Athletics, IAAF Athletics World Championships, Javelin throw - Javelin throw World Champions, men

1983 Detlef Michel
1987 Seppo Räty
1991 Kimmo Kinnunen
1993 Jan Železný
1995 Jan Železný
1997 Marius Corbett
1999 Aki Parviainen
2001 Jan Železný
2003 Sergey Makarov
2005 Andrus Värnik
2007 Tero Pitkämäki
2009 Andreas Thorkildsen
2011 Matthias de Zordo