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1990 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

1990 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1990 European ChampionshipsinSplit, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 29 and 30 August 1990.^[1] All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Päivi Alafrantti Finland (FIN)
Silver	Karen Forkel East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Petra Felke East Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations[edit]

• All results shown are in metres

Records[edit]

Standing records prior to the 1990 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	77.44 m	August 28, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

Final[edit]

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)							67.68 m
	Karen Forkel (GDR)							67.56 m
	Petra Felke (GDR)							66.56 m
4	Silke Renk (GDR)							64.76 m
5	Katalin Hartai (HUN)							63.52 m
6	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)							61.84 m
7	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)							61.24 m
8	Anna Verouli (GRE)							59.32 m
9	Tiina Lillak (FIN)							58.80 m
10	Brigitte Graune (FRG)							58.54 m
11	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)							57.56 m
12	Natalya Shikolenko (URS)							53.98 m
	Felicia Ţilea (ROM)							DQ	Doping†

^†: Felicia Ţilea ranked initially 9th (58.80m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.^[2][3]

Qualification[edit]

Group A[edit]

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Brigitte Graune (FRG)				64.18 m
2	2	Silke Renk (GDR)				63.36 m
3	3	Petra Felke (GDR)				63.22 m
4	5	Katalin Hartai (HUN)				61.60 m
5	8	Natalya Shikolenko (URS)				59.92 m
6	9	Anna Verouli (GRE)				59.36 m
7	11	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)				58.72 m
8	16	Amanda Liverton (GBR)				55.44 m
9	17	Heli Rantanen (FIN)				54.02 m
		Felicia Ţilea (ROM)				DQ	Q Doping†

^†: Felicia Ţilea initially reached the final (60.96m), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.^[2][3]

Group B[edit]

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	4	Tiina Lillak (FIN)				62.62 m
2	6	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)				60.66 m
3	7	Ingrid Thyssen (FRG)				60.02 m
4	10	Karen Forkel (GDR)				59.28 m
5	12	Zsuzsa Malovecz (HUN)				58.48 m
6	13	Natalya Chernyenko (URS)				57.46 m
7	14	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)				56.88 m
8	15	Sharon Gibson (GBR)				55.98 m
		Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)				NM	Q‡

^‡: All three attempts from Päivi Alafrantti were initially voided. In the only measurable throw, the javelin landed flat. After a protest of the Finnish team officials and video inspection, the decision was reverted because it could be shown that the tip of the javelin struck the ground first, and Alafrantti was admitted to compete in the final.^[4][5]

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

 East Germany (3)

 Finland (3)

 France (1)

 Greece (1)

 Hungary (2)

 Romania (1)

 Soviet Union (2)

 United Kingdom (3)

 West Germany (2)

See also[edit]

• 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul)
• 1991 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)

References[edit]

• Results
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