Record Breaking Olympics Performer Men’s Javelin Throw: Where does Arshad Nadeem and Neeraj Chopra’s Paris 2024 throws figure in all time l | Sport-others News
ALL Time Record Breaking Olympics Men Javelin Throw Performer: Pakan’s Arshad Nadeem went into the record books in the Olympics when he won the gold medal 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 Pakan’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 Pakan’s first medal at the Olympics in 32 years.
Arshad Nadeem’s gold is also Pakan’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 l:
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
