World Rankings — Women’s Javelin

WR holder Barbora Špotáková is at 9 No. 1s and counting, including a pair of maternity breaks

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1956 1957 1...... Ineze Jaunzeme (Soviet Union) 1...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 2...... Erszébet Vigh (Hungary) 2...... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 3...... Almut Brömmel (West Germany) 3...... Ineze Jaunzeme (Soviet Union) 4... Nadezhda Konyayeva (Soviet Union) 4...... Almut Brömmel (West Germany) 5...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 6..... Aleksandra Chudina (Soviet Union) 6...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 7...... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 7...... Eleanora Bogunova (Soviet Union) 8...... Marlene Ahrens (Chile) 8...... Maya Makarova (Soviet Union) 9...... Ingrid Almquist () 9...... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 10...... Karen Oldham (US) 10...... Ingrid Almquist (Sweden)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1958 1962 1...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 2...... Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 2...... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 3...... Jutta Neumann (West Germany) 3...... Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 4...... Anna Pazera (Australia) 4... Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 5...... Galina Zybina (Soviet Union) 5...... Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6...... Almut Brömmel (West Germany) 6...... Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 7...... Eleanora Bogunova (Soviet Union) 7...... Márta Rudas (Hungary) 8...... Maria Grabowska (Poland) 8...... Virve Polsdam (Soviet Union) 9...... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 9...... Erika Strasser (Austria) 10..... Yelena Dyemonova (Soviet Union) 10...... Galina Bykova (Soviet Union) 1959 1963 1...... Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 1... Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 2...... Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 2...... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 3...... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 3...... Marion Lüttge (East Germany) 4...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 4...... Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 5...... Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 5...... Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6...... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 6...... Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 7...... Olga Zuyeva (Soviet Union) 7...... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 8...... Maria Grabowska (Poland) 8...... Galina Vysotskaya (Soviet Union) 9...... Vlasta Pešková (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Hiroko Sato (Japan) 10.....Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 10...... Aldona Stančiūtė (Soviet Union) 1960 1964 1...... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 1...... Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 2...... Márta Rudas (Hungary) 3...... Vlasta Pešková (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 4...... Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 4... Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 5...... Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 5...... Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 6...... Urszula Figwer (Poland) 6...... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 7...... Inge Schwalbe (East Germany) 7...... Birutė Kaledienė (Soviet Union) 8...... Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 8...... Valentina Popova (Soviet Union) 9...... Anna Pazera (Australia) 9...... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 10...... Tamara Tsvetkova (Soviet Union) 10...... Hiroko Sato (Japan) 1961 1965 1...... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 1...... Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2...... Alevtina Shastitko (Soviet Union) 2...... Márta Rudas (Hungary) 3...... Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 3...... Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 4...... Maria Diaconescu (Romania) 4...... Valentina Popova (Soviet Union) 5...... Dana Zátopková (Czechoslovakia) 5...... RaNae Bair (US) 6...... Christa Ranke (East Germany) 6... Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 7... Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 7...... Maya Dubograyeva (Soviet Union) 8... Lyudmila Kuznetsova (Soviet Union) 8...... Sue Platt (Great Britain) 9...... Tereza Tubek (Poland) 9...... Galina Vysotskaya (Soviet Union) 10...... Sue Platt (Great Britain) 10...... Michele Demys ()

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1966 1970 1...... Marion Lüttge (East Germany) 1...... Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 2...... Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2...... (East Germany) 3...... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 3...... Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) 4...... RaNae Bair (US) 4...... Petra Rivers (Australia) 5...... Valentina Popova (Soviet Union) 5...... Mara Saulite (Soviet Union) 6...... Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 6...... Maria Moskalenko (Soviet Union) 7...... Márta Rudas (Hungary) 7...... Valentina Evert (Soviet Union) 8...... Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 8...... Magdolna Vidos (Hungary) 9...... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 9...... Eva Janko (Austria) 10...... Barbara Friedrich (US) 10...... Vera Komissar (Soviet Union) 1967 1971 1...... Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 1...... Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 2...... Barbara Friedrich (US) 2...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 3...... RaNae Bair (US) 3...... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 4...... Maria Moskalenko (Soviet Union) 4...... Angéla Ránky (Hungary) 5...... Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 5...... Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) 6...... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 6...... Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 7...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 7... Anneliese Gerhards (West Germany) 8...... Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 8...... Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 9...... Yelena Gorchakova (Soviet Union) 9...... Valentina Evert (Soviet Union) 10...... Helga Schulze (East Germany) 10...... Mária Vágó (Hungary) 1968 1972 1...... Angéla Ránky (Hungary) 1...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2...... Mihaela Peneş (Romania) 2...... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 3...... Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 3...... Kate Schmidt (US) 4...... Eva Janko (Austria) 4...... Ewa Gryziecka (Poland) 5...... Márta Rudas (Hungary) 5...... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 6...... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 6...... Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 7...... Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 7...... Vera Komissar (Soviet Union) 8...... Kaisa Launela () 8...... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 9...... Barbara Friedrich (US) 9...... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 10...... Helga Schulze (East Germany) 10...... Eva Janko (Austria) 1969 1973 1...... Angéla Ránky (Hungary) 1...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2...... Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 2...... Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 3...... Ameli Koloska (West Germany) 3...... Kate Schmidt (US) 4...... Magdolna Vidos (Hungary) 4...... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 5...... Valentina Evert (Soviet Union) 5...... Daniela Jaworska (Poland) 6...... Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 6...... Eva Janko (Austria) 7...... Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 7...... Elvīra Ozoliņa (Soviet Union) 8...... Márta Rudas (Hungary) 8...... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 9...... Vera Komissar (Soviet Union) 9...... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 10...... Helga Börner (East Germany) 10...... Tatyana Zhigalova (Soviet Union)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1974 1978 1...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 1...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2...... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 2...... (Great Britain) 3...... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 3...... Ute Hommola (East Germany) 4...... Nataša Urbančič (Yugoslavia) 4...... Ute Richter (East Germany) 5...... Kate Schmidt (US) 5...... María Colón (Cuba) 6...... Mária Vágó (Hungary) 6...... Eva Raduly (Romania) 7...... Sabine Sebrowski (East Germany) 7...... Eva Helmschmidt (West Germany) 8...... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 8...... Sherry Calvert (US) 9...... Felicja Kinder (Poland) 9...... Kate Schmidt (US) 10...... Marion Becker (West Germany) 10...... Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) 1975 1979 1...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 1...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 2...... Kate Schmidt (US) 2...... Eva Raduly (Romania) 3...... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 3...... María Colón (Cuba) 4...... Leolita Blodnietse (Soviet Union) 4...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 5...... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 5...... Kate Schmidt (US) 6...... Lutvian Mollova (Bulgaria) 6...... Ute Hommola (East Germany) 7. Nadezhda Yakubovich (Soviet Union) 7...... Eva Helmschmidt (West Germany) 8...... Eva Janko (Austria) 8...... Saida Gunba (Soviet Union) 9...... Felicja Kinder (Poland) 9...... Bernadetta Blechacz (Poland) 10...... Ute Hommola (East Germany) 10...... Ivanka Vancheva (Bulgaria) 1976 1980 1...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 1...... María Colón (Cuba) 2...... Kate Schmidt (US) 2...... Eva Raduly (Romania) 3...... Marion Becker (West Germany) 3...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 4...... Jacqueline Hein (East Germany) 4...... Saida Gunba (Soviet Union) 5...... Sabine Sebrowski (East Germany) 5...... Ute Hommola (East Germany) 6...... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 6...... Ute Richter (East Germany) 7. Nadezhda Yakubovich (Soviet Union) 7...... Tatyana Biryulina (Soviet Union) 8...... Karin Smith (US) 8...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 9...... Ute Hommola (East Germany) 9...... Ivanka Vancheva (Bulgaria) 10...... Nina Marakina (Soviet Union) 10...... Leolita Blodnietse (Soviet Union) 1977 1981 1...... Ruth Fuchs (East Germany) 1...... Antoaneta Selenska (Bulgaria) 2...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 2...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 3...... Kate Schmidt (US) 3...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 4. Nadezhda Yakubovich (Soviet Union) 4...... Karin Smith (US) 5...... Ivanka Vancheva (Bulgaria) 5...... Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) 6...... Marion Becker (West Germany) 6...... Ute Hommola (East Germany) 7...... Eva Janko (Austria) 7...... Petra Rivers (Australia) 8...... Svetlana Babich (Soviet Union) 8...... Mayra Vila (Cuba) 9...... Eva Raduly (Romania) 9...... Tiina Lillak (Finland) 10..... Eva Helmschmidt (West Germany) 10...... (Great Britain)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1982 1986 1...... Sofía Sakoráfa (Greece) 1...... Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 2...... Anna Verouli (Greece) 2...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 3...... Antje Kempe (East Germany) 3...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 4...... Tiina Lillak (Finland) 4...... Tiina Lillak (Finland) 5...... Ute Richter (East Germany) 5...... María Colón (Cuba) 6...... Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) 6...... (West Germany) 7...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 7...... Ingrid Thyssen (West Germany) 8...... Eva Helmschmidt (West Germany) 8...... Sue Howland (Australia) 9...... Sue Howland (Australia) 9...... (Norway) 10...... Petra Rivers (Australia) 10...Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) 1983 1987 1...... Tiina Lillak (Finland) 1...... Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 2...... Sofía Sakoráfa (Greece) 2...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 3...... Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 3...... Beate Peters (West Germany) 4...... Anna Verouli (Greece) 4...... Sue Howland (Australia) 5...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 5...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 6...... Antje Kempe (East Germany) 6...... Susanne Jung (East Germany) 7...... Eva Raduly (Romania) 7...... Tiina Lillak (Finland) 8...... Tuula Laaksalo (Finland) 8.....Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) 9...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 9...... Ivonne Leal (Cuba) 10...... Beate Peters (West Germany) 10...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 1984 1988 1...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 1...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 2...... Antje Kempe (East Germany) 2...... Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 3...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 3...... (East Germany) 4...... Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 4...... Beate Koch (East Germany) 5...... Tiina Lillak (Finland) 5...Irina Kostyuchenkova (Soviet Union) 6...... María Colón (Cuba) 6...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 7...... Antoaneta Selenska (Bulgaria) 7.....Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) 8...... Mayra Vila (Cuba) 8...... Tiina Lillak (Finland) 9...... Elena Burgárová (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Susanne Jung (East Germany) 10...... Tuula Laaksalo (Finland) 10...... Ivonne Leal (Cuba) 1985 1989 1...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 1...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 2...... Fatima Whitbread (Great Britain) 2...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 3...... María Colón (Cuba) 3...... Beate Koch (East Germany) 4.....Natalya Yermolovich (Soviet Union) 4...... (East Germany) 5...... Tiina Lillak (Finland) 5...... Silke Renk (East Germany) 6...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 6...... Brigitte Graune (West Germany) 7...... Mayra Vila (Cuba) 7...... Natalya Shikolenko (Soviet Union) 8...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 8...... Li Zhang (China) 9...... Olga Gavrilova (Soviet Union) 9...... Laverne Eve (Bahamas) 10...... Ivonne Leal (Cuba) 10...... Dulce García (Cuba)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1990 1994 1...... Petra Meier-Felke (East Germany) 1...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 2...... Karen Forkel (East Germany) 2...... Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) 3...... Päivi Alafrantti (Finland) 3...... Karen Forkel (Germany) 4...... Silke Renk (East Germany) 4...... Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 5...... Dulce García (Cuba) 5...... Claudia Isaila (Romania) 6...... Katalin Hartai (Hungary) 6...... Louise Currey (Australia) 7...... Tiina Lillak (Finland) 7...... Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 8...... Brigitte Graune (West Germany) 8...... (Belarus) 9...... Li Zhang (China) 9...... (Germany) 10...... Demei Xu (China) 10...... Jette Jeppesen (Denmark) 1991 1995 1...... Petra Meier-Felke (Germany) 1...... Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) 2...... Karen Forkel (Germany) 2...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 3...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 3...... Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 4...... Silke Renk (Germany) 4...... Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 5...... Päivi Alafrantti (Finland) 5...... Joanna Stone (Australia) 6...... Demei Xu (China) 6...... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 7.....Natalya Cherniyenko (Soviet Union) 7...... (Finland) 8...... Natalya Shikolenko (Soviet Union) 8...... (Germany) 9...... Dulce García (Cuba) 9...... Silke Renk (Germany) 10...... Heli Rantanen (Finland) 10...... Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 1992 1996 1...... Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) 1...... Heli Rantanen (Finland) 2...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 2...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 3...... Silke Renk (Germany) 3...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 4...... Karen Forkel (Germany) 4...... Oksana Makarova (Russia) 5...... Petra Meier-Felke (Germany) 5...... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 6...... Tessa Sanderson (Great Britain) 6...... Louise Currey (Australia) 7...... Heli Rantanen (Finland) 7...... Karen Forkel (Germany) 8...... Dulce García (Cuba) 8...... Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 9...... Päivi Alafrantti (Finland) 9...... Isel López (Cuba) 10...... Irina Kostyuchenkova (Ukraine) 10...... (Cuba) 1993 1997 1...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 1...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 2...... Natalya Shikolenko (Belarus) 2...... Joanna Stone (Australia) 3...... Karen Forkel (Germany) 3...... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 4...... Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 4...... Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 5...... Tatyana Shikolenko (Belarus) 5...... Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 6...... Silke Renk (Germany) 6...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 7...... Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 7...... Oksana Makarova (Russia) 8...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 8...... Heli Rantanen (Finland) 9...... Päivi Alafrantti (Finland) 9...... Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 10...... Claudia Isaila (Romania) 10...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 1998 2002 1...... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 1...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 2...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 2...... Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 3...... Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 3...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 4...... Joanna Stone (Australia) 4...... Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 5...... Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 5...... Miréla Manjani (Greece) 6...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 6...... Felicia Moldovan (Romania) 7...... Oksana Makarova (Russia) 7...... Nikolett Szabó (Hungary) 8...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 8...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 9...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 9...... Taina Kolkkala (Finland) 10...... Heli Rantanen (Finland) 10...... Nora Bicet (Cuba) 1999 2003 1...... Miréla Manjani (Greece) 1...... Miréla Manjani (Greece) 2...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 2...... Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 3...... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 3...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 4...... Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 4...... Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 5...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 5...... Laverne Eve (Bahamas) 6...... Louise Currey (Australia) 6...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 7...... Karen Forkel (Germany) 7...... Nikolett Szabó (Hungary) 8...... Oksana Makarova (Russia) 8...... Valeriya Zabruskova (Russia) 9...... Taina Kolkkala (Finland) 9...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 10...... Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 10...... Claudia Coslovich (Italy) 2000 2004 1...... Trine Hattestad (Norway) 1...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 2...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 2...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 3...... Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 3...... Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) 4...... Miréla Manjani (Greece) 4...... Miréla Manjani (Greece) 5...... Tanja Damaske (Germany) 5...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 6...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 6...... Nora Bicet (Cuba) 7...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 7...... Laverne Eve (Bahamas) 8...... Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) 8...... Taina Kolkkala (Finland) 9...... Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 9...... Tatyana Lyakhovich (Ukraine) 10...... Yekaterina Ivakina (Russia) 10...... Sávva Líka (Greece) 2001 2005 1...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 1...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 2...... Miréla Manjani (Greece) 2...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 3...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 3...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 4...... Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) 4...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 5...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 5...... Christina Scherwin (Denmark) 6...... Mikaela Ingberg (Finland) 6....Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 7...... Tatyana Shikolenko (Russia) 7...... Zahra Bani (Italy) 8...... Xiomara Rivero (Cuba) 8...... Paula Tarvainen (Finland) 9...... Claudia Coslovich (Italy) 9...... Aggelikí Tsiolakoúdi (Greece) 10...... Aggelikí Tsiolakoúdi (Greece) 10...... Laverne Eve (Bahamas)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 2006 2010¶ 1...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 1....Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2....Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 3...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 3...... (Germany) 4...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 4...... (South Africa) 5...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 5...... Kara Winger (US) 6...... Christina Scherwin (Denmark) 6...... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 7...... Mercedes Chilla () 7...... (Germany) 8...... Justine Robbeson (South Africa) 8...... (Latvia) 9...... (Poland) 9...... Mercedes Chilla (Spain) 10...... Rumyana Karapetrova (Bulgaria) 10...... (Australia) 2007 2011¶ 1....Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 1...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 2...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 2....Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 3...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 3...... Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 4...... Nikola Brejchová (Czech Republic) 4...... Katharina Molitor (Germany) 5...... Sonia Bisset (Cuba) 5...... Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) 6...... (Russia) 6...... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 7...... Sávva Líka (Greece) 7...... Kim Mickle (Australia) 8...... Barbara Madejczyk (Poland) 8...... Madara Palameika (Latvia) 9...... Linda Stahl (Germany) 9....Jarmila Klimešová (Czech Republic) 10...... Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) 10...... Linda Stahl (Germany) 2008¶ 2012¶ 1....Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 1....Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 2...... Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 3...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 3...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 4...... Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) 4...... Linda Stahl (Germany) 5...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 5...... Vira Rebrik (Ukraine) 6...... Linda Stahl (Germany) 6...... Goldie Sayers (Great Britain) 7...... Barbara Madejczyk (Poland) 7...... Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 8...... Katharina Molitor (Germany) 8...... Huihui Lu (China) 9...... Mercedes Chilla (Spain) 9...... Katharina Molitor (Germany) 10...... ? 10...... Madara Palameika (Latvia) 2009 2013 1....Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 1...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 2...... Steffi Nerius (Germany) 2...... Mariya Abakumova (Russia) 3...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 3...... Kim Mickle (Australia) 4...... Osleidys Menéndez (Cuba) 4...... Linda Stahl (Germany) 5...... Monica Stoian (Romania) 5...... Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 6...... Linda Stahl (Germany) 6...... Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) 7...... Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 7...... Madara Palameika (Latvia) 8...... Sávva Líka (Greece) 8...... (Russia) 9...... Vira Rebrik (Ukraine) 9...... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 10...... ? 10...... (Sweden)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Women’s Javelin 2014 2017 1. Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 1... Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 2...... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 2...... Sara Kolak () 3...... Kim Mickle (Australia) 3...... (Belarus) 4...... Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 4...... Lingwei Li (China) 5...... Linda Stahl (Germany) 5...... Huihui Lu (China) 6...... Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) 6...... Eda Tuǧsuz (Turkey) 7...... Liz Gleadle (Canada) 7...... Shiying Liu (China) 8...... Madera Palameika (Latvia) 8...... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 9...... Tatjana Jelača (Serbia) 9...... Kelsey Barber (Australia) 10.....Hanna Hatsko-Fedusova (Ukraine) 10...... Liz Gleadle (Canada) 2015 2018 1..Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 1...... Huihui Lu (China) 2...... Katharina Molitor (Germany) 2...... Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) 3...... Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 3...... (Germany) 4...... Huihui Lu (China) 4..Nikola Ogrodníková (Czech Republic) 5...... Liz Gleadle (Canada) 5...... Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) 6...... Madara Palameika (Latvia) 6...... Shiying Liu (China) 7...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 7...... Kelsey Barber (Australia) 8...... Christin Hussong (Germany) 8...... Kara Winger (US) 9...... Kim Mickle (Australia) 9...... Martina Ratej (Slovenia) 10...... Linda Stahl (Germany) 10...... Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 2016 2019 1. Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 1...... Huihui Lu (China) 2...... Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) 2...... Kelsey Barber (Australia) 3...... Madara Palameika (Latvia) 3...... Christin Hussong (Germany) 4...... Sunette Viljoen (South Africa) 4...... Shiying Liu (China) 5...... Kathryn Mitchell (Australia) 5...... Tatsiana Khaladovich (Belarus) 6...... Sara Kolak (Croatia) 6...... Sara Kolak (Croatia) 7...... (Russia) 7...... Kara Winger (US) 8...... Huihui Lu (China) 8...Nikola Ogrodníková (Czech Republic) 9...... Christina Obergföll (Germany) 9...Barbora Špotáková (Czech Republic) 10...... Linda Stahl (Germany) 10...... Līna Mūze (Latvia)

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