1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

Events at the 1994 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
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
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
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Women’s javelin throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1994.^[1] There were a total number of 22 participating athletes. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design). The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres (200.13 ft).

Trine Hattestad of Norway won the gold medal with a throw of 68.00 metres (223.10 ft).

Medalists

Gold	Trine Hattestad Greece (NOR)
Silver	Karen Forkel Germany (GER)
Bronze	Felicia Ţilea Romania (ROM)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 1994 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	Notes
			1	2	3
1	2	Karen Forkel (GER)				64.28 m
2	3	Felicia Ţilea (ROM)				62.84 m
3	4	Claudia Isăilă (ROM)				60.16 m
4	5	Jette Jeppesen (DEN)				59.64 m
5	6	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)				59.26 m
6	7	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)				58.18 m
7	9	Silke Gast (GER)				56.80 m
8	13	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)				55.12 m
9	14	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)				55.08 m
10	21	Shelley Holroyd (GBR)				51.26 m
11	22	Mirela Manjani (ALB)				49.96 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Notes
			1	2	3
1	1	Trine Hattestad (NOR)				64.46 m
2	8	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)				57.34 m
3	10	Tanja Damaske (GER)				56.14 m
4	11	Nathalie Teppe (FRA)				55.72 m
5	12	Taina Uppa (FIN)				55.66 m
6	15	Yekaterina Ivakina (RUS)				54.86 m
7	16	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)				54.26 m
8	17	Sharon Gibson (GBR)				53.82 m
9	18	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)				53.28 m
10	19	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)				53.10 m
11	20	Martine Bègue (FRA)				53.06 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	65.18	63.66	66.42	65.12	X	68.00	68.00 m
02 !	Karen Forkel (GER)	65.26	59.68	X	X	59.28	66.10	66.10 m
03 !	Felicia Ţilea (ROM)	64.34	62.40	X	X	59.78	X	64.34 m
4	Silke Gast (GER)							62.90 m
5	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)							61.54 m
6	Tanja Damaske (GER)							61.32 m
7	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)							59.74 m
8	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)							57.76 m
9	Nathalie Teppe (FRA)							57.52 m
10	Taina Uppa (FIN)							57.20 m
11	Claudia Isăilă (ROM)							56.92 m
12	Jette Jeppesen (DEN)							56.06 m

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

See also

• 1991 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)
• 1993 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Javelin Throw Year Ranking
• 1995 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Gothenburg)
• 1996 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)

References

• Results
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