1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Women)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Javelin throw | ||||||||
gender | Women | ||||||||
Attendees | 16 athletes from 11 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Estadio Olímpico Universitario | ||||||||
Competition phase | October 14, 1968 | ||||||||
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The women's javelin at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City was held on October 14, 1968 in the Estadio Olímpico Universitario . 16 athletes took part.
The Hungarian Angéla Németh became Olympic champion . She won ahead of the Romanian Mihaela Peneș and the Austrian Eva Janko .
Ameli Koloska started for the Federal Republic of Germany - officially Germany - and reached seventh place.
In addition to medalist Janko, Austrian Erika Strasser also took part. However, it failed to make a valid attempt.
Athletes from the GDR (officially East Germany), Switzerland and Liechtenstein did not take part.
Existing records
World record | 62.40 m | Jelena Gorchakova ( Soviet Union ) | Tokyo , Japan | October 16, 1964 |
Olympic record | Tokyo , Japan Qualifying |
Conducting the competition
The athletes started the competition on October 14th at 3:30 pm (Mexico City time ( UTC −6). Due to the small number of participants, a qualifying round was omitted. Each thrower initially had three attempts. For the first time, the best eight - and not like the top six until 1964 - athletes then carry out three more attempts.
final
Date: October 14, 1968, 3:30 p.m.
In Javelin women there was no definite winner. The 1964 Olympic champion , Mihaela Peneș, came second at the 1966 European Championships . European champion Marion Lüttge from the GDR was not at the start here in Mexico City . The 60-meter mark was still only reached or exceeded by a few female throwers.
At the competition in Mexico, Peneș took the lead in the first attempt with a throw of 59.92 m. She was a good two meters ahead of the Hungarian Angéla Németh. This was followed by Németh's compatriot Márta Rudas and the Polish Daniela Jaworska. In the second round, Németh exceeded the 60-meter mark and took the lead in front of Peneș, Rudas and Jaworska stayed in third and fourth place. This order did not change until the fifth attempt. In the last round the Austrian Janko improved by three and a half meters and climbed from eighth to third place. The medals were awarded, there were no new records.
Angéla Németh won the first Hungarian Olympic victory in the women's javelin.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
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1 | Angéla Németh | Hungary | 57.66 m | 60.36 m | 55.56 m | 57.54 m | x | 53.30 m | 60.36 m | |
2 | Mihaela Peneș | Romania | 59.92 m | 54.68 m | x | 51.40 m | 58.36 m | x | 59.92 m | |
3 | Eva Janko | Austria | 54.60 m | x | x | 46.44 m | 46.24 m | 58.04 m | 58.04 m | |
4th | Márta Rudas | Hungary | 56.38 m | x | x | 51.60 m | x | 52.68 m | 56.38 m | |
5 | Daniela Jaworska | Poland | 55.78 m | 56.06 m | 52.34 m | 51.88 m | x | 53.20 m | 56.06 m | |
6th | Nataša Urbančič | Yugoslavia | 53.80 m | x | 55.42 m | x | x | - | 55.42 m | |
7th | Ameli Koloska | BR Germany | 53.54 m | 54.08 m | x | 54.00 m | 55.20 m | x | 55.20 m | |
8th | Kaisa Launela | Finland | 53.96 m | 51.44 m | x | x | x | x | 53.96 m | |
9 | Barbara Friedrich | United States | 53.44 m | 51.00 m | 52.16 m | not in the final of the eight best throwers |
53.44 m | |||
10 | Lidija Tsimosch | Soviet Union | x | x | 53.40 m | 53.40 m | ||||
11 | RaNae Bair | United States | 49.54 m | 48.08 m | 53.14 m | 53.14 m | ||||
12 | Lucyna Krawcewicz | Poland | 51.54 m | x | x | 51.54 m | ||||
13 | Jay Dahlgren | Canada | 51.34 m | 51.10 m | 48.04 m | 51.34 m | ||||
14th | Valentina Ewert | Soviet Union | x | 51.16 m | x | 51.16 m | ||||
15th | Sue Platt | United Kingdom | x | 44.94 m | 48.52 m | 48.52 m | ||||
ogV | Erika Strasser | Austria | x | x | x | without space |
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 392
Web links
- SportsReference Javelin , accessed November 12, 2017
- Official report - summary p. 106f, English / French. (PDF), accessed on November 12, 2017
- Official report of the Olympic Games 1968 p. 538, English / French. (PDF), accessed on November 12, 2017
Individual evidence
- ^ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009 page 648 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Official report of the 1968 Olympic Games ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 10, English / French (PDF), accessed on November 12, 2017
- ↑ Official report of the 1968 Olympic Games ( Memento of the original from September 17, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. P. 538, engl./frz. (PDF), accessed on November 12, 2017
- ^ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 392