1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw

Medalists

Gold	Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba
Silver	Nikolett Szabó  Hungary
Bronze	Bina Ramesh  France

Results

Final

23 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	54.58	58.14	56.56	60.96	x	52.86	60.96
	Nikolett Szabó	Hungary	56.42	55.76	55.86	58.34	x	x	58.34
	Bina Ramesh	France	55.50	53.46	53.26	55.62	x	57.70	57.70
4	Nora Bicet	Cuba	53.08	53.52	54.52	x	55.52	x	55.52
5	Elizabeta Randjelovic	Slovenia	52.24	50.80	54.72	53.50	54.38	x	54.72
6	Chu Chunxia	China	50.40	49.60	51.52	51.56	52.60	53.86	53.86
7	Sarah Walter	France	50.64	49.00	42.78	51.80	52.86	x	52.86
8	Andrea Gránicz	Hungary	43.36	50.84	48.84	x	52.80	43.58	52.80
9	Laila Bergskas	Norway	50.42	49.66	x				50.42
10	Sabina Moya	Colombia	49.60	48.52	50.40				50.40
11	Veera Oksanen	Finland	x	x	49.98				49.98
12	Yan Guoxiang	China	46.76	49.40	49.82				49.82

Qualifications

21 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Nikolett Szabó	Hungary	46.68	55.66	-	55.66	Q
2	Osleidys Menéndez	Cuba	x	55.28	-	55.28	Q
3	Sarah Walter	France	51.90	54.34	-	54.34	Q
4	Chu Chunxia	China	48.62	54.34	-	54.34	Q
5	Laila Bergskas	Norway	52.40	49.08	48.96	52.40	q
6	Elizabeta Randjelovic	Slovenia	x	48.72	51.16	51.16	q
7	Åsa Lindberg	Finland	49.50	45.60	x	49.50
8	Esther Eisenlauer	Germany	48.62	x	x	48.62
9	Katarzyna Trojanowska	Poland	48.48	x	47.50	48.48
10	Cecilia McIntosh	Australia	44.18	47.24	44.68	47.24
11	Evguenia Sytcheva	Russia	47.10	46.50	x	47.10

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Nora Bicet	Cuba	x	56.02	-	56.02	Q
2	Sabina Moya	Colombia	55.06	-	-	55.06	Q
3	Veera Oksanen	Finland	54.40	-	-	54.40	Q
4	Bina Ramesh	France	48.98	x	54.22	54.22	Q
5	Yan Guoxiang	China	51.18	51.02	x	51.18	q
6	Andrea Gránicz	Hungary	50.84	49.80	50.06	50.84	q
7	Doreen Günther	Germany	x	49.46	50.54	50.54
8	Monika Kolodziejska	Poland	48.24	48.50	50.08	50.08
9	Moonika Aava	Estonia	46.22	49.44	45.70	49.44
10	Denika Kisty	United States	38.48	42.14	47.02	47.02
11	Park Ho-hyun	South Korea	36.88	41.66	44.42	44.42
12	Lindy Leveaux	Seychelles	36.70	39.06	36.42	39.06

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 16 countries participated in the event.