1954 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
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
10,000 m track walk		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		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

The women's javelin throw at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 25 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Dana Zátopková  Czechoslovakia
Silver	Virve Roolaid  Soviet Union
Bronze	Nadezhda Konyayeva  Soviet Union

Results

Final

25 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Dana Zátopková	Czechoslovakia	52.91	CR
02 !	Virve Roolaid	Soviet Union	49.94
03 !	Nadezhda Konyayeva	Soviet Union	49.49
4	Jutta Neumann	West Germany	47.39
5	Aleksandra Chudina	Soviet Union	47.05
6	Cmiljka Kalušević	Yugoslavia	46.78
7	Jadwiga Majka	Poland	44.80
8	Erzsébet Vigh	Hungary	43.74
9	Almut Brömmel	West Germany	42.39
10	Ingrid Almqvist	Sweden	41.95
11	Betta Gross	West Germany	41.47
12	Anneliese Reimesch	Romania	41.36
13	Lily Kelsby	Denmark	40.78
14	Marlies Schwärzler	Austria	35.28

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References