Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Date	24 July 1980 (qualifications) 25 July 1980 (final)
Competitors	22 from 13 nations
Winning distance	68.40 OR
Medalists
María Caridad Colón  Cuba Saida Gunba  Soviet Union Ute Hommola  East Germany

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 22 competitors, with two qualifying groups (22 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Friday July 25, 1980. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).^[1]

Medalists

Gold	María Caridad Colón  Cuba
Silver	Saida Gunba  Soviet Union
Bronze	Ute Hommola  East Germany

Schedule

• All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Ute Richter (GDR)	57.40	66.66	—	66.66 m
2	4	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	63.84	—	—	63.84 m
3	7	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	62.42	—	—	62.42 m
4	8	Ivanka Vancheva (BUL)	61.16	—	—	61.16 m
5	9	Antoaneta Todorova (BUL)	60.56	—	—	60.56 m
6	10	Bernadetta Blechacz (POL)	55.92	50.26	59.90	59.90 m
7	11	Tatyana Biryulina (URS)	57.72	52.44	59.86	59.86 m
8	13	Mária Janák (HUN)	54.22	X	57.80	57.80 m
9	15	Petra Rivers (AUS)	51.08	53.14	55.80	55.80 m
10	18	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	47.44	47.22	49.74	49.74 m
—	—	Sofia Sakorafa (GRE)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	54.12	64.26	—	64.26 m
2	3	Saida Gunba (URS)	63.98	—	—	63.98 m
3	5	Ute Hommola (GDR)	63.52	—	—	63.52 m
4	6	Yadviga Putiniene (URS)	62.96	—	—	62.96 m
5	12	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	58.76	X	—	58.76 m
6	14	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	53.44	56.26	X	56.26 m
7	16	Pam Matthews (AUS)	55.72	53.72	51.70	55.72 m
8	17	Agnès Tchuinté (CMR)	55.36	52.16	49.22	55.36 m
9	19	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	48.76	X	X	48.76 m
10	20	Patricia Guerrero (PER)	38.36	45.40	45.42	45.42 m
—	2	Tsvetana Ralinska (BUL)	—	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	68.40	X	64.58	62.70	66.02	63.06	68.40 m
	Saida Gunba (URS)	66.08	67.76	X	63.78	X	65.06	67.76 m
	Ute Hommola (GDR)	60.62	58.84	66.04	66.56	61.96	64.92	66.56 m
4	Ute Richter (GDR)	54.86	53.12	62.80	65.68	66.04	66.54	66.54 m
5	Ivanka Vancheva (BUL)	65.38	60.88	X	60.12	61.90	62.90	65.38 m
6	Tatyana Biryulina (URS)	56.28	65.08	58.42	60.36	X	62.48	65.08 m
7	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	X	64.08	54.80	59.44	57.02	54.30	64.08 m
8	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	59.90	X	61.48	X	63.94	59.20	63.94 m
9	Bernadetta Blechacz (POL)	57.94	52.84	61.46				61.46 m
10	Antoaneta Todorova (BUL)	54.76	60.66	52.98				60.66 m
11	Yadviga Putiniene (URS)	59.94	X	52.72				59.94 m
12	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	49.60	57.50	57.52				57.52 m

See also

• 1978 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Prague)
• 1980 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)

References

External links

• (in English) Results