# 1994 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women’s javelin throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1994. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design). The qualification mark was set at 61.00 metres (200.13 ft).
Trine Hattestad of Norway won the gold medal with a throw of 68.00 metres (223.10 ft).

## Medalists

| Gold | Trine Hattestad Norway (NOR) |
| Silver | Karen Forkel Germany (GER) |
| Bronze | Felicia Ţilea Romania (ROM) |

## 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 1994 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 |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Notes |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Karen Forkel (GER) | | | | 64.28 m | |
| 2 | 3 | Felicia Ţilea (ROM) | | | | 62.84 m | |
| 3 | 4 | Claudia Isăilă (ROM) | | | | 60.16 m | |
| 4 | 5 | Jette Jeppesen (DEN) | | | | 59.64 m | |
| 5 | 6 | Antoaneta Selenska (BUL) | | | | 59.26 m | |
| 6 | 7 | Kinga Zsigmond (HUN) | | | | 58.18 m | |
| 7 | 9 | Silke Gast (GER) | | | | 56.80 m | |
| 8 | 13 | Nadine Auzeil (FRA) | | | | 55.12 m | |
| 9 | 14 | Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) | | | | 55.08 m | |
| 10 | 21 | Shelley Holroyd (GBR) | | | | 51.26 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Mirela Manjani (ALB) | | | | 49.96 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Notes |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Trine Hattestad (NOR) | | | | 64.46 m | |
| 2 | 8 | Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) | | | | 57.34 m | |
| 3 | 10 | Tanja Damaske (GER) | | | | 56.14 m | |
| 4 | 11 | Nathalie Teppe (FRA) | | | | 55.72 m | |
| 5 | 12 | Taina Uppa (FIN) | | | | 55.66 m | |
| 6 | 15 | Yekaterina Ivakina (RUS) | | | | 54.86 m | |
| 7 | 16 | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | | | | 54.26 m | |
| 8 | 17 | Sharon Gibson (GBR) | | | | 53.82 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Päivi Alafrantti (FIN) | | | | 53.28 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | | | | 53.10 m | |
| 11 | 20 | Martine Bègue (FRA) | | | | 53.06 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Trine Hattestad (NOR) | 65.18 | 63.66 | 66.42 | 65.12 | X | 68.00 | 68.00 m | |
| | Karen Forkel (GER) | 65.26 | 59.68 | X | X | 59.28 | 66.10 | 66.10 m | |
| | Felicia Ţilea (ROM) | 64.34 | 62.40 | X | X | 59.78 | X | 64.34 m | |
| 4 | Silke Gast (GER) | | | | | | | 62.90 m | |
| 5 | Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) | | | | | | | 61.54 m | |
| 6 | Tanja Damaske (GER) | | | | | | | 61.32 m | |
| 7 | Kinga Zsigmond (HUN) | | | | | | | 59.74 m | |
| 8 | Antoaneta Selenska (BUL) | | | | | | | 57.76 m | |
| 9 | Nathalie Teppe (FRA) | | | | | | | 57.52 m | |
| 10 | Taina Uppa (FIN) | | | | | | | 57.20 m | |
| 11 | Claudia Isăilă (ROM) | | | | | | | 56.92 m | |
| 12 | Jette Jeppesen (DEN) | | | | | | | 56.06 m | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (3)
* France (3)
* Germany (3)
* Hungary (1)
* Italy (1)
* Lithuania (1)
* Norway (1)
* Romania (2)
* Russia (1)
* United Kingdom (2)