The gold, silver, and bronze medal winners in the women’s javelin throw from the Summer Olympic games.
- 1932
GOLD Babe Didrikson, USA 43.68
SILVER Ellen Braumϋlller, GER 43.50
BRONZE Tilly Fleischer, GER 43.15
- 1936
GOLD Tilly Fleischer, GER 45.18
SILVER Luise Krϋger, GER 43.29
BRONZE Maria Kwasniewska, POL 41.80
- 1948
GOLD Hermine Bauma, AUT 45.57
SILVER Kaisa Parviainen, FIN 43.79
BRONZE Lily Carlstedt, DEN 42.08
- 1952
GOLD Dana Zátopková, CZE 50.47
SILVER Aleksandra Chudina, URS 50.01
BRONZE Yelena Gorchakova, URS 49.76
- 1956
GOLD Inese Jaunzeme, URS 53.86
SILVER Marlene Ahrens, CHI 50.38
BRONZE Nadyezda Konyayeva, URS 50.28
- 1960
GOLD Elvira Ozolina, URS 55.98
SILVER Dana Zátopková, CZE 53.78
BRONZE Birute Kalediene, URS 53.45
- 1964
GOLD Mihaela Penes, ROM 60.54
SILVER Márta Rudas, HUN 58.27
BRONZE Yelena Gorchakova, URS 57.06
- 1968
GOLD Angela Németh, HUN 60.36
SILVER Mihaela Penes, ROM 59.92
BRONZE Eva Janko, AUT 58.04
- 1972
GOLD Ruth Fuchs, GDR 63.88
SILVER Jacqueline Todten, GDR 62.54
BRONZE Kate Schmidt, USA 59.94
- 1976
GOLD Ruth Fuchs, GDR 65.94
SILVER Marion Becker, FRG 64.70
BRONZE Kate Schmidt, USA 63.96
- 1980
GOLD Maria Colόn, CUB 68.40
SILVER Saida Gunba, URS 67.76
BRONZE Ute Hommola, GDR 66.56
- 1984
GOLD Tessa Sanderson, GBR 69.56
SILVER Tiina Lillak, FIN 69.00
BRONZE Fatima Whitbread, GBR 67.14
- 1988
GOLD Petra Felke, GDR 74.68
SILVER Fatima Whitbread, GBR 70.32
BRONZE Beate Koch, GDR 67.30
- 1992
GOLD Silke Renk, GER 68.34
SILVER Natalya Shikolenko, EUN 68.26
BRONZE Karen Forkel, GER 66.86
- 1996
GOLD Heli Rantanen, FIN 67.94
SILVER Louise McPaul, AUS 65.54
BRONZE Trine Hattestad, NOR 64.98
- 2000
GOLD Trine Hattestad, NOR 68.91
SILVER Mirela Tzelili, GRE 67.51
BRONZE Osleidys Menéndez, CUB 66.18
- 2004
GOLD Osleidys Menéndez, CUB 71.53
SILVER Steffi Nerius, GER 65.82
BRONZE Mirela Manjani, GRE 64.29
- 2008
GOLD Barbora Špotáková, CZE 71.42
SILVER Mariya Abakumova, RUS 70.78
BRONZE Christina Obergföll, GER 66.13
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