Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The qualification standard was 51.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard. Since only 7 throwers made the mark, the next five furthest-throwing athletes also advanced to meet the minimum 12 in the final.

Gorchakova set a new world record, besting the old one by more than 2.5 metres. Ozolina also had a good round, besting the old Olympic record to come in second in qualification.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1	Yelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	62.40 metres WR		62.40	—
2	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	56.38 metres		56.38	—
3	Antal Marta Rudas	Hungary	52.23 metres		52.23	—
4	Anneliese Gerhards	United Team of Germany	52.23 metres		49.88	49.71	52.23
5	Rosemarie Schubert	United Team of Germany	51.20 metres		X	51.20	—
6	Mihaela Peneș	Romania	51.19 metres		43.00	X	51.19
7	Maria Diaconescu	Romania	51.12 metres		51.12	—
8	Biruta Kaledene	Soviet Union	50.84 metres		49.70	50.84	48.87
9	Hiroko Sato	Japan	49.92 metres		X	49.92	X
10	Sue Platt	Great Britain	49.88 metres		X	49.88	48.72
11	Misako Katayama	Japan	49.23 metres		39.80	46.11	49.23
12	Michele Demys	France	48.94 metres		48.94	48.67	X
13	RaNae Bair	United States	46.89 metres		46.70	46.89	46.04
14	Ingeborg Schwalbe	United Team of Germany	45.55 metres		45.55	44.41	39.47
15	Anna Pazera	Australia	44.87 metres		41.58	44.87	X
16	Lee Hye-ja	South Korea	34.95 metres		33.24	34.95	29.05

The qualification marks were ignored for the final, each thrower receiving three new attempts. The top six throwers after those three received three more attempts, taking their best result of the six.

No one came close to equalling Gorchakova's qualifying round throw, her own attempts in the final not coming within 5 metres of it as she dropped to third place.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3	Throw 4	Throw 5	Throw 6
1	Mihaela Peneş	Romania	60.54 metres		60.54	52.76	X	50.72	51.44	53.77
2	Antal Marta Rudas	Hungary	58.27 metres		53.21	58.27	X	54.17	50.24	X
3	Yelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	57.06 metres		56.43	49.21	53.10	57.06	55.23	X
4	Biruta Kaledene	Soviet Union	56.31 metres		53.79	X	54.13	56.31	54.68	X
5	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	54.81 metres		54.68	54.81	X	X	X	X
6	Maria Diaconescu	Romania	53.71 metres		X	53.71	50.49	51.21	51.35	52.00
7	Hiroko Sato	Japan	52.48 metres		47.28	52.48	49.18
8	Anneliese Gerhards	United Team of Germany	52.37 metres		52.37	46.79	45.88
9	Susan Mary Platt	Great Britain	48.59 metres		48.59	48.00	48.55
10	Michele Demys	France	47.25 metres		45.95	47.14	47.25
11	Katayama Misako	Japan	46.87 metres		45.16	46.87	42.37
12	Rosemarie Schubert	United Team of Germany	46.50 metres		X	X	46.50