1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

Events at the
1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
10 km walk women
20 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The Women's javelin throw event at the 1998 European Championships was held on Wednesday August 19, 1998 in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes. The qualification round was staged on Tuesday August 18, with the mark set at 61.00 metres. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Contents

Medalists

Gold Tanja Damaske
Germany (GER)
Silver Tatyana Shikolenko
Russia (RUS)
Bronze Mikaela Ingberg
Finland (FIN)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
18.08.1998 – 10:00h 18.08.1998 – 11:40h
Final Round
19.08.1998 – 18:00h

Abbreviations

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record  Petra Felke (GDR) 80.00 m September 9, 1988 Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record  Fatima Whitbread (GBR) 77.44 m August 28, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 3  Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) 64.49 m
2 4  Trine Hattestad (NOR) 62.55 m
3 5  Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) 62.01 m
4 8  Nikolett Szabó (HUN) 60.64 m
5 10  Ewa Rybak (POL) 60.34 m
6 11  Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) 60.26 m
7 14  Taina Uppa (FIN) 58.01 m
8 16  Dorte Barby (GER) 57.12 m
9 19  Nadine Auzeil (FRA) 52.21 m
 Aysel Taş (TUR) NM

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance
1 2 3
1 1  Steffi Nerius (GER) 66.04 m
2 2  Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) 65.14 m
3 6  Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM) 61.96 m
4 7  Heli Rantanen (FIN) 60.90 m
5 9  Tanja Damaske (GER) 60.63 m
6 12  Claudia Coslovich (ITA) 59.85 m
7 13  Nikola Tomečková (CZE) 59.65 m
8 15  Nadiya Kobrin (UKR) 57.70 m
9 17  Agnes Preisinger (HUN) 55.92 m
10 18  Evfemija Štorga (SLO) 53.73 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Tanja Damaske (GER) 69.10 X 62.24 X 64.51 69.10 m
 Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) 65.66 58.33 64.04 61.10 63.93 66.92 66.92 m
 Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) 58.77 62.32 64.92 X 63.10 X 64.92 m
4  Trine Hattestad (NOR) 63.16 X X X 61.06 62.77 63.16 m
5  Heli Rantanen (FIN) 57.38 62.34 61.90 61.55 X 62.34 m
6  Steffi Nerius (GER) 60.53 X 62.08 60.01 X X 62.08 m
7  Claudia Coslovich (ITA) 60.73 58.33 X 55.77 X X 60.73 m
8  Nikolett Szabó (HUN) 58.95 X 59.05 X 59.76 60.56 60.56 m
9  Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) 58.65 56.53 56.13 58.65 m
10  Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM) 58.30 X X 58.30 m
11  Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) 55.53 55.32 57.11 57.11 m
12  Ewa Rybak (POL) 56.65 53.08 X 56.65 m

See also

References