# Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw

The Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California had an entry list of 29 competitors, with two qualifying groups (29 throwers) before the final (12) took place on Monday August 6, 1984. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 60.00 metres advanced to the final. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

## Medalists

| Gold | Tessa Sanderson Great Britain |
| Silver | Tiina Lillak Finland |
| Bronze | Fatima Whitbread Great Britain |

## Abbreviations

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

## Records

Standing records prior to the 1984 Summer Olympics :
| World Record | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | 74.76 m | June 13, 1983 | Tampere, Finland |
| Olympic Record | María Caridad Colón (CUB) | 68.40 m | July 25, 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Broken records during the 1984 Summer Olympics |||||
| Olympic Record | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | 69.56 m | August 6, 1984 | Los Angeles, United States |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | X | X | 65.30 | 65.30 m | |
| 2 | 2 | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | 63.30 | — | — | 63.30 m | |
| 3 | 7 | Karin Smith (USA) | 61.38 | — | — | 61.38 m | |
| 4 | 9 | Ingrid Thyssen (FRG) | 60.86 | — | — | 60.86 m | |
| 5 | 10 | Tuula Laaksalo (FIN) | 59.64 | 60.42 | — | 60.42 m | |
| 6 | 11 | Petra Rivers (AUS) | 54.28 | 59.12 | — | 59.12 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Emi Matsui (JPN) | 55.92 | 57.72 | 55.94 | 57.72 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Fausta Quintavalla (ITA) | 56.48 | 57.66 | 55.66 | 57.66 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Agnès Tchuinté (CMR) | 55.94 | X | 51.86 | 55.94 m | |
| 10 | 18 | Lynda Sutfin (USA) | 55.70 | 51.36 | 55.92 | 55.92 m | |
| 11 | 21 | Lee Hui-cheng (TPE) | 51.18 | 52.46 | 49.54 | 52.46 m | |
| 12 | 22 | Íris Grönfeldt (ISL) | 47.34 | 48.70 | 48.16 | 48.70 m | |
| 13 | 23 | Jennifer Pace (MLT) | 47.92 | X | 47.68 | 47.92 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Trine Solberg (NOR) | 62.68 | — | — | 62.68 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Helena Laine (FIN) | X | 61.80 | — | 61.80 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | 61.58 | — | — | 61.58 m | |
| 4 | 6 | Beate Peters (FRG) | 61.56 | — | — | 61.56 m | |
| 5 | 8 | Sharon Gibson (GBR) | 60.88 | — | — | 60.88 m | |
| 6 | 12 | Cathy Sulinski (USA) | 54.32 | X | 59.00 | 59.00 m | |
| 7 | 13 | Regula Egger (SUI) | 56.32 | 57.80 | 57.88 | 57.88 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Minori Mori (JPN) | 46.66 | 56.60 | X | 56.60 m | |
| 9 | 19 | Zhu Hongyang (CHN) | 53.18 | 50.98 | X | 53.18 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Sonia Smith (BER) | 51.48 | X | 52.74 | 52.74 m | |
| — | — | Anna Verouli (GRE) | 57.72 | X | 58.62 | DSQ | |
| — | — | Iamo Launa (PNG) | — | — | — | DNS | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | 69.56 | 66.56 | 63.68 | 64.84 | 66.86 | 64.10 | 69.56 m | OR |
| | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | 61.14 | 69.00 | X | X | X | X | 69.00 m | |
| | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | 64.52 | 65.42 | X | 65.82 | 67.14 | X | 67.14 m | |
| 4 | Tuula Laaksalo (FIN) | 56.42 | 61.36 | X | 66.40 | 59.64 | 65.72 | 66.40 m | |
| 5 | Trine Solberg (NOR) | 64.52 | 60.90 | X | X | X | X | 64.52 m | |
| 6 | Ingrid Thyssen (FRG) | 61.12 | 63.26 | 55.64 | 55.96 | 60.42 | 56.26 | 63.26 m | |
| 7 | Beate Peters (FRG) | 61.84 | 59.90 | X | 61.24 | 57.98 | 62.34 | 62.34 m | |
| 8 | Karin Smith (USA) | 60.54 | X | 55.92 | 59.14 | X | 62.06 | 62.06 m | |
| 9 | Sharon Gibson (GBR) | 54.96 | X | 59.66 | | | | 59.66 m | |
| 10 | Cathy Sulinski (USA) | 54.26 | 58.38 | X | | | | 58.38 m | |
| 11 | Helena Laine (FIN) | X | X | 58.18 | | | | 58.18 m | |
| 12 | Petra Rivers (AUS) | 55.66 | 56.20 | X | | | | 56.20 m | |