These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 29 and 30 August 1990. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Medalists Gold Päivi AlafranttiFinland (FIN)Silver Karen ForkelEast Germany (GDR)Bronze Petra FelkeEast Germany (GDR)

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1990 European Athletics Championships World Record 80.00 m September 9, 1988 Potsdam, East Germany Event Record 77.44 m August 28, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany

Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 67.68 m 67.56 m 66.56 m 4 64.76 m 5 63.52 m 6 61.84 m 7 61.24 m 8 59.32 m 9 58.80 m 10 58.54 m 11 57.56 m 12 53.98 m DQ Doping† †: Felicia Ţilea ranked initially 9th (58.80m), but was disqualified for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 64.18 m 2 2 63.36 m 3 3 63.22 m 4 5 61.60 m 5 8 59.92 m 6 9 59.36 m 7 11 58.72 m 8 16 55.44 m 9 17 54.02 m DQ Q Doping† †: Felicia Ţilea initially reached the final (60.96m), but was disqualified later for infringement of IAAF doping rules.

Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 4 62.62 m 2 6 60.66 m 3 7 60.02 m 4 10 59.28 m 5 12 58.48 m 6 13 57.46 m 7 14 56.88 m 8 15 55.98 m NM Q‡ ‡: All three attempts from Päivi Alafrantti were initially voided. In the only measurable throw, the javelin landed flat. After a protest of the Finnish team officials and video inspection, the decision was reverted because it could be shown that the tip of the javelin struck the ground first, and Alafrantti was admitted to compete in the final.

Participation According to an unofficial count, 19 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

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See also 1988 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Seoul) 1991 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Tokyo) 1992 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Barcelona)

References

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