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).

1 Medalists
2 Schedule
3 Abbreviations
4 Records
5 Qualification
- 5.1 Group A
- 5.2 Group B
6 Final
7 See also
8 References

Medalists

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

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

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

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

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
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
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
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance
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
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
1 !	Tanja Damaske (GER)	69.10	X	62.24	—	X	64.51	69.10 m
2 !	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	65.66	58.33	64.04	61.10	63.93	66.92	66.92 m
3 !	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

References

Javelin throw at the European Athletics Championships

Men's	1934 • 1938 • 1946 • 1950 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1969 • 1971 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010

Women's	1934 • 1938 • 1946 • 1950 • 1954 • 1958 • 1962 • 1966 • 1969 • 1971 • 1974 • 1978 • 1982 • 1986 • 1990 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010