2016 Olympic Games Statistics - Men’s JT by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Rio de Janeiro 1) Can Yego become first African to win the Olympic Javelin throw? 2) Asian never won an Olympic medal at JT. Can Arai pull off a miracle? Summary Page: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games - New Javelin Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 90.57 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 1 Beijing 2008 2 2 90.17 Jan Zelezny CZE 1 Sydney 2000 3 3 89.85 Steve Backley GBR 2 Sydney 2000 4 89.66 Jan Zelezny 1 Barcelona 1992 5 89.39 Jan Zelezny 1qB Sydney 2000 6 4 88.67 Sergey Makarov RUS 3 Sydney 2000 7 5 88.41 Konstandinos Gatsioudis GRE 1qA Sydney 2000 8 6 88.34 Vitezslav Vesely CZE 1qB London 2012 Shortest winning distance since 1988 (new Javelin): 84.28 by Tapio Korjus (FIN) in 1988 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 6.66m 94.58m Miklos Nemeth HUN Montreal 1976 3.93m 90.57m Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Beijing 2008 Min 2cm 90.48m Klaus Wolfermann FRG München 1972 7cm 84.58m Keshorn Walcott TRI London 2012 Second line is max/min with new Javelin Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 90.57 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Beijing 2008 94.58 ** Miklos Nemeth HUN Montreal 1976 2 89.95 Steve Backley GBR Sydney 2000 90.46 ** Janis Lusis URS München 1972 3 88.67 Sergey Makarov RUS Sydney 2000 4 87.76 Raymond Hecht GER Sydney 2000 Second line is the best marks with old Javelin Multiple Gold Medalists: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR): 2004, 2008 Jan Zelezny (CZE): 1992, 1996, 2000 Jonni Myyrä (FIN): 1920, 1924 Eric Lemming (SWE): 1908, 1912 No throw longer than 85.00m in Rio de Janeiro: All time Performance List at the Olympic Games New Javelin Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 90.57 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 1 Beijing 2008 2 2 90.17 Jan Zelezny CZE 1 Sydney 2000 3 3 89.85 Steve Backley GBR 2 Sydney 2000 4 89.66 Jan Zelezny 1 Barcelona 1992 5 89.39 Jan Zelezny 1qB Sydney 2000 6 4 88.67 Sergey Makarov RUS 3 Sydney 2000 7 5 88.41 Konstandinos Gatsioudis GRE 1qA Sydney 2000 8 6 88.34 Vitezslav Vesely CZE 1qB London 2012 9 88.16 Jan Zelezny 1 Atlanta 1996 10 7 87.76 Raymond Hecht GER 4 Sydney 2000 11 87.44 Steve Backley 2 Atlanta 1996 12 8 87.25 Breaux Greer USA 1qA Athinai 2004 13 87.12 Konstandinos Gatsioudis 1qA Atlanta 1996 14 9 86.98 Seppo Räty FIN 3 Atlanta 1996 15 86.88 Raymond Hecht 4 Atlanta 1996 16 10 86.74 Pal Arne Fagernes NOR 2qA Sydney 2000 17 11 86.64 Ainars Kovals LAT 2 Beijing 2008 18 12 86.62 Aki Parviainen FIN 5 Sydney 2000 19 86.60 Seppo Räty 2 Barcelona 1992 20 86.53 Konstadinos Gatsioudis 6 Sydney 2000 21 86.52 Jan Zelezny 1qB Atlanta 1996 22 86.50 Andreas Thorkildsen 1 Athinai 2004 23 13 86.16 Tero Pitkämäki FIN 3 Beijing 2008 24 86.08 Sergey Makarov 2qA Athinai 2004 25 85.90 Jan Zelezny 1qA Seoul 1988 26 85.88 Sergey Makarov 2qA Atlanta 1996 27 14 85.78 Boris Henry GER 7 Sydney 2000 28 85.68 Boris Henry 5 Atlanta 1996 29 85.60 Sergey Makarov 3qA Sydney 2000 30 85.30 Sergey Makarov 6 Atlanta 1996 Old Javelin Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 94.58 Miklos Nemeth HUN 1 Montreal 1976 2 2 91.20 Dainis Kula URS 1 Moskva 1980 3 3 90.48 Klaus Wolfemann FRG 1 München 1972 4 4 90.46 Janis Lusis URS 2 München 1972 Shortest winning distance since 1988 (new Javelin): 84.28 by Tapio Korjus (FIN) in 1988 Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 6.66m 94.58m Miklos Nemeth HUN Montreal 1976 5.73m 85.71 Egil Danielsen NOR Melbourne 1956 5.28m 84.64m Viktor Tsybulenko URS Roma 1960 3.93m 90.57m Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Beijing 2008 Min 2cm 90.48m Klaus Wolfermann FRG München 1972 7cm 84.58m Keshorn Walcott TRI London 2012 16cm 84.28m Tapio Korjus FIN Seoul 1988 Second line is max/min with new Javelin Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 7.725 54.825 47.10 Eric Lemming SWE London 1908 7.42m 94.58 87.16 Miklos Nemeth HUN Montreal 1976 6.28m 89.66 83.38 Jan Zelezny CZE Barcelona 1992 Min 46cm 84.58 84.12 Keshorn Walcott TRI London 2012 1.02m 84.28 83.26 Tapio Korjus FIN Seoul 1988 Last max line is max difference with new Javelin Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 4.82m 79.50m Viktor Trsybulenko UKR Melbourne 1956 2.21m 86.16m Tero Pitkämäki FIN Beijing 2008 Min 10cm 86.98 Seppo Räty FIN Atlanta 1996 84.42 Bill Schmidt USA München 1972 Longest Throw in each round (new Javelin) Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 90.57 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Beijing 2008 Qualifying 89.39 Jan Zelezny CZE Sydney 2000 Longest non-qualifier for the final (new Javelin) Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 82.12 7qA Nick Nieland GBR Sydney 2000 Average of last eight Olympics Average 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning distance 87.59 84.58 90.57 86.50 90.17 88.16 89.66 84.28 86.76 Winning Medal 85.14 84.12 86.16 84.84 88.67 86.98 83.38 83.26 83.72 Missing Medal (4 th ) 84.23 83.34 83.95 84.13 87.76 86.88 82.62 82.72 82.46 8th place 81.24 81.21 82.06 83.01 83.33 83.58 77.74 78.30 80.68 Shortest to make final 80.08 80.39 79.70 80.68 82.24 79.88 79.14 79.26 79.34 Best Marks for Places in the Olympic Games Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 90.57 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Beijing 2008 94.58 ** Miklos Nemeth HUN Montreal 1976 2 89.95 Steve Backley GBR Sydney 2000 90.46 ** Janis Lusis URS München 1972 3 88.67 Sergey Makarov RUS Sydney 2000 4 87.76 Raymond Hecht GER Sydney 2000 5 86.62 Aki Parviainen FIN Sydney 2000 6 86.53 Konstadinos Gatsioudis GRE Sydney 2000 7 85.78 Boris Henry GER Sydney 2000 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 87.12 Antti Ruuskanen FIN Beijing 26 Aug 2015 86.62 Aki Parviainen FIN Sydney 23 Sept 2000 6 86.53 Konstandinos Gatsioudis GRE Sydney 23 Sept 2000 86.01 Andreas Hofmann GER Beijing 26 Aug 2015 7 85.78 Boris Henry GER Sydney 23 Sept 2000 Multiple Gold Medalists: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR): 2004, 2008 Jan Zelezny (CZE): 1992, 1996, 2000 Jonni Myyrä (FIN): 1920, 1924 Eric Lemming (SWE): 1908, 1912 Multiple Medalists: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR): 2004 Gold, 2008 Gold Sergey Makarov (RUS): 2000 Bronze, 2004 Bronze Steve Backley (GBR): 1992 Bronze, 1996 Silver, 2000 Silver Jan Zelezny (CZE): 1988 Silver, 1992 Gold, 1996 Gold, 2000 Gold Sepo Räty (FIN) 1988 Bronze, 1992 Silver, 1996 Bronze Janis Lusis (URS): 1964 Bronze, 1968 Gold, 1972 Silver Georgely Kulcsar (HUN): 1960 Bronze, 1964 Silver, Bronze 1968 Viktor Tsybulenko (URS): 1956 Bronze, 1960 Gold Jonni Myyrä (FIN): 1920 Gold, 1924 Gold Eric Lemming (SWE): 1908 Gold, 1912 Gold Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze FIN 1988 Tapio Korjus Seppo Räty URS 1980 Dainis Kula Aleksandr Makarov USA 1952 Cyrun Young Bill Miller FIN 1936 Yrjö Nikkanen Kalervo Toivonen FIN 1932 Matti Järvinen Matti Sipppala Eino Penttilä FIN 1920 Jonni Myyrä Urho Peltonen Paavo Johansson SWE 1908 Eric Lemming Otto Nilsson Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year URS Viktor Tsybulenko Elvira Ozolina Roma 1960 GER Gerhard Stöck Tilly Fleischer Berlin 1936 Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze FIN 7 7 8 URS 3 2 2 SWE 3 1 2 NOR 3 1 1 CZE 2 HUN 1 2 4 USA 1 2 2 TCH 1 1 GER 1 1 FRG 1 TRI 1 GBR 3 1 LAT 2 POL 1 UKR 1 RUS 2 GDR 1 ROU 1 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 Olympic medalist who previously won World Junior medal Name Nat Olympic Games Year World Junior Championships Year Keshorn Walcott TRI Gold 2012 Gold 2012 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Gold 2004, 2008 Silver 2000 Steve Backley GBR Silver 1996, 2000 Silver 1988 World Championships medalists who previously won World Youth medal: None World Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games European Championships Andreas Thorkildsen NOR 2004, 2008 2006, 2010 Janis Lusis URS 1968 1962, 1966, 1969, 1971 Matti Järvinen FIN 1932 1934, 1938 Olympic medalists with Asian Games/Asian Championships medal: None Asian never won an Olympic medal at JT Olympic medalist with All Africa Games/African Championships medal: None African never won an Olympic medal at JT Olympic medalist with Pan American Games’ medal Name Nat Olympic Games Year Pan American Games Year Keshorn Walcott TTO Gold 2012 Gold 2015 Steve Seymour USA Silver 1948 Silver 1951 Olympic medalist with Commonwealth Games medal: Name Nat Olympic Games Year Commonwealth Games Year Steve Backley GBR Silver 1996, 2000 Gold 1990, 1994, 2002 Dave Ottley GBR Silver 1984 Gold 1986 Last seven Olympics: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Keshorn 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 1996 Jan Zelezny CZE 88.16 Steve Backley GBR 87.44 Seppo Räty FIN 86.98 1992 Jan Zelezny CZE 89.66 Seppo Räty FIN 86.60 Steve Backley GBR 83.38 1988 Tapio Korjust