Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics - Women's javelin throw

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The women's javelin throw was one of three women's throwing events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 16 October 1964. 16 athletes from 10 nations entered.

1 Medallists
2 Results
- 2.1 Qualification
- 2.2 Final
3 References

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mihaela Penes Romania	Antal Marta Rudas Hungary	Elena Gorchakova Soviet Union

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualification

The qualification standard was 51.00 metres. Each thrower had three attempts to reach that standard. Since only 7 throwers made the mark, the next five furthest-throwing athletes also advanced to meet the minimum 12 in the final.

Gorchakova set a new world record, besting the old one by more than 2.5 metres. Ozolina also had a good round, besting the old Olympic record to come in second in qualification.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3
1	Elena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	62.40 metres WR	62.40	—
2	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	56.38 metres	56.38	—
3	Antal Marta Rudas	Hungary	52.23 metres	52.23	—
4	Anneliese Gerhards	Unified Team of Germany	52.23 metres	49.88	49.71	52.23
5	Rosemarie Schubert	Unified Team of Germany	51.20 metres	X	51.20	—
6	Mihaela Penes	Romania	51.19 metres	43.00	X	51.19
7	Maria Diaconescu	Romania	51.12 metres	51.12	—
8	Biruta Kaledene	Soviet Union	50.84 metres	49.70	50.84	48.87
9	Sato Hiroko	Japan	49.92 metres	X	49.92	X
10	Susan Mary Platt	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	49.88 metres	X	49.88	48.72
11	Katayama Misako	Japan	49.23 metres	39.80	46.11	49.23
12	Michele Demys	France	48.94 metres	48.94	48.67	X
13	Ranae Jean Baer	United States	46.89 metres	46.70	46.89	46.04
14	Ingeborg Schwalbe	Unified Team of Germany	45.55 metres	45.55	44.41	39.47
15	Anna Pazera	Australia	44.87 metres	41.58	44.87	X
16	Lee He Ja	Korea	34.95 metres	33.24	34.95	29.05

[edit] Final

The qualification marks were ignored for the final, each thrower receiving three new attempts. The top six throwers after those three received three more attempts, taking their best result of the six.

No one came close to equalling Gorchakova's qualifying round throw, her own attempts in the final not coming within 5 metres of it as she dropped to third place.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark	Throw 1	Throw 2	Throw 3	Throw 4	Throw 5	Throw 6
1	Mihaela Penes	Romania	60.54 metres	60.54	52.76	X	50.72	51.44	53.77
2	Antal Marta Rudas	Hungary	58.27 metres	53.21	58.27	X	54.17	50.24	X
3	Elena Gorchakova	Soviet Union	57.06 metres	56.43	49.21	53.10	57.06	55.23	X
4	Biruta Kaledene	Soviet Union	56.31 metres	53.79	X	54.13	56.31	54.68	X
5	Elvīra Ozoliņa	Soviet Union	54.81 metres	54.68	54.81	X	X	X	X
6	Maria Diaconescu	Romania	53.71 metres	X	53.71	50.49	51.21	51.35	52.00
7	Sato Hiroko	Japan	52.48 metres	47.28	52.48	49.18
8	Anneliese Gerhards	Unified Team of Germany	52.37 metres	52.37	46.79	45.88
9	Susan Mary Platt	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	48.59 metres	48.59	48.00	48.55
10	Michele Demys	France	47.25 metres	45.95	47.14	47.25
11	Katayama Misako	Japan	46.87 metres	45.16	46.87	42.37
12	Rosemarie Schubert	Unified Team of Germany	46.50 metres	X	X	46.50

[edit] References

Official Report

The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men's	100 m \| 200 m \| 400 m \| 800 m \| 1500 m \| 5000 m \| 10000 m \| 110 m hurdles \| 400 m hurdles \| 3000 m steeplechase \| 4x100 m \| 4x400 m \| marathon \| 20 km walk \| 50 km walk \| decathlon \| long jump \| triple jump \| high jump \| pole vault \| shot put \| discus \| javelin \| hammer
Women's	100 m \| 200 m \| 400 m \| 800 m \| 80 m hurdles \| 4x100 m \| pentathlon \| long jump \| high jump \| shot put \| discus \| javelin