1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
2000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's javelin throw event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 18 and 19 July.^[1][2] An old specification 600g javelin was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Xiomara Rivero  Cuba
Silver	East Germany
Bronze	East Germany

Results[]

Final[]

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Xiomara Rivero	Cuba	62.86
		East Germany	60.24
		East Germany	59.92
4	Tatyana Shikolenko	Soviet Union	55.70
5		United Kingdom	55.40
6		China	53.20
7	Isel López	Cuba	53.00
8		Japan	51.80
9		United States	47.64
10		Canada	47.32
11		United States	45.22
12		Italy	43.98

Qualifications[]

18 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Xiomara Rivero	Cuba	58.12	Q
2		East Germany	56.66	Q
3		East Germany	55.12	Q
4		China	54.24	Q
5	Tatyana Shikolenko	Soviet Union	52.66	Q
6	Isel López	Cuba	51.08	Q
7		Japan	49.76	q
8		United States	48.80	q
9		Italy	47.90	q
10		United Kingdom	47.64	q
11		United States	47.32	q
12		Canada	46.40	q
13		Bulgaria	46.04
14		Austria	45.92
15		Finland	45.58
16		Netherlands	45.42
17		Greece	45.38
18		Finland	44.42
19		Japan	43.04
20		Canada	41.28
		India	NM

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

References[]