Athletics — Javelin Throw, Men

Times held 28
Total participants 564
Total countries 91

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1859 Javelin Throw, Men 2 1
1908 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 16 6
1912 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 25 7
1920 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 25 12
1924 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 29 15
1928 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 28 18
1932 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 13 7
1936 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 28 19
1948 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 23 15
1952 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 26 16
1956 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 21 12
1960 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 28 18
1964 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 25 15
1968 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 27 18
1972 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 23 15
1976 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 23 15
1980 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 18 11
1984 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 28 19
1988 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 38 22
1992 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 32 21
1996 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 34 21
2000 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 36 26
2004 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 33 23
2008 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 38 29
2012 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 44 31
2016 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 37 23
2020 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 32 22
2024 Javelin Throw, Men Olympic 32 23

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1908 Eric LemmingSWE Arne HalseNOR Otto NilssonSWE
1912 Eric LemmingSWE Julius SaaristoFIN Miklós KovácsHUN
1920 Jonni MyyräFIN Urho PeltonenFIN Paavo JohanssonFIN
1924 Jonni MyyräFIN Gunnar LindströmSWE Gene OberstUSA
1928 Erik LundqvistSWE Béla SzepesHUN Olav SundeNOR
1932 Matti JärvinenFIN Matti SippalaFIN Eino PenttiläFIN
1936 Gerhard StöckGER Yrjö NikkanenFIN Kalervo ToivonenFIN
1948 Tapio RautavaaraFIN Steve SeymourUSA József VárszegiHUN
1952 Cy YoungUSA Bill MillerUSA Toivo HyytiäinenFIN
1956 Egil DanielsenNOR Janusz SidłoPOL Viktor TsybulenkoURS
1960 Viktor TsybulenkoURS Walter KrügerGER Gergely KulcsárHUN
1964 Pauli NevalaFIN Gergely KulcsárHUN Jānis LūsisURS
1968 Jānis LūsisURS Jorma KinnunenFIN Gergely KulcsárHUN
1972 Klaus WolfermannFRG Jānis LūsisURS Bill SchmidtUSA
1976 Miklós NémethHUN Hannu SiitonenFIN Gheorghe MegeleaROU
1980 Dainis KūlaURS Aleksandr MakarovURS Wolfgang HanischGDR
1984 Arto HärkönenFIN Dave OttleyGBR Kenth EldebrinkSWE
1988 Tapio KorjusFIN Jan ŽeleznýTCH Seppo RätyFIN
1992 Jan ŽeleznýTCH Seppo RätyFIN Steve BackleyGBR
1996 Jan ŽeleznýCZE Steve BackleyGBR Seppo RätyFIN
2000 Jan ŽeleznýCZE Steve BackleyGBR Sergey MakarovRUS
2004 Andreas ThorkildsenNOR Vadims VasiļevskisLAT Sergey MakarovRUS
2008 Andreas ThorkildsenNOR Ainārs KovalsLAT Tero PitkämäkiFIN
2012 Keshorn WalcottTTO Antti RuuskanenFIN Vítězslav VeselýCZE
2016 Thomas RöhlerGER Julius YegoKEN Keshorn WalcottTTO
2020 Neeraj ChopraIND Jakub VadlejchCZE Vítězslav VeselýCZE
2024 Arshad NadeemPAK Neeraj ChopraIND Anderson PetersGRN

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Finland FIN 7 8 7 22
Soviet Union URS 3 2 2 7
Sweden SWE 3 1 2 6
Norway NOR 3 1 1 5
Czechia CZE 2 1 2 5
Germany GER 2 1 0 3
Hungary HUN 1 2 4 7
United States USA 1 2 2 5
Czechoslovakia TCH 1 1 0 2
India IND 1 1 0 2
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1 0 1 2
Pakistan PAK 1 0 0 1
West Germany FRG 1 0 0 1
Great Britain GBR 0 3 1 4
Latvia LAT 0 2 0 2
Kenya KEN 0 1 0 1
Poland POL 0 1 0 1
Russian Federation RUS 0 0 2 2
East Germany GDR 0 0 1 1
Grenada GRN 0 0 1 1
Romania ROU 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Jan Železný CZE
TCH
3 1 0 4
Jonni Myyrä FIN 2 0 0 2
Eric Lemming SWE 2 0 0 2
Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 2 0 0 2
Jānis Lūsis LAT
URS
1 1 1 3

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Afghanistan AFG 1960 Summer Olympics Abdul Wardak 28 r1/2 See all
Argentina ARG 2016 Summer Olympics Braian Toledo 10 See all
Armenia ARM 2008 Summer Olympics Melik Janoyan 37 r1/2 See all
Australia AUS 2008 Summer Olympics Jarrod Bannister 6 See all
Austria AUT 1968 Summer Olympics Walter Pektor 10 See all
Bahrain BRN 1992 Summer Olympics Youssef Ali Nesaif Boukhamas 31 r1/2 See all
Belarus BLR 2020 Summer Olympics Aliaksei Katkavets 6 See all
Belgium BEL 1920 Summer Olympics Adolphe Hauman 18 r1/2 See all
1928 Summer Olympics Jules Herremans 18 r1/2
Benin BEN 1980 Summer Olympics Inoussa Dangou 17 r1/2 See all
Brazil BRA 1932 Summer Olympics Heitor Medina 11 See all
2024 Summer Olympics Luiz Maurício da Silva 11
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Summer Olympics Stefan Stoykov 11 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Laslo Babits 8 See all
Cayman Islands CAY 1988 Summer Olympics Paul Hurlston 37 r1/2 See all
Chile CHI 1920 Summer Olympics Arturo Medina 16 r1/2 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1984 Summer Olympics Chen Hung-Yen 24 r1/2 See all
Colombia COL 2012 Summer Olympics Dayron Márquez 25 r1/2 See all
Croatia CRO 1992 Summer Olympics Ivan Mustapić 17 r1/2 See all
Cuba CUB 2000 Summer Olympics Emeterio González 8 See all
Czechia CZE 1996 Summer Olympics Jan Železný 1 Gold See all
2000 Summer Olympics Jan Železný 1 Gold
Czechoslovakia TCH 1992 Summer Olympics Jan Železný 1 Gold See all
Côte d'Ivoire CIV 1976 Summer Olympics Jacques Abehi Ayé 17 r1/2 See all
Denmark DEN 1920 Summer Olympics Oluf Petersen 19 r1/2 See all
East Germany GDR 1980 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Hanisch 3 Bronze See all
Egypt EGY 2020 Summer Olympics Ihab Abdelrahman 13 r1/2 See all
Estonia EST 1920 Summer Olympics Aleksander Klumberg 5 See all
Ethiopia ETH 1980 Summer Olympics Milkessa Chalchisa 18 r1/2 See all
Fiji FIJ 2012 Summer Olympics Leslie Copeland 12 r1/2 See all
Finland FIN 1920 Summer Olympics Jonni Myyrä 1 Gold See all
1924 Summer Olympics Jonni Myyrä 1 Gold
1932 Summer Olympics Matti Järvinen 1 Gold
1948 Summer Olympics Tapio Rautavaara 1 Gold
1964 Summer Olympics Pauli Nevala 1 Gold
1984 Summer Olympics Arto Härkönen 1 Gold
1988 Summer Olympics Tapio Korjus 1 Gold
France FRA 1956 Summer Olympics Michel Macquet 7 See all
Germany GER 1936 Summer Olympics Gerhard Stöck 1 Gold See all
2016 Summer Olympics Thomas Röhler 1 Gold
Ghana GHA 2016 Summer Olympics John Ampomah 19 r1/2 See all
Great Britain GBR 1984 Summer Olympics Dave Ottley 2 Silver See all
1996 Summer Olympics Steve Backley 2 Silver
2000 Summer Olympics Steve Backley 2 Silver
Grenada GRN 2024 Summer Olympics Anderson Peters 3 Bronze See all
Hungary HUN 1976 Summer Olympics Miklós Németh 1 Gold See all
Iceland ISL 1992 Summer Olympics Siggi Einarsson 5 See all
India IND 2020 Summer Olympics Neeraj Chopra 1 Gold See all
Iraq IRQ 1960 Summer Olympics Salah Abdul Hamid Majid 27 r1/2 See all
Ireland IRL 2000 Summer Olympics Terry McHugh 20 r1/2 See all
Israel ISR 1960 Summer Olympics Baruch Feinberg 24 r1/2 See all
1992 Summer Olympics Vadim Bavikin 24 r1/2
Italy ITA 1956 Summer Olympics Giovanni Lievore 6 See all
Japan JPN 1984 Summer Olympics Masami Yoshida 5 See all
Kenya KEN 2016 Summer Olympics Julius Yego 2 Silver See all
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA 1972 Summer Olympics Abdul Latif Al-Qahtani 22 r1/2 See all
Kuwait KUW 1988 Summer Olympics Ghanem Zaid 35 r1/2 See all
Kyrgyzstan KGZ 2000 Summer Olympics Dmitry Shnayder 35 r1/2 See all
Latvia LAT 2004 Summer Olympics Vadims Vasiļevskis 2 Silver See all
2008 Summer Olympics Ainārs Kovals 2 Silver
Lebanon LBN 1976 Summer Olympics Ghassan Faddoul 22 r1/2 See all
Lithuania LTU 2020 Summer Olympics Edis Matusevičius 14 r1/2 See all
Luxembourg LUX 1920 Summer Olympics Alex Servais 21 r1/2 See all
Malaysia MAS 1968 Summer Olympics Nashatar Singh Sidhu 23 r1/2 See all
Mexico MEX 1932 Summer Olympics Adolfo Clouthier 12 See all
Morocco MAR 1968 Summer Olympics Lahcen Samsam DNS See all
Netherlands NED 1936 Summer Olympics Jaap van der Poll 16 See all
New Zealand NZL 1928 Summer Olympics Stan Lay 7 r1/2 See all
Nicaragua NCA 1972 Summer Olympics Don Vélez 21 r1/2 See all
Nigeria NGR 2024 Summer Olympics Chinecherem Nnamdi 24 QR See all
Norway NOR 1956 Summer Olympics Egil Danielsen 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Andreas Thorkildsen 1 Gold
2008 Summer Olympics Andreas Thorkildsen 1 Gold
Pakistan PAK 2024 Summer Olympics Arshad Nadeem 1 Gold See all
Paraguay PAR 1996 Summer Olympics Edgar Baumann 20 r1/2 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 1996 Summer Olympics Zhang Lianbiao 11 See all
Peru PER 1948 Summer Olympics Luis Ganoza DNS See all
1948 Summer Olympics Jaime Piqueras DNS
Poland POL 1956 Summer Olympics Janusz Sidło 2 Silver See all
Portugal POR 2024 Summer Olympics Leandro Ramos 28 QR See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1976 Summer Olympics Amado Morales 12 See all
Qatar QAT 2016 Summer Olympics Ahmed Bader 30 r1/2 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1988 Summer Olympics Lee Uk-Jong 16 r1/2 See all
Republic of Moldova MDA 2020 Summer Olympics Andrian Mardare 7 See all
Romania ROU 1976 Summer Olympics Gheorghe Megelea 3 Bronze See all
Russian Federation RUS 2000 Summer Olympics Sergey Makarov 3 Bronze See all
2004 Summer Olympics Sergey Makarov 3 Bronze
Slovakia SVK 2000 Summer Olympics Marián Bokor 27 r1/2 See all
Slovenia SLO 2004 Summer Olympics Peter Zupanc 22 r1/2 See all
South Africa RSA 2004 Summer Olympics Hardus Pienaar 14 r1/2 See all
Soviet Union URS 1960 Summer Olympics Viktor Tsybulenko 1 Gold See all
1968 Summer Olympics Jānis Lūsis 1 Gold
1980 Summer Olympics Dainis Kūla 1 Gold
Spain ESP 1948 Summer Olympics Pedro Apellániz 18 r1/2 See all
Sri Lanka SRI 2016 Summer Olympics Sumeda Ranasinghe 36 r1/2 See all
Sweden SWE 1908 Summer Olympics Eric Lemming 1 Gold See all
1912 Summer Olympics Eric Lemming 1 Gold
1928 Summer Olympics Erik Lundqvist 1 Gold
Switzerland SUI 1964 Summer Olympics Urs von Wartburg 5 See all
Syrian Arab Republic SYR 1988 Summer Olympics Hafez El-Hussein 36 r1/2 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 2012 Summer Olympics Keshorn Walcott 1 Gold See all
Tunisia TUN 2000 Summer Olympics Maher Ridane 32 r1/2 See all
Türkiye TUR 2012 Summer Olympics Fatih Avan 19 r1/2 See all
Uganda UGA 1980 Summer Olympics Justin Arop 12 See all
Ukraine UKR 2016 Summer Olympics Dmytro Kosynskyi 5 See all
Unified Team EUN 1992 Summer Olympics Andrey Shevchuk 8 See all
United Republic of Tanzania TAN 1980 Summer Olympics Zakayo Malekwa 16 r1/2 See all
United States USA 1952 Summer Olympics Cy Young 1 Gold See all
Uzbekistan UZB 1996 Summer Olympics Sergey Voynov 24 r1/2 See all
2004 Summer Olympics Sergey Voynov 24 r1/2
Venezuela VEN 1952 Summer Olympics Brígido Iriarte 26 r1/2 See all
West Germany FRG 1972 Summer Olympics Klaus Wolfermann 1 Gold See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1952 Summer Olympics Branko Dangubić 5 See all