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.
The final of the Women's Javelin Throw event at the 2003 Pan American Games took place on Thursday August 7, 2003. America's Kim Kreiner dethroned reigning PanAm champion and world record holder Osleidys Menéndez from Cuba.
Kara Estelle Winger is an American track and field athlete who competes in the javelin throw. She is the American record holder in the javelin throw with a distance of 68.11 m.
The men's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 24 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Guillermo Martínez of Cuba.
The women's javelin throw's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 21 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Alicia DeShasier of the United States.
Anderson Peters is a Grenadian javelin thrower and the 2019 and 2022 world champion in the event. He is a multiple time CARIFTA Games champion at the discipline and in 2016 earned a bronze medal at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, setting a new Grenadian national record and OECS record at the same time.
The women's javelin throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 8 August.
The women's javelin throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 11 April 2018.
The women's javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 3 and 6 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium. Approximately 35 athletes competed; the exact number was dependent on how many nations use universality places to enter athletes in addition to the 32 qualifying through distance or ranking.
The women's long jump competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on August 6 at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Christabel Nettey from Canada.
The women's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place on the 6 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Denia Caballero from Cuba.
The women's shot put competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place on the 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Cleopatra Borel from Trinidad and Tobago.
The women's hammer throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games will take place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Rosa Rodríguez from Venezuela.
The men's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 10 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion is Keshorn Walcott from Trinidad and Tobago.
The men's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Sam Colson of the United States.
The women's javelin throw competition of the athletics events at the 1979 Pan American Games took place on 14 July at the Estadio Sixto Escobar. The defending Pan American Games champion was Sherry Calbert of the United States.
The Women's javelin throw athletics events for the 2020 Summer Paralympics took place at the Tokyo National Stadium from August 28 to September 4, 2021. A total of 5 events were contested in this discipline.
The women's javelin throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 7 August 2022.
The men's javelin throw at the 2022 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme, took place at the Alexander Stadium on the 7th of August 2022
