The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running and racewalking. In British English the term "Athletics" is synonymous with American "Track and Field" and includes all jumping events.
This article contains an overview of the year 1984 in the sport of athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1985 in the sport of athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1986 in the sport of athletics.
This page shows the main events during the 1999 year in the sport of athletics throughout the world.
This article contains an overview of the year 1983 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1987 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1988 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1991 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1993 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1982 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the year 1981 in athletics.
This article contains an overview of the sport of athletics, including track and field, cross country and road running, in the year 2007.
This article contains an overview of the year 1980 in athletics. The major athletics event of the year was the 1980 Moscow Olympics. A boycott of this competition meant many of world's leading athletes did not face each other, with many of the boycotting athletes taking part in the rival Liberty Bell Classic competition.
In 2011, the foremost athletics event was the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu. The other major global level competition held in 2011 was the World Cross Country Championships.
Zhang Jun is a male Chinese track and field athlete who competes in the shot put. He is the Chinese record holder outdoors with a throw of 20.41 metres and the Asian record holder indoors with a mark of 20.16 m. He has won medals at the Summer Universiade, Asian Games, Asian Athletics Championships and the East Asian Games. He represented China at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Julius Yego is a Kenyan track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. Nicknamed "Mr. YouTube" because he learned how to throw by watching YouTube videos of javelin athletes, Yego is the African record holder for the event with a personal best of 92.72 m.
Lü Huihui is a Chinese athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She won the silver medal at the 2015 World Championships and bronze medals at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships.
Serena Capponcelli is an Italian female high jumper, shot putter, javelin thrower and former bobsledder, who finished at 20th place in the 2018 indoor seasonal world lists in the high jump.
Said Aouita (MAR)
Arturo Barrios (MEX)
Roger Kingdom (USA)
Peter Koech (KEN)
United States 
Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
Paula Ivan (ROU)
Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)
