# Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the women's javelin throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total of 25 participating athletes. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 62.50 metres advanced to the final. The javelin used was an "old design" rough surfaced javelin.
The winning margin was 8 cm which as of 2023 remains the only time the women's javelin throw was won by less than 10 cm at the Olympics.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silke Renk Germany |
| Silver | Natalya Shikolenko Unified Team |
| Bronze | Karen Forkel Germany |

## Abbreviations

| 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 1992 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Petra Felke (GDR) | 80.00 m | September 9, 1988 | Potsdam, East Germany |
| Olympic Record | Petra Felke (GDR) | 74.68 m | September 26, 1988 | Seoul, South Korea |
* The World and Olympic record holder Petra Felke competed in this event under the name Petra Meier.

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Trine Hattestad (NOR) | 67.20 | — | — | 67.20 m | |
| 2 | 6 | Donna Mayhew (USA) | 58.76 | 58.02 | 61.24 | 61.24 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Kinga Zsigmond (HUN) | 58.18 | 55.60 | 60.74 | 60.74 m | |
| 4 | 8 | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | 60.70 | X | 53.20 | 60.70 m | |
| 5 | 9 | Petra Meier (GER) | 60.58 | 59.42 | 57.40 | 60.58 m | |
| 6 | 10 | Louise McPaul (AUS) | 58.00 | 59.24 | 60.56 | 60.56 m | |
| 7 | 12 | Dulce García (CUB) | 60.44 | X | 57.02 | 60.44 m | SB |
| 8 | 14 | Xu Demei (CHN) | X | X | 59.98 | 59.98 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Kirsten Smith (NZL) | X | 53.82 | 59.34 | 59.34 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Irina Kostyuchenkova (EUN) | X | 57.96 | X | 57.96 m | |
| 11 | 21 | Anna Verouli (GRE) | 55.82 | 56.96 | 56.60 | 56.96 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Vijitha Amerasekera (SRI) | X | 48.00 | 44.70 | 48.00 m | |
| — | — | Päivi Alafrantti (FIN) | X | X | X | NM | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Natalya Shikolenko (EUN) | 67.36 | — | — | 67.36 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Karen Forkel (GER) | 62.28 | 61.48 | 65.44 | 65.44 m | |
| 3 | 4 | Silke Renk (GER) | 65.38 | — | — | 65.38 m | |
| 4 | 5 | Heli Rantanen (FIN) | 63.98 | — | — | 63.98 m | |
| 5 | 11 | Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN) | 54.66 | 60.44 | 57.76 | 60.44 m | SB |
| 6 | 13 | Isel López (CUB) | X | X | 60.42 | 60.42 m | |
| 7 | 15 | Ha Xiaoyan (CHN) | 59.70 | 56.58 | 58.38 | 59.70 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Antoaneta Selenska (BUL) | 59.40 | 57.86 | 57.78 | 59.40 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Teresė Nekrošaitė (LTU) | 58.28 | X | X | 58.28 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Genowefa Patla (POL) | X | 55.14 | 58.18 | 58.18 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Lee Young-Sun (KOR) | 55.10 | X | 54.54 | 55.10 m | |
| 12 | 23 | Paula Berry (USA) | 48.70 | X | 49.00 | 49.00 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Silke Renk (GER) | 67.24 | 62.08 | 65.34 | 65.62 | 65.62 | 68.34 | 68.34 m | |
| | Natalya Shikolenko (EUN) | 68.26 | 67.42 | X | X | X | X | 68.26 m | |
| | Karen Forkel (GER) | 65.02 | X | 62.76 | 65.84 | 66.86 | 66.80 | 66.86 m | |
| 4 | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | 63.58 | X | 62.60 | X | X | 59.80 | 63.58 m | |
| 5 | Trine Hattestad (NOR) | 59.52 | 58.52 | 63.54 | X | 59.70 | X | 63.54 m | |
| 6 | Heli Rantanen (FIN) | 62.34 | 59.62 | X | 58.02 | 61.36 | 58.76 | 62.34 m | |
| 7 | Petra Meier (GER) | X | 58.36 | 58.34 | X | 57.54 | 59.02 | 59.02 m | |
| 8 | Dulce García (CUB) | 54.56 | 58.00 | 58.26 | X | X | X | 58.26 m | |
| 9 | Yelena Svezhentseva (EUN) | 56.50 | 57.32 | 53.82 | | | | 57.32 m | |
| 10 | Kinga Zsigmond (HUN) | 56.54 | 54.78 | 55.16 | | | | 56.54 m | |
| 11 | Louise McPaul (AUS) | 54.92 | 56.00 | X | | | | 56.00 m | |
| 12 | Donna Mayhew (USA) | X | 55.68 | 54.36 | | | | 55.68 m | |