Women Javelin Throw Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens, Greece - Saturday 09.08 - Gold Medal: Trine Solberg-Hattestad, Norway

Women Javelin Throw Athletics VI World Championship 1997 Athens, Greece - Saturday 09.08 - Gold Medal: Trine Solberg-Hattestad, Norway

Final 19:10		Distance	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Trine Solberg-Hattestad	NOR	68.78m	68.78	63.32	X	66.32	X	65.46
2. Joanna Stone	AUS	68.64m	64.68	68.16	66.94	66.12	68.64	68.60
3. Tanja Damaske	GER	67.12m	64.30	63.72	64.36	64.18	66.26	67.12
4. Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	66.00m	64.50	X	63.72	61.70	64.14	66.00
5. Felicia Tilea-Moldovan	ROM	64.90m	60.32	55.24	64.90	61.14	59.24	64.40
6. Sonia Bicet Poll	CUB	63.80m	63.80	63.16	63.08	60.44	60.52	63.34
7. Osleidys Menendez	CUB	63.76m	63.76	62.44	X	59.88	63.02	62.14
8. Tatyana Shikolenko	RUS	63.76m	X	63.76	X	62.68	X	X
9. Oksana Ovchinnikova-Makarova	RUS	62.92m	58.72	61.32	62.92
10.Heli Rantanen	FIN	62.64m	62.64	59.96	X
11.Mirela Manjani-Tzelili	GRE	61.02m	61.02	X	57.80
12.Rita Ramanauskaite	LIT	57.38m	56.80	57.38	56.36

Women Javelin Throw - History

Stone, a London-born Australian policewoman, created a stir by leading the qualifiers with a personal best of 67.72 and proved that was no fluke by pressurising the favourite, Hattestad, throughout the final. The Norwegian, champion in 1993 and pregnant at the time of the 1995 Championships, opened strongly with 68.78 and that proved to be the winner but Stone drew uncomfortably close in the second round with 68.16 and her last two throws landed at 68.64 and 68.60. The bronze medallist Damaske excelled also, throwing a personal best of 67.12 in the final round, but Olympic Champion Rantanen suffered an off-day in tenth place. “I was given strength by the knowledge that my two sons were watching from the stands,” said Hattestad.

Qualification - Thursday 07.08

Mark 62.50m - 9 Athletes passed and next 3 were added to Final.

Group A 08:30		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Trine Solberg-Hattestad	NOR	66.12m	2.	66.12
2. Heli Rantanen	FIN	64.46m	3.	58.38	64.46
3. Mirela Manjani-Tzelili	GRE	63.50m	5.	63.50
4. Felicia Tilea-Moldovan	ROU	63.06m	8.	63.06
5. Oksana Ovchinnikova-Makarova	RUS	61.58m	11.	61.58	60.28	58.78
6. Osleidys Menendez	CUB	60.90m	12.	X	60.90	X
7. Karen Forkel	GER	60.70m	14.	60.56	X	60.70
8. Zuleima Aramendiz	COL	58.98m	15.	51.12	55.42	58.98
9. Laverne Eve	BAH	58.80m	16.	57.66	58.80	54.02
10.Nikolett Szabo	HUN	57.78m	19.	54.22	X	57.78
11.Young-Sun Lee	KOR	55.98m	22.	55.74	55.98	55.86
12.Lynda Lipson	USA	52.64m	27.	52.64	49.42
13.Shelley Holroyd	GBR	51.06m	28.	50.94	51.06	X
14.Trishel Thompson	GUY	38.14m	29.	37.76	38.14

Group B 10:10		Distance	Rk.	1.	2.	3.
1. Joanna Stone	AUS	67.72m	1.	67.72
2. Mikaela Ingberg	FIN	63.92m	4.	63.92
3. Sonia Bicet Poll	CUB	63.48m	6.	63.48
4. Tanja Damaske	GER	63.30m	7.	63.30
5. Rita Ramanauskaite	LTU	62.60m	9.	60.26	62.60
6. Tatyana Shikolenko	RUS	61.78m	10.	58.70	61.78	X
7. Silke Renk	GER	60.72m	13.	56.28	60.72	59.66
8. Odeymis Palma	CUB	58.42m	17.	58.42	X	56.70
9. Tessa Sanderson	GBR	57.84m	18.	53.70	54.50	57.84
10.Taina Uppa	FIN	57.72m	20.	57.72	55.06	X
11.Ewa Rybak	POL	56.24m	21.	X	56.24	51.26
12.Nicole Carroll	USA	55.62m	23.	55.62	54.18	55.56
13.Erica Wheeler	USA	54.16m	24.	53.00	54.16	X
14.Ageliki Tsiolakoudi	GRE	53.48m	25.	53.48
15.Nikola Tomeckova	CZE	52.86m	26.	X	52.12	52.86