The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups (29 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Monday August 6, 1984. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordOR olympic recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics World Record 74.76 m June 13, 1983 Tampere, Finland Olympic Record 68.40 m July 25, 1980 Moscow, Soviet Union Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic Record 69.56 m August 6, 1984 Los Angeles, United States

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote1231 1 X X 65.30 65.30 m 2 2 63.30 — — 63.30 m 3 7 61.38 — — 61.38 m 4 9 60.86 — — 60.86 m 5 10 59.64 60.42 — 60.42 m 6 11 54.28 59.12 — 59.12 m 7 14 55.92 57.72 55.94 57.72 m 8 15 56.48 57.66 55.66 57.66 m 9 17 55.94 X 51.86 55.94 m 10 18 55.70 51.36 55.92 55.92 m 11 21 51.18 52.46 49.54 52.46 m 12 22 47.34 48.70 48.16 48.70 m 13 23 47.92 X 47.68 47.92 m

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote1231 3 62.68 — — 62.68 m 2 4 X 61.80 — 61.80 m 3 5 61.58 — — 61.58 m 4 6 61.56 — — 61.56 m 5 8 60.88 — — 60.88 m 6 12 54.32 X 59.00 59.00 m 7 13 56.32 57.80 57.88 57.88 m 8 16 46.66 56.60 X 56.60 m 9 19 53.18 50.98 X 53.18 m 10 20 51.48 X 52.74 52.74 m — — 57.72 X 58.62 DSQ Anna Verouli finished seventh at 58.62 (192’4”) but was subsequently disqualified as her doping tests proved positive. — — — — — DNS

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 69.56 66.56 63.68 64.84 66.86 64.10 69.56 m OR 61.14 69.00 X X X X69.00 m 64.52 65.42 X 65.82 67.14 X67.14 m 4 56.42 61.36 X 66.40 59.64 65.72 66.40 m 5 64.52 60.90 X X X X64.52 m 6 61.12 63.26 55.64 55.96 60.42 56.26 63.26 m 7 61.84 59.90 X 61.24 57.98 62.34 62.34 m 8 60.54 X 55.92 59.14 X 62.06 62.06 m 9 54.96 X 59.66 59.66 m 10 54.26 58.38 X 58.38 m 11 X X 58.18 58.18 m 12 55.66 56.20 X 56.20 m

See also 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens) 1983 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki) 1984 Women's Friendship Games Javelin Throw (Prague) 1984 Javelin Throw Year Ranking 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart) 1987 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)

References

External links Official Report Results todor66