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1968 Olympic Games Ciudad de México, Mexico - Women's Javelin Throw

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Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico

Format: Final only.

Date Started: October 14, 1968

Date Finished: October 14, 1968

(Competitors: 16; Countries: 11)

Venue(s): University Olympic Stadium, Ciudad de México

Overview by IAAF

After Németh had opened with 57.66, Peneş exceeded her best of the season by almost 3m with 59.92. The Hungarian, no relation to her male counterpart Miklós, came back with a lifetime best of 60.36 with her next throw. Both Peneş (58.36) and Janko (58.04) produced throws in excess of 58m towards the end of the competition, but could not overtake Németh.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The defending champion, Mihaela Peneş, was back. She had finished second at the 1966 European Championships behind the GDR's Marion Lüttge. In round one Peneş produced her best throw since her 1964 gold medal mark with 59.92 (196-7¼) and took the lead. But Hungary's Angéla Németh threw a PR of 60.36 (198-0½) in round two to overtake her and secure the gold medal with that throw.

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Yelena Gorchakova (URS)	62.40 m	Tokyo, Japan	October 16, 1964
Olympic record

		Results

*Javelin Throw*	Women	Final	14 October

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	60.36	Angéla Németh-Ránky	Hungary	HUN	22
2	59.92	Mihaela Peneş	Romania	ROU	21
3	58.04	Eva Janko	Austria	AUT	23
4	56.38	Márta Antal-Rudas	Hungary	HUN	31
5	56.06	Daniela Jaworska	Poland	POL	22
6	55.42	Nataša Urbančič	Yugoslavia	YUG	22
7	55.20	Amelie Koloska	West Germany	FRG	24
8	53.96	Kaisa Launela	Finland	FIN	20
9	53.44	Barbara Friedrich	United States	USA	19
10	53.40	Lidiya Tsymosh	Soviet Union	URS	26
11	53.14	RaNae Bair	United States	USA	25
12	51.54	Lucyna Krawcewicz	Poland	POL	30
13	51.34	Jay Dahlgren	Canada	CAN	19
14	51.16	Valentyna Evert	Soviet Union	URS	22
15	48.52	Sue Platt	Great Britain	GBR	28
AC	NM	Erika Strasser	Austria	AUT	34

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Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Angéla Németh	Hungary	57.66	60.36	55.56	57.54	X	53.30	60.36
	Mihaela Peneş	Romania	59.92	54.68	X	51.40	58.36	X	59.92
	Eva Janko	Austria	54.60	X	X	46.44	46.24	58.04	58.04
4	Márta Rudas	Hungary	56.38	X	X	51.60	X	52.68	56.38
5	Daniela Jaworska	Poland	55.78	56.06	52.34	51.88	X	53.20	56.06
6	Nataša Urbančič	Yugoslavia	53.80	X	55.42	X	X	–	55.42
7	Ameli Koloska	West Germany	53.54	54.08	X	54.00	55.20	X	55.20
8	Kaisa Launela	Finland	53.96	51.44	X	X	X	X	53.96
9	Barbara Friedrich	United States	53.44	51.00	52.16	N/A			53.44
10	Lidiya Tsymosh	Soviet Union	X	X	53.40	N/A			53.40
11	RaNae Bair	United States	49.54	48.08	53.14	N/A			53.14
12	Lucyna Krawcewicz	Poland	51.54	X	X	N/A			51.54
13	Jay Dahlgren	Canada	51.34	51.10	48.04	N/A			51.34
14	Valentyna Evert	Soviet Union	X	51.16	X	N/A			51.16
15	Sue Platt	Great Britain	X	44.94	48.52	N/A			48.52
AC	Erika Strasser	Austria	X	X	X	N/A			NM