Women Javelin Throw Athletics XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 - Thursday, 1st September

Women Javelin Throw Athletics XVII Olympic Games Roma, Italy 1960 - Thursday, 1st September - Gold Medal: Elvīra Ozoliņa, Soviet Union

Final 15:00		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	55.98m	55.98	X	51.54	54.80	X
2. Dana Zátopková	Czechoslovakia	53.78m	49.84	50.36	53.78	51.02	46.13	50.70
3. Birutė Kalėdienė	Soviet Union	53.45m	50.17	49.81	53.45	50.87	49.58	X
4. Vlasta Pešková	Czechoslovakia	52.56m	50.94	X	51.28	52.56	49.00	48.82
5. Urszula Figwer	Poland	52.33m	52.33	X	47.92	50.16	46.53
6. Anna Bocson	Australia	51.15m	51.15	47.04	X	42.76	47.35	X
7. Sue Platt	Great Britain	51.01m	51.01	50.84	X
8. Alevtina Schastitko	Soviet Union	50.92m	47.43	50.83	50.92
9. Márta Rudas	Hungary	50.25m	50.25	48.41	49.66
10.Maria Diţi	Romania	49.56m	49.56	47.49	48.83
11.Anneliese Gerhards	UT Germany	49.27m	47.76	49.27	X
12.Marlene Ahrens	Chile	47.53m	46.39	47.53	45.34
13.Karen Oldham	United States	46.52m	44.39	46.52	44.24

world Women Javelin Throw History

Venue: Stadio Olimpico, Roma. 65,000. 20 competitors from -- nations.

Qualification

Ozoliņa had topped the 1959 world lists, but improved to produce the four best ever throws in 1960. She opened with 55.98, the winning effort, and had a further throw of 54.80, also good enough to take gold. Behind her Zátopková confirmed herself as the most consistent thrower of the 1950-60 era by winning her second Olympic medal to add to her European titles of ’54 and ’58. She edged Kalėdienė by 33cm and became the then oldest ever women’s Olympic athletics medallist at 37 years 348 days. In seventh place was Platt, whose surprising third round throw was in the region of 54m, but was erroneously ruled a foul by an over-zeal- ous official who misunderstood her moving forward around the foul line to check the distance after the throw had landed.

Qualification - Thursday 01.09 9:00

Mark 48.00m. 13 Athletes passed the Mark and advanced to Final.

Ranking		Distance	1.	2.	3.
1. Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	53.25m	53.25
2. Dana Zátopková	Czechoslovakia	51.64m	47.94	51.64
3. Sue Platt	Great Britain	50.67m	50.67
4. Karen Oldham	United States	50.62m	43.96	44.26	50.62
5. Vlasta Pešková	Czechoslovakia	50.61m	50.61
6. Márta Rudas	Hungary	50.01m	X	47.56	50.01
7. Maria Diţi	Romania	49.80m	49.80
8. Anna Bocson	Australia	49.20m	45.66	49.20
9. Alevtina Schastitko	Soviet Union	48.91m	48.91
10.Birutė Kalėdienė	Soviet Union	48.59m	48.59
11.Marlene Ahrens	Chile	48.36m	44.61	48.36
12.Anneliese Gerhards	UT Germany	48.33m	45.89	X	48.33
13.Urszula Figwer	Poland	48.04m	48.04
14.Ingrid Almqvist	Sweden	47.67m	X	44.33	47.67
15.Erika Strößenreuther	UT Germany	46.85m	45.88	X	46.85
16.Almut Brömmel	UT Germany	45.52m	34.76	45.52	41.20
17.Erika Strasser	Austria	43.80m	43.79	43.80	X
18.Lise Koch	Denmark	43.01m	43.01	X	40.36
19.Averil Williams	Great Britain	42.44m	42.44	X	40.03
20.Unn Thorvaldsen	Norway	41.99m	X	X	41.99
-. E. Davenport	India	DNS

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