Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_–_Women's_javelin_throw

Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Women's javelin throw; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
	Pictogram for athletics
Venue	Centennial Olympic Stadium
Date	26 July 1996 (qualifications); 27 July 1996 (finals)
Competitors	32 from 24 nations
Winning distance	67.94
Medalists
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Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

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Standing records prior to the 1996 Summer Olympics
World Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Olympic Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	74.68 m	September 26, 1988	Seoul, South Korea
Season Best	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM)	69.26 m	June 28, 1996	Bergen, Norway

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	3	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	64.52	—	—	64.52 m
2	4	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	X	50.10	62.32	62.32 m
3	7	Li Lei (CHN)	59.54	61.48	X	61.48 m
4	8	Isel López (CUB)	60.12	61.40	X	61.40 m
5	10	Steffi Nerius (GER)	X	56.82	60.98	60.98 m
6	12	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	53.52	X	60.46	60.46 m
7	14	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	58.86	56.80	56.64	58.86 m
8	15	Lee Young-Sun (KOR)	54.62	57.94	58.66	58.66 m
9	16	Joanna Stone (AUS)	52.30	49.16	58.54	58.54 m
10	18	Aysel Taş (TUR)	55.32	56.20	57.86	57.86 m
11	19	Taina Uppa (FIN)	57.74	56.80	X	57.74 m
12	21	Renata Strašek (SLO)	54.72	51.46	57.04	57.04 m
13	23	Jette Jeppesen (DEN)	55.24	54.52	56.16	56.16 m
14	24	Mirela Manjani (ALB)	X	X	55.64	55.64 m
15	30	Erica Wheeler (USA)	53.34	49.54	52.72	53.34 m
16	32	Iloai Suaniu (SAM)	X	38.08	X	38.08 m
—	—	Sonya Radicheva (BUL)	—	—	—	DNS

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1	Felicia Tilea (ROM)	58.84	X	66.94	66.94 m
2	2	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	66.54	—	—	66.54 m
3	5	Louise McPaul (AUS)	62.32	—	—	62.32 m
4	6	Odelmys Palma (CUB)	62.30	54.76	X	62.30 m
5	9	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	X	52.84	61.32	61.32 m
6	11	Karen Forkel (GER)	60.84	59.48	X	60.84 m
7	13	Silke Renk (GER)	58.88	59.10	59.70	59.70 m
8	17	Laverne Eve (BAH)	52.92	X	58.48	58.48 m
9	20	Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS)	X	57.28	X	57.28 m
10	22	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	X	56.38	56.94	56.94 m
11	25	Nikola Tomečková (CZE)	55.02	52.48	X	55.02 m
12	26	Nicole Carroll (USA)	53.46	54.74	52.18	54.74 m
13	27	Shelley Holroyd (GBR)	53.46	52.72	54.72	54.72 m
14	28	Zuleima Aramendiz (COL)	53.86	X	54.24	54.24 m
15	29	Akiko Miyajima (JPN)	49.58	53.18	53.98	53.98 m
16	31	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)	52.76	52.66	50.84	52.76 m

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw