1990 European Championships in Athletics - Women's Javelin

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw
Javelin throw
The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...

event at the 1990 European Championships in Split

Split (city)

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, Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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. The final was held on 30 August 1990. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Gold	Päivi Alafrantti Päivi Alafrantti Päivi Jaana Maarit Alafrantti is a retired female javelin thrower from Finland.-Achievements:-External links:**http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/fi/atw.php?ID=10489... Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside... (FIN)
Silver	Karen Forkel Karen Forkel Karen Forkel is a German track and field athlete and an Olympic medal winner. In the 1990s she was among the world's best javelin throwers. Her biggest success came in the 1992 Summer Olympics when she took the bronze medal with a throw of 66.86 meters.Her personal best throw with the... East Germany (GDR)
Bronze	Petra Felke Petra Felke Petra Meier, nee Felke is a former German track and field athlete and Olympic champion who represented East Germany.... East Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 1990 European Athletics Championships
World Record Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...		80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam Potsdam Potsdam is the capital city of the German federal state of Brandenburg and part of the Berlin/Brandenburg Metropolitan Region. It is situated on the River Havel, southwest of Berlin city centre.... , East Germany
Event Record		77.44 m	August 28, 1986	Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1					64.18 m
2	2					63.36 m
3	3					63.22 m
4	5					61.60 m
5	6					60.96 m
6	9					59.92 m
7	10					59.36 m
8	12					58.72 m
9	18					55.44 m
10	19					54.02 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	4					62.62 m
2	7					60.66 m
3	8					60.02 m
4	11					59.28 m
5	14					58.48 m
6	15					57.46 m
7	16					56.88 m
8	17					55.98 m

Final