How it works
Using one arm, a metal-tipped javelin is thrown as far as possible. The athlete must hold the javelin by its corded grip with his or her little finger closest to the tip of the implement.
The men’s javelin must weigh at least 800g and be 2.6m-2.7m long while the women’s javelin must weigh 600g and be 2.2m-2.3m long.
The Greatest
Latvians
Jānis Lūsis 93,80
Dainis Kūla 92, 06 (old)
Vadims Vasiļevskis 90,37
Ainārs Kovals 86,64
Zigismunds Sirmais 84,69
Inese Jaunzeme 55,37(old)
Elvīra Ozoliņa 63,96(old)
Madara Palameika 64,51
Dmitrijs Silovs 46.45
World
Jan Železný (CZE) 98,48
Uwe Hohn (GDR) 104,80(old)
Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) 91,59
Sergey Makarov (RUS) 92,80
Christina Obergföll (GER) 70,20
Osleidys Menéndez (CUB) 71.54
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