Final Distance 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 1. Martina Opitz-Hellmann 71.62m CR 71.08 68.90 69.66 71.62 X 67.86 2. Diana Sachse-Gansky 70.12m 66.64 67.50 70.12 68.78 65.42 X 3. Tsvetanka Khristova 68.82m 63.72 66.10 65.38 63.36 68.82 68.80 4. Ilke Wyludda 68.20m 68.20 62.60 62.06 67.64 67.06 67.44 5. Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas 66.58m 64.86 65.44 65.48 65.58 X 66.58 6. Zdenka Silhava 64.82m 64.34 64.82 X 64.46 64.03 63.88 7. Larisa Mikhalchenko 64.72m 64.18 64.72 59.72 63.66 60.68 63.54 8. Mariana Lengyel 62.30m 62.30 59.28 59.54 X 58.14 60.86 9. Maritza Marten 62.00m 10.Larisa Korotkevich 60.74m 11.Renata Katewicz 58.22m -. Connie Price-Smith NM X X X
Hellmann (née Opitz) became the first athlete to retain a world title. She did so emphatically: with the first throw of the final, she set a championship record of 71.08. This she improved to 71.62 in the fourth round. The only other 70m throw of the contest was by Gansky in the third. Mark 62.50m - 7 Athletes passed and 5 more were added to Final.
Group A Distance Rk. 1. Diana Sachse-Gansky 63.64m 5. 2. Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas 62.80m 6. 3. Larisa Mikhalchenko 62.52m 7. 4. Maritza Marten 60.40m 9. 5. Connie Price-Smith 59.90m 10. 6. Mariana Lengyel 59.72m 11. 7. Anne Paavolainen-Kansakangas 57.10m 16. 8. Hourun Yu 56.70m 17. 9. Nabila Mouelhi 45.94m 20. 10.Hanane Ahmed Khaled 42.64m 21. 11.Dorie Cortejo 40.98m 22. 12.Morgyn Warner 38.56m 23.
Group B Distance Rk. 1. Ilke Wyludda 68.40m 1. 2. Tsvetanka Khristova 66.86m 2. 3. Martina Opitz-Hellmann 66.80m 3. 4. Zdenka Silhava 64.64m 4. 5. Larisa Korotkevich 60.48m 8. 6. Renata Katewicz 58.88m 12. 7. Carol Cady 58.50m 13. 8. Xuemei Hou 58.26m 14. 9. Anne Salak-Khorina 57.76m 15. 10.Maria Isabel Urrutia 53.94m 18. 11.Maria Marello 52.74m 19.
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