1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

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

Qualification

• 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

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	68.78	63.32	X	66.32	X	65.46	68.78 m
	Joanna Stone (AUS)	64.68	68.16	66.94	66.12	68.64	68.60	68.64 m
	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

• 1996 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw

References

• Results