ATHLETICS MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS

Men Javelin Throw Olympic Games and World Championships History

Olympic Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
olim 2004 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Andreas Thorkildsen	NOR	Vadims Vasilevskis	LAT	Sergey Makarov	RUS
olim 2000 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Jan Zelezny	CZE	Steve Backley	GBR	Sergey Makarov	RUS
olim 1996 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Jan Zelezny	CZE	Steve Backley	GBR	Seppo Raty	FIN
olim 1992 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Jan Zelezny	TCH	Seppo Raty	FIN	Steve Backley	GBR
olim 1988 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Tapio Korjus	FIN	Jan Zelezny	TCH	Seppo Raty	FIN
olim 1984 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Arto Harkonen	FIN	David Ottley	GBR	Kenth Eldebrink	SWE
olim 1980 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Dainis Kula	URS	Aleksandr Makarov	URS	Wolfgang Hanisch	GDR
olim 1976 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Miklos Nemeth	HUN	Hannu Siitonen	FIN	Gheorghe Megelea	ROM
olim 1972 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Klaus Wolfermann	FRG	lanis Lusis	URS	William Schmidt	USA
olim 1968 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Janis Lusis	URS	Jorma Kinnunen	FIN	Gergely Kulcsar	HUN
olim 1964 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Pauli Nevala	FIN	Gergely Kulcsar	HUN	Janis Lusis	URS
olim 1960 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Viktor Tsybulenko	URS	Walter Kruger	GDR	Gergely Kulcsar	HUN
olim 1956 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Egil Danielsen	NOR	Janusz Sidlo	POL	Viktor Tsybulenko	URS
olim 1952 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Cyrus Young	USA	William Miller	USA	Toivo Hyytiinen	FIN
olim 1948 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Tapio Rautavaara	FIN	Stephen Seymour	USA	Jozsef Varszegi	HUN
olim 1936 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Gerhard Stock	GER	Yrjo Nikkanen	FIN	Kalervo Toivonen	FIN
olim 1932 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Matti Jarvinen	FIN	Matti Sippala	FIN	Eino Penttila	FIN
olim 1928 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Erik Lundqvist	SWE	Bela Szepes	HUN	Olav Sunde	NOR
olim 1924 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Jonni Myyra	FIN	Gunnar Lindstrom	SWE	Eugene Oberst	USA
olim 1920 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Jonni Myyra	FIN	Urho Peltonen	FIN	Paavo Johansson	FIN
olim 1912 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Erik Lemming	SWE	Juha Saaristo	FIN	Mor Koczan	HUN
olim 1908 Athletics Men Javelin Throw	Erik Lemming	SWE	Arne Halse	NOR	Otto Nilsson	SWE

World Championships	Gold		Silver		Bronze
2005 Men Javelin Throw	Andrus Varnik	EST	Andreas Thorkildsen	NOR	Sergey Makarov	RUS
2003 Men Javelin Throw	Sergey Makarov	RUS	Andrus Varnik	EST	Boris Henry	GER
2001 Men Javelin Throw	Jan Zelezny	CZE	Aki Parviainen	FIN	Konstadinos Gatsioudis	GRE
1999 Men Javelin Throw	Aki Parviainen	FIN	Kostas Gatsioudis	GRE	Jan Zelezny	CZE
1997 Men Javelin Throw	Marius Corbett	RSA	Steve Backley	GBR	Kostas Gatsioudis	GRE
1995 Men Javelin Throw	Jan Zelezny	CZE	Steve Backley	GBR	Boris Henry	GER
1993 Men Javelin Throw	Jan Zelezny	CZE	Kimmo Kinnunen	FIN	Mick Hill	GBR
1991 Men Javelin Throw	Kimmo Kinnunen	FIN	Seppo Raty	FIN	Vladimir Sasimovich	URS
1987 Men Javelin Throw	Seppo Raty	FIN	Viktor Yevsyukov	URS	Jan Zelezny	TCH
1983 Men Javelin Throw	Detlef Michel	GDR	Tom Petranoff	USA	Dainis Kula	URS


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Medals	G	S	B	All
1. Finland	10	10	6	26
2. Czechia	5		1	6
3. Soviet Union	3	3	4	10
4. Sweden	3	1	2	6
5. Norway	2	2	1	5
6. United States	1	3	2	6
7. Hungary	1	2	4	7
8. East Germany	1	1	1	3
9. Czechoslovakia	1	1	1	3
10.Estonia	1	1		2
11.Russia	1		3	4
12.Germany	1		2	3
13.South Africa	1			1
13.West Germany	1			1
15.Great Britain		5	2	7
16 Greece		1	2	3
17.Poland		1		1
17.Latvia		1		1
19.Romania			1	1

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Last updated: 2 May 2006