Editing Javelin throw (section)

===Women===
[[File:Tessa Sanderson-2.jpg|thumb|[[Tessa Sanderson]] appeared in every [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympics]] from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the [[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's javelin throw|javelin at the 1984 Olympics]]. She was the first Black British woman to win an Olympic gold medal, and the second [[track and field]] athlete to [[List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games|compete at six Olympics]]. Sanderson won gold medals at three [[Commonwealth Games]] and at the [[1992 IAAF World Cup]]. She set five [[List of Commonwealth records in athletics|Commonwealth records]] and ten [[List of British records in athletics|British national records]] in the javelin, as well as records at junior and [[Masters W40 javelin world record progression|masters]] levels. Sanderson had a rivalry with fellow Briton [[Fatima Whitbread]], who took the bronze in the 1984 Olympics.]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Rank
!Mark
!Athlete
!Date
!Place
!Ref
|-
!1
|80.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Meier|Petra Felke]]|GDR}}
|8 September 1988
|[[Potsdam]]
|
|-
!2
|77.44
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Fatima Whitbread]]|GBR}}
|28 August 1986
|[[Stuttgart]]
|
|-
!3
|74.76
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tiina Lillak]]|FIN}}
|13 June 1983
|[[Tampere]]
|
|-
!4
|74.20
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sofia Sakorafa]]|GRE}}
|26 September 1982
|[[Hania]]
|
|-
!5
|73.58
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tessa Sanderson]]|GBR}}
|26 June 1983
|[[Edinburgh]]
|
|-
!6
|72.70
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Anna Verouli]]|GRE}}
|20 May 1984
|[[Hania]]
|
|-
!7
|72.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Antje Zöllkau|Antje Kempe]]|GDR}}
|5 May 1984
|[[Celje]]
|
|-
!8
|72.12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Trine Hattestad]]|NOR}}
|10 July 1993
|[[Oslo]]
|
|-
!9
|71.88
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Antoaneta Todorova]]|BUL|1971}}
|15 August 1981
|[[Zagreb]]
|
|-
!10
|71.82
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ivonne Leal]]|CUB}}
|30 August 1985
|[[Leverkusen]]
|
|-
!11
|71.40 
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Shikolenko]]|BLR}}
|5 June 1994
|[[Sevilla]]
|
|-
!12
|71.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Silke Renk]]|GDR}}
|25 June 1988
|[[Rostock]]
|
|-
!13
|70.76
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Beate Koch]]|GDR}}
|22 June 1989
|[[Rostock]]
|
|-
!14
|70.42
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Zhang Li (javelin thrower, born 1961)|Zhang Li]]|CHN}}
|6 August 1990
|[[Tianjin]] 
|
|-
!15
|70.20
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Karen Forkel]]|GER}}
|9 May 1991
|[[Halle (Saale)|Halle]] 
|
|}