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| Athletics Olympic Games Women: Javelin Throw | 
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| 2012 | London (gbr) | |||
| 2008 | Beijing (chn) | Barbora Spotaková (cze) | Mariya Abakumova (rus) | Christina Obergföll (ger) |
| 2004 | Athínai (gre) | Osleidys Menéndez (cub) | Steffi Nerius (ger) | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (gre) |
| 2000 | Sydney (aus) | Trine Hattestad (nor) | Mirela Manjani-Tzelili (gre) | Osleidys Menéndez (cub) |
| 1996 | Atlanta (usa) | Heli Rantanen (fin) | Louise McPaul (aus) | Trine Hattestad (nor) |
| 1992 | Barcelona (spa) | Silke Renk (ger) | Natalya Shikolenko (cis) | Karen Forkel (ger) |
| 1988 | Seoul (sko) | Petra Felke (ege) | Fatima Whitbread (gbr) | Beate Koch (ege) |
| 1984 | Los Angeles (usa) | Tessa Sanderson (gbr) | Tiina Lillak (fin) | Fatima Whitbread (gbr) |
| 1980 | Moskva (sov) | María Colón (cub) | Saida Gunba (sov) | Ute Hommola (ege) |
| 1976 | Montréal (can) | Ruth Fuchs (ege) | Marion Becker (wge) | Kathy Schmidt (usa) |
| 1972 | München (wge) | Ruth Fuchs (ege) | Jacqueline Todten (ege) | Kathy Schmidt (usa) |
| 1968 | Mexico City (mex) | Angéla Németh (hun) | Mihaela Penes (rom) | Eva Janko (aut) |
| 1964 | Tokyo (jpn) | Mihaela Penes (rom) | Márta Rudas (hun) | Yelena Gorchakova (sov) |
| 1960 | Roma (ita) | Yelvira Ozolina (sov) | Dana Zatopková-Ingrová (czs) | Birute Kalediene (sov) |
| 1956 | Melbourne (aus) | Inese Jaunzeme (sov) | Marlene Ahrens (chl) | Nadezhda Konyayeva (sov) |
| 1952 | Helsinki (fin) | Dana Zátopková-Ingrová (czs) | Aleksandra Chudina (sov) | Yelena Gorchakova (sov) |
| 1948 | London (gbr) | Herma Bauma (aut) | Kaisa Parviainen (fin) | Lily Carlstedt (den) |
| 1936 | Berlin (ger) | Tilly Fleischer (ger) | Luise Krüger (ger) | Maria Kwasniewska (pol) |
| 1932 | Los Angeles (usa) | Babe Didrikson (usa) | Ellen Braumüller (ger) | Tilly Fleischer (ger) |
