Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XI Olympiad

Dates

August 2

Medalists

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeple	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The women's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 2, 1936. The final was won by German Tilly Fleischer.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Distance	Notes
1 !	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	45.18	OR
2 !	Luise Krüger	Germany	43.29
3 !	Maria Kwaśniewska	Poland	41.80
4	Herma Bauma	Austria	41.66
5	Sadako Yamamoto	Japan	41.45
6	Lydia Eberhardt	Germany	41.37
7	Gertrude Wilhelmsen	United States	37.35
8	Gien de Kock	Netherlands	36.93
9	Martha Worst	United States	36.69
10	Irja Lipasti	Finland	33.69
11	Jeanne Van Kesteren	Belgium	33.13
12	Jelica Stanojević	Yugoslavia	29.88
13	Betty Burch	United States	28.84
14	Kathleen Connall	Great Britain	27.80

Key: OR = Olympic record

Javelin throw at the Athletics at the Summer Olympics

Men's	1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

Women's	1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008