# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Women's javelin throw

The Women's javelin throw event at the 1998 European Championships was held on Wednesday August 19, 1998, in Budapest, Hungary. There were a total number of 20 participating athletes. The qualification round was staged on Tuesday August 18, with the mark set at 61.00 metres. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design).

## Medalists

| Gold | Tanja Damaske Germany (GER) |
| Silver | Tatyana Shikolenko Russia (RUS) |
| Bronze | Mikaela Ingberg Finland (FIN) |

## Schedule

* All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 18.08.1998 – 10:00h | 18.08.1998 – 11:40h |
| Final Round ||
| 19.08.1998 – 18:00h ||

## 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 1998 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 |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 3 | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 64.49 | | | 64.49 m |
| 2 | 4 | Trine Hattestad (NOR) | 62.55 | | | 62.55 m |
| 3 | 5 | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 62.01 | | | 62.01 m |
| 4 | 8 | Nikolett Szabó (HUN) | | | | 60.64 m |
| 5 | 10 | Ewa Rybak (POL) | | | | 60.34 m |
| 6 | 11 | Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) | | | | 60.26 m |
| 7 | 14 | Taina Uppa (FIN) | | | | 58.01 m |
| 8 | 16 | Dorte Barby (GER) | | | | 57.12 m |
| 9 | 19 | Nadine Auzeil (FRA) | | | | 52.21 m |
| — | — | Aysel Taş (TUR) | | | | NM |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance |
| 1 | 1 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 60.66 | 66.04 | | 66.04 m |
| 2 | 2 | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) | 60.53 | 65.14 | | 65.14 m |
| 3 | 6 | Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM) | 61.96 | | | 61.96 m |
| 4 | 7 | Heli Rantanen (FIN) | | | | 60.90 m |
| 5 | 9 | Tanja Damaske (GER) | | 60.63 | | 60.63 m |
| 6 | 12 | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | x | 57.31 | 59.85 | 59.85 m |
| 7 | 13 | Nikola Tomečková (CZE) | | | | 59.65 m |
| 8 | 15 | Nadiya Kobrin (UKR) | | | | 57.70 m |
| 9 | 17 | Agnes Preisinger (HUN) | | | | 55.92 m |
| 10 | 18 | Evfemija Štorga (SLO) | | | | 53.73 m |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Tanja Damaske (GER) | 69.10 | X | 62.24 | — | X | 64.51 | 69.10 m | |
| | Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS) | 65.66 | 58.33 | 64.04 | 61.10 | 63.93 | 66.92 | 66.92 m | |
| | Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) | 58.77 | 62.32 | 64.92 | X | 63.10 | X | 64.92 m | |
| 4 | Trine Hattestad (NOR) | 63.16 | X | X | X | 61.06 | 62.77 | 63.16 m | |
| 5 | Heli Rantanen (FIN) | 57.38 | 62.34 | 61.90 | 61.55 | — | X | 62.34 m | |
| 6 | Steffi Nerius (GER) | 60.53 | X | 62.08 | 60.01 | X | X | 62.08 m | |
| 7 | Claudia Coslovich (ITA) | 60.73 | 58.33 | X | 55.77 | X | X | 60.73 m | |
| 8 | Nikolett Szabó (HUN) | 58.95 | X | 59.05 | X | 59.76 | 60.56 | 60.56 m | |
| 9 | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE) | 58.65 | 56.53 | 56.13 | | | | 58.65 m | |
| 10 | Felicia Ţilea-Moldovan (ROM) | 58.30 | X | X | | | | 58.30 m | |
| 11 | Rita Ramanauskaitė (LTU) | 55.53 | 55.32 | 57.11 | | | | 57.11 m | |
| 12 | Ewa Rybak (POL) | 56.65 | 53.08 | X | | | | 56.65 m | |