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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 .
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)
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 ...
1992: Unknown 1993: Nikolay Kosyanok 1994: Oleg Gotsko 1995: Sergey Gordienko 1996: Andrey Khodasevich 1997: Vladimir Sasimovich 1998: Aleksandr Kulesh 1999: Igor Lisovskiy 2000: Vladimir Sasimovich
The javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in length, is thrown as far as possible. The javelin thrower gains momentum by running within a predetermined area. Javelin throwing is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon.
A. Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's freestyle javelin throw; Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw; Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw
The stands in the stadium on the outskirts of Paris were packed with fans. The excitement was building. But the strapping 22-year-old American who picked up his javelin and prepared to make ...
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]