Women · World record

Javelin Throw

The current record and its documented progression: 48 ratified records from 1922 to 2008.

Current record

72.28

Barbora ŠpotákováCZEStuttgart · 13 Sep 2008

17 years standing0.58 m improvementAll-time top 25 →

Record progression

Each step is a documented record

1922 · 25.01 Božena Šrámková1922 · 25.325 Božena Šrámková1924 · 27.24 Marie Janderová1927 · 37.575 Guschi Hargus1928 · 38.39 Guschi Hargus1930 · 40.27 Ellen Braumüller1931 · 42.28 Ellen Braumüller1932 · 44.64 Ellen Braumüller1932 · 46.745 Nan Gindele1942 · 47.24 Anneliese Steinheuer1947 · 48.21 Herma Bauma1948 · 48.63 Herma Bauma1949 · 49.59 Natalya Smirnitskaya1949 · 53.41 Natalya Smirnitskaya1954 · 53.56 Nadezhda Konyayeva1954 · 55.11 Nadezhda Konyayeva1954 · 55.48 Nadezhda Konyayeva1958 · 55.73 Dana Zátopková1958 · 57.40 Anna Pazera1958 · 57.49 Birutė Zalogaitytė1960 · 57.92 Elvīra Ozoliņa1960 · 59.55 Elvīra Ozoliņa1963 · 59.78 Elvīra Ozoliņa1964 · 62.40 Yelena Gorchakova1972 · 62.70 Ewa Gryziecka1972 · 65.06 Ruth Fuchs1973 · 66.10 Ruth Fuchs1974 · 67.22 Ruth Fuchs1976 · 69.12 Ruth Fuchs1977 · 69.32 Kate Schmidt1979 · 69.52 Ruth Fuchs1980 · 69.96 Ruth Fuchs1980 · 70.08 Tatyana Biryulina1981 · 71.88 Antoaneta Todorova1982 · 72.40 Tiina Lillak1982 · 74.20 Sofia Sakorafa1983 · 74.76 Tiina Lillak1985 · 75.26 Petra Felke1985 · 75.40 Petra Felke1986 · 77.44 Fatima Whitbread1987 · 78.90 Petra Felke1988 · 80.00 Petra Felke1999 · 67.09 Mirela Maniani2000 · 68.22 Trine Hattestad2000 · 69.48 Trine Hattestad2001 · 71.54 Osleidys Menéndez2005 · 71.70 Osleidys Menéndez2008 · 72.28 Barbora Špotáková 80.00025.010

19221949 · Smirnitskaya 49.591972 · Gryziecka 62.701983 · Lillak 74.762008 · Špotáková 72.28

Documented records

48 ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1372026554, imported 2 Sep 2026

MarkAthleteNationVenueDateStood
72.28 Barbora Špotáková CZE Stuttgart 13 Sep 2008 17 yrs
71.70 Osleidys Menéndez CUB Helsinki 14 Aug 2005 3 yrs
71.54 Osleidys Menéndez CUB Rethymno 1 Jul 2001 4 yrs
69.48 Trine Hattestad NOR Oslo 28 Jul 2000 338 d
68.22 Trine Hattestad NOR Rome 30 Jun 2000 28 d
67.09 Mirela Maniani GRE Seville 28 Aug 1999 307 d
80.00 Petra Felke GDR Potsdam 9 Sep 1988 10 yrs
78.90 Petra Felke GDR Leipzig 29 Jul 1987 1 yr
77.44 Fatima Whitbread GBR Stuttgart 28 Aug 1986 335 d
75.40 Petra Felke GDR Schwerin 4 Jun 1985 1 yr
75.26 Petra Felke GDR Schwerin 4 Jun 1985 0 d
74.76 Tiina Lillak FIN Tampere 13 Jun 1983 1 yr
74.20 Sofia Sakorafa GRE Chania 26 Sep 1982 260 d
72.40 Tiina Lillak FIN Helsinki 29 Jul 1982 59 d
71.88 Antoaneta Todorova BUL Zagreb 15 Aug 1981 348 d
70.08 Tatyana Biryulina URS Podolsk 12 Jul 1980 1 yr
69.96 Ruth Fuchs GDR Split 29 Apr 1980 74 d
69.52 Ruth Fuchs GDR Dresden 13 Jun 1979 321 d
69.32 Kate Schmidt USA Fürth 11 Sep 1977 1 yr
69.12 Ruth Fuchs GDR East Berlin 10 Jul 1976 1 yr
67.22 Ruth Fuchs GDR Rome 3 Sep 1974 1 yr
66.10 Ruth Fuchs GDR Edinburgh 7 Sep 1973 361 d
65.06 Ruth Fuchs GDR Potsdam 11 Jun 1972 1 yr
62.70 Ewa Gryziecka POL Bucharest 11 Jun 1972 0 d
62.40 Yelena Gorchakova URS Tokyo 16 Oct 1964 7 yrs
59.78 Elvīra Ozoliņa URS Moscow 3 Jul 1963 1 yr
59.55 Elvīra Ozoliņa URS Bucharest 4 Jun 1960 3 yrs
57.92 Elvīra Ozoliņa URS Leselidze 3 May 1960 32 d
57.49 Birutė Zalogaitytė URS Tbilisi 30 Oct 1958 1 yr
57.40 Anna Pazera AUS Cardiff 24 Jul 1958 98 d
55.73 Dana Zátopková TCH Prague 1 Jun 1958 53 d
55.48 Nadezhda Konyayeva URS Kiev 6 Aug 1954 3 yrs
55.11 Nadezhda Konyayeva URS Kiev 22 May 1954 76 d
53.56 Nadezhda Konyayeva URS Leningrad 5 Feb 1954 106 d
53.41 Natalya Smirnitskaya URS Moscow 5 Aug 1949 4 yrs
49.59 Natalya Smirnitskaya URS Moscow 25 Jul 1949 11 d
48.63 Herma Bauma AUT Vienna 12 Sep 1948 316 d
48.21 Herma Bauma AUT Vienna 29 Jun 1947 1 yr
47.24 Anneliese Steinheuer GER Frankfurt 21 Jun 1942 5 yrs
46.745 Nan Gindele USA Chicago 18 Jun 1932 10 yrs
44.64 Ellen Braumüller GER Berlin 12 Jun 1932 6 d
42.28 Ellen Braumüller GER Magdeburg 2 Aug 1931 315 d
40.27 Ellen Braumüller GER Berlin 12 Jul 1930 1 yr
38.39 Guschi Hargus GER Berlin 18 Aug 1928 1 yr
37.575 Guschi Hargus GER Berlin 12 Jun 1927 1 yr
27.24 Marie Janderová TCH Ostrava 25 May 1924 3 yrs
25.325 Božena Šrámková TCH Prague 13 Aug 1922 1 yr
25.01 Božena Šrámková TCH Prague 6 Aug 1922 7 d

Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.