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 Mixed Marathon Walk Relay

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris 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
2024
 Arshad Nadeem - Pakistan
 Neeraj Chopra - India
 Anderson Peters - Grenada

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris 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
2024
 Haruka Kitaguchi - Japan
 Jo-Ane van Dyk - South Africa
 Nikola Ogrodníková - Czech Republic

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
 Czech Republic 4
 1
 4
 9
5
 Hungary
 2
 3
 4
 9
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
 India 1
 1
 0
 2
16
 West Germany
 1
 1
 0
 2
17
 Austria
 1
 0
 1
 2
18
 Trinidad & Tobago 1
 0
 1
 2
19
 Latvia
 0
 2
 0
 2
20
 South Africa 0
 2
 0
 2
21
 Greece
 0
 1
 1
 2
22
 Australia 0
 1
 1
 2
23
 Russia 0
 0
 2
 2
24
 Croatia
 1
 0
 0
 1
25
 China
 1
 0
 0
 1
26
 Pakistan
 1
 0
 0
 1
27
 Japan
 1
 0
 0
 1
28
 Chile
 0
 1
 0
 1
29
 Kenya
 0
 1
 0
 1
30
 United Team of Germany
 0
 1
 0
 1
31
 Unified Team
 0
 1
 0
 1
32
 Denmark
 0
 0
 1
 1
33
 Grenada
 0
 0
 1
 1