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Host City: Montréal, Canada

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 54.50 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: July 23, 1976

Date Finished: July 24, 1976

(Competitors: 15; Countries: 10; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Montréal, Québec

Overview by IAAF

Fuchs improved her own world record to 69.12 just before leaving for Montreal, and made no mistake by producing the gold medal throw with her opening effort. Becker had set a national record in leading the qualifiers with 65.14, and confirmed this with 64.70 in the third round,
to take silver ahead of Kate Schmidt. The American flirted with disaster, reaching 59.70 after two foul throws, and saved her best of 63.96 till the last round. So did ’72 silver medallist Todten who almost beat Schmidt with 63.84.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

Ruth Fuchs was by now the heavy favorite. She was the defending champion, 1974 European Champion, multiple world-record holder, and would be voted by Track & Field News as the female athlete of the decade for the 1970s. She was solid in 1976 as well, breaking the world record in the month prior to Montréal. And she ended the competition early in the final, throwing 65.94 (216-4¼) in the first round, which would be the best throw of the event. Kate Schmidt, bronze medalist from 1972, struggled to make the final three throws, fouling on her first two attempts, but she repeated her third-place finish from München. West Germany’s Marion Becker won the silver medal with 64.70 (212-3¼) thrown in round three, after which she fouled three times.

		Results

*Javelin Throw (old)*	Women	Final	24 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	65.94	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	GDR	14 Dec 46
2	64.70	Marion Becker	West Germany	FRG	21 Jan 50
3	63.96	Kate Schmidt	United States	USA	29 Dec 53
4	63.84	Jacqueline Hein	East Germany	GDR	29 May 54
5	63.08	Sabine Sebrowski	East Germany	GDR	28 Apr 51
6	59.42	Svetlana Babich	Soviet Union	URS	17 Jul 47
7	59.16	Nadezhda Yakubovich	Soviet Union	URS	24 Feb 54
8	57.50	Karin Smith	United States	USA	4 Aug 55
9	57.20	Eva Janko	Austria	AUT	24 Jan 45
10	57.00	Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	GBR	14 Mar 56
11	55.60	Eva Raduly-Zörgö	Romania	ROU	23 Oct 54
12	52.24	Yordanka Peyeva	Bulgaria	BUL	23 Apr 53
*Javelin Throw (old)*	Women	Qualification	23 July

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Birth Date	Records
1	65.14	Marion Becker	West Germany	FRG	21 Jan 50
2	62.46	Ruth Fuchs	East Germany	GDR	14 Dec 46
3	61.50	Kate Schmidt	United States	USA	29 Dec 53
4	60.90	Eva Janko	Austria	AUT	24 Jan 45
5	60.70	Jacqueline Hein	East Germany	GDR	29 May 54
6	59.36	Karin Smith	United States	USA	4 Aug 55
7	57.18	Tessa Sanderson	Great Britain	GBR	14 Mar 56
8	56.82	Svetlana Babich	Soviet Union	URS	17 Jul 47
9	56.74	Yordanka Peyeva	Bulgaria	BUL	23 Apr 53
10	56.56	Nadezhda Yakubovich	Soviet Union	URS	24 Feb 54
11	55.42	Sabine Sebrowski	East Germany	GDR	28 Apr 51
12	55.34	Eva Raduly-Zörgö	Romania	ROU	23 Oct 54
13	53.08	Sherry Calvert	United States	USA	6 Jun 51
	NM	Christine Hunt	Australia	AUS	15 Jun 50
	NM	Sofia Sakorafa	Greece	GRE	29 Apr 57

Detailed View

Final

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
	Ruth Fuchs (GDR)	65.94	59.58	65.06	54.48	58.82	58.44	65.94 m OR
	Marion Becker (FRG)	60.66	60.52	64.70	x	x	x	64.70 m
	Kate Schmidt (USA)	x	x	59.70	57.90	x	63.96	63.96 m
4	Jacqueline Hein (GDR)	58.30	61.68	60.90	55.16	x	63.84	63.84 m
5	Sabine Sebrowski (GDR)	57.02	59.10	63.08	56.46	54.34	51.72	63.08 m
6	Svetlana Babich (URS)	x	49.24	59.42	x	x	x	59.42 m
7	Nadezhda Yakubovich (URS)	58.10	x	59.16	55.76	x	52.66	59.16 m
8	Karin Smith (USA)	53.86	57.50	55.32	52.66	45.08	39.48	57.50 m
9	Eva Janko (AUT)	55.04	57.20	x				57.20 m
10	Tessa Sanderson (GBR)	57.00	55.96	x				57.00 m
11	Éva Ráduly-Zörgő (ROM)	54.40	53.88	55.60				55.60 m
12	Yordanka Peeva (BUL)	50.28	52.02	52.24				52.24 m

Qualification - Friday 23.07

mark 60.00m 5+7 Athletes

Group 1	Team	Dist.	1.	2.	3.
1. Marion Becker	GER	65.14m	65.14
2. Ruth Fuchs	GDR	62.46m	62.46
3. Kathy Schmidt	USA	61.50m	61.50
4. Eva Janko	AUT	60.90m	60.90
5. Jaqueline Hein-Todten	GDR	60.70m	60.70
6. Karin Smith	USA	59.36m	X	X	59.36
7.Theresa Sanderson	GBR	57.18m	X	57.18
8. Svetlana Babich	URS	56.82m	56.82
9.Yordanka Peeva	BUL	56.74m	X	53.62	56.74
10. Nadezhda Yakubovich	URS	56.56m	X	X	56.56
11. Sabine Sebrowski	GDR	55.42m	5.42
12.Eva Zorgo	ROM	55.34m	55.34
13.Sherry Calvert	USA	53.08m	52.58	X	53.08
-. Sofia Sakorata	GRE	NM
-. Christine Hunt	AUS	NM