The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - Javelin

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

FINLAND - 25 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 15 Medals

GERMANY - 12 Medals

Medal Table
Javelin 100 Meters
200 Meters
400 Meters
800 Meters
1500 Meters
5000 Meters
10000 Meters
100 Meter Hurdles
110 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles 3000 Meter Steeplechase
4X100 Relay 4X400 Relay Marathon
20 KM Walk 50 KM Walk High Jump
Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump
Shot Put
Discus Hammer Throw
Decathlon Heptathlon

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1908
Eric Lemming - Sweden
Arne Halse - Norway
Otto Nilsson - Sweden
1912
Eric Lemming - Sweden
Juho Saaristo - Finland
Mor Koczan - Hungary
1920
Jonni Myyra - Finland
Urho Peltonen - Finland
Pekka Johansson - Finland
1924
Jonni Myyra - Finland
Gunnar Lindstrom - Sweden
Eugene Oberst - United States
1928
Erik Lundqvist - Sweden
Bela Szepes - Hungary
Olav Sunde - Norway
1932
Matti Jarvinen - Finland
Matti Sippala - Finland
Eino Penttila - Finland
1936
Gerhard Stock - Germany
Yrjo Nikkanen - Finland
Kalervo Toivonen - Finland
1948
Tapio Rautavaara - Finland
Steve Seymour - United States
Jozsef Varszegi - Hungary
1952
Cy Young - United States
Bill Miller - United States
Toivo Hyytiainen - Finland
1956
Egil Danielsen - Norway
Janusz Sidlo - Poland
Viktor Tsybulenko - Soviet Union
1960
Viktor Tsybulenko - Soviet Union
Walter Kruger - United Team of Germany
Gergely Kulcsar - Hungary
1964
Pauli Nevala - Finland
Gergley Kulcsar - Hungary
Janis Lusis - Soviet Union
1968
Janis Lusis - Soviet Union
Jorma Kinnunen - Finland
Gergley Kulcsar - Hungary
1972
Klaus Wolfermann - West Germany
Janis Lusis - Soviet Union
Bill Schmidt - United States
1976
Miklos Nemeth - Hungary
Hannu Siitonen - Finland
Gheorghe Megelea - Romania
1980
Dainis Kula - Soviet Union
Aleksandr Makarov - Soviet Union
Wolfgang Hanisch - East Germany
1984
Arto Harkonen - Finland
David Ottley - Great Britain
Kenth Eldebrink - Sweden
1988
Tapio Korjus - Finland
Jan Zelezny - Czechoslovakia
Seppo Raty - Finland
1992
Jan Zelezny - Czechoslovakia
Seppo Raty - Finland
Steve Backley - Great Britain
1996
Jan Zelezny - Czech Republic
Steve Backley - Great Britain
Seppo Raty - Finland
2000
Jan Zelezny - Czech Republic
Steve Backley - Great Britain
Sergey Makarov - Russia
2004
Andreas Thorkildsen - Norway
Vadims Vasilevskis - Latvia
Sergey Makarov - Russia
2008
Andreas Thorkildsen - Norway
Ainars Kovals - Latvia
Tero Pitkamaki - Finland
2012
Keshorn Walcott - Trinidad & Tobago
Antti Ruuskanen - Finland Vitĕzslav Veselý - Czech Republic
2016
Thomas Röhler - Germany
Julius Yego - Kenya
Keshorn Walcott - Trinidad & Tobago
2020
Neeraj Chopra - India Jakub Vadlejch - Czech Republic Vítězslav Veselý - Czech Republic

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1932
Babe Didrickson - United States
Ellen Braumuller - Germany
Tilly Fleischer - Germany
1936
Tilly Fleischer - Germany
Luise Kruger - Germany
Maria Kwasniewska - Poland
1948
Herma Bauma - Austria
Kaisa Parviainen - Finland
Lily Carlstedt - Denmark
1952
Dana Zatopkova - Czechoslovakia
Aleksandra Chudina - Soviet Union
Yelena Gorchakova - Soviet Union
1956
Inese Yaunzeme - Soviet Union
Marlene Ahrens - Chile
Nadezhda Konyayeva - Soviet Union
1960
Elvira Ozolina - Soviet Union
Dana Zatopkova - Czechoslovakia
Birute Kalediene - Soviet Union
1964
Mihaela Penes - Romania
Marta Rudas - Hungary
Yelena Gorchakova - Soviet Union
1968
Angela Nemeth - Hungary
Mihaela Penes - Romania
Eva Janko - Austria
1972
Ruth Fuchs - East Germany
Jacqueline Todten - East Germany
Kate Schmidt - United States
1976
Ruth Fuchs - East Germany
Marion Becker - West Germany
Kate Schmidt - United States
1980
Maria Caridad Colon - Cuba
Saida Gunba - Soviet Union
Ute Hommola - East Germany
1984
Tessa Sanderson - Great Britain
Tiina Lillak - Finland
Fatima Whitbread - Great Britain
1988
Petra Felke - East Germany
Fatima Whitbread - Great Britain
Beate Koch - East Germany
1992
Silke Renk - Germany
Natalya Shikolenko - Unified Team
Karen Forkel - Germany
1996
Heli Rantanen - Finland
Louise McPaul - Australia
Trine Hattestad - Norway
2000
Trine Hattestad - Norway
Mirela Manjani-Tzelili - Greece
Osleidys Menendez - Cuba
2004
Osleidys Menendez - Cuba
Steffi Nerius - Germany
Mirela Manjani - Greece
2008
Barbora Špotáková - Czech Republic Christina Obergföll - Germany Goldie Sayers - Great Britain
2012
Barbora Špotáková - Czech Republic Christina Obergfoll - Germany
Linda Stahl - Germany
2016
Sara Kolak - Croatia
Sunette Viljoen - South Africa
Barbora Špotáková - Czech Republic
2020
Liu Shiying - China Maria Andrejczyk - Poland Kelsey-Lee Barber - Australia

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Finland
8
10
7
25
2
Soviet Union
5
4
6
15
3
Germany
4
5
3
12
4
Hungary
2
3
4
9
5
Czech Republic 4
1
3
8
6
United States
2
2
4
8
7
Great Britain 1
4
3
8
8
Norway
4
1
2
7
9
East Germany
3
1
3
7
10
Sweden
3
1
2
6
11
Czechoslovakia
2
2
0
4
12
Cuba
2
0
1
3
13
Romania
1
1
1
3
14
Poland 0
2
1
3
15
West Germany
1
1
0
2
16
Austria
1
0
1
2
17
Trinidad & Tobago 1
0
1
2
18
Latvia
0
2
0
2
19
Greece
0
1
1
2
20
Australia 0
1
1
2
21
Russia 0
0
2
2
22
Croatia
1
0
0
1
23
China
1
0
0
1
24
India
1
0
0
1
25
Chile
0
1
0
1
26
South Africa
0
1
0
1
27
Kenya
0
1
0
1
28
United Team of Germany
0
1
0
1
29
Unified Team
0
1
0
1
30
Denmark
0
0
1
1