Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea had an entry list of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups (29 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Monday September 26, 1988. The top 12 and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).^[1]

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Pictogram of athletics
Venues	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 25 (qualifications) September 26 (finals)
Competitors	29 from 18 nations
Winning distance	74.68 OR
Medalists
Petra Felke  East Germany Fatima Whitbread  Great Britain Beate Koch  East Germany
← 1984 1992 →

Medalists

Gold	Petra Felke  East Germany
Silver	Fatima Whitbread  Great Britain
Bronze	Beate Koch  East Germany

Schedule

• All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
25.09.1988 – ??:??h	25.09.1988 – ??:??h
Final Round
26.09.1988 – ??:??h

Abbreviations

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
OR	olympic record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1988 Summer Olympics
World Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	69.56 m	August 6, 1984	Los Angeles, United States
Broken records during the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	72.62 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
		74.68 m

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Petra Felke (GDR)	67.06	—	—	67.06 m	#263
2	3	Beate Koch (GDR)	66.86	—	—	66.86 m	#272
3	5	Natalya Yermolovich (URS)	X	64.44	—	64.44 m	#519
4	6	Zsuzsa Malovecz (HUN)	64.30	—	—	64.30 m
5	11	Denise Thiémard (SUI)	55.18	61.74	55.60	61.74 m
6	13	Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)	57.34	60.64	54.66	60.64 m
7	14	Beate Peters (FRG)	X	X	60.20	60.20 m
8	16	Laverne Eve (BAH)	X	57.48	60.02	60.02 m
9	18	Trine Solberg (NOR)	57.76	56.90	58.82	58.82 m
10	19	Anna Verouli (GRE)	57.60	58.52	X	58.52 m
11	21	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	54.18	56.70	56.26	56.70 m
12	22	Zhou Yuanxiang (CHN)	53.66	52.80	56.36	56.36 m
13	24	Lynda Sutfin (USA)	56.08	56.12	X	56.12 m
14	27	Céline Chartrand (CAN)	47.64	46.18	54.10	54.10 m
—	—	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	54.90	X	68.44	68.44 m	#253
2	4	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)	50.84	61.62	64.60	64.60 m	#52
3	7	Silke Renk (GDR)	63.64	—	—	63.64 m	#284
4	8	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	63.32	—	—	63.32 m
5	9	Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)	58.56	X	63.24	63.24 m
6	10	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	62.82	58.54	59.82	62.82 m
7	12	Donna Mayhew (USA)	61.56	60.62	59.08	61.56 m	#587
8	15	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	60.06	X	55.52	60.06 m
9	17	Li Baolian (CHN)	56.64	58.92	56.62	58.92 m
10	20	Karin Smith (USA)	57.42	53.86	57.94	57.94 m
11	23	Emi Matsui (JPN)	50.70	X	56.26	56.26 m
12	25	Sharon Gibson (GBR)	56.00	50.74	53.20	56.00 m
13	26	Íris Grönfeldt (ISL)	X	54.28	50.84	54.28 m
14	28	Yu Chun-ok (KOR)	X	44.92	48.26	48.26 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Petra Felke (GDR)	72.62	74.68	66.12	66.76	71.12	68.38	74.68 m
	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	61.98	67.46	66.58	64.86	67.82	70.32	70.32 m
	Beate Koch (GDR)	67.30	65.66	66.48	62.04	65.64	66.02	67.30 m
4	Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)	64.34	67.00	63.12	63.42	63.10	X	67.00 m
5	Silke Renk (GDR)	60.86	58.74	63.98	64.60	64.74	66.38	66.38 m
6	Natalya Yermolovich (URS)	64.84	X	X	X	X	X	64.84 m
7	Donna Mayhew (USA)	57.52	X	61.78	59.72	X	56.74	61.78 m
8	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)	60.76	60.12	56.66	X	59.64	58.28	60.76 m
9	Denise Thiémard (SUI)	57.58	57.20	58.54				58.54 m
10	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	58.20	55.86	56.46				58.20m
11	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)	56.78	X	X				56.78 m
12	Zsuzsa Malovecz (HUN)	X	54.58	X				54.58 m

See also

• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Rome)
• 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)