European Athletics Championships 1954 / women's javelin
| 5th European Athletics Championships | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| discipline | Women's javelin throw |
| city |
 Bern
|
| Stadion | Neufeld Stadium |
| Participants | 14 athletes from 10 countries |
| Competition phase | August 25 |
| Medalists | |
 gold |
Dana Zátopková ( TCH )
 |
 silver |
Virve Roolaid ( URS )
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 bronze |
Nadezhda Konjajewa ( URS )
|
The women's javelin at the 1954 European Athletics Championships was held on August 25, 1954 in the Neufeld stadium in Bern .
There were two medals for the USSR, silver and bronze. European champion was the 1952 Olympic champion Dana Zátopková from Czechoslovakia. She won ahead of Virve Roolaid. Bronze went to world record holder Nadezhda Konjajewa .
Records
Existing records
| World record | 55.48 m |
Nadezhda Konjayeva
|
Kiev , then Soviet Union (now Ukraine ) | August 6, 1954 |
| European record | ||||
| Championship record | 47.55 m |
Natalia Smirnitskaya
|
EM in Brussels , Belgium | 23rd August 1950 |
Record improvement
European champion Dana Zátopková improved the existing championship record by 5.36 m to 52.91 m.
execution
The competition was conducted without prior qualification. All fourteen participants went to the joint final.
final
August 25, 1954, 6 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dana Zátopková |
Czechoslovakia
|
52.91 CR |
| 2 | Virve Roolaid |
Soviet Union
|
49.94 PB |
| 3 | Nadezhda Konjayeva |
Soviet Union
|
49.49 |
| 4th | Jutta Kruger |
 BR Germany
|
47.39 SB |
| 5 | Alexandra Tschudina |
Soviet Union
|
47.05 SB |
| 6th | Cmiljka Kalušević |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
46.78 PB |
| 7th | Jadwiga Majka |
.svg){kind=small} Poland
|
44.80 PB |
| 8th | Erzsébet Vígh |
.svg){kind=small} Hungary
|
43.74 SB |
| 9 | Almut Brömmel |
BR Germany
|
42.39 SB |
| 10 | Ingrid Almqvist |
 Sweden
|
41.95 SB |
| 11 | Elisabeth Gross |
BR Germany
|
41.47 |
| 12 | Anneliese Reimesch |
.svg){kind=small} Romania
|
41.36 PB |
| 13 | Lily Kelsby |
 Denmark
|
40.78 SB |
| 14th | Marlies Schwärzler |
 Austria
|
35.28 PB |
Alexandra Tschudina started the European Championships with a fifth place in the javelin throw , followed by second place in the long jump , the European Championship title in the pentathlon and sixth place in the high jump
Ingrid Almqvist, Eighth European Championship from 1950 , came tenth this time
Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Bern 1954 at european-athletics.org, accessed on April 21, 2019
- Women Javelin Throw European Championship 1954 Bern on todor66.com, accessed on April 21, 2019
- V European Championship, Bern 1954 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on April 21, 2019
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1954, javelin women on sportschau.de, accessed on April 21, 2019
- 5th European Athletics Championships 1954 in Bern, Switzerland from ifosta.de, accessed on April 21, 2019
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Javelin women , accessed April 21, 2019