Editing Javelin throw (section)

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Year
!Mark
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|1973
|66.10
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ruth Fuchs]]|GDR}}
|[[Edinburgh]]
|-
|1974
|67.22
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ruth Fuchs]]|GDR}}
|[[Rome]]
|-
|1975
|66.46
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ruth Fuchs]]|GDR}}
|[[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]]
|-
|1976
|69.12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ruth Fuchs]]|GDR}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|1977
|69.32
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kate Schmidt]]|USA}}
|[[Fürth]]
|-
|1978
|69.16
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ruth Fuchs]]|GDR}}
|[[Prague]]
|-
|1979
|69.52
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ruth Fuchs]]|GDR}}
|[[Dresden]]
|-
|1980
|70.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Biryulina]]|URS}}
|[[Podolsk]]
|-
|1981
|71.88
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Antoaneta Todorova]]|BUL|1971}}
|[[Zagreb]]
|-
|1982
|74.20
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sofia Sakorafa]]|GRE}}
|[[Hania]]
|-
|1983
|74.76
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tiina Lillak]]|FIN}}
|[[Tampere]]
|-
|1984
|74.72
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Felke]]|GDR}}
|[[Celje]]
|-
|1985
|75.40
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Felke]]|GDR}}
|[[Schwerin]]
|-
|1986
|77.44
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Fatima Whitbread]]|GBR}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|1987
|78.90
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Felke]]|GDR}}
|[[Leipzig]]
|-
|1988
|80.00
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Felke]]|GDR}}
|[[Potsdam]]
|-
|1989
|76.88
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Felke]]|GDR}}
|[[Macerata]]
|-
|1990
|73.08
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Petra Felke]]|GER}}
|[[Manaus]]
|-
|1991
|71.44
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Trine Hattestad]]|NOR}}
|[[Fana, Bergen|Fana]]
|-
|1992
|70.36
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Shikolenko]]|BLR}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|1993
|72.12
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Trine Hattestad]]|NOR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|1994
|71.40
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Shikolenko]]|BLR}}
|[[Seville]]
|-
|1995
|71.18
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Natalya Shikolenko]]|BLR}}
|[[Zürich]]
|-
|1996
|69.42
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Steffi Nerius]]|GER}}
|[[Monaco]]
|-
|1997
|69.66
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Trine Hattestad]]|NOR}}
|[[Helsinki]]
|-
|1998
|70.10
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tanja Damaske]]|GER}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|}

A new model was introduced in 1999 and all records started fresh.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Year
!Mark
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|1999
|68.19
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Trine Hattestad]]|NOR}}
|[[Fana, Bergen|Fana]]
|-
|2000
|69.48
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Trine Hattestad]]|NOR}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|2001
|71.54
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Osleidys Menéndez]]|CUB}}
|[[Rethymno]]
|-
|2002
|67.47
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Miréla Manjani]]|GRE}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|2003
|66.52
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Miréla Manjani]]|GRE}}
|[[Paris]]
|-
|2004
|71.53
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Osleidys Menéndez]]|CUB}}
|[[Athens]]
|-
|2005
|71.70
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Osleidys Menéndez]]|CUB}}
|[[Helsinki]]
|-
|2006
|66.91
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christina Obergföll]]|GER}}
|[[Athens]]
|-
|2007
|70.20
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christina Obergföll]]|GER}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|2008
|72.28
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Barbora Špotáková]]|CZE}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|2009
|68.59
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Christina Obergföll]]|GER}}
|[[Leiria]]
|-
|2010
|68.66
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Barbora Špotáková]]|CZE}}
|[[Rome]]
|-
|2011
|71.58
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Barbora Špotáková]]|CZE}}
|[[Daegu]]
|-
|2012
|69.55
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Barbora Špotáková]]|CZE}}
|[[London]]
|-
|2013
|70.53
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mariya Abakumova]]|RUS}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|2014
|67.99
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Barbora Spotáková]]|CZE}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|2015
|67.69
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Katharina Molitor]]|GER}}
|[[Beijing National Stadium|Beijing]]
|-
|2016
|67.30
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Vera Rebrik]]|RUS}}
|[[Sochi]]
|-
|2017
|68.43
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sara Kolak]]|CRO}}
|[[Lausanne]]
|-
|2018
|68.92
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kathryn Mitchell]]|AUS}}
|[[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]
|-
|2019
|67.98
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lü Huihui]]|CHN}}
|[[Shenyang]]
|-
|2020
|67.61
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lü Huihui]]|CHN}}
|[[Beijing]]
|-
|2021
|71.40
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Maria Andrejczyk]]|POL}}
|[[Split, Croatia|Split]]
|-
|2022
|68.11
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Kara Winger]]|USA}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|2023
|67.38
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Haruka Kitaguchi]]|JPN}}
|[[Brussels]]
|-
|2024
|66.70
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Flor Ruiz]]|COL}}
|[[Cuiaba]]
|}
[[File:Mariya Abakumova Daegu 2011.jpg|thumb|right|Maria Abakumova at the 2011 World Athletics Championships]]
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