# 1995 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. There were a total number of 31 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday August 8, 1995. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

## Medalists

| Gold | Natalya Shikolenko Belarus (BLR) |
| Silver | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan Romania (ROM) |
| Bronze | Mikaela Ingberg Finland (FIN) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 06.08.1995 – 09:45h | 06.08.1995 – 11:15h |
| Final Round ||
| 08.08.1995 – 17:35h ||

## 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 1995 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 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 68.42 m | June 25, 1995 | Villeneuve d'Ascq, France |

## Qualification

* Held on Sunday 1995-08-06
| RANK | GROUP A | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) | 65.64 m |
| 2. | Tanja Damaske (GER) | 62.82 m |
| 3. | Yekaterina Krasnikova (RUS) | 61.52 m |
| 4. | Renata Strašek (SLO) | 60.26 m |
| 5. | Isel Lopez (CUB) | 60.04 m |
| 6. | Joanna Stone (AUS) | 59.52 m |
| 7. | Silke Renk (GER) | 58.86 m |
| 8. | Kinga Zsigmond (HUN) | 57.86 m |
| 9. | Tang Lishuang (CHN) | 56.98 m |
| 10. | Claudia Isaila (ROM) | 55.84 m |
| 11. | Taina Uppa (FIN) | 54.38 m |
| 12. | Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) | 54.14 m |
| 13. | Donna Mayhew (USA) | 53.10 m |
| 14. | Aysel Taş (TUR) | 49.20 m |
| 15. | Maka Obolashvili (GEO) | 43.98 m |
| RANK | GROUP B | DISTANCE |
| 1. | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 62.62 m |
| 2. | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (ALB) | 62.40 m |
| 3. | Jette Jeppesen (DEN) | 61.96 m |
| 4. | Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROM) | 61.52 m |
| 5. | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 60.72 m |
| 6. | Heli Rantanen (FIN) | 60.34 m |
| 7. | Louise McPaul (AUS) | 59.30 m |
| 8. | Laverne Eve (BAH) | 58.78 m |
| 9. | Xiomara Rivero (CUB) | 58.32 m |
| 10. | Nikola Tomecková (CZE) | 57.98 m |
| 11. | Nadine Auzeil-Schoellkopf (FRA) | 56.80 m |
| 12. | Oksana Ovchinnikova (RUS) | 56.74 m |
| 13. | Nicole Carroll (USA) | 55.32 m |
| 14. | Agnes Preisinger (HUN) | 54.00 m |
| 15. | Kate Farrow (AUS) | 49.24 m |
| 16. | Ketut Mudiani (INA) | 40.92 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
| | Natalya Shikolenko (BLR) | 66.48 | 63.58 | X | X | 65.46 | 67.56 | 67.56 m |
| | Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM) | 62.34 | 60.98 | 59.64 | 65.22 | X | X | 65.22 m |
| | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 61.82 | 59.54 | 60.12 | 65.16 | X | X | 65.16 m |
| 4 | Heli Rantanen (FIN) | 55.44 | 59.66 | X | 59.10 | 62.96 | 65.04 | 65.04 m |
| 5 | Joanna Stone (AUS) | 59.14 | X | 61.46 | 58.50 | 57.80 | 63.74 | 63.74 m |
| 6 | Tanja Damaske (GER) | 62.32 | X | 60.42 | X | 59.64 | X | 62.32 m |
| 7 | Isel Lopez (CUB) | 54.30 | X | 60.80 | X | X | X | 60.80 m |
| 8 | Yekaterina Krasnikova (RUS) | 59.82 | 56.06 | 58.64 | 55.28 | X | X | 59.82 m |
| 9 | Renata Strašek (SLO) | X | 59.10 | X | | | | 59.10 m |
| 10 | Jette Jeppesen (DEN) | 58.48 | X | 58.84 | | | | 58.84 m |
| 11 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 56.50 | 52.98 | 55.28 | | | | 56.50 m |
| 12 | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (ALB) | X | 55.56 | 55.50 | | | | 55.56 m |