List of javelin throwers

The javelin throw is an Olympic track and field event. Athletes specialising in the discipline are known as 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