掷标枪运动具有悠久的历史, 男子掷标枪比赛早在公元前的古代奥运会上就列为正式比赛项目,女子掷标枪比赛也曾在古希腊运动会的记载中出现过。而近代女子掷标枪运动开始的相对较晚,1916年有了正式的女子标枪比赛,1932年第10届奥运会上女子标枪才被列为正式比赛项目。在现代女子标枪运动发展的近百年历史中,无论是运动成绩、运动技术,还是训练理论方面都有很大的发展,世界纪录的变化同其他田径运动的发展一样,有高峰也有停滞不前(见表)。从这些变化中,可以看到近代女子标枪运动的发展大体上经过了以下几个发展时期: The javelin throw has a long history. The men’s javelin throw competition was listed as an official event as early as BC in the ancient Olympic Games. The women’s javelin throw event also appeared in the records of the ancient Greek Games. The modern woman throwing javelin campaign started relatively late, in 1916 with a formal female javelin competition, the 1932 Olympic Games in the women’s javelin was listed as a formal event. In the history of nearly 100 years of the development of the modern javelin, there has been a great development in sports performance, sports technology and training theory. The changes in the world record have the same peak as the development of other track and field events. See table). From these changes, we can see that the development of javelin movement in modern women generally goes through the following stages of development: