Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The women's javelin throw throwing event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 1.[1]

Women's javelin throw
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 1
Competitors20 from 14 nations
Winning distance55.98 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elvīra Ozoliņa
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dana Zátopková
 Czechoslovakia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Birutė Kalėdienė
 Soviet Union
← 1956
1964 →

Results

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Top 12 throwers and ties plus all throwers reaching 48.00 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listed in metres.

Qualifying

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Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3
1 Elvīra Ozoliņa   Soviet Union 53.25 53.25 pass pass
2 Dana Zátopková   Czechoslovakia 51.64 47.94 51.64 pass
3 Sue Platt   Great Britain 50.67 50.67 pass pass
4 Karen Anderson   United States 50.62 43.96 44.26 50.62
5 Vlasta Pešková   Czechoslovakia 50.61 50.61 pass pass
6 Márta Rudasné Antal   Hungary 50.01 foul 47.56 50.01
7 Maria Diţi   Romania 49.80 49.80 pass pass
8 Anna Wojtaszek   Australia 49.20 45.66 49.20 pass
9 Alevtina Shastitko   Soviet Union 48.91 48.91 pass pass
10 Birutė Kalėdienė   Soviet Union 48.59 48.59 pass pass
11 Marlene Ahrens   Chile 48.36 44.61 48.36 pass
12 Anneliese Gerhards   United Team of Germany 48.33 45.89 foul 48.33
13 Urszula Figwer   Poland 48.04 48.04 pass pass
14 Ingrid Almqvist   Sweden 47.67 foul 44.33 47.67
15 Erika Strößenreuther   United Team of Germany 46.85 45.88 foul 46.85
16 Almut Brömmel   United Team of Germany 45.52 34.76 45.52 41.20
17 Erika Strasser   Austria 43.80 43.79 43.80 foul
18 Lise Koch   Denmark 43.01 43.01 foul 40.36
19 Averil Williams   Great Britain 42.44 42.44 foul 40.03
20 Unn Thorvaldsen   Norway 41.99 foul foul 41.99

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 Notes
  Elvīra Ozoliņa   Soviet Union 55.98 55.98 OR foul 51.54 54.80 foul foul OR
  Dana Zátopková   Czechoslovakia 53.78 49.84 50.36 53.78 51.02 46.13 50.70
  Birutė Kalėdienė   Soviet Union 53.45 50.17 49.81 53.45 50.87 49.58 foul
4 Vlasta Pešková   Czechoslovakia 52.56 50.94 foul 51.28 52.56 49.00 48.82
5 Urszula Figwer   Poland 52.33 52.33 foul 47.92 50.16 46.53 pass
6 Anna Wojtaszek   Australia 51.15 51.15 47.04 foul 42.76 47.35 foul
7 Sue Platt   Great Britain 51.01 51.01 50.84 foul
8 Alevtina Shastitko   Soviet Union 50.92 47.43 50.83 50.92
9 Márta Rudasné Antal   Hungary 50.25 50.25 48.41 49.66
10 Maria Diţi   Romania 49.56 49.56 47.49 48.83
11 Anneliese Gerhards   United Team of Germany 49.27 47.76 49.27 foul
12 Marlene Ahrens   Chile 47.53 46.39 47.53 45.34
13 Karen Anderson   United States 46.52 44.39 46.52 44.24

Key: OR = Olympic record

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Women's Javelin Throw". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2018.