Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The Women's Javelin Throw was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October 1964. 16 athletes from 10 nations entered.

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 51.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard. Since only 7 throwers made the mark, the next five furthest-throwing athletes also advanced to meet the minimum 12 in the final.

Gorchakova set a new world record, besting the old one by more than 2.5 metres. Ozolina also had a good round, besting the old Olympic record to come in second in qualification.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 1 Yelena Gorchakova 62.40 WR 62.40 — 2 Elvīra Ozoliņa 56.38 56.38 — 3 Antal Marta Rudas 52.23 52.23 — 4 Anneliese Gerhards 52.23 49.88 49.71 52.23 5 Rosemarie Schubert 51.20 X 51.20 — 6 Mihaela Peneș 51.19 43.00 X 51.19 7 Maria Diaconescu 51.12 51.12 — 8 Biruta Kaledene 50.84 49.70 50.84 48.87 9 Hiroko Sato 49.92 X 49.92 X 10 Sue Platt 49.88 X 49.88 48.72 11 Misako Katayama 49.23 39.80 46.11 49.23 12 Michele Demys 48.94 48.94 48.67 X 13 RaNae Bair 46.89 46.70 46.89 46.04 14 Ingeborg Schwalbe 45.55 45.55 44.41 39.47 15 Anna Pazera 44.87 41.58 44.87 X 16 Lee Hye-ja 34.95 33.24 34.95 29.05

Final

The qualification marks were ignored for the final, each thrower receiving three new attempts. The top six throwers after those three received three more attempts, taking their best result of the six.

No one came close to equalling Gorchakova's qualifying round throw, her own attempts in the final not coming within 5 metres of it as she dropped to third place.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Throw 1 Throw 2 Throw 3 Throw 4 Throw 5 Throw 6 1 Mihaela Peneş 60.54 60.54 52.76 X 50.72 51.44 53.77 2 Antal Marta Rudas 58.27 53.21 58.27 X 54.17 50.24 X 3 Yelena Gorchakova 57.06 56.43 49.21 53.10 57.06 55.23 X 4 Biruta Kaledene 56.31 53.79 X 54.13 56.31 54.68 X 5 Elvīra Ozoliņa 54.81 54.68 54.81 X X X X 6 Maria Diaconescu 53.71 X 53.71 50.49 51.21 51.35 52.00 7 Hiroko Sato 52.48 47.28 52.48 49.18 8 Anneliese Gerhards 52.37 52.37 46.79 45.88 9 Susan Mary Platt 48.59 48.59 48.00 48.55 10 Michele Demys 47.25 45.95 47.14 47.25 11 Katayama Misako 46.87 45.16 46.87 42.37 12 Rosemarie Schubert 46.50 X X 46.50

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