1997 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

None 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 GoldNOR Trine HattestadNorway (NOR)SilverAUS Joanna StoneAustralia (AUS)BronzeGER Tanja DamaskeGermany (GER) Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B07.08.1997 – 08:30h07.08.1997 – 10:10hFinal Round09.08.1997 – 19:10h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 1997 World Athletics Championships World Record Petra Felke-Meier GDR 80.00 m September 9, 1988 GDR Potsdam, East Germany Event Record Fatima Whitbread GBR 76.64 m September 6, 1987 ITA Rome, Italy Season Best Trine Hattestad NOR 69.66 m June 18, 1997 FIN Helsinki, Finland Qualification Held on Thursday 1997-08-07 RANKGROUP ADISTANCE1.Trine Hattestad NOR66.12 m2.Heli Rantanen FIN64.46 m 3.Mirela Maniani-Tzelili GRE63.50 m 4.Felicia Țilea-Moldovan ROM63.06 m 5.Oksana Ovchinnikova RUS61.58 m6.Osleidys Menéndez CUB60.90 m 7.Karen Forkel GER60.70 m8.Zuleima Araméndiz COL58.98 m9.Laverne Eve BAH58.80 m10.Nikolett Szabó HUN57.78 m11.Lee Young-Sun KOR55.98 m12.Lynda Lipson USA52.64 m13.Shelley Holroyd GBR51.06 m14.Trishel Thompson GUY38.14 m RANKGROUP BDISTANCE1.Joanna Stone AUS67.72 m2.Mikaela Ingberg FIN63.92 m3.Sonia Bisset CUB63.48 m4.Tanja Damaske GER63.30 m 5.Rita Ramanauskaitė LTU 198862.60 m6.Tatyana Shikolenko RUS61.78 m7.Silke Renk GER60.72 m8.Odelmys Palma CUB58.42 m9.Tessa Sanderson GBR57.84 m10.Taina Uppa FIN57.72 m11.Ewa Rybak POL56.24 m12.Nicole Carroll USA55.62 m 13.Erica Wheeler USA54.16 m14.Ageliki Tsiolakoudi GRE53.48 m15.Nikola Tomečková CZE52.86 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Trine Hattestad NOR68.78 63.32 X 66.32 X 65.46 68.78 m Joanna Stone AUS64.68 68.16 66.94 66.12 68.64 68.60 68.64 m Tanja Damaske GER64.30 63.72 64.36 64.18 66.26 67.12 67.12 m 4 Mikaela Ingberg FIN64.50 X 63.72 61.70 64.14 66.00 66.00 m 5 Felicia Țilea-Moldovan ROM60.32 55.24 64.90 61.14 59.24 64.40 64.90 m 6 Sonia Bisset CUB63.80 63.16 63.08 60.44 60.52 63.34 63.80 m 7 Osleidys Menéndez CUB63.76 62.44 X 59.88 63.02 62.14 63.76 m 8 Tatyana Shikolenko RUSX 63.76 X 62.68 X X 63.76 m 9 Oksana Ovchinnikova RUS58.72 61.32 62.92 62.92 m 10 Heli Rantanen FIN62.64 59.96 X 62.64 m 11 Mirela Maniani-Tzelili GRE61.02 X 57.80 61.02 m 12 Rita Ramanauskaitė LTU 198856.80 57.38 56.36 57.38 m See also 1996 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw References Results J Category:Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships