Redigerer Verdensrekordutvikling for spydkast (avsnitt)

===Menn===
Den første offisielle [[Rekord|verdensrekord]] for spydkast for menn ble godkjent av [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF) i [[1912]]. Den var på 62,32 m som [[Eric Lemming]] satte i 1912.<ref name=iaaf>
{{cite web
 |title       = 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009.
 |url         = http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf
 |publisher   = IAAF Media & Public Relations Department
 |location    = Monte Carlo
 |pages       = Pages 546, 559
 |format      = pdf
 |year        = 2009
 |accessdate  = 5. august 2009
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf
 |archivedate=29. juni 2011
 }}
</ref>

46 verdensrekorder har blitt godkjent av [[International Association of Athletics Federations]] (IAAF) i øvelsen.<ref name=iaaf/> Nye spesifikasjoner for lovlige spyd ble introdusert i 1986, og spyd med takkede endestykker ble forbudt i 1991 noe som førte til at en godkjente på nytt til en rekord satt i 1990.<ref name=iaaf/>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!width="60" |Rekord
!width="200"|Utøver
!width="150"|Dato
!width="200"|Sted
|-
|align="center"|62,32
|{{flagathlete|[[Eric Lemming]]|SWE}}
|29. september 1912
|[[Stockholm]], Sverige<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|66,10
|{{flagathlete|[[Jonni Myyrä]]|FIN}}
|25. august 1919
|[[Stockholm]], Sverige<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|66,62
|{{flagathlete|[[Gunnar Lindström]]|SWE}}
|12. oktober 1924
|[[Eksjö]], Sverige<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|69,88
|{{flagathlete|[[Eino Penttilä]]|FIN}}
|8. oktober 1927
|[[Viipuri]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|71,01
|{{flagathlete|[[Erik Lundqvist]]|SWE}}
|15. august 1928
|[[Stockholm]], Sverige<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|71,57
|{{flagathlete|[[Matti Järvinen]]|FIN}}
|8. august 1930
|[[Viipuri]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|71,70
|{{flagathlete|Matti Järvinen|FIN}}
|17. august 1930
|[[Tammerfors]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|71,88
|{{flagathlete|Matti Järvinen|FIN}}
|31. august 1930
|[[Vasa]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|72,93
|{{flagathlete|Matti Järvinen|FIN}}
|14. september 1930
|[[Viipuri]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|74,02
|{{flagathlete|Matti Järvinen|FIN}}
|27. juni 1932
|[[Åbo]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|74,28
|{{flagathlete|Matti Järvinen|FIN}}
|25. mai 1933
|[[Sankt Michel|S:t Michel]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|74,61
|{{flagathlete|Matti Järvinen|FIN}}
|7. juni 1933
|[[Vasa]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|76,10
|{{flagathlete|Matti Järvinen|FIN}}
|15. juni 1933
|[[Helsingfors]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|76,66
|{{flagathlete|Matti Järvinen|FIN}}
|7. september 1934<ref name=iaaf/>
|[[Torino]], Italia
|-
|align="center"|77,23
|{{flagathlete|Matti Järvinen|FIN}}
|18. juni 1936
|[[Helsingfors]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|77,87
|{{flagathlete|[[Yrjö Nikkanen]]|FIN}}
|25. august 1938
|[[Karhula]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|78,70
|{{flagathlete|Yrjö Nikkanen|FIN}}
|16. oktober 1938
|[[Kotka]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|80,41
|{{flagathlete|[[Bud Held]]|USA}}
|8. august 1953
|[[Pasadena]], [[California]], USA<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|81,75
|{{flagathlete|Bud Held|USA}}
|21. mai 1955
|[[Modesto]], [[California]], USA<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|83,56
|{{flagathlete|[[Soini Nikkinen]]|FIN}}
|24. juni 1956
|[[Kuhmois]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|83,66
|{{flagathlete|[[Janusz Sidło]]|POL}}
|30. juni 1956
|[[Milano]], Italia<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|85,71
|{{flagathlete|[[Egil Danielsen]]|NOR}}
|26. november 1956
|[[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|86,04
|{{flagathlete|[[Al Cantello|Albert Cantello]]|USA}}
|5. juni 1959
|[[Compton]], [[California]], USA<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|86,74
|{{flagathlete|[[Carlo Lievore]]|ITA}}
|1. juni 1961
|[[Milano]], Italia<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|87,12
|{{flagathlete|[[Terje Pedersen]]|NOR}}
|1. juli 1964
|[[Oslo]], Norge<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|91,72
|{{flagathlete|Terje Pedersen|NOR}}
|2. september 1964
|Oslo, Norge<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|91,98
|{{flagathlete|[[Jānis Lūsis]]|URS}}
|23. juni 1968
|[[Saarijärvi]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|92,70
|{{flagathlete|[[Jorma Kinnunen]]|FIN}}
|18. juni 1969
|[[Tammerfors]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|93,80
|{{flagathlete|[[Jānis Lūsis]]|URS}}
|6. juli 1972
|[[Stockholm]], Sverige<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|94,08
|{{flagathlete|[[Klaus Wolfermann]]|FRG}}
|5. mai 1973
|[[Leverkusen]], Vest-Tyskland<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|94,58
|{{flagathlete|[[Miklós Németh (spydkaster)|Miklós Németh]]|HUN}}
|25. juli 1976
|[[Montreal]], Canada<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|96,72
|{{flagathlete|[[Ferenc Paragi]]|HUN}}
|23. april 1980
|[[Tata (Ungarn)|Tata]], Ungarn<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|99,72
|{{flagathlete|[[Tom Petranoff]]|USA}}
|15. mai 1983
|[[Westwood]], [[Los Angeles]], USA<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|104,80
|{{flagathlete|[[Uwe Hohn]]|GDR}}
|20. juli 1984
|[[Øst-Berlin]], Øst-Tyskland<ref name=iaaf/>
|}

Ny spydtype ble introdusert i 1986.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!width="60" |Rekord
!width="200"|Utøver
!width="150"|Dato
!width="200"|Sted
|-
|align="center"|85,74
|{{flagathlete|[[Klaus Tafelmeier]]|FRG}}
|21. september 1986
|[[Como]], Italia<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|87,66
|{{flagathlete|[[Jan Železný]]|TCH}}
|31. mai 1987
|[[Nitra]], [[Tsjekkoslovakia]]<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|89,10
|{{flagathlete|[[Patrik Bodén]]|SWE}}
|24. mars 1990
|[[Austin (Texas)|Austin]], USA<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|89,58
|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Backley]]|GBR}}
|2. juli 1990
|[[Stockholm]], Sverige<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|89,66 *
|{{flagathlete|[[Jan Železný]]|TCH}}
|14. juli 1990
|[[Oslo]], Norge<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|90,98 *
|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Backley]]|GBR}}
|20. juli 1990
|London, England<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|91,98 *
|{{flagathlete|[[Seppo Räty]]|FIN}}
|6. mai 1991
|[[Shizuoka]], Japan<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|96,96 *
|{{flagathlete|[[Seppo Räty]]|FIN}}
|2. juni 1991
|[[Punkalaidun]], Finland<ref name=iaaf/>
|}
''* oppnådd med Németh-modellen (med tagget endestykke)''

Spyd med tagget endestykke ble forbudt av IAAF i Tokyo i august 1991 ved IAAF-kongressen; flere av rekordene over ble underkjent 20.9.1991 og den gjeldende rekorden ble igjen Steve Backleys 89,58, det lengste kastet med ett spyd etter de nye reglene (fra 1986).

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
!width="60" |Rekord
!width="200"|Utøver
!width="150"|Dato
!width="200"|Sted
|-
|align="center"|89,58
|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Backley]]|GBR}}
|2. juli 1990
|[[Stockholm]], Sverige<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|91,46
|{{flagathlete|[[Steve Backley]]|GBR}}
|25. januar 1992
|[[North Shore City]], New Zealand<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|95,54
|{{flagathlete|[[Jan Železný]]|CZE}}
|6. april 1993
|[[Pietersburg]], Sør-Afrika<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|95,66
|{{flagathlete|Jan Železný|CZE}}
|29. august 1993
|[[Sheffield]], Storbritannia<ref name=iaaf/>
|-
|align="center"|98,48
|{{flagathlete|Jan Železný|CZE}}
|25. mai 1996
|[[Jena]], Tyskland<ref name=iaaf/>
|}