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Host City: Berlin, Germany

Format: Final only.

Date Started: August 2, 1936

Date Finished: August 2, 1936

(Competitors: 14; Countries: 10)

Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Imperial Sports Field, Berlin

Overview by IAAF

Bauma (45.71) and Krüger (45.27) were the leading throwers before the Games, with Lisa Gelius (45.22) the next best. However, Gelius finished only fifth in the German championships behind Fleischer’s 44.56. In the Olympics Kwaśniewska led after the first round with 41.80, but Fleischer then set an Olympic record of 44.69, which she extended to 45.18 in the penultimate round. Krüger moved into second with 43.29 in round 3, and Bauma just missed bronze with 41.66 in the same round.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The leading throwers in early 1936 were Austrian Herma Bauma, and Germans Luise Krüger and Lisa Gelius, although she was not chosen for the German team. The first round leader in Berlin was Maria Maria Kwaśniewska (POL) with 41.80 (137-1¾). Fleischer took over in the second round with a mark that would have won the gold medal (44.69 (146-7½)), although she surpassed it in round five with 45.18 (148-2¾). Krüger’s silver medal was sealed in round three with 43.29 (142-0½). Bauma placed fourth but would return in 1948 to win gold and also set two world records in 1947-48.

		Results

*Javelin Throw*	Women	Final	2 August

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	45.18	Tilly Fleischer	Germany	GER	24	OR
2	43.29	Lies Krüger	Germany	GER	21
3	41.80	Maria Kwaśniewska	Poland	POL	22
4	41.66	Herma Bauma	Austria	AUT	21
5	41.45	Sadako Yamamoto	Japan	JPN	21
6	41.37	Lydia Eberhardt	Germany	GER	23
7	37.35	Gertrude Wilhelmsen	United States	USA	23
8	36.93	Gien de Kock	Netherlands	NED	28
9	36.69	Martha Worst	United States	USA	25
10	33.69	Irja Lipasti	Finland	FIN	30
11	33.13	Jeanne Van Kesteren	Belgium	BEL	28
12	29.88	Jelica Stanojević	Yugoslavia	YUG	23
13	28.84	Betty Burch	United States	USA	25
14	27.80	Kathleen Connall	Great Britain	GBR	24

Detailed View

Final 15:00	Team	Dist.	1.	2.	3.	4.	5.	6.
1. Ottilie Fleischer	GER	45.18m	38.60	44.69	43.01	38.87	45.18	42.19
2. Luise Kruger	GER	43.29m	40.78	39.24	43.29	40.69	37.94	42.96
3. Maria Kwasniewska	POL	41.80m	41.80	38.49	39.75	39.45	40.10	37.77
4. Hermine Bauma	AUT	41.66m	33.42	38.43	41.66	40.15	39.90	39.73
5. Sadako Yamamoto	JPN	41.45m	40.88	38.44	41.18	39.52	41.24	41.45
6. Lydia Eberhardt	GER	41.37m	36.26	41.00	39.18	39.91	41.37	40.68
7. Wilhelmsen	USA	37.35m	32.91	31.84	37.35
8. de Kock	HOL	36.93m	36.93	34.77	35.03
9. Worst	USA	36.69m	35.86	36.69	35.80
10.Lipasti	FIN	33.69m	33.58	32.67	33.69
11.van Kesteren	BEL	33.13m	27.30	33.13	27.16
12.Stanojevic	YUG	29.88m	24.37	29.06	29.88
13.Burch	USA	28.84m	27.92	28.84	25.98
14.Connal	GBR	27.80m	27.80	26.53	26.98