Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Women's javelin throw; at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	23 July 1976 (qualifications); 24 July 1976 (finals)
Competitors	15 from 10 nations
Winning distance	65.94 OR
Medalists
	← 1972 1980 →

The Women's javelin throw competition at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was held on 23–24 July.^[1]

Results edit

The qualification distance was set to 60.00 metres.

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	Marion Becker	West Germany	65.14			65.14
2	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	62.46			62.46	Q
3	Kate Schmidt	United States	61.50			61.50	Q
4	Eva Janko	Austria	60.90			60.90	Q
5	Jacqueline Hein	East Germany	60.70			60.70	Q
6	Karin Smith	United States	x	x	59.36	59.36	q
7	Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	x	57.18	–	57.18	q
8	Svetlana Babich	Soviet Union	56.82	–	–	56.82	q
9	Yordanka Peeva	Bulgaria	x	53.62	56.74	56.74	q
10	Nadezhda Yakubovich	Soviet Union	x	x	56.56	56.56	q
11	Sabine Sebrowski	East Germany	55.42	–	–	55.42	q
12	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	Romania	55.34	–	–	55.34	q
13	Sherry Calvert	United States	52.58	x	53.08	53.08
	Sofia Sakorafa	Greece				NM
	Christine Hunt	Australia				NM

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	65.94	59.58	65.06	54.48	58.82	58.44	65.94	OR
	Marion Becker	West Germany	60.66	60.52	64.70	x	x	x	64.70
	Kate Schmidt	United States	x	x	59.70	57.90	x	63.96	63.96
4	Jacqueline Hein	East Germany	58.30	61.68	60.90	55.16	x	63.84	63.84
5	Sabine Sebrowski	East Germany	57.02	59.10	63.08	56.46	54.34	51.72	63.08
6	Svetlana Babich	Soviet Union	x	49.24	59.42	x	x	x	59.42
7	Nadezhda Yakubovich	Soviet Union	58.10	x	59.16	55.76	x	52.66	59.16
8	Karin Smith	United States	53.86	57.50	55.32	52.66	45.08	39.48	57.50
9	Eva Janko	Austria	55.04	57.20	x				57.20
10	Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	57.00	55.96	x				57.00
11	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő	Romania	54.40	53.88	55.60				55.60
12	Yordanka Peeva	Bulgaria	50.28	52.02	52.24				52.24

^ "Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2018.