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			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			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						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