1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 8, 1995. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists

Gold	Natalya Shikolenko Belarus (BLR)
Silver	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan Romania (ROM)
Bronze	Mikaela Ingberg Finland (FIN)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
06.08.1995 – 09:45h	06.08.1995 – 11:15h
Final Round
08.08.1995 – 17:35h

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Petra Felke-Meier (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	76.64 m	September 6, 1987	Rome, Italy
Season Best	Steffi Nerius (GER)	68.42 m	June 25, 1995	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Qualification

• Held on Sunday 1995-08-06

RANK	GROUP A	DISTANCE
1.	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	65.64 m
2.	Tanja Damaske (GER)	62.82 m
3.	Yekaterina Krasnikova (RUS)	61.52 m
4.	Renata Strašek (SLO)	60.26 m
5.	Isel Lopez (CUB)	60.04 m
6.	Joanna Stone (AUS)	59.52 m
7.	Silke Renk (GER)	58.86 m
8.	Kinga Zsigmond (HUN)	57.86 m
9.	Tang Lishuang (CHN)	56.98 m
10.	Claudia Isaila (ROM)	55.84 m
11.	Taina Uppa (FIN)	54.38 m
12.	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	54.14 m
13.	Donna Mayhew (USA)	53.10 m
14.	Aysel Taş (TUR)	49.20 m
15.	Maka Obolashvili (GEO)	43.98 m

RANK	GROUP B	DISTANCE
1.	Steffi Nerius (GER)	62.62 m
2.	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (ALB)	62.40 m
3.	Jette Jeppesen (DEN)	61.96 m
4.	Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM)	61.52 m
5.	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	60.72 m
6.	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	60.34 m
7.	Louise McPaul (AUS)	59.30 m
8.	Laverne Eve (BAH)	58.78 m
9.	Xiomara Rivero (CUB)	58.32 m
10.	Nikola Tomecková (CZE)	57.98 m
11.	Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf (FRA)	56.80 m
12.	Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS)	56.74 m
13.	Nicole Carroll (USA)	55.32 m
14.	Agnes Preisinger (HUN)	54.00 m
15.	Kate Farrow (AUS)	49.24 m
16.	Ketut Mudiani (INA)	40.92 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)	66.48	63.58	X	X	65.46	67.56	67.56 m
	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM)	62.34	60.98	59.64	65.22	X	X	65.22 m
	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	61.82	59.54	60.12	65.16	X	X	65.16 m
4	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	55.44	59.66	X	59.10	62.96	65.04	65.04 m
5	Joanna Stone (AUS)	59.14	X	61.46	58.50	57.80	63.74	63.74 m
6	Tanja Damaske (GER)	62.32	X	60.42	X	59.64	X	62.32 m
7	Isel Lopez (CUB)	54.30	X	60.80	X	X	X	60.80 m
8	Yekaterina Krasnikova (RUS)	59.82	56.06	58.64	55.28	X	X	59.82 m
9	Renata Strašek (SLO)	X	59.10	X				59.10 m
10	Jette Jeppesen (DEN)	58.48	X	58.84				58.84 m
11	Steffi Nerius (GER)	56.50	52.98	55.28				56.50 m
12	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (ALB)	X	55.56	55.50				55.56 m

See also

• 1996 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw

References

• Results