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

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Medalists
Ruth Fuchs  East Germany Marion Becker  West Germany Kate Schmidt  United States

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

Results

Final

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	65.94	59.58	65.06	54.48	58.82	58.44	65.94 m OR
	Marion Becker (FRG)	60.66	60.52	64.70	x	x	x	64.70 m
	Kate Schmidt (USA)	x	x	59.70	57.90	x	63.96	63.96 m
4	Jacqueline Hein (GDR)	58.30	61.68	60.90	55.16	x	63.84	63.84 m
5	Sabine Sebrowski (GDR)	57.02	59.10	63.08	56.46	54.34	51.72	63.08 m
6	Svetlana Babich (URS)	x	49.24	59.42	x	x	x	59.42 m
7	Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS)	58.10	x	59.16	55.76	x	52.66	59.16 m
8	Karin Smith (USA)	53.86	57.50	55.32	52.66	45.08	39.48	57.50 m
9	Eva Janko (AUT)	55.04	57.20	x				57.20 m
10	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	57.00	55.96	x				57.00 m
11	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROM)	54.40	53.88	55.60				55.60 m
12	Yordanka Peeva (BUL)	50.28	52.02	52.24				52.24 m

References

• Official report