Tero Pitkämäki from Finland throwing javelin

Javelin throw is a separate event in light athletics, and also an event of the men’s decathlon and the women’s heptathlon. Sweden’s Eric Lemming, who threw his first world best (49.32 meters) in 1899 and ruled the event from 1902 to 1912, was the first dominant javelin thrower. Here below you see a list of the most successful javelin throwers, both male and female. Some of whom have in a similar way dominated the discipline, but perhaps not in as many years.

Note also that distinction must be made between the old and the new throws and world records, since in 1986 the javelin’s center of gravity was changed. This was done for two reasons: 1) in order to have the javelin land more vertically for easier measuring and 2) in order for the longest throws land within the safety area of stadiums. The old implement javelin is shortened here OIJ.

The current world record in javelin in bold red.

MALE JAVELIN THROWERS

1879-0226 Otto Nilsson* OB 1908 - PB 47.10 1907 – Gothenburg, Sweden (1960/81)

1880-0222 Eric Lemming* OGx2 - PB 62.32 1912, ratified by the IAAF as the first official world record – Gothenburg, Sweden (1930/50)
1885-0108 Mór Kóczán* OB 1912 - PB 59.71 1914 – Kocs, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (1972/87)
1887-1020 Arne Halse* OS 1908 - PB 51.98 1912 – Kristiansund, Norway (1975/87)

1891-0721 Julius Saaristo* OS 1912 – PB 62.85 1920 - Tampere, GD of Finland (1969/78)
1892-0713 Jonni Myyrä* OGx2 – PB 68.55 1925 - Savitaipale, Viipuri, GD of Finland (1955/62)
1893-0115 Urho Peltonen* OS 1920 - PB 64.35 1916 – Nurmes, GD of Finland (1951/57)
1895-1021 Paavo Johansson* OB 1920 – Helsinki, GD of Finland (1983/88)
1896-0211 Gunnar Lindström* OS 1924 - PB 67.77 1928 – Eksjö, Sweden (1951/55)

1901-0723 Eugene Oberst* OB 1924 - PB 61.74 1924 – Owensboro, KY USA (1991/89)
1903-0817 Olav Sunde* OB 1928 - OB 67.04 1932 – Oslo, Norway (1985/82)
1903-0905 Béla Szepes* OS 1928 - PB 66.70 1930 – Igló, Austria-Hungary (1986/82)
1906-0827 Eino Penttilä* OB 1932 – PB 70.64 1932 - Joutseno, GD of Finland (1982/76)
1908-0311 Matti Sippala* OS 1932 - PB 70.54 1934 – Hollola, GD of Finland (1997/89)
1908-0629 Erik Lundqvist* OG 1928 – PB 71.16 1936 (WR) - Grängesberg, Sweden (1963/54)
1909-0218 Matti Järvinen* OG 1932 - PB 77.23 1936 (WR) – Tampere, GD of Finland (1985/76)

1910-0907 József Várszegi* OB 1948 - PB 72.78 1938 – Győr, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary (1977/66)
1911-0728 Gerhard Stöck* OG 1936 - PB 73.96 1935 – Kaiserswalde, German Empire (1985/73)
1913-0122 Kalervo Toivonen* OB 1936 - PB 71.31 1939 – Salo, GD of Finland (2006/93)
1914-1231 Yrjö Nikkanen* OS 1936 – PB 78.70 1938 - Kanneljärvi, GD of Finland (1985/70)
1915-0308 Tapio Rautavaara* OG 1948 - PB 75.47 1945 – Pirkkala, GD of Finland (1979/64)

1920-1004 Steve Seymour* OS 1948 - PB 67.56 1948 – New York City, NY USA (1973/52)
1925-1112 Toivo Hyytiäinen* OB 1952 - PB 78.98 1954 – Saarijärvi, Finland (1978/52)
1927-1025 Bud Held* PB 82.30 1956 (WR) – Los Angeles, CA USA
1928-0723 Cy Young* OG 1952 - PB 79.16 1956 – Modesto, CA USA (2017/89)

1930-0222 Bill Miller* OS 1952 – PB 81.29 1954 - Lawnside, NJ USA (2016/86)
1930-0411 Walter Krüger* OS 1960 - PB 79.36 1960 – Altenpleen, Prussia, Weimar Republic (2018/88)
1930-0713 Viktor Tsybulenko* OG 1960 - PB 84.64 1960 – Kyev, Ukraine, Soviet Union (2013/83)
1933-0619 Janusz Jan Sidło* OS 1956 - EGx2 - PB 86.22 1970 – Katowice, Poland (1993/60)
1933-1109 Egil Danielsen* OG 1956 - PB 85.71 1956 – Hamar, Norway (2019/85)
1934-0310 Gergely Kulcsár* OS 1964 - PB 84.92 1971 – Nagyhalász, Kingdom of Hungary (2020/86)
1939-0519 Janis Lusis* OG 1968 – PB 94.80 1969 - Jelgava, Latvia, Soviet Union (2020/80)

1940-1130 Pauli Nevala* OG 1964 - PB 92.64 1970 – Pohja, Finland
1941-1215 Jorma Kinnunen* OS 1968 - PB 92.70 1969 – Pihtipudas, Finland (2019/78)
1946-0331 Klaus Wolfermann* OG 1972 - PB 94.08 1973 – Altdorf bei Nürnberg, Allied occupied Germany
1946-1023 Miklós Németh* OG 1976 - PB 94.58 1976 – Budapest, Hungary
1947-0322 Leo Pusa* PB 82.48 1972 – Sievi, Finland
1947-1229 Bill Schmidt* OB 1972 - WS 1975 - PB 85.52 1970 – Southview, PA USA
1949-0318 Hannu Siitonen* OS 1976 - PB 93.90 1973 – Parikkala, Finland

1951-0211 Aleksandr Makarov* OS 1980 - PB 89.64 1980 – Kasimov, Russia, Soviet Union
1951-0306 Wolfgang Hanisch* OB 1980 – ES 1974 - PB 91.14 1978 - Großkorbetha, East Germany
1954-0314 Gheorghe Megelea* OB 1976 - PB 88.00 1977 – Reșița, Romania
1955-0514 Kenth Eldebrink* OB 1984 - PB 91.14 1983 – Morjäv, Sweden
1955-0805 David Ottley* OS 1984 – PB 85.74 1984 - West Thurrock, Essex, England
1958-0408 Tom Petranoff* WS 1983 - PB 99.72 (OIJ)/89.16 1991 – Aurora, IL USA
1959-0131 Arto Härkönen* OG 1984 - PB 92.40 1984 – Helsinki, Finland
1959-0428 Dainis Kula* OG 1980 - PB 92.06 1980 – Tukums, Latvia, Soviet Union

1961-0210 Tapio Korjus* OG 1988 - PB 86.50 – Vehkalahti, Finland
1961-0415 Tiina Lillak* OS 1984 - WG 1983 - PB 74.76 1983 – Helsinki, Finland
1962-0427 Seppo Räty* OS 1992 - WG 1987 - PB 90.60 – Helsinki, Finland
1962-0716 Uwe Hohn* EG 1982 - PB 104.80 1984 (WR OIJ) – Neuruppin, East Germany
1966-0616 Jan Zelezny* OGx3 - WGx3 - PB 98.48 1996 (WR, after the change) – Mladá Boleslav, Czechoslovakia
1967-0630 Patrik Bodén* EB 1990 - PB 89.10 1990 - Torsby, Sweden
1968-0331 Kimmo Kinnunen* WG 1991 - PB 90.82 1991 – Äänekoski, Finland
1968-0526 Hannu Kangas* PB 72.48 – Finland
1968-1111 Raymond Hecht* EB 1998 - PB 92.60 1995 - Gardelegen, East Germany
1969-0212 Steve Backley* OSx2 – PB 91.46 1992 - Sidcup, England

1973-0319 Sergey Makarov* OBx2 - WG 2003 - PB 92.61 2002 – Podolsk, Russia, Soviet Union
1973-1214 Boris Henry* WB 1995 - PB 90.44 1997 - Völklingen, West Germany
1973-1217 Konstadinos Gatsioudis* WS 1999 - PB 91.69 2000 – Didymoteicho, Greece
1974-1026 Aki Parviainen* WG 1999 - PB 93.09 1999 – Helsinki, Finland
1976-1019 Breaux Greer* WB 2007 - PB 91.36 2007 – Houston, TX USA
1977-0927 Andrus Värnik* WG 2005 - PB 87.83 2003 – Antsla, Estonia, Soviet Union

1981-1121 Ainārs Kovals* OS 2008 - PB 86.64 2008 – Riga, Latvia, Soviet Union
1982-0105 Vadims Vasilevskis* OS 2004 - PB 90.73 2007 - Riga, Latvia, Soviet Union
1982-0401 Andreas Thorkildsen* OGx2 - WG 2009 - PB 91.59 2006 – Kristiansand, Norway
1982-1219 Tero Pitkämäki* OB 2008 - WG 2007 - PB 91.53 2005 – Ilmajoki, Finland
1983-0227 Vítězslav Veselý* OBx2 - WG 2013 - EG 2012 - PB 88.34 2012 – Hodonin, Czechoslovakia
1984-0114 Teemu Wirkkala* EJG 2003 - PB 87.23 2009 – Kokkola, Finland
1984-0221 Antti Ruuskanen* OS 2012 - EG 2014 - PB 88.98 2015 – Pielavesi, Finland
1984-1002 Tero Järvenpää* WJS 2003 - PB 86.68 2008 – Tampere, Finland
1985-0724 Zhao Qinggang* PB 89.15 2014 – Dalian City, Liaoning Province, China
1988-0430 Lassi Etelätalo* EB 2022 - PB 86.44 2022 – Finland
1989-0104 Julius Yego* OS 2016 - WG 2015 - PB 92.72 2015 – Cheptonon, Tinderet, Kenya
1989-0501 Ihab Abdelrahman* WS 2015 - PB 89.21 2014 - Kafr Saqr, Egypt

1990-0410 Magnus Kirt* WS 2019 - PB 90.61 2019 – Estonia
1990-0731 Kim Amb* PB 86.49 2020 – Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
1990-1010 Jakub Vadlejch* OS 2020 - WS 2017 - PB 90.88 2022 – Prague, Czech Republic
1991-0930 Thomas Röhler* OG 2016 – EG 2018 - PB 93.90 2017 - Jena, Germany
1991-1216 Andreas Hofmann* ES 2018 - PB 92.06 2018 – Heidelberg, Germany
1993-0326 Johannes Vetter* WG 2017 - PB 97.76 2020 –  Dresden, Germany
1993-0402 Keshorn Walcott* OG 2012 - PB 90.16 2015 – Toco, Trinidad and Tobago
1994-0121 Toni Kuusela* PB 85.03 2021 – Vimpeli, Finland
1994-0829 Julian Weber* EG 2022 - PB 88.29 2016 – Mainz, Germany
1995-0620 Andrian Mardare* WJB 2014 - PB 86.66 2021 – Nemțeni, Moldavia
1996-0208 Curtis Thompson* athlete (javelin) – Trenton, NJ USA
1997-0101 Oliver Helander* PB 89.83 2022 – Finland
1997-0324 Alexandru Mihaita Novac* athlete (javelin) – Romania – WA
1997-1021 Anderson Peters* WG 2019 - PB 93.07 2022 - Saint Andrew, Grenada
1997-1224 Neeraj Chopra* OG 2020 - WS 2022 - PB 89.94 2022 – Khandra, Haryana, India
1998-0510 Patriks Gailums* athlete (javelin) – Latvia – WA

FEMALE JAVELIN THROWERS

1910-1224 Ellen Braumüller* OS 1932 - PB 43.49 1932 – Berlin, German Empire (1991/80)
1911-0626 Babe Didrikson Zaharias* OG 1932 - PB 43.69 1932 – Port Arthur, TX USA (1956/45)
1911-1002 Tilly Fleischer* OG 1936 - PB 45.18 1936 – Frankfurt-am-Main, German Empire (2005/93)
1913-0815 Maria Kwaśniewska* OB 1936 - PB 44.03 1936 – Łódź, Russian Empire (2007/94)
1914-1203 Kaisa Parviainen* OS 1948 - PB 43.79 1948 – Muuruvesi, GD of Finland (2002/87)
1915-0111 Luise Krüger* OS 1936 - PB 43.29 1936 – Dresden, German Empire (2001/86)
1915-0123 Herma Bauma* OG 1948 - PB 48.63 1948 – Vienna, Austria-Hungary (2003/88)

1922-0919 Dana Zátopková* OG 1952 - EGx2 - PB 56.02 1958 – Fryštát, Czechoslovakia (2020/97)
1923-1106 Aleksandra Chudina* OS 1952 - PB 52.75 1953 – Kurkinsky District, Russia, Soviet Union (1990/66)
1926-0305 Lily Carlstedt* OB 1948 - PB 46.23 1952 – Søllerød, Denmark (2002/76)

1931-1005 Nadezhda Konyayeva* OB 1956 - EB 1954 - PB 55.48 1954 – Chapkino, Russia, Soviet Union
1932-0521 Inese Jaunzeme* OG 1956 - PB 55.73 1960 – Pļaviņas, Latvia, Soviet Union (2011/78)
1933-0517 Yelena Gorchakova* OBx2 - PB 62.40 1964 (WR) – Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union (2002/68)
1933-0727 Marlene Ahrens* OS 1956 - PB 50.38 1956 – Concepción, Chile (2020/86)
1934-1102 Birutė Kalėdienė* OB 1960 - ES 1958 - PB 57.49 1958 – Baltrušiai, Lithuania, Soviet Union
1937-0214 Márta Rudas* OS 1964 – PB 58.36 1965 - Debrecen, Hungary (2017/80)
1939-1008 Elvira Ozolina* OG 1960 - EG 1962 - PB 61.38 1964 – Leningrad, Russia, Soviet Union

1945-0124 Eva Janko* OB 1968 - PB 61.80 1973 – Floing, Styria, Nazi Germany
1946-0218 Angéla Németh* OG 1968 - PB 60.58 – Budapest, Hungary (2014/68)
1946-0604 Arja Mustakallio* PB 57.24 1974 – Pyhäjoki, Finland
1946-1214 Ruth Fuchs* OGx2 - EGx2 - PB 69.96 1980 (steroids) – Egeln, Allied occupied Germany
1947-0722 Mihaela Peneș* OG 1964 - ES 1966 - PB 60.68 1967 – Bucharest, Romania

1952-0120 Ute Hommola* OB 1980 - EB 1978 - PB 67.24 1981 – Weißenborn, East Germany
1953-1229 Kate Schmidt* OBx2 - PB 69.32 1977 (WR) – Long Beach, CA USA
1954-0529 Jacqueline Todten* OS 1972 - ES 1974 - PB 64.34 1974 – East Berlin, East Germany
1956-0314 Tessa Sanderson* OG 1984 - ES 1978 - PB 73.58 1983 – St. Elizabeth, Jamaica
1958-0325 María Caridad Colón* OG 1980 - PB 67.00 1986 – Baracoa, Cuba
1959-0730 Petra Felke* OG 1988 - WSx2 - PB 80.00 (WR OIJ) – Saalfeld, East Germany
1959-0830 Saida Gunba* OS 1980 - PB 68.28 1980 – Sukhumi, Georgia, Soviet Union (2018/59)

1961-0303 Fatima Whitbread* OS 1988 - EG 1987 - PB 77.44 1986 – Stoke Newington, London, England
1961-0415 Tiina Lillak* OS 1984 - WG 1983 - PB 74.76 1983 – Helsinki, Finland
1964-0801 Natalya Shikolenko* OS 1992 - WG 1995 - PB 71.40 1994 – Andizhan, Uzbekistan, Soviet Union
1966-0418 Trine Hattestad* OG 2000 - WGx2 - PB 69.48 2000 – Lörenskog, Norway
1967-0630 Silke Renk* OG 1992 - WB 1991 - PG 71.00 1988 – Querfurt, East Germany
1967-0818 Beate Koch* OB 1988 - PB 70.76 1989 – Jena, East Germany
1969-0124 Louise McPaul* OS 1996 - PB 66.96 1997 – Port Kembla, NSW Australia

1970-0226 Heli Rantanen* OG 1996 - PB 67.94 1996 – Lammi, Finland
1970-0924 Karen Forkel* OB 1992 - WS 1993 - PB 71.20 1991 (OIJ)/65.17 1999 – Wolfen, East Germany
1972-0701 Steffi Nerius* OS 2004 - WG 2009 - PB 68.34 2004 – Bergen auf Rügen, West Germany
1976-1024 Taina Kolkkala* WJG 1994 - PB 64.06 2000 – Pori, Finland
1976-1221 Mirela Maniani* OS 2000 - WGx2 - PB 67.51 2000 (WR) – Durrës, Albania
1979-1114 Osleidys Menéndez* OG 2004 - WGx2 - PB 71.70 2006 – Martí, Cuba

1981-0630 Barbora Spotaková* OGx2 – WGx3 - PB 72.28 2008 (WR) - Jablonec nad Nisou, Czechoslovakia
1981-0822 Christina Obergföll* OSx2 - WG 2013 - PB 70.20 2007 – Lähr, Schwartzwald, West-Germany
1981-1102 Martina Ratej* athlete/javelin – Loče, Slovenia
1982-0710 Kathryn Mitchell* CGG 2018 - PB 68.92 2018 – Hamilton, VIC Australia
1982-0716 Goldie Sayers* OB 2008 - PB 65.75 2008 – Newmarket, Suffolk, England
1983-1006 Sunette Viljoen* OS 2016 - WS 2011 - PB 69.35 2012 – Rustenburg, Transvaal, South Africa
1985-1002 Linda Stahl* OB 2012 - EG 2010 - PB 67.32 2014 – Steinheim, West Germany
1986-0115 Mariya Abakumova* WB 2013 - PB 65.12 2013 - Stavropol, Russia, Soviet Union
1986-0410 Kara Winger* WS 2022 - PB 66.67 2010 – Seattle, WA USA
1989-0626 Lü Huihui* 吕会会 WS 2015 - PB 67.59 2017 – Xinxiang, China
1989-0802 Oona Sormunen* EYB 2011 - PB 60.56 2013 – Kitee, Finland

1991-0920 Kelsey-Lee Barber* OB 2020 - WGx2 - PB 67.70 2019 – East London, South Africa
1992-0703 Jenni Kangas* PB 60.98 2017 – Seinäjoki, Finland
1993-0924 Liu Shiying* 刘诗颖 OG 2020 - WS 2019 - PB 67.29 2020 – Yantai, Shandong, China
1994-0317 Christin Hussong* EG 2018 - PB 69.19 2021 – Zweibrücken, Germany
1995-0622 Sara Kolak* OG 2016 - EB 2016 - PB 68.43 2017 – Ludbreg, Croatia
1996-0309 Maria Andrejczyk* OS 2020 - PB 71.40 2021– Suwalki, Poland

Monthwise list of the javelin throwers

1997-0101 Oliver Helander* PB 89.83 2022 – Finland
1989-0104 Julius Yego* OS 2016 - WG 2015 - PB 92.72 2015 – Kenya
1982-0105 Vadims Vasilevskis* OS 2004 - PB 90.73 2007 - Latvia
1885-0108 Mór Kóczán* OB 1912 - PB 59.71 1914 – Hungary
1915-0111 Luise Krüger* OS 1936 - PB 43.29 1936 – Nazi Germany
1984-0114 Teemu Wirkkala* EJG 2003 - PB 87.23 2009 – Kokkola, Finland
1893-0115 Urho Peltonen* OS 1920 - PB 64.35 1916 – Finland
1986-0115 Mariya Abakumova* WB 2013 - PB 65.12 2013 - Soviet Union (Russia)
1952-0120 Ute Hommola* OB 1980 - EB 1978 - PB 67.24 1981 – East Germany
1994-0121 Toni Kuusela* PB 85.03 2021 – Vimpeli, Finland
1913-0122 Kalervo Toivonen* OB 1936 - PB 71.31 1939 – Finland
1915-0123 Herma Bauma* OG 1948 - PB 48.63 1948 – Austria
1945-0124 Eva Janko* OB 1968 - PB 61.80 1973 – Austria
1969-0124 Louise McPaul* OS 1996 - PB 66.96 1997 – Australia
1959-0131 Arto Härkönen* OG 1984 - PB 92.40 1984 – Finland

1996-0208 Curtis Thompson* athlete (javelin) – Trenton, NJ USA
1961-0210 Tapio Korjus* OG 1988 - PB 86.50 1988 – Finland
1896-0211 Gunnar Lindström* OS 1924 - PB 67.77 1928 – Sweden
1951-0211 Aleksandr Makarov* OS 1980 - PB 89.64 1980 – Soviet Union (Russia)
1969-0212 Steve Backley* OSx2 – PB 91.46 1992 – England
1937-0214 Márta Rudas* OS 1964 – PB 58.36 1965 - Hungary
1909-0218 Matti Järvinen* OG 1932 - PB 77.23 1936 (WR) – Finland
1946-0218 Angéla Németh* OG 1968 - PB 60.58 – Hungary
1984-0221 Antti Ruuskanen* OS 2012 - EG 2014 - PB 88.98 2015 – Finland
1880-0222 Eric Lemming* OGx2 - PB 62.32 1912 (WR) the first official ratified by IAAF – Sweden
1930-0222 Bill Miller* OS 1952 – PB 81.29 1954 - USA
1879-0226 Otto Nilsson* OB 1908 - PB 47.10 1907 – Sweden
1970-0226 Heli Rantanen* OG 1996 - PB 67.94 1996 – Finland
1983-0227 Vítězslav Veselý* OBx2 - WG 2013 - EG 2012 - PB 88.34 2012 – Czech Republic

1961-0303 Fatima Whitbread* OS 1988 - EG 1987 - PB 77.44 1986 – Great Britain
1926-0305 Lily Carlstedt* OB 1948 - PB 46.23 1952 – Denmark
1951-0306 Wolfgang Hanisch* OB 1980 – ES 1974 - PB 91.14 1978 - East Germany
1915-0308 Tapio Rautavaara* OG 1948 - PB 75.47 1945 – Finland
1996-0309 Maria Andrejczyk* OS 2020 - PB 71.40 2021– Poland
1934-0310 Gergely Kulcsár* OS 1964 - PB 84.92 1971 – Hungary
1908-0311 Matti Sippala* OS 1932 - PB 70.54 1934 – Finland
1954-0314 Gheorghe Megelea* OB 1976 - PB 88.00 1977 – Romania
1956-0314 Tessa Sanderson* OG 1984 - ES 1978 - PB 73.58 1983 – Great Britain
1994-0317 Christin Hussong* EG 2018 - PB 69.19 2021 – Germany
1949-0318 Hannu Siitonen* OS 1976 - PB 93.90 1973 – Finland
1973-0319 Sergey Makarov* OBx2 - WG 2003 - PB 92.61 2002 – Russia
1947-0322 Leo Pusa* PB 82.48 1972 – Finland
1997-0324 Alexandru Mihaita Novac* athlete (javelin) – Romania
1958-0325 María Caridad Colón* OG 1980 - PB 67.00 1986 – Cuba
1993-0326 Johannes Vetter* WG 2017 - PB 97.76 2020 – Germany
1946-0331 Klaus Wolfermann* OG 1972 - PB 94.08 1973 – West Germany
1968-0331 Kimmo Kinnunen* WG 1991 - PB 90.82 1991 – Finland

1982-0401 Andreas Thorkildsen* OGx2 - WG 2009 - PB 91.59 2006 – Norway
1993-0402 Keshorn Walcott* OG 2012 - PB 90.16 2015 – Trinidad and Tobago
1958-0408 Tom Petranoff* WS 1983 - PB 99.72 (OIJ)/89.16 1991 – USA
1986-0410 Kara Winger* WS 2022 - PB 66.67 2010 – USA
1990-0410 Magnus Kirt* WS 2019 - PB 90.61 2019 – Estonia
1930-0411 Walter Krüger* OS 1960 - PB 79.36 1960 – Germany
1961-0415 Tiina Lillak* OS 1984 - WG 1983 - PB 74.76 1983 – Finland
1966-0418 Trine Hattestad* OG 2000 - WGx2 - PB 69.48 2000 – Norway
1962-0427 Seppo Räty* OS 1992 - WG 1987 - PB 90.60 1992 – Finland
1959-0428 Dainis Kula* OG 1980 - PB 92.06 1980 – Soviet Union (Latvia)
1988-0430 Lassi Etelätalo* EB 2022 - PB 86.44 2022 – Finland

1989-0501 Ihab Abdelrahman* WS 2015 - PB 89.21 2014 - Egypt
1998-0510 Patriks Gailums* athlete (javelin) – Latvia
1955-0514 Kenth Eldebrink* OB 1984 - PB 91.14 1983 – Sweden
1933-0517 Yelena Gorchakova* OBx2 - PB 62.40 1964 (WR) – Soviet Union (Russia)
1939-0519 Janis Lusis* OG 1968 – PB 94.80 1969 – Soviet Union (Latvia)
1932-0521 Inese Jaunzeme* OG 1956 - PB 55.73 1960 – Soviet Union (Latvia)
1968-0526 Hannu Kangas* PB 72.48 – Finland
1954-0529 Jacqueline Todten* OS 1972 - ES 1974 - PB 64.34 1974 – East Germany

1946-0604 Arja Mustakallio* PB 57.24 1974 – Finland
1966-0616 Jan Zelezny* OGx3 - WGx3 - PB 98.48 1996 (WR, after the change) – Czechoslovakia & Czech Republic
1933-0619 Janusz Jan Sidło* OS 1956 - EGx2 - PB 86.22 1970 – Poland
1995-0620 Andrian Mardare* WJB 2014 - PB 86.66 2021 – Nemțeni, Moldavia
1995-0622 Sara Kolak* OG 2016 - EB 2016 - PB 68.43 2017 – Croatia
1911-0626 Babe Didrikson Zaharias* OG 1932 - PB 43.69 1932 – USA
1989-0626 Lü Huihui* WS 2015 - PB 67.59 2017 – China
1908-0629 Erik Lundqvist* OG 1928 – PB 71.16 1936 – Sweden
1967-0630 Patrik Bodén* EB 1990 - PB 89.10 1990 - Sweden
1967-0630 Silke Renk* OG 1992 - WB 1991 - PG 71.00 1988 – East Germany & Germany
1981-0630 Barbora Spotaková* OGx2 – WGx3 - PB 72.28 2008 (WR) – Czech Republic

1972-0701 Steffi Nerius* OS 2004 - WG 2009 - PB 68.34 2004 – Germany
1992-0703 Jenni Kangas* PB 60.98 2017 – Finland
1982-0710 Kathryn Mitchell* CGG 2018 - PB 68.92 2018 – Australia
1892-0713 Jonni Myyrä* OGx2 – PB 68.55 1925 – Finland
1930-0713 Viktor Tsybulenko* OG 1960 - PB 84.64 1960 – Soviet Union (Ukraine)
1962-0716 Uwe Hohn* EG 1982 - PB 104.80 1984 (WR OIJ) – East Germany
1982-0716 Goldie Sayers* OB 2008 - PB 65.75 2008 – Great Britain
1891-0721 Julius Saaristo* OS 1912 – PB 62.85 1920 - Finland
1947-0722 Mihaela Peneș* OG 1964 - ES 1966 - PB 60.68 1967 – Romania
1901-0723 Eugene Oberst* OB 1924 - PB 61.74 1924 – USA
1928-0723 Cy Young* OG 1952 - PB 79.16 1956 – USA
1985-0724 Zhao Qinggang* PB 89.15 2014 – China
1933-0727 Marlene Ahrens* OS 1956 - PB 50.38 1956 – Chile
1911-0728 Gerhard Stöck* OG 1936 - PB 73.96 1935 – Nazi Germany
1959-0730 Petra Felke* OG 1988 - WSx2 - PB 80.00 (WR OIJ) – East Germany & Germany
1990-0731 Kim Amb* PB 86.49 2020 – Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

1964-0801 Natalya Shikolenko* OS 1992 - WG 1995 - PB 71.40 1994 – Unified Team & Belarus
1989-0802 Oona Sormunen* EYB 2011 - PB 60.56 2013 – Finland
1955-0805 David Ottley* OS 1984 – PB 85.74 1984 - Great Britain
1913-0815 Maria Kwaśniewska* OB 1936 - PB 44.03 1936 – Poland
1903-0817 Olav Sunde* OB 1928 - OB 67.04 1932 – Norway
1967-0818 Beate Koch* OB 1988 - PB 70.76 1989 – East Germany
1981-0822 Christina Obergföll* OSx2 - WG 2013 - PB 70.20 2007 – Germany
1906-0827 Eino Penttilä* OB 1932 – PB 70.64 1932 – Finland
1994-0829 Julian Weber* EG 2022 - PB 88.29 2016 – Germany
1959-0830 Saida Gunba* OS 1980 - PB 68.28 1980 – Soviet Union (Georgia)

1903-0905 Béla Szepes* OS 1928 - PB 66.70 1930 – Hungary
1910-0907 József Várszegi* OB 1948 - PB 72.78 1938 – Hungary
1922-0919 Dana Zátopková* OG 1952 - EGx2 - PB 56.02 1958 – Czechoslovakia
1991-0920 Kelsey-Lee Barber* OB 2020 - WGx2 - PB 67.70 2019 – Australia
1970-0924 Karen Forkel* OB 1992 - WS 1993 - PB 71.20 1991 (OIJ)/65.17 1999 – Germany
1993-0924 Liu Shiying* OG 2020 - WS 2019 - PB 67.29 2020 – China
1977-0927 Andrus Värnik* WG 2005 - PB 87.83 2003 – Estonia
1991-0930 Thomas Röhler* OG 2016 – EG 2018 - PB 93.90 2017 – Germany

1911-1002 Tilly Fleischer* OG 1936 - PB 45.18 1936 – Nazi Germany
1984-1002 Tero Järvenpää* WJS 2003 - PB 86.68 2008 – Finland
1985-1002 Linda Stahl* OB 2012 - EG 2010 - PB 67.32 2014 – Germany
1920-1004 Steve Seymour* OS 1948 - PB 67.56 1948 – USA
1931-1005 Nadezhda Konyayeva* OB 1956 - EB 1954 - PB 55.48 1954 – Soviet Union (Russia)
1983-1006 Sunette Viljoen* OS 2016 - WS 2011 - PB 69.35 2012 – South Africa
1939-1008 Elvira Ozolina* OG 1960 - EG 1962 - PB 61.38 1964 – Soviet Union (Russia)
1990-1010 Jakub Vadlejch* OS 2020 - WS 2017 - PB 90.88 2022 – Czech Republic
1976-1019 Breaux Greer* WB 2007 - PB 91.36 2007 – USA
1887-1020 Arne Halse* OS 1908 - PB 51.98 1912 – Norway
1895-1021 Paavo Johansson* OB 1920 – Finland
1997-1021 Anderson Peters* WG 2019 - PB 93.07 2022 - Grenada
1946-1023 Miklós Németh* OG 1976 - PB 94.58 1976 – Hungary
1976-1024 Taina Kolkkala* WJG 1994 - PB 64.06 2000 – Finland
1927-1025 Bud Held* PB 82.30 1956 (WR) – USA
1974-1026 Aki Parviainen* WG 1999 - PB 93.09 1999 – Finland

1934-1102 Birutė Kalėdienė* OB 1960 - ES 1958 - PB 57.49 1958 – Soviet Union (Lithuania)
1981-1102 Martina Ratej* athlete/javelin – Loče, Slovenia
1923-1106 Aleksandra Chudina* OS 1952 - PB 52.75 1953 – Soviet Union (Russia)
1933-1109 Egil Danielsen* OG 1956 - PB 85.71 1956 – Norway
1968-1111 Raymond Hecht* EB 1998 - PB 92.60 1995 - East Germany
1925-1112 Toivo Hyytiäinen* OB 1952 - PB 78.98 1954 – Finland
1979-1114 Osleidys Menéndez* OG 2004 - WGx2 - PB 71.70 2006 – Cuba
1981-1121 Ainārs Kovals* OS 2008 - PB 86.64 2008 – Latvia
1940-1130 Pauli Nevala* OG 1964 - PB 92.64 1970 – Finland

1914-1203 Kaisa Parviainen* OS 1948 - PB 43.79 1948 – Finland
1946-1214 Ruth Fuchs* OGx2 - EGx2 - PB 69.96 1980 (steroids) – East Germany
1973-1214 Boris Henry* WB 1995 - PB 90.44 1997 - Germany
1941-1215 Jorma Kinnunen* OS 1968 - PB 92.70 1969 – Finland
1991-1216 Andreas Hofmann* ES 2018 - PB 92.06 2018 – Germany
1973-1217 Konstadinos Gatsioudis* WS 1999 - PB 91.69 2000 – Greece
1982-1219 Tero Pitkämäki* OB 2008 - WG 2007 - PB 91.53 2005 – Finland
1910-1224 Ellen Braumüller* OS 1932 - PB 43.49 1932 – Germany
1997-1224 Neeraj Chopra* OG 2020 - WS 2022 - PB 89.94 2022 – India
1947-1229 Bill Schmidt* OB 1972 - WS 1975 - PB 85.52 1970 – USA
1953-1229 Kate Schmidt* OB 1972 & OB 1976 - PB 69.32 1977 (WR) – USA
1914-1231 Yrjö Nikkanen* OS 1936 – PB 78.70 1938 – Finland

Finally, let us also see which month has been the most prominent birth month of all when it comes to winning the most pursued medal of them all - the Olympic gold medal! The medal in this picture here was won in Seoul, South Korea in 1988 by the men’s winner Tapio Korjus from Finland (84.28 meters), and the women’s winner Petra Felke from East Germany (74.68 meters). All results in women’s javelin were made with a rough surfaced javelin (old design). Felke’s result was the new Olympic record, and her subsequent new records stood until 1999 when a new javelin design for women was implemented. For men the javelin redesign date is April 1, 1986.

1915-0123 Herma Bauma* OG 1948 - PB 48.63 1948 – Austria
1959-0131 Arto Härkönen* OG 1984 - PB 92.40 1984 – Finland

1961-0210 Tapio Korjus* OG 1988 - PB 86.50 1988 – Finland
1909-0218 Matti Järvinen* OG 1932 - PB 77.23 1936 (WR) – Finland
1946-0218 Angéla Németh* OG 1968 - PB 60.58 – Hungary
1880-0222 Eric Lemming* OGx2 - PB 62.32 1912 (WR) the first official ratified by IAAF – Sweden
1970-0226 Heli Rantanen* OG 1996 - PB 67.94 1996 – Finland

1915-0308 Tapio Rautavaara* OG 1948 - PB 75.47 1945 – Finland
1956-0314 Tessa Sanderson* OG 1984 - ES 1978 - PB 73.58 1983 – Great Britain
1958-0325 María Caridad Colón* OG 1980 - PB 67.00 1986 – Cuba
1946-0331 Klaus Wolfermann* OG 1972 - PB 94.08 1973 – West Germany

1982-0401 Andreas Thorkildsen* OGx2 - WG 2009 - PB 91.59 2006 – Norway
1993-0402 Keshorn Walcott* OG 2012 - PB 90.16 2015 – Trinidad and Tobago
1966-0418 Trine Hattestad* OG 2000 - WGx2 - PB 69.48 2000 – Norway
1959-0428 Dainis Kula* OG 1980 - PB 92.06 1980 – Soviet Union (Latvia)

1939-0519 Janis Lusis* OG 1968 – PB 94.80 1969 – Soviet Union (Latvia)
1932-0521 Inese Jaunzeme* OG 1956 - PB 55.73 1960 – Soviet Union (Latvia)

1966-0616 Jan Zelezny* OGx3 - WGx3 - PB 98.48 1996 (WR, after the change) – Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic
1995-0622 Sara Kolak* OG 2016 - EB 2016 - PB 68.43 2017 – Croatia
1911-0626 Babe Didrikson Zaharias* OG 1932 - PB 43.69 1932 – USA
1908-0629 Erik Lundqvist* OG 1928 – PB 71.16 1936 – Sweden
1967-0630 Silke Renk* OG 1992 - WB 1991 - PG 71.00 1988 – East Germany & Germany
1981-0630 Barbora Spotaková* OGx2 – WGx3 - PB 72.28 2008 (WR) – Czech Republic

1892-0713 Jonni Myyrä* OGx2 – PB 68.55 1925 – Finland
1930-0713 Viktor Tsybulenko* OG 1960 - PB 84.64 1960 – Soviet Union (Ukraine)
1947-0722 Mihaela Peneș* OG 1964 - ES 1966 - PB 60.68 1967 – Romania
1928-0723 Cy Young* OG 1952 - PB 79.16 1956 – USA
1911-0728 Gerhard Stöck* OG 1936 - PB 73.96 1935 – Nazi Germany
1959-0730 Petra Felke* OG 1988 - WSx2 - PB 80.00 (WR OIJ) – East Germany & Germany

1922-0919 Dana Zátopková* OG 1952 - EGx2 - PB 56.02 1958 – Czechoslovakia
1993-0924 Liu Shiying* OG 2020 - WS 2019 - PB 67.29 2020 – China
1991-0930 Thomas Röhler* OG 2016 – PB 93.90 2017– Germany

1911-1002 Tilly Fleischer* OG 1936 - PB 45.18 1936 – Nazi Germany
1939-1008 Elvira Ozolina* OG 1960 - EG 1962 - PB 61.38 1964 – Soviet Union (Russia)
1946-1023 Miklós Németh* OG 1976 - PB 94.58 1976 – Hungary

1933-1109 Egil Danielsen* OG 1956 - PB 85.71 1956 – Norway
1979-1114 Osleidys Menéndez* OG 2004 - WGx2 - PB 71.70 2006 – Cuba
1940-1130 Pauli Nevala* OG 1964 - PB 92.64 1970 – Finland

1946-1214 Ruth Fuchs* OGx2 - EGx2 - PB 69.96 1980 (steroids) – East Germany
1997-1224 Neeraj Chopra* OG 2020 - WS 2022 - PB 89.94 2022 – India

Updated 26.11.2022