1962 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 1962 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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The women's javelin throw at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 14 September 1962.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Elvīra Ozoliņa  Soviet Union
Silver	Maria Diaconescu  Romania
Bronze	Alla Shastitko  Soviet Union

Results

Final

14 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	54.93
02 !	Maria Diaconescu	Romania	52.10
03 !	Alla Shastitko	Soviet Union	51.80
4	Anneliese Gerhards	West Germany	50.92
5	Márta Antál	Hungary	49.91
6	Erika Strasser	Austria	49.90
7	Inge Schwalbe	East Germany	48.55
8	Yelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	46.74
9	Marijeta Kacic	Yugoslavia	46.29
10	Marion Gräfe	East Germany	46.28
11	Margarita Baltakova	Bulgaria	44.58
12	Sirpa Toivola	Finland	44.56

Qualification

13 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	51.60	Q
2	Anneliese Gerhards	West Germany	51.15	Q
3	Maria Diaconescu	Romania	50.93	Q
4	Alla Shastitko	Soviet Union	50.55	Q
5	Márta Antál	Hungary	50.50	Q
6	Inge Schwalbe	East Germany	49.96	Q
7	Marion Gräfe	East Germany	49.22	Q
8	Erika Strasser	Austria	47.68	Q
9	Yelena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	47.48	Q
10	Marijeta Kacic	Yugoslavia	46.63	Q
11	Sirpa Toivola	Finland	46.45	Q
12	Margarita Baltakova	Bulgaria	45.17	Q
13	Vlasta Hrbková	Czechoslovakia	44.28
14	Sue Platt	United Kingdom	44.17

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 11 countries participated in the event.

References