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Islamabad, Pakistan Discus throw: 52.74 m Shahnawaz: 28 October 2017 National Junior Championship Islamabad, Pakistan Hammer throw: 57.87 m Ihtasham Haider: 28 October 2017 National Junior Championship Islamabad, Pakistan Javelin throw: 73.40 m Arshad Nadeem: 5 June 2016 Asian Junior Championships: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam 4 × 100 m relay: 42 ...
As the only Pakistani athlete at the 2019 World Athletics Championships [27] in Doha, Qatar, Nadeem achieved a new personal best and national record of 81.52 m. [28] In November 2019, Nadeem broke the national record again when he recorded an 83.65 m throw to win gold for WAPDA at the 33rd National Games in Peshawar . [ 29 ]
Arshad Nadeem made history for Pakistan as the first ever individual gold medalist for the country with an Olympic record throw in javelin:
It was the nation's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem captured Pakistan's first Olympic medal since 1992 and first gold medal since 1984, as well as the country's first ever gold medal in an individual sport. Nadeem broke the 16-year-old Olympic record of 90.57 metres, recording a throw of 92.97 metres. [1]
Pakistan partied late into the night after javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem won the country’s first ever track and field medal with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 meters to take gold in Paris.
Arshad also threw another 90m+ throw, with his last throw being 91.79m, which was also longer than the Olympic record of 90.57m set in Beijing 2008. Arshad's gold medal was the first gold medal won by Pakistan since 1984, the first Olympic medal won since 1992, and his throw of 92.97m was also the 6th longest throw in history, when considering ...
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 ...
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. The women's event was first contested at the 1932 Olympics, becoming the second women's throws event after the discus in 1928. [1] [2 ...