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Javelin Throw, Women

Date	5 – 6 August 1984
Status	Olympic
Location	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California
Participants	24 from 16 countries

This was one women’s throwing event that was not completely devalued by the Soviet-led boycott. The 1983 World Champion had been Finland’s Tiina Lillak, who had won in front of her home country fans. Two British throwers, Fatima Whitbread and Tessa Sanderson, were also among the world’s top javelinists. Whitbread was the runner-up in 1983 at Helsinki, while the bronze medalist at the Worlds was another woman competing in Los Angeles, Anna Verouli of Greece, who had also won the 1982 European Championships. In round one, Sanderson took the lead with 69.56 (228-2¾) and that would hold up for the gold medal. Lillak recorded 69.00 (226-4½) in the second round despite a foot injury that caused her to pass her last four throws, but that was good enough for silver.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	172	Tessa Sanderson	GBR	61.58 (5)	69.56 (1)	Gold	OR
2	97	Tiina Lillak	FIN	63.30 (2)	69.00 (2)	Silver
3	181	Fatima Whitbread	GBR	65.30 (1)	67.14 (3)	Bronze
4	95	Tuula Laaksalo	FIN	60.42 (10)	66.40 (4)
5	288	Trine Solberg	NOR	62.68 (3)	64.52 (5)
6	140	Ingrid Thyssen	FRG	60.86 (9)	63.26 (6)
7	131	Beate Peters	FRG	61.56 (6)	62.34 (7)
8	395	Karin Smith	USA	61.38 (7)	62.06 (8)
9	157	Sharon Gibson	GBR	60.88 (8)	59.66 (9)
10	397	Cathy Sulinski	USA	59.00 (12)	58.38 (10)
11	96	Helena Laine	FIN	61.80 (4)	58.18 (11)
12	18	Petra Rivers	AUS	59.12 (11)	56.20 (12)
13 r1/2	192	Regula Egger	SUI	57.88 (13)	–
14 r1/2	255	Emi Matsui	JPN	57.72 (14)	–
15 r1/2	233	Fausta Quintavalla	ITA	57.66 (15)	–
16 r1/2	325	Minori Mori	JPN	56.60 (16)	–
17 r1/2	86	Agnès Tchuinté	CMR	55.94 (17)	–
18 r1/2	398	Lynda Hughes Sutfin	USA	55.92 (18)	–
19 r1/2	256	Zhu Hongyang	CHN	53.18 (19)	–
20 r1/2	81	Sonia Smith	BER	52.74 (20)	–
21 r1/2	345	Lee Hui-Cheng	TPE	52.46 (21)	–
22 r1/2	221	Íris Grönfeldt	ISL	48.70 (22)	–
23 r1/2	277	Jennifer Pace	MLT	47.92 (23)	–
AC r1/2	33	Anna Verouli	GRE	[58.62] (DQ)	–
DNS	284	Iammogapi Launa	PNG	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	5 August 1984 — 9:30
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	181	Fatima Whitbread	GBR	65.30	Q
2	97	Tiina Lillak	FIN	63.30	Q
3	288	Trine Solberg	NOR	62.68	Q
4	96	Helena Laine	FIN	61.80	Q
5	172	Tessa Sanderson	GBR	61.58	Q
6	131	Beate Peters	FRG	61.56	Q
7	395	Karin Smith	USA	61.38	Q
8	157	Sharon Gibson	GBR	60.88	Q
9	140	Ingrid Thyssen	FRG	60.86	Q
10	95	Tuula Laaksalo	FIN	60.42	Q
11	18	Petra Rivers	AUS	59.12	q
12	397	Cathy Sulinski	USA	59.00	q
13	192	Regula Egger	SUI	57.88
14	255	Emi Matsui	JPN	57.72
15	233	Fausta Quintavalla	ITA	57.66
16	325	Minori Mori	JPN	56.60
17	86	Agnès Tchuinté	CMR	55.94
18	398	Lynda Hughes Sutfin	USA	55.92
19	256	Zhu Hongyang	CHN	53.18
20	81	Sonia Smith	BER	52.74
21	345	Lee Hui-Cheng	TPE	52.46
22	221	Íris Grönfeldt	ISL	48.70
23	277	Jennifer Pace	MLT	47.92
DQ	33	Anna Verouli	GRE	[58.62]		1
DNS	284	Iammogapi Launa	PNG	–

Group A

Date	5 August 1984

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	11	Fatima Whitbread	GBR	65.30	65.30	-	-
2	10	Tiina Lillak	FIN	63.30	63.30	-	-
3	2	Karin Smith	USA	61.38	61.38	-	-
4	6	Ingrid Thyssen	FRG	60.86	60.86	-	-
5	5	Tuula Laaksalo	FIN	60.42	59.64	60.42	-
6	13	Petra Rivers	AUS	59.12	54.29	59.12	x
7	8	Emi Matsui	JPN	57.72	55.92	57.72	55.94
8	7	Fausta Quintavalla	ITA	57.66	56.48	57.66	55.66
9	1	Agnès Tchuinté	CMR	55.94	55.94	x	51.86
10	3	Lynda Hughes Sutfin	USA	55.92	55.70	51.36	55.92
11	12	Lee Hui-Cheng	TPE	52.46	51.18	52.46	49.54
12	4	Íris Grönfeldt	ISL	48.70	47.34	48.70	48.16
13	9	Jennifer Pace	MLT	47.92	47.92	x	47.68

Group B

Date	5 August 1984

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	3	Trine Solberg	NOR	62.68	62.68	-	-
2	7	Helena Laine	FIN	61.80	x	61.80	-
3	1	Tessa Sanderson	GBR	61.58	61.58	-	-
4	2	Beate Peters	FRG	61.56	61.56	-	-
5	9	Sharon Gibson	GBR	60.88	60.88	-	-
6	8	Cathy Sulinski	USA	59.00	54.32	x	59.00
7	5	Regula Egger	SUI	57.88	56.32	57.80	57.88
8	4	Minori Mori	JPN	56.60	46.88	56.60	-
9	11	Zhu Hongyang	CHN	53.18	53.18	50.98	-
10	6	Sonia Smith	BER	52.74	51.48	x	52.74
DQ	10	Anna Verouli	GRE	[58.62]	[57.72]	[x]	[58.62]	2
DNS	12	Iammogapi Launa	PNG	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	6 August 1984 — 18:15

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	8	Tessa Sanderson	GBR	69.56	69.56	66.56	63.68	64.84	66.86	64.10	OR
2	12	Tiina Lillak	FIN	69.00	61.14	69.00	-	-	-	-
3	7	Fatima Whitbread	GBR	67.14	64.52	65.42	x	65.82	67.14	x
4	11	Tuula Laaksalo	FIN	66.40	58.42	61.38	x	66.40	59.64	65.72
5	2	Trine Solberg	NOR	64.52	64.52	60.90	x	x	x	x
6	10	Ingrid Thyssen	FRG	63.26	61.12	63.26	55.84	55.98	60.42	58.26
7	1	Beate Peters	FRG	62.34	61.84	59.90	x	61.24	57.98	62.34
8	5	Karin Smith	USA	62.06	60.54	x	55.92	59.14	x	62.06
9	4	Sharon Gibson	GBR	59.66	54.96	x	59.66	–	–	–
10	6	Cathy Sulinski	USA	58.38	54.26	58.38	x	–	–	–
11	3	Helena Laine	FIN	58.18	x	x	58.18	–	–	–
12	9	Petra Rivers	AUS	56.20	55.88	56.20	x	–	–	–