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Women’s Javelin throw
Held at 22 Games, 1932–2024. Most golds: East Germany (3). Most medals: Barbora Špotáková (3). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals66
Delegations24on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Haruka Kitaguchi Japan | Jo-Ane van Dyk South Africa | Nikola Ogrodníková Czechia |
| 2020 Tokyo | Liu Shiying China | Maria Andrejczyk Poland | Kelsey-Lee Barber Australia |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Sara Kolak Croatia | Sunette Viljoen South Africa | Barbora Špotáková Czechia |
| 2012 London | Barbora Špotáková Czechia | Christina Obergföll Germany | Linda Stahl Germany |
| 2008 Beijing | Barbora Špotáková Czechia | Christina Obergföll Germany | Goldie Sayers Great Britain |
| 2004 Athens | Osleidys Menéndez Cuba | Steffi Nerius Germany | Mirela Manjani Greece |
| 2000 Sydney | Trine Hattestad Norway | Mirela Manjani Greece | Osleidys Menéndez Cuba |
| 1996 Atlanta | Heli Rantanen Finland | Louise McPaul Australia | Trine Hattestad Norway |
| 1992 Barcelona | Silke Renk Germany | Natalya Shikolenko Unified Team | Karen Forkel Germany |
| 1988 Seoul | Petra Felke East Germany | Fatima Whitbread Great Britain | Beate Koch East Germany |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Tessa Sanderson Great Britain | Tiina Lillak Finland | Fatima Whitbread Great Britain |
| 1980 Moscow | María Caridad Colón Cuba | Saida Gunba Soviet Union | Ute Hommola East Germany |
| 1976 Montreal | Ruth Fuchs East Germany | Marion Becker West Germany | Kate Schmidt United States |
| 1972 Munich | Ruth Fuchs East Germany | Jacqueline Todten East Germany | Kate Schmidt United States |
| 1968 Mexico City | Angéla Németh Hungary | Mihaela Peneș Romania | Eva Janko Austria |
| 1964 Tokyo | Mihaela Peneş Romania | Márta Rudas Hungary | Yelena Gorchakova Soviet Union |
| 1960 Rome | Elvīra Ozoliņa Soviet Union | Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia | Birutė Kalėdienė Soviet Union |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Inese Jaunzeme Soviet Union | Marlene Ahrens Chile | Nadezhda Konyayeva Soviet Union |
| 1952 Helsinki | Dana Zátopková Czechoslovakia | Aleksandra Chudina Soviet Union | Yelena Gorchakova Soviet Union |
| 1948 London | Herma Bauma Austria | Kaisa Parviainen Finland | Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby Denmark |
| 1936 Berlin | Tilly Fleischer Germany | Luise Krüger Germany | Maria Kwaśniewska Poland |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Babe Didrikson United States | Ellen Braumüller Germany | Tilly Fleischer Germany |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Germany | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 3 | Soviet Union | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 4 | Czechia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Finland | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Hungary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Romania | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | United States | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |