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 2001 2 2 91.31 FIN 2 Edmonton 2001 3 3 90.82 FIN 1 1991 4 90.76 Jan Zelezny 1qB Edmonton 2001 5 4 90.33 Tero Pitkämaki FIN 1 2007 6 90.12 Jan Zelezny 1qB Göteborg 1995 7 5 89.95 Kostas Gatsioudis GRE 3 Edmonton 2001 8 6 89.59 NOR 1 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 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 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 2005 23 12 87.08 Vladimir Sasimovich URS 3 Tokyo 1991 24 13 87.00 USA 4 Edmonton 2001 25 14 86.80 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 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 GER 1 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 GDR 1qB Helsinki 1983 2 89.48 Detlef Michel 1 Helsinki 1983 3 2 88.86 FRG 8 Helsinki 1983 4 3 86.16 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 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 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 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 medal: Name Nat World Championships Year Asian Games Year 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 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 ’ medal Name Nat World Championships Year Pan American Games Year Breaux Greer USA Bronze 2007 Bronze 2003 USA Silver 1983 Bronze 1999

World Champion with 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 UKR 84.51 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 TRI 78.64 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 POL 78.01 Ihab Abd El Rahman EGY 76.20 Ansis Bruns LAT 75.31 2006 Robert Oosthuizen RSA 83.07 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 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 SLO 78.84 Norbert Rivasz-Toth HUN 78.27 Pablo Bugallo ESP 76.63 2011 RSA 82.96 Morne Moolman RSA 80.99 Guishenq Zhang CHN 77.62 2009 Huang Shi-Feng TPE 74.00 Killian Durechou FRA 73.54 Braian Toledo ARG 73.44 2007 FIN 79.71 Hamish Peacock AUS 76.31 Edgars Rutins LAT 74.65 2005 Noël Meyer RSA 80.52 Roman Avramenko UKR 79.22 Victor Fatecha PAR 77.21 2003 Julio Cesar de Oliveira BRA 81.16 Robert Oosthuizen RSA 81.07 Raldu Potgieter RSA 75.56 2001 FIN 76.18 Hamad Khalifa QAT 73.56 Tero Järvenpää FOM 68.85 1999 Joachim Kiteau FRA 79.65 Saku Kuusisto FIN 78.73 Aleksandr Ivanov RUS 78.65

Last four European Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Vitezslav Vesely CZE 83.72 RUS 82.23 Ari Mammio FIN 82.63 2010 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 88.37 Matthias de Zordo GER 87.81 Tero Pitkamaki FIN 86.67 2006 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 88.78 Tero Pitkamaki FIN 86.44 Jan Zelezny CZE 85.92 2002 Steve Backley GBR 88.54 Sergey Makarov RUS 88.05 Boris Henry GER 85.33

Last three Asian Games: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2010 Yukifumi Murakami JPN 83.15 Park Jae-Myung KOR 79.92 Rinat Tarzuamnov UZB 79.65 2006 Park Jae-Myong KOR 79.30 Yukifumi Murakami JPN 78.15 CH 76.13 2002 Li Rongxiang CHN 82.21 Yukifumi Murakami JPN 78.77 UZBN 78.74

Last seven Asian Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2013 UZB 79.76 Sachith Madhuranga SRI 79.62 Samarjeet Singh IND 75.03 2011 Yukifumi Murakami JPN 83.27 Park Jae-myoung KOR 80.19 Ivan Zaitcev UZB 79.22 2009 Yukifumi Murakami JPN 81.50 Wang Qingbo CHN 80.25 Qin Qiang CHN 80.08 2007 Chen Qi CHN 78.07 Park Jae-Myong KOR 75.77 Jung Sang-Jin KOR 70.95 2005 Li Rongxiang CHN 78.28 Jung Sang-Jin KOR 76.85 Jagdish Kumar IND 74.83 2003 Li Rongxiang CHN 79.25 Yukifumi Murakami JPN 77.04 SergeyBishnoi Voynov UZB 76.09 2002 Li Rongxiang CHN 82.75 Sergey Voynov UZB 79.70 Park Jae-Myong KOR 79.22

Last three All Africa Games: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2011 KEN 78.34 Bernard Crous RSA 72.68 Friday Osayande NGR 71.01 2007 Robert Oosthuizen RSA 78.05 Hardus Pienaar RSA 76.70 Mohamed Ali Kbabou TUN 71.77 2003 RSA 76.95 Walid Abderrazak Mohamed EGY 73.79 Brian Erasmus RSA 72.94

Last seven Africa Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Julius Yego KEN 76.68 John Ampomah GHA 70.65 Kenechukwu NG 69.58 2010 Ihab Abdel Rahman Sayed EGY 78.02 Gerhardu Pienaar RSA 75.96 JuliusEzeofor Yego RKEN 74.51 2008 Mohamed Ali Kbabou TUN 74.20 Kenechukwu Ezeofor NGR 72.53 Sammy Keskeny KEN 69.84 2006 Gerhardus Pienaar RSA 77.55 Gerbrand Grobler RSA 75.95 Walid Abdelwahab EGY 69.86 2004 Gerhardus Pienaar RSA 78.31 Gerbrand Grobler RSA 76.93 Willie Human RSA 71.48 2002 Gerhardus Pienaar RSA 78.63 Walid Abderrazak Moh EGY 70.86 Mohamed Ali Ben Zina TUN 66.69 2000 Maher Ridane TUN 72.51 Khaled Es Sayed Yassin EGY 72.01 Walid Abderrazak Moh EGY 71.67

Last three Pan American Games: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dsit Bronze Nat Dist 2011 Guillermo Martinez CUB 87.20 USA 82.24 Braian Toledo ARG 79.53 2007 Guillermo Martinez CUB 77.66 USA 75.33 Alexon Maximiano BRA 75.04 2003 Emeterio Gonzalez CUB 81.72 Isbel Luaces CUB 80.95 Beaux Greer USA 79.21

Last three Commonwealth Games: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2010 AUS 81.71 Stuart Farquhar NZL 78.15 Kashinath Naik IND 74.29 2006 ENG 80.10 William Hamlyn-Harris AUS 79.89 Oliver Driubak AUS 79.89 2002 Steve Backley ENG 86.81 Scott Russell CAN 78.98 Nick Nieland ENG 78.63

Longest throw in Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 98.48 Jan Zelezny CZE 1 Jena 25 May 1996 2 95.66 Jan Zelezny 1 29 Aug 1993 3 95.54 Jan Zelezny 1 Pietersburg 6 Apr 1993 4 94.64 Jan Zelezny 1 Ostrava 31 May 1996

Russian All-Comer’s List Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 90.33 Sergey Makarov RUS 1 Tula 11 July 2005 2 89.31 Sergey Makarov 1 Moskva 15 May 1999 3 2 88.90 Alexander Ivanov RUS 1 Tula 7 June 2003

Longest throw in Moskva: Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 89.31 Sergey Makarov RUS 1 15 May 1999 2 88.42 Sergey Makarov 1 17 May 2001 3 87.97 Sergey Makarov 1 9 May 1999

Longest throw in August Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 95.66 Jan Zelezny CZE 1 Sheffield 29 Aug 1993 2 92.90 Jan Zelezny 1 Edmonton 12 Aug 2001 3 2 92.28 Raymond Hecht GER 1 Zürich 14 Aug 1996

Combined 2012 & 2013 World List Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 88.84 Dmitriy Tarabin RUS 1 Moskva 24 July 2013 2 2 88.34 Vitezslav Vesely CZE 1q – OG 8 Aug 2012 3 88.11 Vitezslav Vesely 1 7 June 2012 4 3 87.79 Antti Ruuskanen FIN 1 Lahti 26 Aug 2012 5 87.68 Vitezslav Vesely 1 Monaco 19 July 2013 6 4 87.60 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 1 Shanghai 18 May 2013 7 87.58 Vitezslav Vesely 1 Ostrava 27 June 2013 8 86.98 Tero Pitkämäki 1 17 Aug 2012 9 86.94 Vitezslav Vesely 1 Praha 10 June 2013 10 86.86 Tero Pitkämäki 1 Göteborg 2 Sept 2012 11 86.67 Vitezslav Vesely 2 Shanghai 18 May 2013 12 5 86.50 Vadims Vasilevskis LAT 1 Valmiera 8 June 2012 13 86.40 Tero Pitkämäki 1 Potchefstroom 16 Mar 2013 14 6 86.31 Stuart Farquhar NZL 1 Hiroshima 29 Apr 2012 15 7 86.12 Oleksandr Pyatnytsya UKR 1 20 May 2012 16 85.99 Dmitriy Tarabin 1 23 June 2013 17 8 85.96 Yukifumi Murakami JPN 1 Hiroshima 29 Apr 2013

Gold Medal Contenders:

Vitezslav Vesely (CZE) DOB: 27 Feb 1983 Personal Best: 88.34 (2012); Season Best: 87.68 Championships Highlights: 2012 European Champ; 4 th in 2012 OG & 2011 WC Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Dist Venue Place Date 1 88.34 London – OG 1q 8 Aug 2012 2 88.11 Oslo 1 7 June 2012 3 87.68 Monaco 1 19 July 2 013 4 87.58 Ostrava 1 27 June 2013 5 86.94 Praha 1 10 June 2013 Top 5 Average 87.73

Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) DOB: 19 Dec 1982 Personal Best: 91.53 (2005); Season Best: 87.60 Championships Highlights: 2007 World Champion; 3 rd in 2008 , Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Dist Venue Place Date 1 87.60 Shanghai 1 18 May 2013 2 86.98 Stockhom 1 17 Aug 2012 3 86.86 Göteborg 1 2 Sept 2012 4 86.40 Potchefstroom 1 16 Mar 2013 5 86.13 Kuortane 1 3 Aug 2013 Top 5 Average 86.79

Dmitriy Tarabin (RUS) DOB: 29 Oct 1991 Personal Best: 88.84 (2013); Season Best: 88.84 Championships Highlights: 3rd in 2010 World Junior Champ; 2013 World University Games Champ Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Dist Venue Place Date 1 88.84 Moskva 1 24 July 2013 2 85.99 Gateshead 1 23 June 2013 3 85.63 Adler 1 28 Feb 2013 4 85.36 Shanghai 3 18 May 2013 5 84.33 Monaco 2 19 July 2013 Top 5 Average 86.03

Yukifumi Murakami (JPN) DOB: 21 Feb 1988 Personal Best: 85.96 (2013); Season Best: 85.96 Championships Highlights: 3 rd in 2009 World Championships; 2010 Asian Games Champion Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Dist Venue Place Date 1 85.96 Hiroshima 1 29 Apr 2013 2 83.95 Osaka 2 9 June 2012 3 81.16 Tokyo 1 5 May 2013 4 81.04 Choufu – NC 1 8 June 2013 5 80.26 Kawasaki 2 6 May 2012 Top 5 Average 82.47

Last 3 competitions : (only finals are included)

Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) Dist Venue Place Date 1 86.13 Kuortane 1 3 Aug 2013 2 85.70 Vaasa 1 28 July 2013 3 84.74 Oslo 2 13 June 2013 Average 85.52

Dmitriy Tarabin (RUS) Dist Venue Place Date 1 88.84 Moskva 1 24 July 2013 2 84.33 Monaco 2 19 July 2013 3 83.11 – WUG 1 10 July 2013 Average 85.43

Vitezslav Vesely (CZE) Dist Venue Place Date 1 87.68 Monaco 1 19 July 2013 2 87.58 Ostrava 1 27 June 2013 3 80.44 Dublin – ETC 1 23 June 2013 Average 85.23

Yukifumi Murakami (JPN) Dist Venue Place Date 1 81.04 Chofu – NC 1 8 June 2013 2 81.16 Tokyo 1 5 May 2013 3 85 .96 Hiroshima – Oda 1 29 Apr 2013 Average 82.72

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