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Sports > Olympics > Summer Olympics Through The Years > Event-by-Event > Track & Field > Women's Olympic Track & Field

Javelin Throw

Year  Distance  
1932 Babe Didrikson, USA 143- 4  
1936 Tilly Fleischer, GER 148- 3 OR
1948 Herma Bauma, AUT 149- 6 OR
1952 Dana Zátopková, CZE 165- 7 OR
1956 Ineze Jaunzeme, USSR 176- 8 OR
1960 Elvira Ozolina, USSR 183- 8 OR
1964 Mihaela Penes, ROM 198- 7 OR
1968 Angéla Németh, HUN 198- 0  
1972 Ruth Fuchs, E. Ger 209- 7 OR
1976 Ruth Fuchs, E. Ger 216- 4 OR
1980 Maria Colon Rueñes, CUB 224- 5 OR
1984 Tessa Sanderson, GBR 228- 2 OR
1988 Petra Felke, E. Ger 245- 0 OR
1992 Silke Renk, GER 224- 2 
1996Heli Rantanen, FIN222- 11 
2000Trine Hattestad, NOR226- 1OR
2004Osleidys Menendez, CUB234-8 OR

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