Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

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Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venue Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Dates October 14
Competitors 16 from 11 nations
Winning distance 60.36
Medalists
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1st Angéla Németh  Hungary
2nd Mihaela Peneş  Romania
3rd Eva Janko  Austria
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Athletics at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 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
Road events
Marathon men
20 km walk men
50 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

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1968 Summer Olympics took place on October 154 at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record  Yelena Gorchakova (URS) 62.40 m Tokyo, Japan October 16, 1964
Olympic record

Competition format

The competition consisted of a single final round. Each athlete is allowed three throws, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st Angéla Németh  Hungary 57.66 60.36 55.56 57.54 X 53.30 60.36
2nd Mihaela Peneş  Romania 59.92 54.68 X 51.40 58.36 X 59.92
3rd Eva Janko  Austria 54.60 X X 46.44 46.24 58.04 58.04
4 Márta Rudas  Hungary 56.38 X X 51.60 X 52.68 56.38
5 Daniela Jaworska  Poland 55.78 56.06 52.34 51.88 X 53.20 56.06
6 Nataša Urbančič  Yugoslavia 53.80 X 55.42 X X 55.42
7 Ameli Koloska  West Germany 53.54 54.08 X 54.00 55.20 X 55.20
8 Kaisa Launela  Finland 53.96 51.44 X X X X 53.96
9 Barbara Friedrich  United States 53.44 51.00 52.16 N/A 53.44
10 Lidiya Tsymosh  Soviet Union X X 53.40 N/A 53.40
11 RaNae Bair  United States 49.54 48.08 53.14 N/A 53.14
12 Lucyna Krawcewicz  Poland 51.54 X X N/A 51.54
13 Jay Dahlgren  Canada 51.34 51.10 48.04 N/A 51.34
14 Valentyna Evert  Soviet Union X 51.16 X N/A 51.16
15 Sue Platt  Great Britain X 44.94 48.52 N/A 48.52
AC Erika Strasser  Austria X X X N/A NM

References