Record Breaking Olympics Performer Men’s Javelin Throw: Gold medalist Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem and Silver medalist India’s Neeraj Chopra celebrate after the men’s javelin throw final at the 2024 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (PTI Photo)
ALL Time Record Breaking Olympics Men Javelin Throw Performer: Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem went into the record books in the Olympics when he won the gold medal by throwing an astounding 92.97 m on Thursday night. With that throw, he went past Norway’s Andreas Thorkildsen who had held the record for the longest throw in the Olympics with 90.57 since the Beijing Games.
Nadeem would break Thorkildsen’s record the second time on the same night when he threw another huge 91.79 m effort with his final attempt in the javelin final on Thursday. Nadeem’s triumph marks Pakistan’s first-ever individual gold medal at the Olympics. Their men’s hockey team had won three golds in the past. But the last of these golds came in Los Angeles 1984, 40 years ago! This is also Pakistan’s first medal at the Olympics in 32 years.
Arshad Nadeem’s gold is also Pakistan’s first-ever track and field medal at the Olympics. His exceptional performance on Thursday included three of the four best throws of the night. Arshad Nadeem also became only the fourth athlete to cross the 90m mark in the men’s javelin throw event at the Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, India’s Neeraj Chopra would come in second after throwing his personal Olympics best of 89.45m but that wouldn’t be enough to topple his rival on this day.
Here’s a look at the Top 10 javelin throws of the world and where Nadeem and Neeraj’s throws figure in the all time list:
|
Rank |
Mark |
Name |
Significance |
Date |
|
1 |
98.48 |
Jan Železny |
World Record |
1996 |
|
2 |
97.76 |
Johannes Vetter |
2020 |
|
|
3 |
96.29 |
Johannes Vetter |
2021 |
|
|
4 |
95.66 |
Jan Železny |
1993 |
|
|
5 |
95.54 |
Jan Železny |
1993 |
|
|
6 |
94.64 |
Jan Železny |
1996 |
|
|
7 |
94.44 |
Johannes Vetter |
2017 |
|
|
8 |
94.20 |
Johannes Vetter |
2021 |
|
|
9 |
94.02 |
Jan Železny |
1997 |
|
|
10 |
93.90 |
Thomas Röhler |
2017 |
|
|
17 |
92.97 |
Arshad Nadeem |
Olympic Record |
2024 |
|
130 |
89.94 |
Neeraj Chopra |
Personal best |
2022 |
|
180 |
89.45 |
Neeraj Chopra |
His Olympics best |
2024 |
© IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd
First uploaded on: 09-08-2024 at 18:50 IST
I’m Manas Ranjan Sahoo: Founder of “Webtirety Software”. I’m a Full-time Software Professional and an aspiring entrepreneur, dedicated to growing this platform as large as possible. I love to Write Blogs on Software, Mobile applications, Web Technology, eCommerce, SEO, and about My experience with Life.
