Wellington Masters Athletics
Membership News Events Calendar Results Records Awards Contacts Links Master Copy

World Masters Games
Javelin

The javelin has been contested at the Olympics since 1908 for men and 1932 for women.

Javelin design and weights have changed over time, resetting record marks periodically. In April 1986 the IAAF redesigned the men's javelin, shifting the centre of gravity and reducing the distance of throws. Modifications in design (using holes, rough paint or dimples to increase tail draft) were outlawed at the end of 1991 and related records reset..

Women's javelins underwent the same redesign in 1999.

The men start with a javelin weight of 800gm. This drops to 700gm at age 50, 600gm at age 60, 500gm at age 70 and 400gm from age 80.

Women start with a 600gm weight javelin.This drops to 500gm at age 50. Prior to 2014, this reduced to 400gm at age 60 but after 2014 World Masters specify the 400gm weight javelin to be introduced only at age 75.

National codes indicate a competitor's given country at time of competition but at the World Masters Games this often does not indicate a competitor's real country.

Records are not tracked and the event is not generally eligible for records due to the general lack of compliance to IAAF/WMA standards.

  M35 W35
2017 39.54 -  Scott McGovern (NZL)
38.09 - Santosh Pardeshi (IND)
37.90 - Iain McGowan (NZL)
not contested
2013 51.95 - Wolfgang Fuhrmann (GER)
49.42 - Victor Gonzalez Castro (VEN)
32.54 - Karl Kirsten (AUS)
41.28 - Preisi Benczenleitnerne (HUN)
22.48 - Fanny Ortiz Torres (VEN)
no third place
2009 results unavailable 35.47 - Lynette Smith (AUS)
33.25 - Alena Shiman (RUS)
31.16 - Dianne Bedford (CAN)
2005 49.56 - Roman Kamas (SVK)
45.69 - James Barr (USA)
39.13 - Andrew Senior (CAN)
32.28 - Judy Pfanner (AUS)
25.24 - Heike Klaue (GER)
21.42 - Camille Gross (CAN)
2002 49.27 - Harry Pavlidis (AUS)
45.88 - David Grozde (AUS)
42.16 - Bradley Lever (AUS)
43.49 - D Jursiene (LTU)
38.95 - Jayne Hardy (AUS)
28.94 - Judy Pfanner (AUS)
1998 56.12 - Jonathan Greenleaf (USA)
43.44 - Neil Shepherd (USA)
42.34 - Alan Fivian (USA)
Old implement design:
31.11 - Marie Kay (AUS)
no second or third place
  M40 W40
2017 48.95 - Wolfgang Fuhrmann (GER)
45.81 - David Couper (NZL)
44.42 - Dennis Langford (NZL)
33.67 - Melissa Tipene (NZL)
32.54 - Kim Blackwood (NZL)
27.66 - Jennifer Bowers (CAN)
2013 56.06 - Daniel Landaeta (VEN)
55.79 - Eladio Lopez (VEN)
35.81 - Aleksei Kondrashev (RUS)
39.60 - Linda Akerman (SWE)
35.15 - Villamediana Rodriguez (VEN)
33.74 - Ligita Ziemane (LAT)
2009 46.01 - Andrew Kohlrusch (AUS)
43.93 - Jan Luckmann (SUI)
42.15 - Stan Grant (AUS)
28.72 - Georgina Titus (CAN)
28.61 - Tania Kapetanovic (AUS)
27.43 - Heike Klaue (GER)
2005 55.30 - Kevin Morgan (CAN)
49.61 - Jan Luckmann (GER)
47.41 - Scott Kent (CAN)
36.42 - Eugenia Urra (CHI)
34.77 - Alison Ostergard (CAN)
34.47 - Annie Potvin (CAN)
2002 62.01 - Masayshi Sakaguchi (JPN)
55.97 - John Kay (AUS)
53.06 - Bruce Dengate (AUS)
41.44 - Sandra Dejus (LAT)
37.67 - Lynn Osmers (NZL)
28.11 - L Saunders (AUS)
1998 74.37 - Thomas Petranoff (USA)
67.11 - Jim Lothrop (USA)
64.95 - Serhiy Havras (UKR)
Old implement design:
47.28 - Sandra Dejusa (USA)
39.64 - Monica Kendall (USA)
21.91 - Rhonda Martin (AUS)
  M45 W45
2017 42.44 - Malcolm Clarke (NZL)
42.17 - David Morgan (NZL)

41.11 - Peter Ivanov (GER)
26.89 - Brenda Davis (NZL)
26.47 - Toni Matters (AUS)
25.83 - Megan Osborn (NZL)
2013 56.08 - Grzegorz Pawelski (POL)
50.10 - Craig Hounsey (AUS)
48.53 - Didzis Matvajs (LAT)
33.18 - Petra Hirsch (GER)
30.21 - Maritz Rodriguez (VEN)
28.51 - Lenka Novotna (CZE)
2009 57.17 - Daryl Brand (NZL)
54.62 - Eduard Budnik (AUS)
49.77 - Bruce Dengate (AUS)
39.64 - Susanne Strohm (GER)
31.34 - Glynis Marks (AUS)
28.32 - Mandy Shirtcliff (NZL)
2005 60.68 - Serhiy Havras (UKR)
54.85 - Dennis Morris (USA)
48.87 - Lee Beamish (CAN)
37.12 - Sandra Dejus (LAT)
31.92 - Nancy MacKichan (CAN)
24.48 - Kayako Maeda (JPN)
2002 60.91 - Serhiy Havras (UKR)
55.69 - Michael Janusey (USA)
51.91 - Dennis Morris (USA)
39.97 - Helena Burgarova (SVK)
33.73 - D Hartigan (AUS)
27.66 - W Ryan (AUS)
1998 63.95 - Joseph Greenberg (USA)
57.54 - Frantisek Drab (CZE)
55.81 - Eb Buck (USA)
Old implement design:
44.15 - Helena Burgarova (SVK)
35.00 - Yasha Watkins (AUS)
25.56 - Joan Stratton (USA)
  M50 W50
2017 50.08 - Lubomir Donoval (SVK)
46.41 - Neil Selman (NZL)
45.94 - Andrew Richardson (NZL)
29.91 - Jayne Hardy (AUS)
25.95 - Amanda Foster (NZL)
25.44 - Edith Lindeburg (USA)
2013 53.83 - Sergey Lodochnikov (RUS)
53.50 - Dainis Kula (LAT)
48.13 - Tom Jensen (DEN)
35.57 - Angela Muller (GER)
32.38 - Valda Morkuniene (LTU)
22.64 - Joellen Barr (CAN)
2009 54.01 - John Kay (AUS)
49.96 - Frik Stander (RSA)
45.72 - Andrew Atkinson-howatt (AUS)
25.69 - Heike Forth (AUS)
25.16 - Kayako Maeda (JPN)
23.06 - Christine Bridle (AUS)
2005 65.87 - Michael Brown (USA)
51.12 - Michael Finkbeiner (CAN)
48.27 - Terry Gudzowsky (CAN)
30.63 - Yasha Watkins (AUS)
25.01 - Julie Smith (AUS)
23.95 - Maria Richter (BRA)
2002 55.69 - Frank Drab (CZE)
55.56 - Bob Banens (AUS)
51.70 - Andrew Farr (AUS)
25.90 - Christine Schultz (AUS)
24.54 - Denise Palmer (AUS)
23.90 - Wilma Perkins (AUS)
1998 54.62 - Josef Kolar (CZE)
47.39 - Louis Christensen (USA)
42.69 - Rober Burkholder (USA)
Old implement design:
26.90 - Connie Sarver (USA)
20.00 - Erika Szanto (USA)
19.97 - Rosalie Carman (USA)
  M55 W55
2017 48.05 - Sergi Harvas (UKR)
47.81 - Steph Kichenbrand (RSA)
42.72 - Allen Hall (USA)
31.50 - Barbara Dabrowski (CAN)
22.88 - Terri Jones (CAN)
21.54 - Joellen Barr (CAN)
2013 52.60 - Reinhold Paul (GER)
50.86 - Thomas Sinclair (USA)
42.42 - Aleksander Dundik (GER)
31.92 - Tamilla Bunyadova (AZE)
24.20 - Kayako Maeda (JPN)
20.52 - Brenda Dion (CAN)
2009 44.88 - Lembit Talpsepp (EST)
43.35 - Moldabay Baiturin (KAZ)
39.20 - Efstratios Chatzidakis (GRE)
26.99 - Kerrie Macey (AUS)
25.79 - Julie Smith (AUS)
19.16 - Di McDonald (AUS)
2005 57.42 - Robert Kouvolo (USA)
48.39 - Frantisek Drab (CZE)
45.57 - Jan Dec (POL)
24.29 - Sharon Raham (USA)
22.72 - Teddie Bell (USA)
17.35 - Liz McBlain (CAN)
2002 50.73 - Josef Kolar (CZE)
46.89 - Graeme Rose (AUS)
42.79 - Peter Young (AUS)
34.32 - Mary Thomas (AUS)
24.32 - Concetta Strobach (USA)
22.98 - P Oakes (GBR)
1998 51.86 - Gary Stenlund (USA)
49.81 - Uldis Lebedevs (LAT)
49.12 - Gary Reddaway (USA)
Old implement design:
32.07 - Becky Sisley (USA)
27.54 - Noreen Parrish (AUS)
25.57 - Barbara Cleveland (USA)
  M60 W60
2017 45.25 - Alek Cherevatckii (RUS)
37.30 - Bohuslav Hovorka (CZE)
36.27 - David Low (AUS)
21.18 - Kayako Maeda (JPN)
20.01 - Brenda Dion (CAN)
no third place
2013 51.09 - Walter Kuehndel (GER)
45.94 - Fabio Diotallevi (ITA)
45.72 - Alexandr Prostunkin (RUS)
Old implement weight (400g):
28.91 - Ludmila Spotakova (CZE)
28.30 - Alevtina Abel (EST)
25.19 - Zsuzsan Szagri (HUN)
2009 54.86 - Bob Powers (USA)
48.65 - Juergen Dannenberg (GER)
48.27 - Bob Banens (AUS)
Old implement weight (400g):
26.40 - Pat Diskin (USA)
25.37 - Sharon Raham (USA)
21.54 - Bev Hamilton (AUS)
2005 49.78 - Josef Kolar (CZE)
46.80 - Douglas Appel (USA)
36.73 - Bob McFadyen (CAN)
Old implement weight (400g):
29.02 - Marg Radcliffe (CAN)
27.34 - Gudrun Mellmann (GER)
19.87 - Margery Swinton (GBR)
2002 41.00 - Bob Watson (AUS)
38.13 - Gregor Nicol (AUS)
34.56 - Spencer Herft (AUS)
Old implement weight (400g):
29.77 - P Radcliffe (CAN)
27.56 - Gudrun Mellmann (GER)
26.42 - Jennifer Bourke (AUS)
1998 46.45 - Helmut Goreis (AUT)
38.81 - Kenneth Daniels (AUS)
36.97 - Mirl Gratton (USA)
Old implement design:
39.90 - Gertraud Schonauer (AUT)
21.56 - Joann Grissom (USA)
21.45 - Valerie Worrell (AUS)
  M65 W65
2017 49.59 - Walter Kuhndel (GER)
38.78 - Andrew Farr (AUS)
37.89 - Laurie Malcolmson (NZL)
20.02 - Maria Apa Richter (BRA)
18.62 - Elizabeth Hamilton (NZL)
14.56 - Noni Callander (NZL)
2013 42.28 - Aleksandr Bykov (RUS)
37.95 - Igor Tratnik (SLO)
36.95 - Antal Hegedus (HUN)
Old implement weight (400g):
32.00 - Jarmila Klimesova (CZE)
28.44 - Jadvyga Putiniene (LTU)
26.30 - Magda Franckx (BEL)
2009 results unavailable Old implement weight (400g):
30.98 - Mary Thomas (AUS)
30.54 - Jadvyga Putiniene (LTU)
25.37 - Kerteszne Szentesi (HUN)
2005 42.89 - Frank Illuzzi (USA)
42.33 - Helmut Goreis (AUT)
37.19 - John Lang (USA)
Old implement weight (400g):
26,21 - Margaret Tosh (CAN)
22.85 - Helen Searle (AUS)
20.39 - Sandra Anderson (CAN)
2002 37.17 - Helmut Goreis (AUT)
36.96 - Thomas Hancock (AUS)
33.80 - Gerald Fasteen (USA)
Old implement weight (400g):
32.38 - B Kalediene (LTU)
26.45 - Almut Broemmel (GER)
25.67 - Heather Doherty (AUS)
1998 33.77 - Thomas Allison (USA)
28.67 - Jim Blair (NZL)
no third place
Old implement design:
24.80 - Betty Neal (USA)
no second or third place
  M70 W70
2017 33.81 - Ismo Tasta (FIN)
31.24 - Michael Hazlewood (SWE)
30.97 - Peter Crawford (NZL)
20.53 - Mary Thomas (AUS)
15.39 - Liubov Myronova (UKR)
15.02 - Beverley Hamilton (AUS)
2013 37.59 - Harold Appel (USA)
33.88 - Reiner Gortz (GER)
24.50 - Dietmar Keller (GER)
Old implement weight (400g):
26.70 - Adelhai Graber-Bolliger (SUI)
21.62 - Yuko Nakano (CAN)
12.90 - Ilga Buntika (LAT)
2009 results unavailable Old implement weight (400g):
25.04 - Becky Sisley (USA)
22.32 - Rose von Westerholt (GER)
21.98 - Tserendolgor Tumurbat (MGA)
2005 40.89 - Stanley Koster (USA)
38.95 - Takumi Matsushima (BRA)
36.51 - Marko Sluga (SLO)
Old implement weight (400g):
20.42 - Galina Kovalenskaya (RUS)
18.16 - Amy Hicks (USA)
18.02 - Lil Ferguson (CAN)
2002 38.46 - Takumi Matsushima (BRA)
32.34 - Ray Feica (USA)
30.97 - Ronald Johnson (NZL)
not contested
1998 31.11 - Earl Johnson (USA)
26.54 - Vince Sempronio (USA)
18.69 - Phillip Walden (USA)
Old implement design:
17.04 - Shirley Dietderich (USA)
12.84 - Patricia Osmon (USA)
no third place
  M75 W75
2017 21.71 - Carlos Avil Avila (MEX)
21.29 - Kamil Neuzil (CZE)
21.17 - Josef Vonasek (CZE)
20.52 - Tserendolgor Tumurbat (MGL)
20.41 - Elsbeth Padia (USA)
15.79 - Janice Banens (AUS)
2013 41.87 - Vladimir Porokhin (RUS)
32.52 - Arnold Stasiuk (BLR)
29.41 - Marko Sluga (SLO)
21.58 - Elsbeth Padia (USA)
21.14 - Tserendolgor Tumurbat (MGL)
9.34 - Sheila Champion (IRL)
2009 results unavailable 18.94 - Heather Doherty (AUS)
16.35 - Myrtle Acon (CAN)
16.30 - Mary Wahren (AUS)
2005 34.99 - Del Alaways (USA)
34.61 - Rainer Sillantaus (CAN)
25.86 - Katsuya Aso (JPN)
12.52 - Maxine Smallwood (CAN)
9.17 - Toshi Kawakami (BRA)
8.03 - Kazuko Taniguchi (BRA)
2002 30.85 - Katsuya Aso (JPN)
29.11 - William Daprano (USA)
22.73 - Ron Price (AUS)
11.56 - Flora Mcleod‐Smith (CAN)
8.26 - Eva Greaves (AUS)
no third place
1998 32.68 - William Bronson (USA)
28.15 - Homer Socolofsky (USA)
24.70 - Arnold Scott (USA)
Old implement design:
20.08 - Adele McCormick (USA)
14.74 - Olga Kotelko (CAN)
12.62 - Margaret Hinton (USA)
  M80 W80
2017 28.97 - Donald Miller (USA)
26.20 - Ron Johnson (NZL)
23.72 - Viktor Klypin (RUS)
14.22 - Gali Kovalenskaya (RUS)
no second or third place
2013 11.45 - Lev Shirshakov (RUS)
no second or third place
20.56 - Lieslotte Leiss (GER)
no second or third place
2009 results unavailable 9.48 - Mavis Hutchison (RSA)
5.19 - Mavis Gibbs (AUS)
no third place
2005 19.79 - Takashi Ogura (JPN)
16.82 - Brian Power‐Waters (USA)
11.97 - Jacob Stein (USA)
10.36 - Flora Mcleod‐Smith (CAN)
no second or third place
2002 21.40 - Kevin Hopkins (AUS)
12.80 - Robert Horsley (USA)
11.46 - Charles Baldridge (USA)
13.34 - Olga Kotelko (CAN)
13.05 - Margaret Hinton (USA)
12.64 - Marion Skarratt (AUS)
1998 14.79 - Lew Luehrs (USA)
no second or third place
Old implement design:
13.59 - Mary Bowermaster (USA)
no second or third place
  M85 W85
2017 21.93 - Jim Blair (NZL)
14.76 - Hector Mein (NZL)

no third place
not contested
2013 19.35 - Katsuya Aso (JPN)
16.29 - William Daprano (USA)
no third place
not contested
2009 results unavailable 9.37 - Norma Creais (AUS)
no second or third place
2005 17.18 - Champion Goldy (USA)
no second or third place
not contested
2002 15.83 - Champion Goldy (USA)
10.36 - Royce Foley (AUS)
6.16 - Lionel Merrett (AUS)
7.89 - Margaret Russell (AUS)
no second or third place
1998 19.56 - Vladimir Younger (AUS)
no second or third place
not contested
  M90 W90
2017 8.70 - Allan Martin (NZL)
no second or third place
not contested
2013 not contested not contested
2009 results unavailable 12.51 - Olga Kotelko (CAN)
no second or third place
2005 14.58 - Jim Murray (CAN)
11.61 - Howard West (CAN)
no third place
not contested
2002 15.70 - Vladimir Younger (AUS)
14.85 - Moises Labbe (CHI)
no third place
not contested
1998 not contested not contested
  M95 W95
2017 not contested not contested
2013 not contested not contested
2009 results unavailable 5.48 - Ruth Frith (AUS)
no second or third place
2005 18.92 - Trent Lane (USA)
no second or third place
not contested
2002 not contested not contested
1998 not contested not contested
  M100 W100
2017 not contested 5.12 - Man Kaur (IND)
no second or third place
2013 not contested not contested
2009 results unavailable not contested
2005 not contested not contested
2002 not contested not contested
1998 not contested not contested

  

 Contact Us

  Last Updated 22 December 2023