Women Javelin Throw Athletics XXIII Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 1984 - 6th August - Gold Medal: Tessa Sanderson, Great Britain

Women Javelin Throw Athletics XXIII Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 1984 - 6th August - Gold Medal: Tessa Sanderson, Great Britain

Final	Team	Dist.	N:	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Tessa Sanderson	GBR	69.56m	8	69.56	66.56	63.68	64.84	66.86	64.10
2. Tiina Lillak	FIN	69.00m	12	61.14	69.00	X	X	X	X
3. Fatima Whitbread	GBR	67.14m	7	64.52	65.42	X	65.82	67.14	X
4. Tuula Laaksalo	FIN	66.40m	11	56.42	61.36	X	66.40	59.64	65.72
5. Trine Solberg	NOR	64.52m	2	64.52	60.90	X	X	X	X
6. Ingrid Thyssen	FRG	63.26m	10	61.12	63.26	55.64	55.96	60.42	56.26
7. Beate Peters	FRG	62.34m	1	61.84	59.90	X	61.24	57.98	62.34
8. Karin Smith	USA	62.06m	5	60.54	X	55.92	59.14	X	62.06
9. Sharon Gibson	GBR	59.66m	4	54.96	X	59.66
10.Cathy Sulinski	USA	58.38m	6	54.26	58.38	X
11.Helena Laine	FIN	58.18m	3	X	X	58.18
12.Petra Rivers	AUS	56.20m	9	55.66	56.20	X

world Women Javelin Throw History

Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 93,607.

-- competitors from -- nations.

All three of the 1983 World championship medallists were in Los Angeles, but the third placer from Helsinki – Anna Verouli – missed qualifying with 58.62, the 13th best of the initial round. Eighteen year- old Solberg produced the first quality throw of the final – 64.52 – which was equalled five throws later by world silver medallist Whitbread. Her arch rival, Sanderson was next, wanting to make up for her failure four years earlier. She launched the spear out to an Olympic record 69.56, and the gold medal was won. World record holder Lillak countered with a fine 69.00 cast in the second round, but she was not in the same form as in 1983, and took no more throws. Whitbread won the second tier GBR-FIN duel with her fifth-round 67.14 to overtake Laaksalo’s 66.40.

Qualification 05.08

mark 59.00m 12 Athletes

Group A	Team	Dist.	N	1.	2.	3.
1. Fatima Whitbread	GBR	65.30m	11	X	X	65.30
2. Tiina Lillak	FIN	63.30m	10	63.30
3. Karin Smith	USA	61.38m	2	61.36
4. lngrid Thyssen	FRG	60.86m	6	60.86
5. Tuula Laaksalo	FIN	60.42m	5	59.64	60.42
6. Petra Rivers	AUS	59.12m	13	54.28	59.12
7. Emi Matsui	JPN	57.72m	8	55.92	57.72	55.94
8. Fausta Quintavalla	ITA	57.66m	7	56.48	57.66	55.66
9. Agnes Tchuinte	CMR	55.94m	1	55.94	X	51.86
10.Lynda Suffin	USA	55.92m	3	55.70	51.36	55.92
11.Hui-Chen Lee	TPE	52.46m	12	51.18	52.46	49.54
12.Iris Groenfeldt	ISL	48.70m	4	47.34	48.70	48.16
13.Jennifer Pace	MLT	47.92m	9	47.92	X	47.68

Group B	Team	Dist.	N	1.	2.	3.
1. Trine Solberg	NOR	62.68m	3	62.68
2. Helena Laine	FIN	61.80m	7	X	61.80
3. Tessa Sanderson	GBR	61.58m	1	61.58
4. Beate Peters	FRG	61.56m	2	61.56
5. Sharon Gibson	GBR	60.88m	9	60.88
6. Cathy Sulinski	USA	59.00m	8	54.32	X	59.00
7. Regula Egger	SUI	57.88m	4	56.32	57.80	57.88
8. Minori Mori	JPN	56.60m	11	46.66	56.60	X
9. Hongyang Zhu	CHN	53.18m	6	53.18	50.98	X
10.Sonia Smith	BER	52.74m	10	51.48	X	52.74
-.Anna Verouli	GRE	DQ	5	57.72	X	58.62
-.Iamo Launa	NGU	DNS	12

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Los Angeles 1984 index

Athletics Los Angeles 1984
Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m	Women 1500m
Men 5000m	Women 3000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon	Women Marathon
Men 110m Hurdles	Women 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles	Women 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay	Men 4x400m Relay
Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men Decathlon	Women Heptathlon
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