Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	23 July 1976 (qualifications); 24 July 1976 (finals)
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning distance	65.94 OR
Medalists

The Women's javelin throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 23–24 July.[1]

Results

The qualification distance was set to 60.00 metres.

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	Marion Becker	West Germany	65.14			65.14
2	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	62.46			62.46	Q
3	Kate Schmidt	United States	61.50			61.50	Q
4	Eva Janko	Austria	60.90			60.90	Q
5	Jacqueline Hein	East Germany	60.70			60.70	Q
6	Karin Smith	United States	x	x	59.36	59.36	q
7	Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	x	57.18	–	57.18	q
8	Svetlana Babich	Soviet Union	56.82	–	–	56.82	q
9	Yordanka Peeva	Bulgaria	x	53.62	56.74	56.74	q
10	Nadezhda Yakubovich	Soviet Union	x	x	56.56	56.56	q
11	Sabine Sebrowski	East Germany	55.42	–	–	55.42	q
12	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	Romania	55.34	–	–	55.34	q
13	Sherry Calvert	United States	52.58	x	53.08	53.08
	Sofia Sakorafa	Greece				NM
	Christine Hunt	Australia				NM

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	65.94	59.58	65.06	54.48	58.82	58.44	65.94	OR
	Marion Becker	West Germany	60.66	60.52	64.70	x	x	x	64.70
	Kate Schmidt	United States	x	x	59.70	57.90	x	63.96	63.96
4	Jacqueline Hein	East Germany	58.30	61.68	60.90	55.16	x	63.84	63.84
5	Sabine Sebrowski	East Germany	57.02	59.10	63.08	56.46	54.34	51.72	63.08
6	Svetlana Babich	Soviet Union	x	49.24	59.42	x	x	x	59.42
7	Nadezhda Yakubovich	Soviet Union	58.10	x	59.16	55.76	x	52.66	59.16
8	Karin Smith	United States	53.86	57.50	55.32	52.66	45.08	39.48	57.50
9	Eva Janko	Austria	55.04	57.20	x				57.20
10	Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	57.00	55.96	x				57.00
11	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	Romania	54.40	53.88	55.60				55.60
12	Yordanka Peeva	Bulgaria	50.28	52.02	52.24				52.24

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Athletics at the 1976 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
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

Javelin throw at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw