# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's javelin throw event at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, Germany. There were a total number of 21 participating athletes. The final was held on Thursday August 8, 2002, and the qualifying round on Tuesday August 6, 2002 with the mark set at 61.00 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mirela Manjani Greece (GRE) |
| Silver | Steffi Nerius Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Mikaela Ingberg Finland (FIN) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 06.08.2002 – 09:00 | 06.08.2002 – 10:20 |
| Final Round ||
| 08.08.2002 – 19:45 ||

## 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 2002 European Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) | 71.54 m | July 1, 2001 | Rethymno, Greece |
| Event Record | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | 77.44 m | August 28, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Broken records during the 2002 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Event Record | Mirela Manjani (GRE) | 67.47 m | August 8, 2002 | Munich, Germany |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 2 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | | | | 60.27 m |
| 2 | 3 | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | | | | 59.60 m |
| 3 | 5 | Ageliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) | | | | 58.51 m |
| 4 | 8 | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | | | | 55.90 m |
| 5 | 11 | Nikolett Szabó (HUN) | | | | 55.30 m |
| 6 | 13 | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | | | | 54.27 m |
| 7 | 14 | Nikola Tomečková (CZE) | | | | 53.88 m |
| 8 | 15 | Sarah Walter (FRA) | | | | 53.34 m |
| 9 | 20 | Jana Trakmann (EST) | | | | 47.18 m |
| — | — | Inga Jakubaityte (LTU) | X | X | X | NM |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Mirela Manjani (GRE) | | | | 61.09 m |
| 2 | 4 | Felicia Moldovan (ROM) | | | | 58.90 m |
| 3 | 6 | Kelly Morgan (GBR) | | | | 56.90 m |
| 4 | 7 | Taina Kolkkala (FIN) | | | | 56.01 m |
| 5 | 9 | Paula Huhtaniemi (FIN) | | | | 55.69 m |
| 6 | 10 | Elisabetta Marin (ITA) | | | | 55.52 m |
| 7 | 12 | Inga Kožarenoka (LAT) | | | | 55.20 m |
| 8 | 16 | Khrystyna Klyshchevska (UKR) | | | | 51.77 m |
| 9 | 17 | Barbora Špotáková (CZE) | | | | 51.71 m |
| 10 | 18 | Christina Scherwin (DEN) | | | | 50.51 m |
| 11 | 19 | Dörthe Friedrich (GER) | | | | 49.46 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Mirela Manjani (GRE) | 60.77 | 67.47 | 63.19 | X | 60.71 | — | 67.47 m | CR |
| | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 61.76 | X | 64.09 | 63.12 | 61.81 | X | 64.09 m | |
| | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | X | 61.03 | 61.33 | X | — | 63.50 | 63.50 m | |
| 4 | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 62.57 | 60.83 | 62.17 | 62.31 | X | 63.24 | 63.24 m | |
| 5 | Aggeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE) | 63.14 | 61.79 | X | 59.93 | X | 57.86 | 63.14 m | |
| 6 | Elisabetta Marin (ITA) | 54.30 | 52.51 | 60.12 | X | 52.52 | 52.95 | 60.12 m | |
| 7 | Taina Kolkkala (FIN) | 59.66 | x | 59.81 | 59.23 | X | X | 59.81 m | |
| 8 | Nikolett Szabó (HUN) | 58.88 | 59.22 | 59.28 | X | X | X | 59.28 m | |
| 9 | Felicia Moldovan (ROM) | 58.88 | X | X | | | | 58.88 m | |
| 10 | Paula Huhtaniemi (FIN) | 53.16 | 56.24 | X | | | | 56.24 m | |
| 11 | Inga Kožarenoka (LAT) | 55.28 | X | X | | | | 55.28 m | |
| 12 | Kelly Morgan (GBR) | 52.49 | 53.89 | X | | | | 53.89 m | |