European Athletics Championships 1974 / women's javelin

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11th European Athletics Championships
Athletics pictogram.svg
discipline Women's javelin throw
city ItalyItaly Rome
Stadion Olympic Stadium
Participants 19 athletes from 13 countries
Competition phase September 2nd (qualification)
September 3rd (final)
Medalists
gold gold Ruth Fuchs ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
Silver medals silver Jacqueline Todten ( GDR ) Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 
Bronze medals bronze Nataša Urbančič ( YUG ) YugoslaviaYugoslavia 
The Olympic Stadium of Rome in 2009

The women's javelin at the 1974 European Athletics Championships was held on September 2 and 3, 1974 in the Olympic Stadium in Rome .

The GDR throwers recorded a double victory in this competition. The European champion was the 1972 Olympic champion and third European championship winner in 1971, Ruth Fuchs , who further improved her own world record in the final. Second place went to the 1972 Olympic runner-up, Jacqueline Todten . Bronze went to the Yugoslav Nataša Urbančič .

Records

Existing records

World record 66.10 m Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Ruth Fuchs Edinburgh , UK 7th September 1973
European record
EM record 61.00 m Poland 1944Poland Daniela Jaworska EM Helsinki , Finland August 13, 1971

Record improvement

European champion Ruth Fuchs improved the existing championship record in the final on September 2nd by 6.22 m to 67.22 m. Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR 

In her first major international championship, Tessa Sanderson failed in the qualification - in 1984 she became an Olympic champion
Lida Kuys did not reach the final

qualification

2nd September 1974

Nineteen participants entered the qualifying round. The qualification distance for direct entry into the final was 54.00 m. Since only eleven athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue), the final field was filled with the next best placed athlete to twelve throwers (highlighted in light green). So finally 53.98 m was enough for the final.

space Surname nation Width (m)
1 Jacqueline Todten Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 60.78
2 Ruth Fuchs Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 59.88
3 Nataša Urbančič YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia 59.72
4th Lyutvian Mollowa Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 57.70
5 Daniela Jaworska Poland 1944Poland Poland 56.26 SB
6th Felicija children Poland 1944Poland Poland 56.10
7th Ioana Pecec Romania 1965Romania Romania 55.44 PB
8th Tatiana Zhigalova Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 55.32
9 Eva Janko AustriaAustria Austria 55.10
10 Ameli Koloska Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 54.62
11 Sabine Kärgel Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 54.02
12 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő Romania 1965Romania Romania 53.98
13 Tessa Sanderson United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain 53.28 SB
14th Svetlana Babitsch Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 51.78 SB
15th Lida Kuys NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 49.42 PB
16 Giuliana Amici ItalyItaly Italy 48.72 SB
17th Maria Vago Hungary 1957Hungary Hungary 47.12 SB
18th Leentje Wuyts BelgiumBelgium Belgium 45.54 PB
19th Elly van Beuzekom NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 39.44 PB

final

After her Olympic victory in 1972, European Champion Ruth Fuchs won her second title in a row - in 1976 she became Olympic Champion again, and in 1978 European Champion for the second time

September 3, 1974, 4:00 p.m.

space Surname nation Width (m)
1 Ruth Fuchs Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 67.22 WR
2 Jacqueline Todten Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 62.10 SB
3 Nataša Urbančič YugoslaviaYugoslavia Yugoslavia 61.66 PB
4th Lyutvian Mollowa Bulgaria 1971Bulgaria Bulgaria 60.80 PB
5 Sabine Kärgel Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR 57.10 PB
6th Felicija children Poland 1944Poland Poland 57.02 PB
7th Tatiana Zhigalova Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union 56.64 PB
8th Ameli Koloska Germany BRBR Germany BR Germany 56.36 SB
9 Eva Janko AustriaAustria Austria 55.16 SB
10 Éva Ráduly-Zörgő Romania 1965Romania Romania 54.44 SB
11 Daniela Jaworska Poland 1944Poland Poland 54.02
12 Ioana Pecec Romania 1965Romania Romania 52.18

Web links

References and comments

  1. IAAF world records. Javelin Women , Retrieved July 25, 2019