# 1993 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 22, 1993. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin. The qualification mark was set at 62.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Trine Solberg-Hattestad Norway (NOR) |
| Silver | Karen Forkel Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Natalya Shikolenko Belarus (BLR) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 21.08.1993 – 10:00h | 21.08.1993 – 11:30h |
| Final Round ||
| 16.08.1993 – 19:30h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1993 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Petra Felke-Meier (GDR) | 80.00 m | September 9, 1988 | Potsdam, East Germany |
| Event Record | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | 76.64 m | September 6, 1987 | Rome, Italy |
| Season Best | Trine Hattestad (NOR) | 72.12 m | July 10, 1993 | Oslo, Norway |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR) | | | | 66.52 m |
| 2 | 2 | Tatyana Shikolenko (BLR) | | | | 63.22 m |
| 3 | 3 | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM) | | | | 62.90 m |
| 4 | 8 | Heli Rantanen (FIN) | | | | 60.56 m |
| 5 | 9 | Karen Forkel (GER) | | | | 60.54 m |
| 6 | 11 | Antoaneta Todorova (BUL) | | | | 59.74 m |
| 7 | 14 | Martine Begue (FRA) | | | | 59.16 m |
| 8 | 15 | Jette Jeppesen (DEN) | | | | 58.80 m |
| 9 | 17 | Sueli dos Santos (BRA) | | | | 57.16 m |
| 10 | 19 | Yelena Svezhentseva (UZB) | | | | 55.10 m |
| 11 | 22 | Nikola Tomecková (CZE) | | | | 52.06 m |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 3 | Yekaterina Krasnikova (RUS) | | | | 62.90 m |
| 2 | 5 | Silke Renk (GER) | | | | 62.88 m |
| 3 | 6 | Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) | | | | 62.06 m |
| 4 | 7 | Teresė Nekrošaitė (LTU) | | | | 61.02 m |
| 5 | 10 | Claudia Isaila (ROM) | | | | 59.88 m |
| 6 | 12 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | | | | 59.68 m |
| 7 | 13 | Päivi Alafrantti (FIN) | | | | 59.26 m |
| 8 | 16 | Shelley Holroyd (GBR) | | | | 57.66 m |
| 9 | 18 | Kinga Zsigmond (HUN) | | | | 55.72 m |
| 10 | 20 | Lee Young-Sun (KOR) | | | | 54.78 m |
| 11 | 21 | Akiko Miyajima (JPN) | | | | 54.50 m |
| 12 | 23 | Iammo Launa (PNG) | | | | 46.78 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
| | Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR) | | | | | | | 69.18 m |
| | Karen Forkel (GER) | | | | | | | 65.80 m |
| | Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) | | | | | | | 65.64 m |
| 4 | Tatyana Shikolenko (BLR) | | | | | | | 65.18 m |
| 5 | Yekaterina Krasnikova (RUS) | | | | | | | 65.12 m |
| 6 | Silke Renk (GER) | | | | | | | 64.00 m |
| 7 | Claudia Isaila (ROM) | | | | | | | 61.54 m |
| 8 | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM) | | | | | | | 61.24 m |
| 9 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | | | | | | | 60.26 m |
| 10 | Antoaneta Todorova (BUL) | | | | | | | 58.82 m |
| 11 | Heli Rantanen (FIN) | | | | | | | 53.14 m |
| — | Teresė Nekrošaitė (LTU) | X | X | X | | | | NM |