Javelin throw at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships

This is a list of the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field champions in the javelin throw. Measurements were conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances. In 1986, international javelin design regulations were changed and the center of gravity of the implement moved forward. As a result, throwing distances were in general shorter, flat landings fewer, and legal throws (tip-down) easier to attain post-1985. The women's event began in 1982.

Women

Key

  Set with original javelin before worldwide specification change

A=Altitude assisted

Year	Name, (Country)	Team	Distance
1982	Karin Smith	Cal Poly SLO	63.02 m (206 ft 9 in)
1983	Denise Thiémard Switzerland	Nebraska	54.50 m (178 ft 9 in)
1984	Íris Grönfeldt Iceland	Alabama	56.14 m (184 ft 2 in)
1985	Íris Grönfeldt Iceland	Alabama	57.20 m (187 ft 7 in)
1986	Helena Uusitalo Finland	Washington	58.86 m (193 ft 1 in)
1987	Laverne Eve Bahamas	Louisiana St	55.60 m (182 ft 4 in)
1988	Jill Smith	Oregon	55.08 m (180 ft 8 in)
1989	Kim Engel	Georgia	59.94 m (196 ft 7 in)A
1990	Ashley Selman	Southern Cal	56.78 m (186 ft 3 in)
1991	Paula Berry	Oregon	57.44 m (188 ft 5 in)
1992	Valerie Tulloch Canada	Rice	58.26 m (191 ft 1 in)
1993	Ashley Selman	Oregon	57.44 m (188 ft 5 in)
1994	Valerie Tulloch Canada	Rice	57.18 m (187 ft 7 in)
1995	Valerie Tulloch Canada	Rice	58.54 m (192 ft 0 in)
1996	Windy Dean	Southern Meth	56.72 m (186 ft 1 in)
1997	Windy Dean	Southern Meth	58.28 m (191 ft 2 in)
1998	Windy Dean	Southern Meth	56.28 m (184 ft 7 in)
1999	Vigdís Gudjónsdóttir Iceland	Georgia	55.54 m (182 ft 2 in)
2000	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi Greece	UTEP	60.24 m (197 ft 7 in)
2001	Inga Stasiulionyté Lithuania	Southern Cal	52.52 m (172 ft 3 in)
2002	Serene Ross	Purdue	59.64 m (195 ft 8 in)
2003	Irina Kharun Ukraine	Indian	61.82 m (202 ft 9 in)
2004	Katy Doyle	Texas A&M	56.57 m (185 ft 7 in)
2005	Dana Pounds	Air Force	56.48 m (185 ft 3 in)
2006	Dana Pounds	Air Force	58.00 m (190 ft 3 in)
2007
2008	Rachel Yurkovich	Oregon	56.57 m (185 ft 7 in)
2009
2010	Evelien Dekkers Netherlands	Florida	58.99 m (193 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015	Irena Sediva Czech Republic	Virginia Tech	192 ft 9 in (58.75 m)
2016
2017

Men

Key

* = Old javelin

A = Altitude assisted

Year	Name, (Country)	Team	Distance in meters
1921	Flint Hanner	Stanford	58.27*
1922	Howard Hoffman	Michigan	61.65*
1923	Harry Frieda	Chicago	58.37*
1924	not held
1925	Philip Northrup	Michigan	61.54*
1926	Philip Northrup	Michigan	61.21*
1927	Doral Pilling Canada	Utah	60.86*
1928	Lee Bartlett	Albion	66.01*
1929	Jess Mortensen	Southern Cal	62.07*
1930	Kenneth Churchill United Kingdom	California	62.23*
1931	Kenneth Churchill United Kingdom	California	65.53*
1932	George Williams	Hampton	65.53*
1933	Duane Purvis	Purdue	66.00*
1934	Robert Parke	Oregon	67.35*
1935	Charles Gongloff	Pittsburgh	67.44*
1936	Alton Terry	Hardin-Simmons	68.95*
1937	Lowell Todd	San Jose St	65.47*
1938	Nick Vukmanic	Penn St	65.74*
1939	Bob Peoples	Southern Cal	67.22*
1940	Marty Biles	California	62.43*
1941	Marty Biles	California	67.08*
1942	Robert Biles	California	65.17*
1943	George Gast	Iowa St	61.61*
1944	Bob Ray	Wisconsin	53.04*
1945	Robert Patton	Navy	58.24*
1946	Robert Likins	San Jose St	60.62*
1947	Robert Likins	San Jose St	63.73A*
1948	Franklin "Bud" Held	Stanford	63.91*
1949	Franklin "Bud" Held	Stanford	68.48*
1950	Franklin "Bud" Held	Stanford	66.06*
1951	Charles Missfeldt	Oregon	66.87*
1952	George Roseme	California	69.71*
1953	Dick Genther	Southern Cal	66.08*
1954	Leo Long	Stanford	69.11*
1955	Les Bitner	Kansas	75.01*
1956	Phil Conley	Cal Tech	73.13*
1957	John Fromm	Pacific Lutheran	75.62*
1958	John Fromm	Pacific Lutheran	78.36*
1959	Bill Alley	Kansas	73.29*
1960	Bill Alley	Kansas	81.91*
1961	Chuck Wilkinson	Redlands	75.50*
1962	Jan Sikorsky	Southern Cal	76.00*
1963	Frank Covelli	Arizona St	78.55A*
1964	Les Tipton	Oregon	76.16*
1965	John Tushaus	Arizona	76.34*
1966	James Stevenson	Penn St	78.77*
1967	Delmon McNabb	Louisiana St	80.29A*
1968	Carl O'Donnell	Wash St	78.92*
1969	Mark Murro	Arizona St	81.00*
1970	Bill Skinner	Tennessee	82.50*
1971	Cary Feldmann	Washington	78.94*
1972	Rick Dowswell Canada	Ohio	81.05*
1973	Sam Colson	Kansas	85.27*
1974	Jim Judd	Oregon St	82.68*
1975	Keith Goldie	Long Beach St	76.25A*
1976	Phil Olsen Canada	Tennessee	83.26*
1977	Scott Dykehouse	Florida	78.76*
1978	Bob Roggy	Southern Illinois	86.48*
1979	Tom Sinclair	Washington	79.64*
1980	Curt Ransford	San Jose St	82.06*
1981	Mike Juskus	Glassboro St	83.26*
1982	Brian Crouser	Oregon	83.72A*
1983	Einar Vilhjálmsson Iceland	Texas	89.34*
1984	Einar Vilhjálmsson Iceland	Texas	89.62*
1985	Brian Crouser	Oregon	85.66*
1986	Dag Wennlund Sweden	Texas	78.86
1987	Dag Wennlund Sweden	Texas	77.06
1988	Kenneth Petersen Denmark	NE Louisiana	76.56
1989	Patrik Bodén Sweden	Texas	77.82A
1990	Patrik Bodén Sweden	Texas	79.82
1991	Patrik Bodén Sweden	Texas	79.34
1992	Art Skipper	Oregon	75.78
1993	Erik Smith	UCLA	79.20
1994	Todd Riech	Fresno St	81.32
1995	Greg Johnson	UCLA	74.44
1996	Pål Arne Fagernes Norway	Arizona St	79.16
1997	Mats Nilsson Sweden	Alabama	74.90
1998	Esko Mikkola Finland	Arizona	81.86
1999	Matti Närhi Finland	UTEP	79.74
2000	Esko Mikkola Finland	Arizona	72.62
2001	John Stiegeler	Oregon	77.07
2002	Scott Russell Canada	Kansas	79.85
2003	Brian Chaput	Pennsylvania	78.69
2004	Gabriel Wallin Sweden	Boise St	80.71
2005	Gabriel Wallin Sweden	Boise St	78.76
2006	Justin Ryncavage	North Carolina	74.18
2007	Justin Ryncavage
2008	Chris Hill	Georgia	78.41 m (257 ft 3 in)
2009	Chris Hill
2010	Craig Kinsley	Brown	76.29 m (250 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
2011	Tim Glover	Illinois State
2012	Tim Glover
2013	Sam Humphreys	Texas A&M
2014	Sam Crouser
2015	Sam Crouser	Oregon	79.19 m (259 ft 9 in)
2016	Curtis Thompson
2017	Ioannis Kyriazis Greece	Texas A&M	82.58 m (270 ft 11 in)

References

• GBR Athletics men
• GBR Athletics women

External links

• NCAA Division I men's outdoor track and field
• NCAA Division I women's outdoor track and field