2013 World Championships Statistics - Men’s JT by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Moskva: 1) Thorkildsen or Pitkamaki can be the second (after Zelezny) to win multiple golds in this event at the World Championships. All time Performance List at the World Championships (new Javelin) Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 92.80 Jan Zelezny CZE 1 Edmonton 2001 2 2 91.31 Aki Parviainen FIN 2 Edmonton 2001 3 3 90.82 Kimmo Kinnunen FIN 1 Tokyo 1991 4 90.76 Jan Zelezny 1qB Edmonton 2001 5 4 90.33 Tero Pitkämaki FIN 1 Osaka 2007 6 90.12 Jan Zelezny 1qB Göteborg 1995 7 5 89.95 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE 3 Edmonton 2001 8 6 89.59 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 1 Berlin 2009 9 89.58 Jan Zelezny 1 Göteborg 1995 10 89.52 Aki Parviainen 1 Sevilla 1999 11 89.18 Kostas Gatsioudis 2 Sevilla 1999 12 88.61 Andreas Thorkildsen 2 Osaka 2007 13 88.48 Kimmo Kinnunen 1qA Tokyo 1991 14 7 88.40 Marius Corbett RSA 1 Athinai 1997 15 8 88.12 Seppo Räty FIN 2 Tokyo 1991 16 87.97 Kostas Gatsioudis 1qB Sevilla 1999 17 87.81 Kostas Gatsioudis 1qA Edmonton 2001 18 87.67 Jan Zelezny 3 Sevilla 1999 19 9 87.60 Boris Henry GER 2qB Göteborg 1995 20 10 87.37 Vadim Vasilevskis LAT 1qB Osaka 2007 21 87.34 Seppo Räty 1qB Tokyo 1991 22 11 87.17 Andrus Värnik EST 1 Helsinki 2005 23 12 87.08 Vladimir Sasimovich URS 3 Tokyo 1991 24 13 87.00 Breaux Greer USA 4 Edmonton 2001 25 14 86.80 Steve Backley GBR 2 Athinai 1997 26 15 86.78 Bob Greer 1qA Osaka 2007 27 86.69 Vadims Vasilevskis 1qB Berlin 2009 28 86.64 Kostas Gatsioudis 3 Athinai 1997 29 16 86.54 Mick Hill GBR 4 Athinai 1997 30 86.53 Boris Henry 2qB Edmonton 2001 31 17 86.46 Raymond Hecht GER 5 Edmonton 2001 32 18 86.41 Guillermo Martinez CUB 2 Berlin 2009 33 19 86.32 Sergey Makarov RUS 5 Athinai 1997 34 86.30 Steve Backley 2 Göteborg 1995 35 20 86.27 Matthias de Zordo GER 1 Daegu 2011 36 21 86.24 Pål Arne Fagernes NOR 4 Sevilla 1999 37 86.21 Breaux Greer 3 Osaka 2007 38 86.18 Andreas Thorkildsen 2 Helsinki 2005 39 86.08 Boris Henry 3 Göteborg 1995 Old Javelin Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 90.40 Detlef Michel GDR 1qB Helsinki 1983 2 89.48 Detlef Michel 1 Helsinki 1983 3 2 88.86 Klaus Tafelmeier FRG 8 Helsinki 1983 4 3 86.16 Bob Roggy USA 2qB Helsinki 1983 Shortest winning distance: 83.54 by Seppo Räty (FIN) in 1987 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 3.88m 89.48 Detlef Michel (old Javelin) GDR Helsinki 1983 3.28m 89.58 Jan Zelezny (new Javelin) CZE Göteborg 1995 Min 27cm 85.44 Sergey Makarov RUS Paris 2003 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 6.62m 89.59m 82.97 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Berlin 2009 Min 70cm 85.44m 84.74 Sergey Makarov RUS Paris 2003 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.95m 89.95 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE Edmonton 2001 Min 10cm 86.64 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE Athinai 1997 Longest Throw in each round Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 92.80m Jan Zelezny CZE Edmonton 2001 Qualifying 90.76m Jan Zelezny CZE Edmonton 2001 Longest non-qualifier for the final (new Javelin) Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 81.66 8qB Scott Russell CAN Edmonton 2001 Average of last six (21 st century) World Championships Average 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning distance 88.60 86.27 89.59 90.33 87.17 85.44 92.80 Winning Medal 85.29 84.30 82.97 86.21 83.54 84.74 89.95 8th place 80.99 81.81 81.32 82.10 77.56 80.34 82.82 Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 92.80 Jan Zelezny CZE Edmonton 2001 2 91.31 Aki Parviainen FIN Edmonton 2001 89.18 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE Sevilla 1999 3 89.95 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE Edmonton 2001 4 87.00 Breaux Greer USA Edmonton 2001 5 86.46 Raymond Hecht GER Edmonton 2001 6 85.52 Boris Henry GER Edmonton 2001 7 84.32 Emeterio Gonzalez CUB Sevilla 1999 8 83.84 Steve Backley GBR Sevilla 1999 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 98.48 Jan Zelezny CZE Jena 25 May 1996 2 91.31 Aki Parviainen FIN Edmonton 12 Aug 2001 90.97 Aki parviainen FIN Kuortane 24 June 2000 3 89.95 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE Edmonton 12 Aug 2001 88.67 Sergey Makarov RUS Sydney 23 Sept 2000 4 88.58 Sergey Makarov RUS Jena 5 June 1999 87.76 Raymond Hecht GER Sydney 23 Sept 2000 5 86.62 Aki Parviainen FIN Sydney 23 Sept 2000 86.46 Raymond Hecht GER Edmonton 12 Aug 2001 6 86.53 Konstandinos Gatsioudis GRE Sydney 23 Sept 2000 85.52 Boris Henry GER Edmonton 12 Aug 2001 7 85.78 Boris Henry GER Sydney 23 Sept 2000 Multiple Gold Medalists: Jan Zelezny (CZE): 1993, 1995, 2001 Multiple Medalists: Andreas Thokildsen (NOR): 2005 Silver, 2007 Silver, 2009 Gold Andus Värnik (EST): 2003 Silver, 2005 Gold Sergey Makarov (RUS): 2003 Gold, 2005 Bronze Aki Parviainen (FIN): 1999 Gold, 2001 Silver Kostas Gatsioudis (GRE): 1997 Bronze, 1999 Silver, 2001 Bronze Boris Henry (GER): 1995 Bronze, 2003 Bronze Steve Backley (GBR): 1995 Silver, 1997 Silver Kimmo Kinnunen (FIN): 1991 Gold, 1993 Silver Jan Zelezny (CZE): 1987 Bronze, 1993 Gold, 1995 Gold, 1999 Bronze, 2001 Gold Seppo Räty (FIN): 1987 Gold, 1991 Silver Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze FIN 1991 Kimmo Kinnunen Seppo Räty Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: None Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze FIN 4 3 CZE 3 1 NOR 1 3 EST 1 1 GER 1 2 RUS 1 1 RSA 1 GDR 1 GBR 2 1 URS 1 2 GRE 1 2 USA 1 1 CUB 1 1 TCH 1 JPN 1 Round in which the winning marks were recorded by winners Dist Winner Winning marks were recorded in Second best throw 2nd place throw 1983 89.48 Deflef Michel 2 88.96 85.60 1987 84.54 Seppo Räty 6 83.32 82.52 1991 90.82 Kimmo Kinnunen 1 82.74 88.12 1993 85.98 Jan Zelezny 5 84.62 84.78 1995 89.58 Jan Zelezny 6 89.06 86.30 1997 88.40 Marius Corbett 2 87.40 86.80 1999 89.52 Aki Parviainen 5 86.08 89.18 2001 92.80 Jan Zelezny 2 89.45 91.31 2003 85.44 Sergey Makarov 1 85.31 85.17 2005 87.17 Andrus Värnik 4 85.29 86.18 2007 90.33 Tero Pitkämaki 6 89.16 88.61 2009 89.59 Andread Thorkildsen 3 88.95 86.41 2011 86.27 Matthias de Zordo 1 85.51 84.78 The second best throw by winner would have won in 1983, 1987, 1995, 1997, 2003, 2007, 2009 & 2011 World Champion with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 2009 2004, 2008 Jan Zelezny CZE 1993, 1995, 2001 1992, 1996, 2000 World Champion who previously won World Junior gold medal Name Nat World Championships World Junior Championships Marius Corbett RSA 1997 1994 Aki Parviainen FIN 1999 1992 World Championships medalists who previously won World Youth medal: None World Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat World Championships European Championships Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 2009 2006, 2010 World Championships medalists with Asian Games medal: Name Nat World Championships Year Asian Games Year Yukifumi Murakami JPN Bronze 2009 Gold 2010 World Championships medalists with Asian Championships medal: Name Nat World Championships Year Asian Championships Year Yukifumi Murakami JPN Bronze 2009 Gold 2009, 2011 World Champion with All African Games Gold medal: Name Nat World Championships All Africa Games Marius Corbett RSA 1997 1999 World Champion with African Championships Gold medal: Name Nat World Championships Africa Championships Marius Corbett RSA 1997 1998 World Championships medal with Pan American Games’ medal Name Nat World Championships Year Pan American Games Year Breaux Greer USA Bronze 2007 Bronze 2003 Tom Petranoff USA Silver 1983 Bronze 1999 World Champion with Commonwealth Games Gold medal: Name Nat World Championships Commonwealth Games Marius Corbett RSA 1997 1998 Last six World Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2011 Matthias de Zordo GER 86.27 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 84.78 Guillermo Martinez CUB 84.30 2009 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 89.59 Guillermo Martinez CUB 86.41 Yukifumi Murakami JPN 82.97 2007 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 90.33 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 88.61 Breaux Greer USA 86.21 2005 Andrus Värnik EST 87.17 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 86.18 Sergey Makarov RUS 83.54 2003 Sergey Makarov RUS 85.44 Andrus Värnik EST 85.17 Boris Henry GER 84.74 2001 Jan Zelezny CZE 92.80 Aki Parviainen FIN 91.31 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE 89.95 Last four Olympics: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Keshom Walcott TRI 84.58 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR 84.51 Antti Ruuskanen FIN 84.12 2008 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 90.57 Ainars Kovals LAT 86.64 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 86.16 2004 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 86.50 Vadims Vasilevskis LAT 84.95 Sergey Makarov RUS 84.84 2000 Jan Zelezny CZE 90.17 Steve Backley GBR 89.85 Sergey Makarov RUS 88.67 Last seven World Junior Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Keshorn Walcott TRI 78.64 Braian Toledo ARG 77.09 Morne Moolman RSA 76.29 2010 Till Wöschler GER 82.52 Genki Dean JPN 76.44 Dmitri Tarabin RUS 76.42 2008 Robert Szpak POL 78.01 Ihab Abd El Rahman EGY 76.20 Ansis Bruns LAT 75.31 2006 Robert Oosthuizen RSA 83.07 Ari Mannio FIN 77.26 Roman Avramenko UKR 76.01 2004 Aleksey Tovarnov RUS 79.38 Lohan Rautenbach RSA 74.42 Julio Cesar de Oliveira BRA 73.86 2002 Igor Janik POL 74.16 Vladislav Shkurlatov RUS 74.09 Jun Sang-Jin KOR 73.99 2000 Hardus Pienaar RSA 78.11 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 76.34 Park Jae-Myong KOR 72.36 Last eight World Youth Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2013 Matija Muhar SLO 78.84 Norbert Rivasz-Toth HUN 78.27 Pablo Bugallo ESP 76.63 2011 Reinhard van Zyl RSA 82.96 Morne Moolman RSA 80.99