1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

1998 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
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
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The Women's javelin throw event at the 1998 European Championships was held on Wednesday August 19, 1998, in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes. The qualification round was staged on Tuesday August 18, with the mark set at 61.00 metres. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

Gold	Tanja Damaske Germany (GER)
Silver	Tatyana Shikolenko Russia (RUS)
Bronze	Mikaela Ingberg Finland (FIN)

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

• All results shown are in metres

Standing records prior to the 1998 European Athletics Championships
World Record	Petra Felke (GDR)	80.00 m	September 9, 1988	Potsdam, East Germany
Event Record	Fatima Whitbread (GBR)	77.44 m	August 28, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	3	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	64.49			64.49 m
2	4	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	62.55			62.55 m
3	5	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	62.01			62.01 m
4	8	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)				60.64 m
5	10	Ewa Rybak (POL)				60.34 m
6	11	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)				60.26 m
7	14	Taina Uppa (FIN)				58.01 m
8	16	Dorte Barby (GER)				57.12 m
9	19	Nadine Auzeil (FRA)				52.21 m
—	—	Aysel Taş (TUR)				NM

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance
			1	2	3
1	1	Steffi Nerius (GER)	60.66	66.04		66.04 m
2	2	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)	60.53	65.14		65.14 m
3	6	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM)	61.96			61.96 m
4	7	Heli Rantanen (FIN)				60.90 m
5	9	Tanja Damaske (GER)		60.63		60.63 m
6	12	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	x	57.31	59.85	59.85 m
7	13	Nikola Tomečková (CZE)				59.65 m
8	15	Nadiya Kobrin (UKR)				57.70 m
9	17	Agnes Preisinger (HUN)				55.92 m
10	18	Evfemija Štorga (SLO)				53.73 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Tanja Damaske (GER)	69.10	X	62.24	—	X	64.51	69.10 m
	Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)	65.66	58.33	64.04	61.10	63.93	66.92	66.92 m
	Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)	58.77	62.32	64.92	X	63.10	X	64.92 m
4	Trine Hattestad (NOR)	63.16	X	X	X	61.06	62.77	63.16 m
5	Heli Rantanen (FIN)	57.38	62.34	61.90	61.55	—	X	62.34 m
6	Steffi Nerius (GER)	60.53	X	62.08	60.01	X	X	62.08 m
7	Claudia Coslovich (ITA)	60.73	58.33	X	55.77	X	X	60.73 m
8	Nikolett Szabó (HUN)	58.95	X	59.05	X	59.76	60.56	60.56 m
9	Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)	58.65	56.53	56.13				58.65 m
10	Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM)	58.30	X	X				58.30 m
11	Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU)	55.53	55.32	57.11				57.11 m
12	Ewa Rybak (POL)	56.65	53.08	X				56.65 m

• 1996 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Atlanta)
• 1997 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Athens)
• 1999 Women's World Championships Javelin Throw (Seville)
• 2000 Women's Olympic Javelin Throw (Sydney)

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