Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Pictogram for Athletics
Venue	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Dates	31 July (qualification) 1 August (final)
Competitors	25 from 17 nations
Winning distance	68.34
Medalists
Silke Renk  Germany Natalya Shikolenko  Unified Team Karen Forkel  Germany

Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Wheelchair races

These are the official results of the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 25 participating athletes. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 62.50 metres advanced to the final. The javelin used was an "old design" rough surfaced javelin.^[1]

The winning margin was 8 cm which as of 2023 remains the only time the women's javelin throw was won by less than 10 cm at the Olympics.

Gold	Silke Renk  Germany
Silver	Natalya Shikolenko  Unified Team
Bronze	Karen Forkel  Germany

Standing records prior to the 1992 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

• The World and Olympic record holder Petra Felke competed in this event under the name Petra Meier.

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	67.20	—	—	67.20 m
2	6	Donna Mayhew (USA)	58.76	58.02	61.24	61.24 m
3	7	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)	58.18	55.60	60.74	60.74 m
4	8	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	60.70	X	53.20	60.70 m
5	9	Petra Meier (GER)	60.58	59.42	57.40	60.58 m
6	10	Louise McPaul (AUS)	58.00	59.24	60.56	60.56 m
7	12	Dulce García (CUB)	60.44	X	57.02	60.44 m	SB
8	14	Xu Demei (CHN)	X	X	59.98	59.98 m
9	17	Kirsten Smith (NZL)	X	53.82	59.34	59.34 m
10	20	Irina Kostyuchenkova (EUN)	X	57.96	X	57.96 m
11	21	Anna Verouli (GRE)	55.82	56.96	56.60	56.96 m
12	24	Vijitha Amerasekera (SRI)	X	48.00	44.70	48.00 m
—	—	Päivi Alafrantti (FIN)	X	X	X	NM

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Natalya Shikolenko (EUN)	67.36	—	—	67.36 m
2	3	Karen Forkel (GER)	62.28	61.48	65.44	65.44 m
3	4	Silke Renk (GER)	65.38	—	—	65.38 m
4	5	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	63.98	—	—	63.98 m
5	11	Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN)	54.66	60.44	57.76	60.44 m	SB
6	13	Isel López (CUB)	X	X	60.42	60.42 m
7	15	Ha Xiaoyan (CHN)	59.70	56.58	58.38	59.70 m
8	16	Antoaneta Selenska (BUL)	59.40	57.86	57.78	59.40 m
9	18	Teresė Nekrošaitė (LTU)	58.28	X	X	58.28 m
10	19	Genowefa Patla (POL)	X	55.14	58.18	58.18 m
11	22	Lee Young-Sun (KOR)	55.10	X	54.54	55.10 m
12	23	Paula Berry (USA)	48.70	X	49.00	49.00 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Silke Renk (GER)	67.24	62.08	65.34	65.62	65.62	68.34	68.34 m
	Natalya Shikolenko (EUN)	68.26	67.42	X	X	X	X	68.26 m
	Karen Forkel (GER)	65.02	X	62.76	65.84	66.86	66.80	66.86 m
4	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	63.58	X	62.60	X	X	59.80	63.58 m
5	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	59.52	58.52	63.54	X	59.70	X	63.54 m
6	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	62.34	59.62	X	58.02	61.36	58.76	62.34 m
7	Petra Meier (GER)	X	58.36	58.34	X	57.54	59.02	59.02 m
8	Dulce García (CUB)	54.56	58.00	58.26	X	X	X	58.26 m
9	Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN)	56.50	57.32	53.82				57.32 m
10	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)	56.54	54.78	55.16				56.54 m
11	Louise McPaul (AUS)	54.92	56.00	X				56.00 m
12	Donna Mayhew (USA)	X	55.68	54.36				55.68 m

• 1990 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Split)
• 1991 Women's World Championship Javelin Throw (Tokyo)
• 1993 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)
• 1994 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)

• Official Report
• Results