Gold medalists in javelin at the 2000 Summer Olympics: Men: Jan Zelezny, Czech Republic - 90.17 meters (295 feet, 10 inches)
Women: Trine Hattestad, Norway - 68.91 meters (226 feet, 1 inch)
What javelin mean?
For the above, who ever wrote that, it means, an event where you have to throw a javelin as far as you can. And for the country that won the 2004 Olympic Games for the event Javelin, it's Russia.
Answer 2:No, sorry. The Track and Field events, as javelin, are individual, not nations.
The winner of the javelin in 2004 Olympics was Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway.
The bronze medalist was a Russian.
Valeri Villi is a New Zealand Athlete who has just won the Gold Medal for Shot Put at the Beijing Olympics, 2008.
The country winning the gold medal in the Men's Shot Put event at the Rio 2016 Olympics was the United States.
Valerie Vili has won one Olympic medal, that being gold in the 2008 Games in women's shot put. She also won gold, in women's shot put, in the 2008 World Indoor Championships, 2007 World Championships, and 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Valerie Vili did not win a medal at the 2004 Games in Athens, finishing 8th in shot put. However, she did win the gold medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing in shot put. She has also won gold medals at the World Championships (2007), Commonwealth Games (2006), and World Cup (2006).
{| ! style="background-color: rgb(176, 196, 222)" colspan="3" | Valerie Vili Medal record |} {| ! colspan="3" | Olympic Games |} Gold 2008 Beijing Shot put {| ! colspan="3" | World Championships |} Gold 2007 Osaka Shot putBronze 2005 Helsinki Shot put {| ! colspan="3" | World Indoor Championships |} Gold 2008 Valencia Shot put {| ! colspan="3" | Commonwealth Games |} Gold 2006 Melbourne Shot putSilver 2002 Manchester Shot put
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no. Only one American woman has won an Olympic medal in shot put, that being Earlene Brown who won bronze at the 1960 Summer Games in Rome.
The United States was the country which won the gold medal in the women's shot put event at the Rio Olympics in 2016.Michelle Carter was their athlete. Her score was 20.63.
Michelle Carter of United States won the gold medal
At the 2008 Games in Beijing, Tomasz Majewski of Poland won gold in men's shot put with a put of 21.51 meters (70 feet, 6 3/4 inches) and Valerie Vili of New Zealand won gold in women's shot put with a put of 20.56 meters (67 feet, 5 1/2 inches).
Valerie Adams has currently only won one Olympic Medal, a Gold, in the 2008 Shot Put final.*As of August 5th, 2012.
She is a gold medal athlete in shot put she wins lots of gold medals
David Kostelecky (Czech Republic) won the gold medal in men's trap shooting in the 2008 Summer Olympics.