Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 22 competitors, with two qualifying groups (22 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Friday July 25, 1980. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).^[1]

Women's javelin throw at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Date	24 July 1980 (qualifications) 25 July 1980 (final)
Competitors	22 from 13 nations
Winning distance	68.40 OR
Medalists
María Caridad Colón  Cuba Saida Gunba  Soviet Union Ute Hommola  East Germany
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Medalists

Gold	María Caridad Colón  Cuba
Silver	Saida Gunba  Soviet Union
Bronze	Ute Hommola  East Germany

Schedule

• All times are Moscow Time (UTC+3)

Qualification Round
24.07.1980 – 12:25h
Final Round
25.07.1980 – 17:15h

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 1980 Summer Olympics
World record	Tatyana Biryulina (URS)	70.08 m	July 12, 1980	Podolsk, Soviet Union
Olympic record	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	65.94 m	July 24, 1976	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Broken records during the 1980 Summer Olympics
Olympic record	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	'68.40 m	July 25, 1980	Moscow, Soviet Union

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Ute Richter (GDR)	57.40	66.66	—	66.66 m
2	4	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	63.84	—	—	63.84 m
3	7	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	62.42	—	—	62.42 m
4	8	Ivanka Vancheva (BUL)	61.16	—	—	61.16 m
5	9	Antoaneta Todorova (BUL)	60.56	—	—	60.56 m
6	10	Bernadetta Blechacz (POL)	55.92	50.26	59.90	59.90 m
7	11	Tatyana Biryulina (URS)	57.72	52.44	59.86	59.86 m
8	13	Mária Janák (HUN)	54.22	X	57.80	57.80 m
9	15	Petra Rivers (AUS)	51.08	53.14	55.80	55.80 m
10	18	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	47.44	47.22	49.74	49.74 m
—	—	Sofia Sakorafa (GRE)	X	X	X	NM

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	2	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	54.12	64.26	—	64.26 m
2	3	Saida Gunba (URS)	63.98	—	—	63.98 m
3	5	Ute Hommola (GDR)	63.52	—	—	63.52 m
4	6	Yadviga Putiniene (URS)	62.96	—	—	62.96 m
5	12	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	58.76	X	—	58.76 m
6	14	Tiina Lillak (FIN)	53.44	56.26	X	56.26 m
7	16	Pam Matthews (AUS)	55.72	53.72	51.70	55.72 m
8	17	Agnès Tchuinté (CMR)	55.36	52.16	49.22	55.36 m
9	19	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	48.76	X	X	48.76 m
10	20	Patricia Guerrero (PER)	38.36	45.40	45.42	45.42 m
—	2	Tsvetana Ralinska (BUL)	—	—	—	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	María Caridad Colón (CUB)	68.40	X	64.58	62.70	66.02	63.06	68.40 m
	Saida Gunba (URS)	66.08	67.76	X	63.78	X	65.06	67.76 m
	Ute Hommola (GDR)	60.62	58.84	66.04	66.56	61.96	64.92	66.56 m
4	Ute Richter (GDR)	54.86	53.12	62.80	65.68	66.04	66.54	66.54 m
5	Ivanka Vancheva (BUL)	65.38	60.88	X	60.12	61.90	62.90	65.38 m
6	Tatyana Biryulina (URS)	56.28	65.08	58.42	60.36	X	62.48	65.08 m
7	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROU)	X	64.08	54.80	59.44	57.02	54.30	64.08 m
8	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	59.90	X	61.48	X	63.94	59.20	63.94 m
9	Bernadetta Blechacz (POL)	57.94	52.84	61.46				61.46 m
10	Antoaneta Todorova (BUL)	54.76	60.66	52.98				60.66 m
11	Yadviga Putiniene (URS)	59.94	X	52.72				59.94 m
12	Fausta Quintavalla (ITA)	49.60	57.50	57.52				57.52 m

See also

• 1978 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Prague)
• 1982 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1983 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Helsinki)
• 1986 Women's European Championships Javelin Throw (Stuttgart)