Athletics — Javelin Throw, Women

Times held 22
Total participants 350
Total countries 75

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1932 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 8 4
1936 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 14 10
1948 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 15 10
1952 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 21 13
1956 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 19 12
1960 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 20 14
1964 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 16 10
1968 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 16 11
1972 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 19 10
1976 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 15 10
1980 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 21 14
1984 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 24 16
1988 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 29 18
1992 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 25 17
1996 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 32 23
2000 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 35 27
2004 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 45 31
2008 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 54 40
2012 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 41 28
2016 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 31 20
2020 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 30 20
2024 Javelin Throw, Women Olympic 32 24

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1932 Babe DidriksonUSA Ellen BraumüllerGER Tilly FleischerGER
1936 Tilly FleischerGER Lies KrügerGER Maria KwaśniewskaPOL
1948 Herma BaumaAUT Kaisa ParviainenFIN Lily CarlstedtDEN
1952 Dana ZátopkováTCH Aleksandra ChudinaURS Yelena GorchakovaURS
1956 Inese JaunzemeURS Marlene AhrensCHI Nadezhda KonyayevaURS
1960 Elvīra OzoliņaURS Dana ZátopkováTCH Birutė KalėdienėURS
1964 Mihaela PeneșROU Márta Antal-RudasHUN Yelena GorchakovaURS
1968 Angéla NémethHUN Mihaela PeneșROU Eva JankoAUT
1972 Ruth FuchsGDR Jacqueline TodtenGDR Kate SchmidtUSA
1976 Ruth FuchsGDR Marion BeckerFRG Kate SchmidtUSA
1980 María ColónCUB Saida GunbaURS Ute HommolaGDR
1984 Tessa SandersonGBR Tiina LillakFIN Fatima WhitbreadGBR
1988 Petra FelkeGDR Fatima WhitbreadGBR Beate KochGDR
1992 Silke RenkGER Natallia ShykalenkaEUN Karen ForkelGER
1996 Heli RantanenFIN Louise McPaulAUS Trine HattestadNOR
2000 Trine HattestadNOR Mirela Maniani-TzeliliGRE Osleidys MenéndezCUB
2004 Osleidys MenéndezCUB Steffi NeriusGER Mirela ManianiGRE
2008 Barbora ŠpotákováCZE Christina ObergföllGER Goldie SayersGBR
2012 Barbora ŠpotákováCZE Christina ObergföllGER Linda StahlGER
2016 Sara KolakCRO Sunette ViljoenRSA Barbora ŠpotákováCZE
2020 Liu ShiyingCHN Maria AndrejczykPOL Kelsey-Lee BarberAUS
2024 Haruka KitaguchiJPN Jo-Ané van DykRSA Nikola OgrodníkováCZE

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
East Germany GDR 3 1 2 6
Germany GER 2 5 3 10
Soviet Union URS 2 2 4 8
Czechia CZE 2 0 2 4
Cuba CUB 2 0 1 3
Finland FIN 1 2 0 3
Great Britain GBR 1 1 2 4
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 1 0 2
Hungary HUN 1 1 0 2
Romania ROU 1 1 0 2
United States USA 1 0 2 3
Austria AUT 1 0 1 2
Norway NOR 1 0 1 2
Croatia CRO 1 0 0 1
Japan JPN 1 0 0 1
People's Republic of China CHN 1 0 0 1
South Africa RSA 0 2 0 2
Australia AUS 0 1 1 2
Greece GRE 0 1 1 2
Poland POL 0 1 1 2
Chile CHI 0 1 0 1
Unified Team EUN 0 1 0 1
West Germany FRG 0 1 0 1
Denmark DEN 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Barbora Špotáková CZE 2 0 1 3
Ruth Fuchs GDR 2 0 0 2
Mihaela Peneș ROU 1 1 0 2
Dana Ingrová-Zátopková CZE
TCH
1 1 0 2
Tilly Fleischer GER 1 0 1 2
Trine Solberg-Hattestad NOR 1 0 1 2
Osleidys Menéndez CUB 1 0 1 2

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Albania ALB 1996 Summer Olympics Mirela Manjani 24 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 2004 Summer Olympics Romina Maggi 43 r1/2 See all
Armenia ARM 2012 Summer Olympics Kristine Harutyunyan 36 See all
Australia AUS 1996 Summer Olympics Louise McPaul 2 Silver See all
Austria AUT 1948 Summer Olympics Herma Bauma 1 Gold See all
Belarus BLR 2016 Summer Olympics Tatsiana Khaladovich 5 See all
Belgium BEL 1936 Summer Olympics Jeanne Van Kesteren 11 See all
Bermuda BER 1984 Summer Olympics Sonia Smith 20 r1/2 See all
Brazil BRA 2020 Summer Olympics Jucilene Lima 15 r1/2 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1972 Summer Olympics Lyuba Mollova 4 See all
Cameroon CMR 1980 Summer Olympics Agnès Tchuinté 17 r1/2 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Agnès Tchuinté 17 r1/2
Canada CAN 2012 Summer Olympics Liz Gleadle 10 See all
Chile CHI 1956 Summer Olympics Marlene Ahrens 2 Silver See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Lee Hui-Cheng 21 r1/2 See all
Colombia COL 2024 Summer Olympics Flor Ruiz 5 See all
Croatia CRO 2016 Summer Olympics Sara Kolak 1 Gold See all
Cuba CUB 1980 Summer Olympics María Colón 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Osleidys Menéndez 1 Gold
Cyprus CYP 2008 Summer Olympics Alexandra Tsisiou 44 r1/2 See all
Czechia CZE 2008 Summer Olympics Barbora Špotáková 1 Gold See all
2012 Summer Olympics Barbora Špotáková 1 Gold
Czechoslovakia TCH 1952 Summer Olympics Dana Zátopková 1 Gold See all
Denmark DEN 1948 Summer Olympics Lily Carlstedt 3 Bronze See all
East Germany GDR 1972 Summer Olympics Ruth Fuchs 1 Gold See all
1976 Summer Olympics Ruth Fuchs 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Petra Felke 1 Gold
Estonia EST 2016 Summer Olympics Liina Laasma 20 r1/2 See all
Finland FIN 1996 Summer Olympics Heli Rantanen 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1964 Summer Olympics Michèle Demys 10 See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Tilly Fleischer 1 Gold See all
1992 Summer Olympics Silke Renk 1 Gold
Great Britain GBR 1984 Summer Olympics Tessa Sanderson 1 Gold See all
Greece GRE 2000 Summer Olympics Mirela Maniani-Tzelili 2 Silver See all
Hungary HUN 1968 Summer Olympics Angéla Németh 1 Gold See all
Iceland ISL 2012 Summer Olympics Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir 9 See all
India IND 2020 Summer Olympics Annu Rani Dharayan 29 r1/2 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Annu Rani Dharayan 29
Italy ITA 1952 Summer Olympics Ada Turci 11 See all
Jamaica JAM 2000 Summer Olympics Olivia McKoy 21 r1/2 See all
Japan JPN 2024 Summer Olympics Haruka Kitaguchi 1 Gold See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Tatyana Sudarikova 35 r1/2 See all
Latvia LAT 2012 Summer Olympics Madara Palameika 7 See all
Lithuania LTU 2020 Summer Olympics Liveta Jasiūnaitė 7 See all
Malta MLT 1984 Summer Olympics Jennifer Pace 23 r1/2 See all
Mexico MEX 1932 Summer Olympics María Uribe 7 See all
Netherlands NED 1948 Summer Olympics Jo Teunissen-Waalboer 5 See all
New Zealand NZL 1992 Summer Olympics Kirsten Smith 17 r1/2 See all
Nicaragua NCA 2004 Summer Olympics Dalila Rugama 40 r1/2 See all
Norway NOR 2000 Summer Olympics Trine Hattestad 1 Gold See all
Papua New Guinea PNG 1984 Summer Olympics Iammogapi Launa DNS See all
Paraguay PAR 2012 Summer Olympics Leryn Franco 32 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2020 Summer Olympics Liu Shiying 1 Gold See all
Peru PER 1980 Summer Olympics Patty Guerrero 20 r1/2 See all
Poland POL 2020 Summer Olympics Maria Andrejczyk 2 Silver See all
Portugal POR 2008 Summer Olympics Sílvia Cruz 23 r1/2 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1996 Summer Olympics Lee Yeong-Seon 15 r1/2 See all
Romania ROU 1964 Summer Olympics Mihaela Peneș 1 Gold See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Tatyana Shikolenko 7 See all
Saint Lucia LCA 2008 Summer Olympics Erma-Gene Evans 29 r1/2 See all
Samoa SAM 1996 Summer Olympics Iloai Suaniu 32 r1/2 See all
Serbia SRB 2024 Summer Olympics Adriana Vilagoš 13 See all
Seychelles SEY 2008 Summer Olympics Lindy Agricole 28 r1/2 See all
Slovenia SLO 2016 Summer Olympics Martinka Ratej 18 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 2016 Summer Olympics Sunette Viljoen 2 Silver See all
2024 Summer Olympics Jo-Ané van Dyk 2 Silver
Soviet Union URS 1956 Summer Olympics Inese Jaunzeme 1 Gold See all
1960 Summer Olympics Elvīra Ozoliņa 1 Gold
Spain ESP 2024 Summer Olympics Yulenmis Aguilar 6 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1992 Summer Olympics Vijitha Amerasekera 24 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 1956 Summer Olympics Ingrid Almqvist 5 See all
Switzerland SUI 1988 Summer Olympics Denise Thiémard 9 See all
Thailand THA 2008 Summer Olympics Buoban Pamang 27 r1/2 See all
The Bahamas BAH 2004 Summer Olympics Laverne Eve 6 See all
Tunisia TUN 2004 Summer Olympics Aïda Sellam 24 r1/2 See all
Türkiye TUR 2020 Summer Olympics Eda Tuğsuz 4 See all
Ukraine UKR 2004 Summer Olympics Tetiana Liakhovych 8 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Natallia Shykalenka 2 Silver See all
United States USA 1932 Summer Olympics Babe Didrikson 1 Gold See all
Uruguay URU 1952 Summer Olympics Estrella Puente 10 See all
Uzbekistan UZB 2012 Summer Olympics Anastasiya Svechnikova 33 See all
Venezuela VEN 2008 Summer Olympics María González 47 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1976 Summer Olympics Marion Becker 2 Silver See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1972 Summer Olympics Nataša Urbančič 5 See all