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1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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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

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

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
07.08.1997 – 08:30h 07.08.1997 – 10:10h
Final Round
09.08.1997 – 19:10h

Abbreviations

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  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Records

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

Qualification

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  • 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

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Trine Hattestad (NOR) 68.78 63.32 X 66.32 X 65.46 68.78 m
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Joanna Stone (AUS) 64.68 68.16 66.94 66.12 68.64 68.60 68.64 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

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References

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