA)				55.72 m
5	12	Taina Uppa (FIN)				55.66 m
6	15	Yekaterina Ivakina (RUS)				54.86 m
7	16	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)				54.26 m
8	17	Sharon Gibson (GBR)				53.82 m
9	18	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)				53.28 m
10	19	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)				53.10 m
11	20	Martine Bègue (FRA)				53.06 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	65.18	63.66	66.42	65.12	X	68.00	68.00 m
	Karen Forkel (GER)	65.26	59.68	X	X	59.28	66.10	66.10 m
	Felicia Ţilea (ROM)	64.34	62.40	X	X	59.78	X	64.34 m
4	Silke Gast (GER)							62.90 m
5	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)							61.54 m
6	Tanja Damaske (GER)							61.32 m
7	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)							59.74 m
8	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)							57.76 m
9	Nathalie Teppe (FRA)							57.52 m
10	Taina Uppa (FIN)							57.20 m
11	Claudia Isăilă (ROM)							56.92 m
12	Jette Jeppesen (DEN)							56.06 m

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

See also

• 1991 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1995 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)

References

• Results
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