1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 1997 World 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	women
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 1997 World Championships in Athens, Greece. There were a total number of 29 participating athletes, with the final held on Saturday August 9, 1997. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Gold	Trine Hattestad Norway (NOR)
Silver	Joanna Stone Australia (AUS)
Bronze	Tanja Damaske Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Petra Felke-Meier (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	76.64 m	September 6, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	69.66 m	June 18, 1997	Helsinki, Finland

Qualification

• Held on Thursday 1997-08-07

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	66.12 m
2.	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	64.46 m
3.	Mirela Maniani-Tzelili (GRE)	63.50 m
4.	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM)	63.06 m
5.	Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS)	61.58 m
6.	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	60.90 m
7.	Karen Forkel (GER)	60.70 m
8.	Zuleima Araméndiz (COL)	58.98 m
9.	Laverne Eve (BAH)	58.80 m
10.	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)	57.78 m
11.	Lee Young-Sun (KOR)	55.98 m
12.	Lynda Lipson (USA)	52.64 m
13.	Shelley Holroyd (GBR)	51.06 m
14.	Trishel Thompson (GUY)	38.14 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Joanna Stone (AUS)	67.72 m
2.	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	63.92 m
3.	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	63.48 m
4.	Tanja Damaske (GER)	63.30 m
5.	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	62.60 m
6.	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	61.78 m
7.	Silke Renk (GER)	60.72 m
8.	Odelmys Palma (CUB)	58.42 m
9.	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	57.84 m
10.	Taina Uppa (FIN)	57.72 m
11.	Ewa Rybak (POL)	56.24 m
12.	Nicole Carroll (USA)	55.62 m
13.	Erica Wheeler (USA)	54.16 m
14.	Ageliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	53.48 m
15.	Nikola Tomečková (CZE)	52.86 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	68.78	63.32	X	66.32	X	65.46	68.78 m
	Joanna Stone (AUS)	64.68	68.16	66.94	66.12	68.64	68.60	68.64 m
	Tanja Damaske (GER)	64.30	63.72	64.36	64.18	66.26	67.12	67.12 m
4	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	64.50	X	63.72	61.70	64.14	66.00	66.00 m
5	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM)	60.32	55.24	64.90	61.14	59.24	64.40	64.90 m
6	Sonia Bisset (CUB)	63.80	63.16	63.08	60.44	60.52	63.34	63.80 m
7	Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)	63.76	62.44	X	59.88	63.02	62.14	63.76 m
8	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	X	63.76	X	62.68	X	X	63.76 m
9	Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS)	58.72	61.32	62.92				62.92 m
10	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	62.64	59.96	X				62.64 m
11	Mirela Maniani-Tzelili (GRE)	61.02	X	57.80				61.02 m
12	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	56.80	57.38	56.36				57.38 m

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw

References

• Results