Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The Women's Javelin Throw was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October 1964. 16 athletes from 10 nations entered.[1]

Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date16 October
Competitors16 from 10 nations
Medalists
Mihaela Peneș  Romania
Antal Marta Rudas  Hungary
Yelena Gorchakova  Soviet Union

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 51.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard. Since only 7 throwers made the mark, the next five furthest-throwing athletes also advanced to meet the minimum 12 in the final.

Gorchakova set a new world record, besting the old one by more than 2.5 metres. Ozolina also had a good round, besting the old Olympic record to come in second in qualification.

PlaceAthleteNationBest mark Throw 1Throw 2Throw 3
1Yelena Gorchakova Soviet Union62.40 WR62.40
2Elvīra Ozoliņa Soviet Union56.3856.38
3Antal Marta Rudas Hungary52.2352.23
4Anneliese Gerhards United Team of Germany52.2349.8849.7152.23
5Rosemarie Schubert United Team of Germany51.20X51.20
6Mihaela Peneș Romania51.1943.00X51.19
7Maria Diaconescu Romania51.1251.12
8Biruta Kaledene Soviet Union50.8449.7050.8448.87
9Hiroko Sato Japan49.92X49.92X
10Sue Platt Great Britain49.88X49.8848.72
11Misako Katayama Japan49.2339.8046.1149.23
12Michele Demys France48.9448.9448.67X
13RaNae Bair United States46.8946.7046.8946.04
14Ingeborg Schwalbe United Team of Germany45.5545.5544.4139.47
15Anna Pazera Australia44.8741.5844.87X
16Lee Hye-ja South Korea34.9533.2434.9529.05

Final

The qualification marks were ignored for the final, each thrower receiving three new attempts. The top six throwers after those three received three more attempts, taking their best result of the six.

No one came close to equalling Gorchakova's qualifying round throw, her own attempts in the final not coming within 5 metres of it as she dropped to third place.

PlaceAthleteNationBest mark Throw 1Throw 2Throw 3Throw 4Throw 5Throw 6
1Mihaela Peneş Romania60.5460.5452.76X50.7251.4453.77
2Antal Marta Rudas Hungary58.2753.2158.27X54.1750.24X
3Yelena Gorchakova Soviet Union57.0656.4349.2153.1057.0655.23X
4Biruta Kaledene Soviet Union56.3153.79X54.1356.3154.68X
5Elvīra Ozoliņa Soviet Union54.8154.6854.81XXXX
6Maria Diaconescu Romania53.71X53.7150.4951.2151.3552.00
7Hiroko Sato Japan52.4847.2852.4849.18
8Anneliese Gerhards United Team of Germany52.3752.3746.7945.88
9Susan Mary Platt Great Britain48.5948.5948.0048.55
10Michele Demys France47.2545.9547.1447.25
11Katayama Misako Japan46.8745.1646.8742.37
12Rosemarie Schubert United Team of Germany46.50XX46.50

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
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