AthleticsAthletics world record
Javelin throw, men
Record
98.48 m
323.10 ft
- Holder
- Jan Železný
- Date
- Place
- Jena
- Standing since
- 1996 (30 years)
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What to remember
A spear about 2.5 m long, thrown as far as possible after a run-up inside a marked area: on May 25, 1996 in Jena, Germany, Jan Železný sent it 98.48 m. The Czech thrower won three Olympic and three world titles.
The javelin is also one of the events of the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon. It is not held at every meeting, partly for safety reasons.
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Sources and licences
- Value, holder and date: Wikipedia article “List of world records in athletics” (revision used 1378411308). Data from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo: Kleszczu, Photo licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
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