Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date	26 July 1996 (qualifications) 27 July 1996 (finals)
Competitors	32 from 24 nations
Winning distance	67.94
Medalists
Heli Rantanen  Finland Louise McPaul  Australia Trine Hattestad  Norway

Athletics at the 1996 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	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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
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

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Heli Rantanen  Finland
Silver	Louise McPaul  Australia
Bronze	Trine Hattestad  Norway

Abbreviations

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 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
Season Best	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM)	69.26 m	June 28, 1996	Bergen, Norway

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	3	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	64.52	—	—	64.52 m
2	4	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	X	50.10	62.32	62.32 m
3	7	Li Lei (CHN)	59.54	61.48	X	61.48 m
4	8	Isel López (CUB)	60.12	61.40	X	61.40 m
5	10	Steffi Nerius (GER)	X	56.82	60.98	60.98 m
6	12	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	53.52	X	60.46	60.46 m
7	14	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	58.86	56.80	56.64	58.86 m
8	15	Lee Young-Sun (KOR)	54.62	57.94	58.66	58.66 m
9	16	Joanna Stone (AUS)	52.30	49.16	58.54	58.54 m
10	18	Aysel Taş (TUR)	55.32	56.20	57.86	57.86 m
11	19	Taina Uppa (FIN)	57.74	56.80	X	57.74 m
12	21	Renata Strašek (SLO)	54.72	51.46	57.04	57.04 m
13	23	Jette Jeppesen (DEN)	55.24	54.52	56.16	56.16 m
14	24	Mirela Manjani (ALB)	X	X	55.64	55.64 m
15	30	Erica Wheeler (USA)	53.34	49.54	52.72	53.34 m
16	32	Iloai Suaniu (SAM)	X	38.08	X	38.08 m
—	—	Sonya Radicheva (BUL)	—	—	—	DNS

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Felicia Tilea (ROM)	58.84	X	66.94	66.94 m
2	2	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	66.54	—	—	66.54 m
3	5	Louise McPaul (AUS)	62.32	—	—	62.32 m
4	6	Odelmys Palma (CUB)	62.30	54.76	X	62.30 m
5	9	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	X	52.84	61.32	61.32 m
6	11	Karen Forkel (GER)	60.84	59.48	X	60.84 m
7	13	Silke Renk (GER)	58.88	59.10	59.70	59.70 m
8	17	Laverne Eve (BAH)	52.92	X	58.48	58.48 m
9	20	Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS)	X	57.28	X	57.28 m
10	22	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	X	56.38	56.94	56.94 m
11	25	Nikola Tomečková (CZE)	55.02	52.48	X	55.02 m
12	26	Nicole Carroll (USA)	53.46	54.74	52.18	54.74 m
13	27	Shelley Holroyd (GBR)	53.46	52.72	54.72	54.72 m
14	28	Zuleima Aramendiz (COL)	53.86	X	54.24	54.24 m
15	29	Akiko Miyajima (JPN)	49.58	53.18	53.98	53.98 m
16	31	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)	52.76	52.66	50.84	52.76 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	67.94	64.72	63.84	62.60	63.82	59.18	67.94 m
	Louise McPaul (AUS)	61.72	62.74	64.18	59.76	63.34	65.54	65.54 m
	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	61.42	60.78	X	58.66	62.74	64.98	64.98 m
4	Isel López (CUB)	X	63.50	57.98	X	64.68	X	64.68 m
5	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	X	61.94	62.76	X	64.48	61.60	64.48 m
6	Karen Forkel (GER)	56.50	59.20	64.18	58.70	62.04	62.42	64.18 m
7	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	X	61.52	X	60.30	X	X	61.52 m
8	Li Lei (CHN)	X	56.96	60.74	59.56	58.52	60.12	60.74 m
9	Steffi Nerius (GER)	57.88	60.20	59.78				60.20 m
10	Felicia Tilea (ROU)	56.02	57.28	59.94				59.94 m
11	Odelmys Palma (CUB)	X	59.70	57.50				59.70 m
12	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	58.56	X	X				58.56 m

See also

• 1995 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw
• 1996 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1997 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw

References

External links

• Official Report
• Results