1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

1988 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
3000 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 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July.^[1][2] An old specification 600g javelin was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Karen Forkel  East Germany
Silver	Isel López  Cuba
Bronze	Poland

Results[]

Final[]

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Karen Forkel	East Germany	61.44
	Isel López	Cuba	57.86
		Poland	57.04
4		Greece	55.20
5		Greece	52.82
6		China	52.58
7		West Germany	52.20
8		Finland	49.86
9		United Kingdom	49.00
10		Tanzania	48.06
11	Kirsten Smith	New Zealand	47.66
12		Soviet Union	43.30

Qualifications[]

29 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Karen Forkel	East Germany	58.80	Q
2		Greece	53.72	Q
3		Soviet Union	51.02	q
4		West Germany	49.58	q
5		Tanzania	49.52	q
6		United Kingdom	49.36	q
7		Canada	48.34
8	Louise McPaul	Australia	47.94
9	Paula Berry	United States	45.16
10		Colombia	41.40

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Isel López	Cuba	53.78	Q
2		China	53.70	Q
3		Poland	51.68	Q
4		Finland	51.10	q
5		Greece	50.13	q
6	Kirsten Smith	New Zealand	48.94	q
7		Italy	48.34
8		United States	47.30
9		Australia	46.00
10		United Kingdom	44.82
11		Canada	44.44
12		France	41.90
13		Brazil	40.62
14	Terry-Lynn Paynter	Bermuda	39.10
15	Natalia Toledo	Paraguay	38.80

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References[]