| Final 17:30 | Distance | | | 1. Dana Zátopková |  TCH | 56.02m | AR | | 2. Birutė Zalogaitytė |  URS | 51.30m | | | 3. Jutta Neumann |  FRG | 50.50m | | | 4. Eleonora Bogun | URS | 49.88m | | | 5. Maria Grabowska |  POL | 49.77m | | | 6. Urszula Figwer | POL | 49.48m | | | 7. Maria Diţi |  ROU | 49.03m | | | 8. Almut Brömmel | FRG | 48.85m | | | 9. Ingrid Almqvist |  SWE | 46.90m | | | 10.Liselotte Kipp | FRG | 46.89m | | | 11.Tamara Tsvetkova | URS | 45.52m | | | 12.Cmiljka Kalušević |  YUG | 45.42m | | | 13.Irena Starzyńska | POL | 45.10m | | | 14.Averil Williams |  GBR | 44.04m | |
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| History Women Javelin Throw | | World Record: Anna Wojtaszek-Pazera (AUS) 57.49m | | European Record: Zatopkova (TCH) 55.73m | | Championship Record: Zatopkova (TCH) 52.91m - 1954 |
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Qualification - Tuesday 19.08 15:00 | | mark 43.00m - 14 Athletes passed the mark. |
| Ranking | Dist. | | | 1. Almut Brömmel | FRG | 49.96m | Q | | 2. Ingrid Almqvist | SWE | 49.49m | Q | | 3. Dana Zátopková | TCH | 49.29m | Q | | 4. Birutė Zalogaitytė | URS | 49.14m | Q | | 5. Urszula Figwer | POL | 47.55m | Q | | 6. Jutta Neumann | FRG | 47.02m | Q | | 7. Eleonora Bogun | URS | 46.95m | Q | | 8. Liselotte Kipp | FRG | 46.85m | Q | | 9. Maria Grabowska | POL | 46.68m | Q | | 10.Irena Starzyńska | POL | 45.11m | Q | | 11.Tamara Tsvetkova | URS | 44.35m | Q | | 12.Averil Williams | GBR | 43.96m | Q | | 13.Maria Diţi | ROU | 43.86m | Q | | 14.Cmiljka Kalušević | YUG | 43.10m | Q | | eliminated | | 15.Lise Kock |  DEN | 41.60m | | | 16.Unn Thorvaldsen |  NOR | 39.28m | | | -. Antal | HUN | | |
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