World Rankings — Men’s Javelin

World Record holder Jan Železný was a 7-time No. 1

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1947 1949 1...... (US) 1...... () 2...... Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 2...... Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 3...... Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 3...... Sven Daleflod (Sweden) 4...... Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 4...... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 5...... Janis Stendzenieks () 5...... Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 6...... Erik Ollars (Sweden) 6...... (US) 7...... Viktor Alekseyev (Soviet Union) 7...... Marty Biles (US) 8...... Marty Biles (US) 8...... Delfs Pickarts (US) 9...... Lennart Atterwall (Sweden) 9...... Stig Oldén (Sweden) 10...... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 10...... Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 1948 1950 1...... Sven Daleflod (Sweden) 1...... Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 2...... Steve Seymour (US) 2...... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 3...... Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 3...... Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 4...... Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 4...... Tapio Rautavaara (Finland) 5....Lumír Kiesewetter (Czechoslovakia) 5...... Hans Moks (Soviet Union) 6...... Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 6...... Harry Vallmann (Soviet Union) 7...... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 7...... Sven Daleflod (Sweden) 8...... Marty Biles (US) 8...... Bud Held (US) 9...... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 9...... Gunnar Petersson (Sweden) 10...... Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 10...... Steve Seymour (US)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1951 1955 1...... Bud Held (US) 1...... Bud Held (US) 2...... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 2...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3...... Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 3...... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 4...... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 4...... (US) 5...... Bill Miller (US) 5...... (US) 6...... Hans Moks (Soviet Union) 6...... Sándor Krasznai (Hungary) 7...... Yuriy Shcherbakov (Soviet Union) 7...... Olavi Kauhanen (Finland) 8...... Cy Young (US) 8...... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 9...... Steve Seymour (US) 9...... Heiner Will (West ) 10...... Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 10...... () 1952 1956 1...... Cy Young (US) 1...... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 2...... Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 2...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3...... Bill Miller (US) 3...... Bud Held (US) 4...... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 4...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 5...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 5...... Jan Kopyto (Poland) 6...... Bud Held (US) 6...... Heiner Will () 7...... Ragnar Ericzon (Sweden) 7...... Michel Macquet (France) 8...... Branko Dangubić (Yugoslavia) 8...... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 9.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9...... Cy Young (US) 10...... Per-Arne Berglund (Sweden) 10...Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 1953 1957 1...... Bud Held (US) 1...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 2...... Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 2...... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 3.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 3.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4...... Cy Young (US) 4...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 5...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 5...... Jan Kopyto (Poland) 6...... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 6...... Klaus Frost () 7...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 7...... Bud Held (US) 8...... Pauli Vesterinen (Finland) 8...... Erkki Ahvenniemi (Finland) 9...... Bill Miller (US) 9...... Heiner Will (West Germany) 10...... Väinö Kuisma (Finland) 10...... Michel Macquet (France) 1954 1958 1...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 1...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 2...... Soini Nikkinen (Finland) 2...... Egil Danielsen (Norway) 3...... Bill Miller (US) 3.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 4...... Michel Macquet (France) 5...... Toivo Hyytiäinen (Finland) 5...... Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 6...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 6...... Giovanni Lievore (Italy) 7...... Heiner Will (West Germany) 7...... Erkki Ahvenniemi (Finland) 8...... Otto Bengtsson (Sweden) 8...... John Fromm (US) 9...... Olavi Kauhanen (Finland) 9...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 10...... Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 10...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1959 1963 1...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 1...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2...... Michel Macquet (France) 2...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3...... Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 3...... (Finland) 4...... (US) 4...... Terje Pedersen (Norway) 5...... Bill Alley (US) 5..... (West Germany) 6...... Carlo Lievore (Italy) 6...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 7...... Olavi Kauhanen (Finland) 7...... (US) 8...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 8.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9...... Mart Paama (Soviet Union) 10...... Klaus Frost (East Germany) 10...... Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 1960 1964 1...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 1...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 2...... Michel Macquet (France) 2...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 3...... Terje Pedersen (Norway) 4...... Al Cantello (US) 4...... Pauli Nevala (Finland) 5...... Carlo Lievore (Italy) 5...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 6...... Bill Alley (US) 6...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 7...... Walter Krüger (West Germany) 7...... Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 8...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 8.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 9...... Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 9...... Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 10...... Knut Fredriksson (Sweden) 10...... Urs von Wartburg (Switzerland) 1961 1965 1...... Michel Macquet (France) 1...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 2...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 3...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 4...... Carlo Lievore (Italy) 4...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 5...... Willy Rasmussen (Norway) 5...... Mart Paama (Soviet Union) 6...... Marian Machowina (Poland) 6...... Väinö Kuisma (Finland) 7...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 7...... Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 8...... Pauli Nevala (Finland) 8...... Urs von Wartburg (Switzerland) 9...... Väinö Kuisma (Finland) 9...... Terje Pedersen (Norway) 10...... Rolf Herings (West Germany) 10...... Frank Covelli (US) 1962 1966 1...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 1...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2...... Viktor Tsibulenko (Soviet Union) 2...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 3...... Carlo Lievore (Italy) 3...... Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 4...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 4...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 5.....Vladimir Kuznyetsov (Soviet Union) 5...... Pauli Nevala (Finland) 6...... Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 6...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 7...... Marian Machowina (Poland) 7...... John Tushaus (US) 8...... Pauli Nevala (Finland) 8...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 9..... Hermann Salomon (West Germany) 9...... Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 10...... Rolf Herings (West Germany) 10...... Väinö Kuisma (Finland)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1967 1971 1...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 1...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 2...... Janis Donins (Soviet Union) 3...... Mart Paama (Soviet Union) 3...... (Finland) 4...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 4...... (East Germany) 5...... Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 5...... (West Germany) 6...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 6...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 7...... Pauli Nevala (Finland) 7...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 8...... Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 8...... Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 9...... Delmon McNabb (US) 9...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 10...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 10..... Aleksandr Makarov (Soviet Union) 1968 1972 1...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 1...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 2...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 2...... Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 3...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 3...... Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 4...... Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 4...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 5...... Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 5...... Bjørn Grimnes (Norway) 6...... Åke Nilsson (Sweden) 6...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 7...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 7...... (US) 8...... Pauli Nevala (Finland) 8...... Aleksandr Makarov (Soviet Union) 9...... Frank Covelli (US) 9...... (US) 10...... (US) 10...... Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 1969 1973 1...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 1...... Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 2...... Pauli Nevala (Finland) 2...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 3...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 3...... Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 4...... Mark Murro (US) 4...... (US) 5...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 5...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 6...... Gergely Kulcsár (Hungary) 6...... Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 7...... Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 7...... (US) 8...... Frank Covelli (US) 8...... Janis Zirnis (Soviet Union) 9...... Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 9...... Fred Luke (US) 10...... Janis Donins (Soviet Union) 10...... Bill Schmidt (US) 1970 1974 1...... Pauli Nevala (Finland) 1...... Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 2...... Manfred Stolle (East Germany) 2...... Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 3...... Mark Murro (US) 3...... Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 4...... Jorma Kinnunen (Finland) 4...... Nikolay Grebnyev (Soviet Union) 5...... (US) 5...... Lauri Koski-Vähälä (Sweden) 6...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 6...... Sam Colson (US) 7...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 7...... Janis Lusis (Soviet Union) 8...... Władysław Nikiciuk (Poland) 8...... Jorma Jaakola (Finland) 9...... Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 9...... Aimo Aho (Finland) 10...... Janusz Sidło (Poland) 10...... Terje Thorslund (Norway)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 4 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1975 1979 1...... Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 1...... Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 2...... Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 2...... Arto Härkönen (Finland) 3...... Nikolay Grebnyev (Soviet Union) 3...... (East Germany) 4...... Aimo Aho (Finland) 4...... (Hungary) 5...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 5...... Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 6...... Ferenc Paragi (Hungary) 6...... Helmut Schreiber (West Germany) 7...... Klaus Wolfermann (West Germany) 7...... Antero Puranen (Finland) 8...... Sándor Boros (Hungary) 8...... (West Germany) 9...... Gheorghe Megelea (Romania) 9...... Esa Utriainen (Finland) 10...... Pekka Lappalainen (Finland) 10...... (West Germany) 1976 1980 1...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 1...... Ferenc Paragi (Hungary) 2...... Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 2...... Dainis Kula (Soviet Union) 3...... Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 3...... Aleksandr Makarov (Soviet Union) 4...... Piotr Bielczyk (Poland) 4...... Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 5...... Jorma Jaakola (Finland) 5...... Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 6...... Sándor Boros (Hungary) 6...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 7...... Ferenc Paragi (Hungary) 7...... Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 8...... Aimo Aho (Finland) 8...... Aimo Aho (Finland) 9...... Gheorghe Megelea (Romania) 9...... Antero Puranen (Finland) 10...... Sam Colson (US) 10...... (US) 1977 1981 1...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 1...... Dainis Kula (Soviet Union) 2...... Hannu Siitonen (Finland) 2...... Detlef Michel (East Germany) 3...... Ferenc Paragi (Hungary) 3...... Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 4...... Nikolay Grebnyev (Soviet Union) 4...... Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 5...... Seppo Hovinen (Finland) 5...... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 6...... Sándor Boros (Hungary) 6...... (US) 7...... Michael Wessing (West Germany) 7...... Esa Utriainen (Finland) 8...... Vasiliy Yershov (Soviet Union) 8...... Antero Puranen (Finland) 9...... Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 9...... Gerald Weiss (East Germany) 10...... Rod Ewaliko (US) 10...... Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 1978 1982 1...... Michael Wessing (West Germany) 1...... Bob Roggy (US) 2...... Nikolay Grebnyev (Soviet Union) 2...... Detlef Michel (East Germany) 3...... Wolfgang Hanisch (East Germany) 3...... (East Germany) 4...... Sándor Boros (Hungary) 4...... Dainis Kula (Soviet Union) 5...... Detlef Michel (East Germany) 5...... Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 6...... Bob Roggy (US) 6...... Arto Härkönen (Finland) 7...... Vasiliy Yershov (Soviet Union) 7...... Mike O’Rourke (New Zealand) 8...... Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 8...... Kenth Eldebrink (Sweden) 9...... Miklós Németh (Hungary) 9...... (US) 10..... Helmut Schreiber (West Germany) 10...... Antero Toivonen (Finland)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 5 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1983 1987 1...... Detlef Michel (East Germany) 1...... Viktor Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 2...... Tom Petranoff (US) 2...... Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Dainis Kula (Soviet Union) 3...... Tom Petranoff (US) 4...... Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 4...... (Japan) 5...... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 5...... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 6...... Per-Erling Olsen (Norway) 6...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 7...... Kenth Eldebrink (Sweden) 7...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 8...... Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 8...... Lev Shatilo (Soviet Union) 9...... Rod Ewaliko (US) 9...... Detlef Michel (East Germany) 10...... Pentti Sinersaari (Finland) 10...... Gerald Weiss (East Germany) 1984 1988 1...... Uwe Hohn (East Germany) 1...... (Finland) 2...... Detlef Michel (East Germany) 2...... Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Zdeněk Adamec (Czechoslovakia) 3...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 4...... Arto Härkönen (Finland) 4...... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 5...... Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 5...... Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 6...... Tom Petranoff (US) 6...... Viktor Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 7...... Kenth Eldebrink (Sweden) 7...... Gerald Weiss (East Germany) 8...... (US) 8... Vladimir Ovchinnikov (Soviet Union) 9...... Bob Roggy (US) 9...... Dag Wennlund (Sweden) 10...... David Ottley (Great Britain) 10...... Detlef Michel (East Germany) 1985 1989 1...... Uwe Hohn (East Germany) 1...... (Great Britain) 2...... Tom Petranoff (US) 2...... Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (Japan) 3...... Duncan Atwood (US) 3...... Siggi Einarsson (Iceland) 4...... David Ottley (Great Britain) 4...... Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 5...... Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 5...... Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Roald Bradstock (Great Britain) 6...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 7...... Viktor Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 7...... Tapio Korjus (Finland) 8...... Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 8...... Tom Petranoff (US) 9...... Zdeněk Adamec (Czechoslovakia) 9...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 10...... Dag Wennlund (Sweden) 10...... Volker Hadwich (East Germany) 1986 1990 1...... Tom Petranoff (US) 1...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 2...... Klaus Tafelmeier (West Germany) 2...... Viktor Zaitsev (Soviet Union) 3...... Detlef Michel (East Germany) 3...... Patrik Bodén (Sweden) 4...... Viktor Yevsyukov (Soviet Union) 4...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 5...... Heino Puuste (Soviet Union) 5...... Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 6...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 6...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 7...... David Ottley (Great Britain) 7...... Tom Petranoff (US) 8...... Jyrki Blom (Finland) 8...... Ramón Gonzalez (Cuba) 9...... Gerald Weiss (East Germany) 9...... Masami Yoshida (Japan) 10...... Sejad Krdžalić (Yugoslavia) 10...... Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 6 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1991 1995 1...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 1...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 2...... Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 2...... (Germany) 3...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 3...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 4...... (Finland) 4...... (Germany) 5.....Vladimir Sasimovich (Soviet Union) 5...... Andrey Moruyev () 6...... Tom Petranoff (South Africa) 6...... Vladimir Sasimovich (Belarus) 7...... Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 7...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 8...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 8...... Harri Hakkarainen (Finland) 9...... Einar Vilhjálmsson (Iceland) 9...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 10...... Juha Laukkanen (Finland) 10...... Dag Wennlund (Sweden) 1992 1996 1...... Jan Železný (Czechoslovakia) 1...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 2...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 2...... Raymond Hecht (Germany) 3...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 3...... Boris Henry (Germany) 4...... Juha Laukkanen (Finland) 4...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 5...... Tom Petranoff (South Africa) 5...... (US) 6...... Kimmo Kinnunen (Finland) 6...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 7...... Tom Pukstys (US) 7...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 8...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 8...... Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 9...... Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 9...... (Germany) 10...... Vladimir Sasimovich (Belarus) 10...... Harri Hakkarainen (Finland) 1993 1997 1...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 1...... Boris Henry (Germany) 2...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 2...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 3...... Vladimir Sasimovich (Belarus) 3...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 4...... Kimmo Kinnunen (Finland) 4...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 5...... Tom Pukstys (US) 5...... (South Africa) 6...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 6...... Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) 7...... Seppo Räty (Finland) 7...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 8...... Raymond Hecht (Germany) 8...... Patrik Bodén (Sweden) 9...... Patrik Bodén (Sweden) 9...... Tom Pukstys (US) 10...... Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 10...... (Finland) 1994 1998 1...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 1...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 2...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 2...... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 3...... Patrik Bodén (Sweden) 3...... Raymond Hecht (Germany) 4...... Raymond Hecht (Germany) 4...... Boris Henry (Germany) 5...... Andrey Moruyev (Russia) 5...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 6...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 6...... Mick Hill (Great Britain) 7...... Dag Wennlund (Sweden) 7...... Juha Laukkanen (Finland) 8...... Gavin Lovegrove (New Zealand) 8...... Marius Corbett (South Africa) 9...... Vladimir Sasimovich (Belarus) 9...... Peter Blank (Germany) 10...... Harri Hakkarainen (Finland) 10...... Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 7 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 1999 2003 1...... Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) 1...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 2...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 2...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 3...... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 3...... Boris Henry (Germany) 4...... Raymond Hecht (Germany) 4...... Andrus Värnik (Estonia) 5...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 5...... Christian Nicolay (Germany) 6...... Boris Henry (Germany) 6...... Peter Blank (Germany) 7...... Pål Arne Fagernes (Norway) 7...... Raymond Hecht (Germany) 8...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 8...... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 9...... Emeterio González (Cuba) 9...... Dariusz Trafas (Poland) 10...... Matti Närhi (Finland) 10...... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 2000 2004 1...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 1...... (Norway) 2...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 2...... (US) 3...... Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) 3...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 4...... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 4...... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 5...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 5...... (Latvia) 6...... Emeterio González (Cuba) 6...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 7...... Boris Henry (Germany) 7...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 8...... Raymond Hecht (Germany) 8...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 9...... Eriks Rags (Latvia) 9...... Eriks Rags (Latvia) 10...... Dariusz Trafas (Poland) 10...... Andrus Värnik (Estonia) 2001 2005 1...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 1...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 2...... Aki Parviainen (Finland) 2...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 3...... Kostas Gatsioúdis (Greece) 3...... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 4...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 4...... Andrus Värnik (Estonia) 5...... Boris Henry (Germany) 5...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 6...... Eriks Rags (Latvia) 6...... Mark Frank (Germany) 7...... Breaux Greer (US) 7...... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 8...... Raymond Hecht (Germany) 8...... Eriks Rags (Latvia) 9...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 9...... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 10...... Peter Blank (Germany) 10...... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 2002 2006 1...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 1...... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 2...... Steve Backley (Great Britain) 2...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 3...... Boris Henry (Germany) 3...... Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 4...... Eriks Rags (Latvia) 4...... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 5...... Raymond Hecht (Germany) 5...... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 6...... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 6...... (Germany) 7...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 7...... Jan Železný (Czech Republic) 8...... Dariusz Trafas (Poland) 8...... Eriks Rags (Latvia) 9...... Harri Haatainen (Finland) 9...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 10...... Björn Lange (Germany) 10...... Stefan Müller (Switzerland)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 8 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 2007 2011 1...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 1...... (Germany) 2...... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 2...... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 3...... Breaux Greer (US) 3...... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 4...... Magnus Arvidsson (Sweden) 4...... (Turkey) 5...... Aleksandr Ivanov (Russia) 5...... Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 6...... Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 6...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 7...... Robert Oosthuizen (South Africa) 7...... Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 8...... Tero Järvenpää (Finland) 8...... Roman Avramenko (Ukraine) 9...... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 9...... () 10...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 10...... Mark Frank (Germany) 2008 2012¶ 1...... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 1...... Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 2...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 2...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 3...... Tero Järvenpää (Finland) 3...... (Finland) 4...... Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 4...... (Trinidad) 5...... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 5...... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 6...... Eriks Rags (Latvia) 6...... (Finland) 7...... Jarrod Bannister (Australia) 7...... Spirídon Lebésis (Greece) 8...... Teemu Wirkkala (Finland) 8...... Stuart Farquhar (New Zealand) 9...... (Russia) 9...... Tino Häber (Germany) 10...... Sergey Makarov (Russia) 10...... Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 2009 2013 1...... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 1...... Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 2...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 2...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 3...... Vadims Vasiļevskis (Latvia) 3...... Dmitriy Tarabin (Russia) 4...... Mark Frank (Germany) 4...... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 5...... Teemu Wirkkala (Finland) 5...... (Kenya) 6...... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 6...... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 7...... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 7...... Kim Amb (Sweden) 8...... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 8...... Ari Mannio (Finland) 9...... (Japan) 9...... Risto Mätas (Estonia) 10...... Ari Mannio (Finland) 10...... Stuart Farquhar (New Zealand) 2010 2014 1...... Andreas Thorkildsen (Norway) 1...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 2...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 2...... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 3...... Matthias de Zordo (Germany) 3...... (Egypt) 4...... Teemu Wirkkala (Finland) 4...... Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 5...... (Czech Republic) 5...... Julius Yego (Kenya) 6...... Ainārs Kovals (Latvia) 6...... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 7...... Guillermo Martínez (Cuba) 7...... Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 8...... Jarrod Bannister (Australia) 8...... Dmitriy Tarabin (Russia) 9...... Ari Mannio (Finland) 9...... Lassi Etelätalo (Finland) 10...... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 10...... Ari Mannio (Finland)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 9 — World Rankings — Men’s Javelin 2015 2018 1...... Julius Yego (Kenya) 1...... Andreas Hofmann (Germany) 2...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 2...... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 3...... Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 3...... (Estonia) 4...... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 4...... (Germany) 5...... Ihab Abdelrahman (Egypt) 5...... (Czech Republic) 6...... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 6...... (India) 7...... Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 7...... Julian Weber (Germany) 8...... Johannes Vetter (Germany) 8...... Marcin Krukowski (Poland) 9...... Andreas Hofmann (Germany) 9...... Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 10...... Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) 10...... () 2016 2019 1...... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 1...... Magnus Kirt (Estonia) 2...... Julius Yego (Kenya) 2...... Johannes Vetter (Germany) 3...... Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) 3...... Chao-tsun Cheng (Taiwan) 4...... Johannes Vetter (Germany) 4...... Andreas Hofmann (Germany) 5...... Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 5...... (Grenada) 6...... Julian Weber (Germany) 6...... Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) 7...... Antti Ruuskanen (Finland) 7...... Marcin Krukowski (Poland) 8...... Vítězslav Veselý (Czech Republic) 8...... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 9...... Dmytro Kosynskyy (Ukraine) 9...... Julian Weber (Germany) 10...... Ryohei Arai (Japan) 10...... Bernhard Seifert (Germany) 2017 1...... Johannes Vetter (Germany) 2...... Thomas Röhler (Germany) 3...... Jakub Vadlejch (Czech Republic) 4...... Tero Pitkämäki (Finland) 5...... Petr Frydrych (Czech Republic) 6...... Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad) 7...... Ioánnis Kyriazís (Greece) 8...... Andreas Hofmann (Germany) 9...... Marcin Krukowski (Poland) 10...... Magnus Kirt (Estonia)

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