The javelin throw is an Olympic track and field event. Athletes specialising in the discipline are known as javelin throwers.
Notable javelin throwers
Men Steve Backley, Great Britain Edgar Baumann, Paraguay Patrik Bodén, Sweden Terry Bradshaw, United States Al Cantello, United States Marius Corbett, South Africa Egil Danielsen, Norway Konstadinós Gatsioúdis, Greece Breaux Greer, United States Flint Hanner, United States Arto Härkönen, Finland Bud Held, United States Uwe Hohn, GDR Toivo Hyytiäinen, Finland Matti Järvinen, Finland Jorma Kinnunen, Finland Kimmo Kinnunen, Finland Tapio Korjus, Finland Ainārs Kovals, Latvia Dainis Kūla, Soviet Union (Latvia) Gergely Kulcsár, Hungary Eric Lemming, Sweden Jānis Lūsis, Soviet Union (Latvia) Sergey Makarov, Russia Jonni Myyrä, Finland Miklós Németh, Hungary Pauli Nevala, Finland Yrjö Nikkanen, Finland Eugene Oberst, United States Aki Parviainen, Finland Terje Pedersen, Norway Urho Peltonen, Finland Tom Petranoff, United States Tero Pitkämäki, Finland Seppo Räty, Finland Tapio Rautavaara, Finland Bob Roggy, United States Antti Ruuskanen, Finland Steve Seymour, United States Janusz Sidło, Poland Hannu Siitonen, Finland Pentti Sinersaari, Finland Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway Braian Toledo, Argentina Andrus Värnik, Estonia Vadims Vasiļevskis, Latvia Neeraj Chopra, India Keshorn Walcott, Trinidad and Tobago John Whittemore, United States, world's oldest athlete Cy Young, United States Jan Železný, Czech Republic Arshad Nadeem, Pakistan
Women Sonia Bisset, Cuba Lillian Copeland, United States Babe Didrikson, United States Dorothy Dodson, United States Petra Felke, GDR Leryn Franco, Paraguay Ruth Fuchs, GDR Trine Hattestad, Norway Kirsten Hellier, New Zealand Haruka Kitaguchi, Japan Tiina Lillak, Finland Mirela Manjani, Greece Osleidys Menéndez, Cuba Steffi Nerius, Germany Christina Obergföll, Germany Heli Rantanen, Finland Sofia Sakorafa, Greece Tessa Sanderson, Great Britain Kate Schmidt, United States Natalya Shikolenko, Belarus Barbora Špotáková, Czech Republic Linda Stahl, Germany Sunette Viljoen, South Africa Fatima Whitbread, Great Britain Dana Zátopková, Czechoslovakia
See also
List of hammer throwers List of middle-distance runners