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The javelin throw at the Summer Olympics is one of four track and field throwing events held at the multi-sport event.The men's javelin throw has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1908, being the last of the current throwing events to feature at the Olympics after the shot put, discus throw and hammer throw.
Key No longer contested at the Summer Olympics Men's records Usain Bolt currently holds three Olympic records; two individually in the 100m & 200m, and one with the Jamaican 4 × 100 m relay team. Ethiopian long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele holds the Olympic record in the 5,000 m. ♦ denotes a performance that is also a current world record. Statistics are correct as of August 5, 2024 ...
Duration of record 89.58 Steve Backley (GBR) 2 July 1990 Stockholm, Sweden [1] 1 year, 6 months and 23 days 91.46 Steve Backley (GBR) 25 January 1992 North Shore City, New Zealand [1] 1 year, 2 months and 12 days 95.54 Jan Železný (CZE) 6 April 1993 Pietersburg, South Africa [1] 4 months and 23 days 95.66 Jan Železný (CZE)
Discus throw: 69.32 m Ehsan Haddadi Iran 3 June 2008 Tallinn, Estonia Hammer throw: 84.86 m Koji Murofushi Japan 29 June 2003 Prague, Czech Republic Javelin throw: 91.36 m Cheng Chao-tsun Chinese Taipei 26 August 2017 Universiade: Taipei, Taiwan [19] 92.97 m Arshad Nadeem Pakistan 8 August 2024 Olympic Games: Paris, France [20] Decathlon: 8725 pts
For the men's javelin throw event, 32 athletes were eligible to qualify for the event with a maximum of three athletes per nation. The qualification could be secured either by achieving the entry standard of 85.50 m in the qualification period (between 1 July 2023 and 30 June 2024) or by the World Athletics Ranking for the event. [5]
World record Jan Železný (CZE) 98.48 m: Jena, Germany: 25 May 1996 Olympic record Jan Železný 90.17 m: Sydney, Australia: 23 September 2000 World Leading Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) 87.73 m : Ostrava, Czech Republic: 8 June 2004
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Standing records prior to the 1952 Summer Olympics World Record Yrjö Nikkanen (FIN) 78.70 m : October 16, 1938: Kotka, Finland: Olympic Record Matti Järvinen (FIN) 72.71 m : August 4, 1932: Los Angeles, United States