Women's javelin throw world record progression
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The following table shows the world record progression in the women's javelin throw. The first world record in the event was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1922.
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|title = 13th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Daegu 2011. (Part 5 of 5)
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|publisher = IAAF Media & Public Relations Department
|location = Monte Carlo
|pages = 702, 703
|format = pdf
|year = 2011
|access-date = 2013-03-12
|url-status = dead
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|archive-date = 2013-10-11
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48 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.
Records 1922-1998
| class="wikitable" border="1" |
| Mark
!Athlete !Country !Venue !Date |
|---|
| 25.01
|{{TCH}} |1922-08-06 |
| 25.325
|{{TCH}} |1922-08-13 |
| 27.24
|{{TCH}} |1924-05-25 |
| 37.575
|{{Flag|Weimar Republic|name=Germany}} |1927-06-12 |
| 38.39
|{{Flag|Weimar Republic|name=Germany}} |1928-08-18 |
| 40.27
|{{Flag|Weimar Republic|name=Germany}} |1930-07-12 |
| 42.28
|{{Flag|Weimar Republic|name=Germany}} |1931-08-02 |
| 44.64
|{{Flag|Weimar Republic|name=Germany}} |1932-06-12 |
| 46.745
|{{Flag|United States|1912}} |1932-06-18 |
| 47.24
|{{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}} |1942-06-21 |
| 48.21
|{{AUT}} |1947-06-29 |
| 48.63
|{{AUT}} |1948-09-12 |
| 49.59
|{{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} |1949-07-25 |
| 53.41
|{{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} |1949-08-05 |
| 53.56
|{{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} |1954-02-05 |
| 55.11
|{{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} |Kiev |1954-05-22 |
| 55.48
|{{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}} |Kiev |1954-08-06 |
| 55.73
|{{TCH}} |1958-06-01 |
| 57.40
|{{AUS}} |1958-07-24 |
| 57.49
|{{URS}} |1958-10-30 |
| 57.92
|{{URS}} |1960-05-03 |
| 59.55
|{{URS}} |1960-06-04 |
| 59.78
|{{URS}} |1963-07-03 |
| 62.40
|{{URS}} |1964-10-16 |
| 62.70
|{{Flag|Poland|1928}} |1972-06-11 |
| 65.06
|{{GDR}} |1972-06-11 |
| 66.10
|{{GDR}} |1973-09-07 |
| 67.22
|{{GDR}} |Rome |1974-09-03 |
| 69.12
|{{GDR}} |1976-07-10 |
| 69.32
|{{USA}} |1977-09-11 |
| 69.52
|{{GDR}} |1979-06-13 |
| 69.96
|{{GDR}} |1980-04-29 |
| 70.08
|{{URS}} |1980-07-12 |
| 71.88
|{{Flag|Bulgaria|1971}} |1981-08-15 |
| 72.40
|{{FIN}} |1982-07-29 |
| 74.20
|{{GRE}} |1982-09-26 |
| 74.76
|{{FIN}} |1983-06-13 |
| 75.26
|{{GDR}} |1985-06-04 |
| 75.40
|{{GDR}} |1985-06-04 |
| 77.44
|{{GBR2}} |1986-08-28 |
| 78.90
|{{GDR}} |1987-07-29 |
| 80.00
|{{GDR}} |1988-09-09 |
Records since 1999
References
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{{Athletics record progressions}}