| Event: | Women's javelin throw |
| Competition: | European Athletics Championships |
These are the official results of the Women’s javelin throw event at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland, held at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 11 and 12 August 1994. There were a total number of 22 participating athletes. All results were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design). The qualification mark was set at .
Trine Hattestad of Norway won the gold medal with a throw of .
| Gold |  Trine HattestadNorway (NOR) | |
| Silver | Karen Forkel Germany (GER) | |
| Bronze | Felicia Ţilea Romania (ROM) |
| 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 |
| Standing records prior to the 1994 European Athletics Championships | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80.00 m | September 9, 1988 | ||||
| 77.44 m | August 28, 1986 | ||||
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 64.28 m | ||||||
| 2 | 3 | 62.84 m | ||||||
| 3 | 4 | 60.16 m | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 59.64 m | ||||||
| 5 | 6 | 59.26 m | ||||||
| 6 | 7 | 58.18 m | ||||||
| 7 | 9 | 56.80 m | ||||||
| 8 | 13 | 55.12 m | ||||||
| 9 | 14 | 55.08 m | ||||||
| 10 | 21 | 51.26 m | ||||||
| 11 | 22 | 49.96 m | ||||||
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 1 | 64.46 m | ||||||
| 2 | 8 | 57.34 m | ||||||
| 3 | 10 | 56.14 m | ||||||
| 4 | 11 | 55.72 m | ||||||
| 5 | 12 | 55.66 m | ||||||
| 6 | 15 | 54.86 m | ||||||
| 7 | 16 | 54.26 m | ||||||
| 8 | 17 | 53.82 m | ||||||
| 9 | 18 | 53.28 m | ||||||
| 10 | 19 | 53.10 m | ||||||
| 11 | 20 | 53.06 m | ||||||
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| 65.18 | 63.66 | 66.42 | 65.12 | X | 68.00 | 68.00 m | ||||
| 65.26 | 59.68 | X | X | 59.28 | 66.10 | 66.10 m | ||||
| 64.34 | 62.40 | X | X | 59.78 | X | 64.34 m | ||||
| 4 | 62.90 m | |||||||||
| 5 | 61.54 m | |||||||||
| 6 | 61.32 m | |||||||||
| 7 | 59.74 m | |||||||||
| 8 | 57.76 m | |||||||||
| 9 | 57.52 m | |||||||||
| 10 | 57.20 m | |||||||||
| 11 | 56.92 m | |||||||||
| 12 | 56.06 m | |||||||||
According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
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