Summer Games Gold Medal Winners: Javelin Throw
Updated September 27, 2017 |
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1932 | Mildred Didrikson, United States | 143 ft 4 in |
1936 | Tilly Fleischer, Germany | 148 ft 2.75 in |
1948 | Herma Bauma, Austria | 149 ft 6 in |
1952 | Dana Zatopek, Czechoslovakia | 165 ft 7 in |
1956 | Inessa Janzeme, USSR | 176 ft 8 in |
1960 | Elvira Ozolina, USSR | 183 ft 8 in |
1964 | Mihaela Penes, Romania | 198 ft 7.5 in |
1968 | Angela Nemeth, Hungary | 198 ft |
1972 | Ruth Fuchs, East Germany | 209 ft 7 in |
1976 | Ruth Fuchs, East Germany | 216 ft 4 in |
1980 | Maria Colon, Cuba | 224 ft 5 in |
1984 | Tessa Sanderson, Britain | 228 ft 2 in |
1988 | Petra Felke, East Germany | 245 ft |
1992 | Silke Renke, Germany | 224 ft 2.5 in |
1996 | Heli Rantanen, Finland | 222 ft 11 in |
2000 | Trine Hattestad, Norway | 226 ft 1 in |
2004 | Osleidys Menendez, Cuba | 234 ft 8.14 in |
2008 | Barbora Spotakova, Czech Republic | 234 ft 3.81 in |
Discus Throw | Track and Field–Women | Hammer Throw |