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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.

Winners[edit]

Key

Set with original javelin before worldwide specification change

A=Altitude assisted

* = Old javelin

Women's javelin throw winners^[1]
Year	Athlete	Team	Distance
1982	Karin Smith	Cal Poly SLO	63.02 m (206 ft 9 in)
1983	Denise Thiémard (SUI)	Nebraska	54.50 m (178 ft 9 in)
1984	Íris Grönfeldt (ISL)	Alabama	56.14 m (184 ft 2 in)
1985	Íris Grönfeldt (ISL)	Alabama	57.20 m (187 ft 7 in)
1986	Helena Uusitalo (FIN)	Washington	58.86 m (193 ft 1 in)
1987	Laverne Eve (BAH)	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 (CAN)	Rice	58.26 m (191 ft 1 in)
1993	Ashley Selman	Oregon	57.44 m (188 ft 5 in)
1994	Valerie Tulloch (CAN)	Rice	57.18 m (187 ft 7 in)
1995	Valerie Tulloch (CAN)	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 (ISL)	Georgia	55.54 m (182 ft 2 in)
2000	Angeliki Tsiolakoudi (GRE)	UTEP	60.24 m (197 ft 7 in)
2001	Inga Stasiulionyté (LTU)	Southern Cal	52.52 m (172 ft 3 in)
2002	Serene Ross	Purdue	59.64 m (195 ft 8 in)
2003	Irina Kharun (UKR)	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	Lindsey Blaine	Purdue Boilermakers	55.56 m (182 ft 3 in)
2008	Rachel Yurkovich	Oregon	56.57 m (185 ft 7 in)
2009	Rachel Yurkovich	Oregon Ducks	59.62 m (195 ft 7 in)
2010	Evelien Dekkers (NED)	Florida	58.99 m (193 ft 6+1⁄4 in)
2011	Brittany Borman	Oklahoma Sooners	54.32 m (178 ft 2 in)
2012	Brittany Borman	Oklahoma Sooners	56.27 m (184 ft 7 in)
2013	Freya Jones (GBR)	Georgia Bulldogs	54.95 m (180 ft 3 in)
2014	Fawn Miller	Florida Gators	58.13 m (190 ft 8 in)
2015	Irena Sediva (CZE)	Virginia Tech	192 ft 9 in (58.75 m)
2016	Maggie Malone	Texas A&M Aggies	62.19 m (204 ft 0 in)
2017	Irena Gillarová (CZE)	Virginia Tech Hokies	58.76 m (192 ft 9 in)
2018	Mackenzie Little (AUS)	Stanford Cardinal	60.36 m (198 ft 0 in)
2019	Mackenzie Little (AUS)	Stanford Cardinal	59.44 m (195 ft 0 in)
2021	Marie-Therese Obst (NOR)	Georgia Bulldogs	59.69 m (195 ft 10 in)
2022	Ashton Riner	BYU Cougars	58.24 m (191 ft 0 in)
2023	Rhema Otabor (BAH)	Nebraska Cornhuskers	59.49 m (195 ft 2 in)

Men's javelin throw winners^[2]
Year	Athlete	Team	Distance
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 (CAN)	Utah	60.86*
1928	Lee Bartlett	Albion	66.01*
1929	Jess Mortensen	Southern Cal	62.07*
1930	Kenneth Churchill (GBR)	California	62.23*
1931	Kenneth Churchill (GBR)	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 (CAN)	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 (CAN)	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 (ISL)	Texas	89.34*
1984	Einar Vilhjálmsson (ISL)	Texas	89.62*
1985	Brian Crouser	Oregon	85.66*
1986	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	Texas	78.86
1987	Dag Wennlund (SWE)	Texas	77.06
1988	Kenneth Petersen (DEN)	NE Louisiana	76.56
1989	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	Texas	77.82A
1990	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	Texas	79.82
1991	Patrik Bodén (SWE)	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 (NOR)	Arizona St	79.16
1997	Mats Nilsson (SWE)	Alabama	74.90
1998	Esko Mikkola (FIN)	Arizona	81.86
1999	Matti Närhi (FIN)	UTEP	79.74
2000	Esko Mikkola (FIN)	Arizona	72.62
2001	John Stiegeler	Oregon	77.07
2002	Scott Russell (CAN)	Kansas	79.85
2003	Brian Chaput	Pennsylvania	78.69
2004	Gabriel Wallin (SWE)	Boise St	80.71
2005	Gabriel Wallin (SWE)	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 (GRE)	Texas A&M	82.58 m (270 ft 11 in)
2018	Anderson Peters (GRN)	Mississippi State Bulldogs	82.82 m (271 ft 8 in)
2019	Anderson Peters (GRN)	Mississippi State Bulldogs	86.62 m (284 ft 2 in)
2021	Tzuriel Pedigo	LSU Tigers	76.98 m (252 ft 6 in)
2022	Marc Anthony Minichello	Penn Quakers	81.17 m (266 ft 3 in)
2023	Tzuriel Pedigo	LSU Tigers	79.79 m (261 ft 9 in)