Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	August 31 & September 1
Competitors	19 from 10 nations
Winning distance	63.88
Medalists

The women's javelin throw field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on August 31 & September 1. On 11 June 1972 Ewa Gryziecka from Poland broke the javelin throw world record with a throw of 62.70m only to have Ruth Fuchs break that record on the same day with a throw of 65.06m. In 1972 Fuchs was the strong favorite heading in the Olympics. Kate Schmidt took the early lead on the first throw, but this was soon passed by the favorite on the second throw. She ended up topping her own mark two more time in rounds four and five. Fuchs would go one and set the new javelin world record in 1973, 1974 and 1976.[1]

Results

All throwers reaching 54.00 m (177 ft 2 in) and the top 12 including ties, advanced to the finals. Throwers in blue qualified by reaching the qualifying distance. Throwers listed in green qualified by being in the top 12. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1st throw	2nd throw	3rd throw
1	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	60.88	x	60.88	p
2	Jacqueline Todten	East Germany	59.62	59.62	p	p
3	Kate Schmidt	United States	58.84	52.26	58.84	p
4	Nataša Urbančič	Yugoslavia	57.02	57.02	p	p
5	Mária Kucserka	Hungary	56.72	56.72	p	p
6	Lyutviyan Mollova	Bulgaria	56.30	56.30	p	p
7	Eva Janko	Austria	56.18	56.18	p	p
8	Svetlana Korolyova	Soviet Union	55.90	55.90	p	p
9	Anneliese Gerhards	West Germany	55.24	55.24	p	p
10	Éva Zörgő	Romania	54.34	54.34	p	p
11	Ewa Gryziecka	Poland	53.68	53.68	x	51.56
12	Magda Paulányi	Hungary	53.62	53.62	52.87	52.78
13	Angéla Németh	Hungary	53.48	53.48	x	51.40
14	Daniela Jaworska	Poland	52.40	44.68	52.40	50.16
15	Sherry Calvert	United States	51.38	x	51.38	51.00
16	Nina Marakina	Soviet Union	51.06	51.06	41.64	x
17	Marion Becker	Romania	50.74	x	48.70	50.74
18	Ameli Koloska	West Germany	48.42	48.42	x	x
19	Roberta Brown	United States	47.88	x	47.88	x
–	Rosa Molina	Chile	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	1st throw	2nd throw	3rd throw	4th throw	5th throw	6th throw
	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	63.88 OR	57.44	60.20	50.20	61.16	63.88	59.16
	Jacqueline Todten	East Germany	62.54	x	55.44	57.18	59.70	56.92	62.54
	Kate Schmidt	United States	59.94	59.94	58.32	59.84	x	48.80	56.10
4	Lyutviyan Mollova	Bulgaria	59.36	56.46	59.36	55.10	x	56.00	58.44
5	Nataša Urbančič	Yugoslavia	59.06	x	x	56.48	56.38	59.06	x
6	Eva Janko	Austria	58.56	x	58.50	x	x	58.56	52.06
7	Ewa Gryziecka	Poland	57.00	44.40	47.34	57.00	55.88	54.86	x
8	Svetlana Korolyova	Soviet Union	56.36	56.30	55.08	x	x	56.36	x
9	Anneliese Gerhards	West Germany	55.84	54.84	55.84	54.72
10	Mária Kucserka	Hungary	54.40	x	x	54.40
11	Magda Paulányi	Hungary	52.36	x	x	52.36
–	Éva Zörgő	Romania	NM	x	x	x

Key: OR = Olympic record; p = pass; x = fault; NM = no mark

References

"Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2018.

External links

Official report

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Javelin throw at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
See also: 1908 Men's freestyle javelin throw • 1912 Men's two handed javelin throw

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 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	women
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