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Javelin Throw, Women

Date	1 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	20 from 14 countries

Elvīra Ozoliņa had been the javelin leader throughout 1960, with two world records set in May and June 1960. Lithuanian Birutė Kaledienė had set a world record in 1958 and was silver medalist at the European Championships that year. They finished first and third with Ozoliņa’s gold medal mark coming in the first round. Silver medalist Dana Zátopková had been the 1952 gold medalist, 1954 and 1958 European Champion, and a world record setter in 1958.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	178	Elvīra Ozoliņa	URS	53.25 (1)	55.98 (1)	Gold	OR
2	41	Dana Zátopková	TCH	51.64 (2)	53.78 (2)	Silver
3	180	Birutė Kalėdienė	URS	48.59 (10)	53.45 (3)	Bronze
4	42	Vlasta Pešková	TCH	50.61 (5)	52.56 (4)
5	153	Urszula Figwer	POL	48.04 (13)	52.33 (5)
6	11	Anna Wojtaszek-Pazera	AUS	49.20 (8)	51.15 (6)
7	203	Sue Platt	GBR	50.67 (3)	51.01 (7)
8	179	Alevtina Shastitko	URS	48.91 (9)	50.92 (8)
9	61	Márta Antal	HUN	50.01 (6)	50.25 (9)
10	67	Maria Diţi	ROU	49.80 (7)	49.56 (10)
11	95	Anneliese Gerhards	GER	48.33 (12)	49.27 (11)
12	124	Marlene Ahrens	CHI	48.36 (11)	47.53 (12)
13	132	Karen Oldham	USA	50.62 (4)	46.52 (13)
14 QR	106	Ingrid Almqvist	SWE	47.67 (14)	–
15 QR	97	Erika Strößenreuther	GER	46.85 (15)	–
16 QR	96	Almut Brömmel	GER	45.52 (16)	–
17 QR	26	Erika Strasser	AUT	43.80 (17)	–
18 QR	72	Lise Koch	DEN	43.01 (18)	–
19 QR	202	Averil Williams	GBR	42.44 (19)	–
20 QR	212	Unn Thorvaldsen	NOR	41.99 (20)	–
DNS	50	Elizabeth Davenport	IND	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	1 September 1960 — 9:00
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 48.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	4	Elvīra Ozoliņa	URS	53.25	Q
2	17	Dana Zátopková	TCH	51.64	Q
3	8	Sue Platt	GBR	50.67	Q
4	21	Karen Oldham	USA	50.62	Q
5	11	Vlasta Pešková	TCH	50.61	Q
6	9	Márta Antal	HUN	50.01	Q
7	16	Maria Diţi	ROU	49.80	Q
8	6	Anna Wojtaszek-Pazera	AUS	49.20	Q
9	14	Alevtina Shastitko	URS	48.91	Q
10	18	Birutė Kalėdienė	URS	48.59	Q
11	5	Marlene Ahrens	CHI	48.36	Q
12	15	Anneliese Gerhards	GER	48.33	Q
13	3	Urszula Figwer	POL	48.04	Q
14	2	Ingrid Almqvist	SWE	47.67
15	10	Erika Strößenreuther	GER	46.85
16	12	Almut Brömmel	GER	45.52
17	1	Erika Strasser	AUT	43.80
18	13	Lise Koch	DEN	43.01
19	7	Averil Williams	GBR	42.44
20	19	Unn Thorvaldsen	NOR	41.99
DNS	20	Elizabeth Davenport	IND	–

Final Round

Date	1 September 1960 — 15:00

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	2	Elvīra Ozoliņa	URS	55.98	55.98	x	51.54	54.80	x	x	OR
2	11	Dana Zátopková	TCH	53.78	49.84	50.36	53.78	51.02	46.13	50.70
3	12	Birutė Kalėdienė	URS	53.45	50.17	49.81	53.45	50.87	49.58	x
4	7	Vlasta Pešková	TCH	52.56	50.94	x	51.28	52.56	49.00	48.82
5	1	Urszula Figwer	POL	52.33	52.33	x	47.92	50.16	46.53	p
6	4	Anna Wojtaszek-Pazera	AUS	51.15	51.15	47.04	x	42.76	47.35	x
7	5	Sue Platt	GBR	51.01	51.01	50.84	x	–	–	–
8	8	Alevtina Shastitko	URS	50.92	47.43	50.83	50.92	–	–	–
9	6	Márta Antal	HUN	50.25	50.25	48.41	49.66	–	–	–
10	10	Maria Diţi	ROU	49.56	49.56	47.49	48.83	–	–	–
11	9	Anneliese Gerhards	GER	49.27	47.76	49.27	x	–	–	–
12	3	Marlene Ahrens	CHI	47.53	46.39	47.53	45.34	–	–	–
13	13	Karen Oldham	USA	46.52	44.39	46.52	44.24	–	–	–