1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw explained

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

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

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

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

Abbreviations

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

Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships
		80.00 m	September 9, 1988
		76.64 m	September 6, 1987
		69.66 m	June 18, 1997

Qualification

Held on Thursday 1997-08-07

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.		66.12 m
2.		64.46 m
3.		63.50 m
4.		63.06 m
5.		61.58 m
6.		60.90 m
7.		60.70 m
8.		58.98 m
9.		58.80 m
10.		57.78 m
11.		55.98 m
12.		52.64 m
13.		51.06 m
14.		38.14 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.		67.72 m
2.		63.92 m
3.		63.48 m
4.		63.30 m
5.		62.60 m
6.		61.78 m
7.		60.72 m
8.		58.42 m
9.		57.84 m
10.		57.72 m
11.		56.24 m
12.		55.62 m
13.		54.16 m
14.		53.48 m
15.		52.86 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		68.78	63.32	X	66.32	X	65.46	68.78 m
		64.68	68.16	66.94	66.12	68.64	68.60	68.64 m
		64.30	63.72	64.36	64.18	66.26	67.12	67.12 m
4		64.50	X	63.72	61.70	64.14	66.00	66.00 m
5		60.32	55.24	64.90	61.14	59.24	64.40	64.90 m
6		63.80	63.16	63.08	60.44	60.52	63.34	63.80 m
7		63.76	62.44	X	59.88	63.02	62.14	63.76 m
8		X	63.76	X	62.68	X	X	63.76 m

9		58.72	61.32	62.92				62.92 m
10		62.64	59.96	X				62.64 m
11		61.02	X	57.80				61.02 m
12		56.80	57.38	56.36				57.38 m

References

Results