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Gold medal winning distances in the men's and women's javelin throw at the Summer Olympics from 1908 to 2024 (in meters)

Year	Men	Women
Paris 2024	92.97	65.8
Tokyo 2020	87.58	66.34
Rio 2016	90.3	66.18
London 2012	84.58	69.55
Beijing 2008	90.57	71.42
Athens 2004	86.5	71.53
Sydney 2000	90.17	68.91
Atlanta 1996	88.16	67.94
Barcelona 1992	89.66	68.34
Seoul 1988	84.28	74.68
Los Angeles 1984	86.76	69.56
Moscow 1980	91.2	68.4
Montreal 1976	94.58	65.94
Munich 1972	90.48	63.88
Mexico City 1968	90.1	60.36
Tokyo 1964	82.66	60.54
Rome 1960	84.64	55.98
Melbourne 1956	85.71	53.86
Helsinki 1952	73.78	50.47
London 1948	69.77	45.57
Berlin 1936	71.84	45.18
Los Angeles 1932	72.71	43.68
Amsterdam 1928	66.6	-
Paris 1924	62.96	-
Antwerp 1920	65.78	-
Stockholm 1912	60.64	-
London 1908	54.83	-

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2024

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1908 to 2024

Supplementary notes

This data was collected using the official Olympic.org site, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (), and data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).

The winning athletes (male listed first) and their represented countries are as follows:
1908 - Eric Lemming (Sweden)
1912 - Eric Lemming (Sweden)
1920 - Jonni Myyrä (Finland)
1924 - Jonni Myyrä (Finland)
1928 - Erik Lundqvist (Sweden)
1932 - Matti Järvinen (Finland) & Mildred Didrikson (US)
1936 - Gerhard Stöck (Germany) & Tilly Fleischer (Germany)
1948 - Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) & Herma Bauma (Austria)
1952 - Cy Young (US) & Dana Ingrova-Zatopkova (Czechoslovakia)
1956 - Egil Danielsen (Denmark) & Inese Juanzeme (Soviet Union)
1960 - Viktor Tsybulenko (Soviet Union) & Elvira Ozolina (Soviet Union)
1964 - Pauli Nevala (Finland) & Mihaela Penes (Romania)
1968 - Yanis Lusis (Soviet Union) & Angela Nemeth (Hungary)
1972 - Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) & Ruth Fuchs (East Germany)
1976 - Miklos Nemeth (Hungary) & Ruth Fuchs (East Germany)
1980 - Dainis Kula (Soviet Union) & Maria Colon (Cuba)
1984 - Arto Härkönen (Finland) & Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain)
1988 - Tapio Korjus (Finland) & Petra Felke (East Germany)
1992 - Jan Zeleny (Czechoslovakia) & Silke Renk (Germany)
1996 - Jan Zeleny (Czechia) & Heli Rantanen (Finland)
2000 - Jan Zeleny (Czechia) & Trine Hattestad (Norway)
2004 - Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) & Osleidys Menendez (Cuba)
2008 - Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) & Barbora Spotakova (Czechia)
2012 - Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago) & Barbora Spotakova (Czechia)
2016 - Thomas Rohler (Germany) & Sara Kolak (Croatia)
2020 - Neeraj Chopra (India) & Shiying Liu (China)
2024��- Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) & Haruka Kitaguchi (Japan)

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The javelin throw was added to the men's Summer Olympic roster in the 1908 Olympic Games in London, while the women's event first appeared in the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. After a number of modifications and restrictions in the last century, including a change in shaft material and a repositioning in the javelin’s center of gravity, all men’s records set before 1986 were nullified. Likewise, there were similar changes in the women’s event in the 1990s. As of 2024, the men’s and women’s records stood at 92.97 and 71.53 meters, respectively.

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Pre-1986, the Olympic record for the men’s javelin throw had been set by Hungarian Moklos Nemeth at the Montreal 1976 Olympics, reaching 94.58 meters. Meanwhile, the post-1986 Olympic record was set by Pakistan’s Arshad at Paris 2024. This marked the very first time Pakistan claimed a medal in the event, with Finland having the most gold medals and medals overall as of 2024. In the women’s event, the Olympic record set at Athens 2004 by Osleidys Menendez of Cuba was only one of two women’s records set at that edition of the Games.

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