Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships
Javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships | |
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![]() Sunette Viljoen competing at the 2011 championships | |
Overview | |
Gender | Men and women |
Years held | Men: 1983 – 2023 Women: 1983 – 2023 |
Championship record | |
Men | Jan Železný 92.80 m (2001) |
Women | Osleidys Menéndez 71.70 m (2005) |
Reigning champion | |
Men | ![]() |
Women | ![]() |
The javelin throw at the World Athletics Championships has been contested by both men and women since the inaugural edition in 1983. The competition format typically has one qualifying round contested by two groups of athletes, with all those clearing the automatic qualifying distance or placing in top twelve overall advancing to the final round.
Overall, the Czech Republic has been the most successful nation in the event, winning 7 gold medals in total and 13 medals overall. Germany has won the most medals out of any country, with 18 medals in total, including 5 golds. Norway is the only country aside from the Czech Republic and Germany to have won gold medals in both the men's and the women's event. Finland has seen significant success in the men's event, topping the men's medal table with 4 golds and 9 medals overall.
Jan Železný is the most successful and most decorated athlete in the event, having won 5 medals in total, including 3 golds. His compatriot Barbora Špotáková is the most successful female athlete, with 3 medals in total, all of them gold.Christina Obergföll and Steffi Nerius are the most decorated female athletes, with 4 medals in total.
The championship records for the event are 92.80 m for men, set by Železný in 2001, and 71.70 m for women, set by Osleidys Menéndez in 2015.
Additionally, Menéndez' championship record throw was also the only time the world record was broken at the championships.
Age records
[edit]- All information from World Athletics.[1]
Distinction | Male | Female | ||||
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Athlete | Age | Date | Athlete | Age | Date | |
Youngest champion | ![]() |
21 years, 313 days | 5 Aug 1997 | ![]() |
21 years, 265 days | 6 Aug 2001 |
Youngest medalist | ![]() |
21 years, 75 days | 30 Aug 1987 | ![]() |
21 years, 10 days | 8 Aug 1995 |
Youngest finalist | ![]() |
19 years, 79 days | 12 Aug 2001 | ![]() |
17 years, 268 days | 9 Aug 1997 |
Youngest participant | ![]() |
18 years, 340 days | 29 Aug 1987 | ![]() |
15 years 283 days | 26 Aug 1999 |
Oldest champion | ![]() |
35 years, 57 days | 12 Aug 2001 | ![]() |
37 years, 48 days | 18 Aug 2009 |
Oldest medalist | ![]() |
35 years, 57 days | 12 Aug 2001 | ![]() |
37 years, 48 days | 18 Aug 2009 |
Oldest finalist | ![]() |
41 years, 193 days | 31 Aug 2003 | ![]() |
40 years, 59 days | 14 Aug 2005 |
Oldest participant | ![]() |
41 years, 193 days | 31 Aug 2003 | ![]() |
42 years, 74 days | 29 Aug 2007 |
Medalists
[edit]Men
[edit]Medalists by country
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (20 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Multiple medalists
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Jan Železný | ![]() ![]() |
1987-2001 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Anderson Peters | ![]() |
2019-2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Andreas Thorkildsen | ![]() |
2005-2011 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Tero Pitkämäki | ![]() |
2007-2015 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | Seppo Räty | ![]() |
1987-1991 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Kimmo Kinnunen | ![]() |
1991-1993 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Aki Parviainen | ![]() |
1999-2001 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Andrus Värnik | ![]() |
2003-2005 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Neeraj Chopra | ![]() |
2022-2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
10 | Sergey Makarov | ![]() |
2003-2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Johannes Vetter | ![]() |
2017-2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | Steve Backley | ![]() |
1995-1997 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
13 | Konstadinos Gatsioudis | ![]() |
1997-2001 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Jakub Vadlejch | ![]() |
2017-2023 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
15 | Guillermo Martínez | ![]() |
2009-2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
16 | Boris Henry | ![]() |
1995-2003 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Women
[edit]Medalists by country
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
3 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
12 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
13 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
18 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (18 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 |
Multiple medalists
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | Period | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Barbora Špotáková | ![]() |
2007-2017 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Trine Solberg-Hattestad | ![]() |
1993-1999 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Mirena Maniani | ![]() |
1999-2003 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Osleidys Menéndez | ![]() |
2001-2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Kelsey-Lee Barber | ![]() |
2019-2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | Christina Obergföll | ![]() |
2005-2013 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Fatima Whitbread | ![]() |
1983-1987 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | Steffi Nerius | ![]() |
2003-2009 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
9 | Natalya Shikolenko | ![]() |
1993-1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Haruka Kitaguchi | ![]() |
2022-2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
11 | Petra Felke-Meier | ![]() ![]() |
1987-1991 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Tatyana Shikolenko | ![]() |
1999-2003 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
13 | Lü Huihui | ![]() |
2015-2019 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
14 | Sunette Viljoen | ![]() |
2011-2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Combined medal table
[edit]Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 |
4 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
5 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
8 | ![]() | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
12 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
13 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
14 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
17 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
18 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
19 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
20 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
21 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
25 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (26 entries) | 38 | 38 | 38 | 114 |
Championship record progression
[edit]Men
[edit]Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
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88.86 m | Klaus Tafelmeier | ![]() |
1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-10 |
90.40 m | Detlef Michel | ![]() |
1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-10 |
Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
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82.10 m | Viktor Yevsyukov | ![]() |
1987 | Qualification | 1987-08-29 |
82.20 m | Jan Železný | ![]() |
1987 | Final | 1987-08-30 |
82.32 m | Seppo Räty | ![]() |
1987 | Final | 1987-08-30 |
82.52 m | Viktor Yevsyukov | ![]() |
1987 | Final | 1987-08-30 |
83.54 m | Seppo Räty | ![]() |
1987 | Final | 1987-08-30 |
90.82 m | Kimmo Kinnunen | ![]() |
1991 | Final | 1991-08-26 |
Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
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74.10 m | Colin MacKenzie | ![]() |
1993 | Qualification | 1993-08-15 |
81.04 m | Dmitriy Polyunin | ![]() |
1993 | Qualification | 1993-08-15 |
83.22 m | Jan Železný | ![]() |
1993 | Qualification | 1993-08-15 |
84.78 m | Kimmo Kinnunen | ![]() |
1993 | Final | 1993-08-16 |
85.98 m | Jan Železný | ![]() |
1993 | Final | 1993-08-16 |
87.60 m | Boris Henry | ![]() |
1995 | Final | 1993-08-13 |
89.58 m | Jan Železný | ![]() |
1995 | Final | 1993-08-13 |
91.31 m | Aki Parviainen | ![]() |
2001 | Final | 2001-08-12 |
92.80 m | Jan Železný | ![]() |
2001 | Final | 2001-08-12 |
Women
[edit]Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
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64.80 m | Tessa Sanderson | ![]() |
1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-12 |
68.50 m | Anna Verouli | ![]() |
1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-12 |
69.16 m | Tiina Lillak | ![]() |
1983 | Qualification | 1983-08-12 |
70.82 m | Tiina Lillak | ![]() |
1983 | Final | 1983-08-13 |
73.16 m | Fatima Whitbread | ![]() |
1987 | Final | 1987-09-06 |
76.64 m | Fatima Whitbread | ![]() |
1987 | Final | 1987-09-06 |
Mark | Athlete | Nation | Year | Round | Date |
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61.78 m | Tatyana Shikolenko | ![]() |
1999 | Qualification | 1999-08-26 |
62.07 m | Osleidys Menéndez | ![]() |
1999 | Qualification | 1999-08-26 |
62.67 m | Trine Solberg-Hattestad | ![]() |
1999 | Qualification | 1999-08-26 |
63.83 m | Oksana Ovchinnikova | ![]() |
1999 | Qualification | 1999-08-26 |
64.61 m | Osleidys Menéndez | ![]() |
1999 | Final | 1999-08-28 |
66.06 m | Trine Solberg-Hattestad | ![]() |
1999 | Final | 1999-08-28 |
66.33 m | Mirela Tzelili | ![]() |
1999 | Final | 1999-08-28 |
67.09 m | Mirela Tzelili | ![]() |
1999 | Final | 1999-08-28 |
69.53 m | Osleidys Menéndez | ![]() |
2001 | Final | 2001-08-06 |
71.70 m WR | Osleidys Menéndez | ![]() |
2005 | Final | 2005-08-14 |
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1Subsequently disqualified after failing a doping test.[6]
Best performances
[edit]Top ten furthest World Championship throws1
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1Does not include ancillary marks
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "World Athletics Championships - Budapest 23 Statistical Booklet" (PDF). www.worldathletics.org: 42–45.
- ^ Original bronze medalist Russian Mariya Abakumova was later disqualified for failing retests of samples
- ^ Original gold medalist Russian Mariya Abakumova was later disqualified for failing retests of samples
- ^ a b c Main > Men's Javelin Throw > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
- ^ a b Main > Women's javelin throw > World Championships Records Progression. Track and Field Brinkster. Retrieved on 2024-10-08.
- ^ "Tatyana Lebedeva and Maria Abakumova stripped of World Championship medals for doping violations". Sky Sports. 2018-09-05. Retrieved 2018-09-14.
- ^ "Men's javelin throw".
- ^ "Women's javelin throw". Archived from the original on 2024-04-23. Retrieved 2024-04-23.
Bibliography
[edit]- Butler, Mark (2023). World Athletics Championships Budapest 2023 Statistics Book. World Athletics.