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

1983 Tiina Lillak
1987 Fatima Whitbread
1991 Xu Demei
1993 Trine Hattestad
1995 Natalya Shikolenko
1997 Trine Hattestad
1999 Mirela Manjani
2001 Osleidys Menéndez
2003 Mirela Manjani
2005 Osleidys Menéndez
2007 Barbora Špotáková
2009 Steffi Nerius
2011 Maria Abakumova