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Javelin throw
at the World Athletics Championships
Overview
GenderMen and women
Years heldMen: 19832023
Women: 19832023
Championship record
MenJan Železný 92.80 m (2001)
WomenOsleidys Menéndez 71.70 m (2005)
Reigning champion
Men Neeraj Chopra (IND)
Women Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN)

The javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983.

Age records

Distinction Male Female
Athlete Age Date Athlete Age Date
Youngest champion  Marius Corbett (RSA) 21 years, 313 days 5 Aug 1997  Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 21 years, 265 days 6 Aug 2001
Youngest medalist  Jan Železný (CZE) 21 years, 75 days 30 Aug 1987  Mikaela Ingberg (FIN) 21 years, 10 days 8 Aug 1995
Youngest finalist  Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) 19 years, 79 days 12 Aug 2001  Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 17 years, 268 days 9 Aug 1997
Youngest participant  Kim Jae-sang (KOR) 18 years, 340 days 29 Aug 1987  Liang Lili (CHN) 15 years 283 days 26 Aug 1999
Oldest champion  Jan Železný (CZE) 35 years, 57 days 12 Aug 2001  Steffi Nerius (GER) 37 years, 48 days 18 Aug 2009
Oldest medalist  Jan Železný (CZE) 35 years, 57 days 12 Aug 2001  Steffi Nerius (GER) 37 years, 48 days 18 Aug 2009
Oldest finalist  Peter Blank (GER) 41 years, 193 days 31 Aug 2003  Laverne Eve (BAH) 40 years, 59 days 14 Aug 2005
Oldest participant  Peter Blank (GER) 41 years, 193 days 31 Aug 2003  Laverne Eve (BAH) 42 years, 74 days 29 Aug 2007

Medalists

Men

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details
 Detlef Michel (GDR)  Tom Petranoff (USA)  Dainis Kūla (URS)
1987 Rome
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 Seppo Räty (FIN)  Viktor Yevsyukov (URS)  Jan Železný (TCH)
1991 Tokyo
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 Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)  Seppo Räty (FIN)  Vladimir Sasimovich (URS)
1993 Stuttgart
details
 Jan Železný (CZE)  Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN)  Mick Hill (GBR)
1995 Gothenburg
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 Jan Železný (CZE)  Steve Backley (GBR)  Boris Henry (GER)
1997 Athens
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 Marius Corbett (RSA)  Steve Backley (GBR)  Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE)
1999 Seville
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 Aki Parviainen (FIN)  Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE)  Jan Železný (CZE)
2001 Edmonton
details
 Jan Železný (CZE)  Aki Parviainen (FIN)  Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE)
2003 Saint-Denis
details
 Sergey Makarov (RUS)  Andrus Värnik (EST)  Boris Henry (GER)
2005 Helsinki
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 Andrus Värnik (EST)  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)  Sergey Makarov (RUS)
2007 Osaka
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 Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)  Breaux Greer (USA)
2009 Berlin
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 Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)  Guillermo Martínez (CUB)  Yukifumi Murakami (JPN)
2011 Daegu
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 Matthias de Zordo (GER)  Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)  Guillermo Martínez (CUB)
2013 Moscow
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 Vítězslav Veselý (CZE)  Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)  Dmitriy Tarabin (RUS)
2015 Beijing
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 Julius Yego (KEN)  Ihab Abdelrahman (EGY)  Tero Pitkämäki (FIN)
2017 London
details
 Johannes Vetter (GER)  Jakub Vadlejch (CZE)  Petr Frydrych (CZE)
2019 Doha
details
 Anderson Peters (GRN)  Magnus Kirt (EST)  Johannes Vetter (GER)
2022 Eugene
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 Anderson Peters (GRN)  Neeraj Chopra (IND)  Jakub Vadlejch (CZE)
2023 Budapest
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 Neeraj Chopra (IND)  Arshad Nadeem (PAK)  Jakub Vadlejch (CZE)

Medalists by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Finland (FIN)4419
2 Czech Republic (CZE)4149
3 Germany (GER)2035
4 Grenada (GRN)2002
5 Norway (NOR)1304
6 Estonia (EST)1203
7 India (IND)1102
8 Russia (RUS)1023
9 East Germany (GDR)1001
 Kenya (KEN)1001
 South Africa (RSA)1001
12 Great Britain (GBR)0213
13 Greece (GRE)0123
 Soviet Union (URS)0123
15 Cuba (CUB)0112
 United States (USA)0112
17 Egypt (EGY)0101
 Pakistan (PAK)0101
19 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
Totals (20 entries)19191957

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Period Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Jan Železný  Czechoslovakia (TCH)
 Czech Republic (CZE)
1987-2001 3 0 2 5
2 Anderson Peters  Grenada (GRN) 2019-2022 2 0 0 2
3 Andreas Thorkildsen  Norway (NOR) 2005-2011 1 3 0 4
4 Tero Pitkämäki  Finland (FIN) 2007-2015 1 1 1 3
5 Seppo Räty  Finland (FIN) 1987-1991 1 1 0 2
Kimmo Kinnunen  Finland (FIN) 1991-1993 1 1 0 2
Aki Parviainen  Finland (FIN) 1999-2001 1 1 0 2
Andrus Värnik  Estonia (EST) 2003-2005 1 1 0 2
Neeraj Chopra  India (IND) 2022-2023 1 1 0 2
10 Johannes Vetter  Germany (GER) 2017-2019 1 0 1 2
11 Steve Backley  Great Britain (GBR) 1995-1997 0 2 0 2
12 Konstadinos Gatsioudis  Greece (GRE) 1997-2001 0 1 2 3
Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic (CZE) 2017-2023 0 1 2 3
14 Guillermo Martínez  Cuba (CUB) 2009-2011 0 1 1 2
15 Boris Henry  Germany (GER) 1995-2003 0 0 2 2

Women

Championships Gold Silver Bronze
1983 Helsinki
details
 Tiina Lillak (FIN)  Fatima Whitbread (GBR)  Anna Verouli (GRE)
1987 Rome
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 Fatima Whitbread (GBR)  Petra Felke-Meier (GDR)  Beate Peters (FRG)
1991 Tokyo
details
 Xu Demei (CHN)  Petra Felke-Meier (GER)  Silke Renk (GER)
1993 Stuttgart
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 Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR)  Karen Forkel (GER)  Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)
1995 Gothenburg
details
 Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)  Felicia Țilea-Moldovan (ROU)  Mikaela Ingberg (FIN)
1997 Athens
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 Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR)  Joanna Stone (AUS)  Tanja Damaske (GER)
1999 Seville
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 Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)  Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)  Trine Solberg-Hattestad (NOR)
2001 Edmonton
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 Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)  Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (GRE)  Sonia Bisset (CUB)
2003 Saint-Denis
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 Mirela Maniani (GRE)  Tatyana Shikolenko (RUS)  Steffi Nerius (GER)
2005 Helsinki
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 Osleidys Menéndez (CUB)  Christina Obergföll (GER)  Steffi Nerius (GER)
2007 Osaka
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 Barbora Špotáková (CZE)  Christina Obergföll (GER)  Steffi Nerius (GER)
2009 Berlin[2]
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 Steffi Nerius (GER)  Barbora Špotáková (CZE)  Monica Stoian (ROM)
2011 Daegu[3]
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 Barbora Špotáková (CZE)  Sunette Viljoen (RSA)  Christina Obergföll (GER)
2013 Moscow
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 Christina Obergföll (GER)  Kim Mickle (AUS)  Mariya Abakumova (RUS)
2015 Beijing
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 Katharina Molitor (GER)  Lü Huihui (CHN)  Sunette Viljoen (RSA)
2017 London
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 Barbora Špotáková (CZE)  Li Lingwei (CHN)  Lü Huihui (CHN)
2019 Doha
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 Kelsey-Lee Barber (AUS)  Liu Shiying (CHN)  Lü Huihui (CHN)
2022 Eugene
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 Kelsey-Lee Barber (AUS)  Kara Winger (USA)  Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN)
2023 Budapest
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 Haruka Kitaguchi (JPN)  Flor Ruiz (COL)  Mackenzie Little (AUS)

Medalists by country

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany (GER)34613
2 Czech Republic (CZE)3104
3 Australia (AUS)2215
4 Greece (GRE)2114
5 Cuba (CUB)2013
 Norway (NOR)2013
7 China (CHN)1326
8 Great Britain (GBR)1102
9 Belarus (BLR)1012
 Finland (FIN)1012
 Japan (JPN)1012
12 Russia (RUS)0224
13 South Africa (RSA)0112
14 Colombia (COL)0101
 East Germany (GDR)0101
 Romania (ROU)0101
 United States (USA)0101
18 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (18 entries)19191957

Multiple medalists

Rank Athlete Nation Period Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Barbora Špotáková  Czech Republic (CZE) 2007-2017 3 0 0 3
2 Trine Solberg-Hattestad  Norway (NOR) 1993-1999 2 1 0 3
Mirena Maniani  Greece (GRE) 1999-2003 2 1 0 3
4 Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba (CUB) 2001-2005 2 0 0 2
Kelsey-Lee Barber  Australia (AUS) 2019-2022 2 0 0 2
6 Christina Obergföll  Germany (GER) 2005-2013 1 2 1 4
7 Fatima Whitbread  Great Britain (GBR) 1983-1987 1 1 0 2
8 Steffi Nerius  Germany (GER) 2003-2009 1 0 3 4
9 Natalya Shikolenko  Belarus (BLR) 1993-1995 1 0 1 2
Haruka Kitaguchi  Japan (JPN) 2022-2023 1 0 1 2
11 Petra Felke-Meier  East Germany (GDR)
 Germany (GER)
1987-1991 0 2 0 2
Tatyana Shikolenko  Russia (RUS) 1999-2003 0 2 0 2
13 Lü Huihui  China (CHN) 2015-2019 0 1 2 3
14 Sunette Viljoen  South Africa (RSA) 2011-2015 0 1 1 2

Combined medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Czech Republic (CZE)72413
2 Germany (GER)54918
3 Finland (FIN)54211
4 Norway (NOR)3317
5 Greece (GRE)2237
6 Australia (AUS)2215
7 Cuba (CUB)2125
8 Grenada (GRN)2002
9 China (CHN)1326
10 Great Britain (GBR)1315
11 Russia (RUS)1247
12 Estonia (EST)1203
13 South Africa (RSA)1113
14 East Germany (GDR)1102
 India (IND)1102
16 Japan (JPN)1023
17 Belarus (BLR)1012
18 Kenya (KEN)1001
19 United States (USA)0213
20 Soviet Union (URS)0123
21 Colombia (COL)0101
 Egypt (EGY)0101
 Pakistan (PAK)0101
 Romania (ROU)0101
25 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (26 entries)383838114

Championship record progression

Men

Old model (up until 1986-06-01)[4]
Mark Athlete Nation Year Round Date
88.86 m Klaus Tafelmeier  West Germany (FRG) 1983 Qualification 1983-08-10
90.40 m Detlef Michel  East Germany (GDR) 1983 Qualification 1983-08-10
Renewed model (1986-06-01 – 1991-11-18)[4]
Mark Athlete Nation Year Round Date
82.10 m Viktor Yevsyukov  Soviet Union (URS) 1987 Qualification 1987-08-29
82.20 m Jan Železný  Czechoslovakia (TCH) 1987 Final 1987-08-30
82.32 m Seppo Räty  Finland (FIN) 1987 Final 1987-08-30
82.52 m Viktor Yevsyukov  Soviet Union (URS) 1987 Final 1987-08-30
83.54 m Seppo Räty  Finland (FIN) 1987 Final 1987-08-30
90.82 m Kimmo Kinnunen  Finland (FIN) 1991 Final 1991-08-26
Current model (1991-11-18 – present)[4]
Mark Athlete Nation Year Round Date
74.10 m Colin MacKenzie  Great Britain (GBR) 1993 Qualification 1993-08-15
81.04 m Dmitriy Polyunin  Uzbekistan (UZB) 1993 Qualification 1993-08-15
83.22 m Jan Železný  Czech Republic (CZE) 1993 Qualification 1993-08-15
84.78 m Kimmo Kinnunen  Finland (FIN) 1993 Final 1993-08-16
85.98 m Jan Železný  Czech Republic (CZE) 1993 Final 1993-08-16
87.60 m Boris Henry  Germany (GER) 1995 Final 1993-08-13
89.58 m Jan Železný  Czech Republic (CZE) 1995 Final 1993-08-13
91.31 m Aki Parviainen  Finland (FIN) 2001 Final 2001-08-12
92.80 m Jan Železný  Czech Republic (CZE) 2001 Final 2001-08-12

Women

Old model (up until 1999-04-01)[5]
Mark Athlete Nation Year Round Date
64.80 m Tessa Sanderson  Great Britain (GBR) 1983 Qualification 1983-08-12
68.50 m Anna Verouli  Greece (GRE) 1983 Qualification 1983-08-12
69.16 m Tiina Lillak  Finland (FIN) 1983 Qualification 1983-08-12
70.82 m Tiina Lillak  Finland (FIN) 1983 Final 1983-08-13
73.16 m Fatima Whitbread  Great Britain (GBR) 1987 Final 1987-09-06
76.64 m Fatima Whitbread  Great Britain (GBR) 1987 Final 1987-09-06
Current model (1999-04-01 – present)[5]
Mark Athlete Nation Year Round Date
61.78 m Tatyana Shikolenko  Russia (RUS) 1999 Qualification 1999-08-26
62.07 m Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba (CUB) 1999 Qualification 1999-08-26
62.67 m Trine Solberg-Hattestad  Norway (NOR) 1999 Qualification 1999-08-26
63.83 m Oksana Ovchinnikova  Russia (RUS) 1999 Qualification 1999-08-26
64.61 m Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba (CUB) 1999 Final 1999-08-28
66.06 m Trine Solberg-Hattestad  Norway (NOR) 1999 Final 1999-08-28
66.33 m Mirela Tzelili  Greece (GRE) 1999 Final 1999-08-28
67.09 m Mirela Tzelili  Greece (GRE) 1999 Final 1999-08-28
69.53 m Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba (CUB) 2001 Final 2001-08-06
71.70 m Osleidys Menéndez  Cuba (CUB) 2005 Final 2005-08-14
71.99 m1 Maria Abakumova  Russia (RUS) 2011 Final 2011-09-02

1Subsequently disqualified after failing a doping test.

See also

References

  1. ^ "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org: 42–45.
  2. ^ Original bronze medalist Russian Mariya Abakumova was later disqualified for failing retests of samples
  3. ^ Original gold medalist Russian Mariya Abakumova was later disqualified for failing retests of samples
  4. ^ a b c Main > Men's Javelin Throw > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
  5. ^ a b Main > Women's javelin throw > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.

Bibliography

  • Butler, Mark (2023). World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 Statistics Book. World Athletics.