2020 Olympic Games Statistics – Men’s HT by K Ken Nakamura The records to look for in Tokyo: 1) Can Winkler win first medal since 1996 and first gold since 1956 for the US? 2) Can Fajdek who won four straight gold at World Championships finally win Olympic Gold? He failed to make the final at both 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. Summary Page: All time performance list at the Olympics Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 84.80 Sergey Lit vinov URS 1 Seoul 1988 2 2 83.76 Yuriy Sedykh URS 2 Seoul 1988 3 3 82.91 Koji Murofushi JPN 1 Athinai 2004 4 4 82.54 Andrey Abduvaliyev EUN 1 Barcelona 1992 5 5 82.02 Primoz Kozmus SLO 1 Beijing 2008 6 6 81.96 Igor Astapko vich EUN 2 Barcelona 1992 Shortest winning distance since 1980: 78.08 by Juha Tiainen (FIN) in 1984 Margin of Victory Difference Winning dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 6.35m 54.74m Matt McGrath USA Stockholm 1912 4.76m 51.01m John Flanagan USA Paris 1900 4.445m 52.875 Patrick Ryan USA Antwerp 1920 3.10m 82.91 Koji Murofushi JPN Athinai 2004 Min 8cm 73.36 Gyula Zsivotzky HUN Mexico City 1968 10cm 78.08 Juha Tiainen FIN Los Angeles 1984 51.39 Pat O’Callaghan IRL Amsterdam 1928 Longest throw in each round Round distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 84.80 Sergey Litvin ov URS Seoul 1988 qualifying round 81.24 Sergey Litvi nov URS Seoul 1988 Longest non-qualifier for the final Dist Position Name Nat Venue Year 76.36 4qA Ilya Konovalov RUS Athina i 20 04 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Distance Name Na t Venue Year 1 84.80 Sergey Litvinov URS Seoul 1988 2 83.76 Yuriy Sedykh URS Seoul 1988 3 81.51 Ivan Tikhon BLR Beijing 2008 Last eight Olympics: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2016 Dilshod Nazarov TJK 78.68 Ivan Tikhon BLR 77.79 Wojciech Nowicki POL 77.73 2012 Krisztian Pars HUN 80.59 Primoz Kozmus SLO 79.36 Koji Murofushi JPN 78.71 2008 Primoz Kozmus SLO 82.02 Vadim Devyatovskiy BLR 81.61 Ivan Tikhon BLR 81.51 2004 Koji Murofushi JPN 82.91 Esfref Apak TUR 79.51 Vadim Devyatovsky BLR 78.82 2000 Szymon Ziolkowski POL 80.02 Nicola Vizzoni ITA 79.64 Igor Astapkovich BLR 79.17 1996 Balazs Kiss HUN 81.24 Lance Deal USA 81.12 Aleksandr Krykun UKR 80.02 1992 Andrey Abduvaliyev EUN 82.54 Igor Astapkovich EUN 81.96 Igor Nikulin EUN 81.38 1988 Sergey Litvinov URS 84.80 Yuriy Sedykh URS 83.76 Jüri Tamm URS 81.16 All time performance list at the Olympics Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 84.80 Sergey Litvinov URS 1 Seoul 1988 2 2 83.76 Yuriy Sedykh URS 2 Seoul 1988 3 3 82.91 Koji Murofushi JPN 1 Athinai 2004 4 4 82.54 Andrey Abduvaliyev EUN 1 Barcelona 1992 5 5 82.02 Primoz Kozmus SLO 1 Beijing 2008 6 6 81.96 Igor Astapko vich EUN 2 Barce lona 1992 7 81.80 Yuriy Sedykh 1 Moskva 1980 8 7 81.61 Vadim Devyatovskiy BLR 2 Beijing 2008 9 8 81.51 Ivan Ti khon BLR 3 Beijing 2008 10 9 81.38 Igor Nikulin EUN 3 Barcelona 1992 11 81.24 Sergey Litvinov 1qB Seoul 1988 11 10 81.24 Balazs Kiss HUN 1 Atlanta 1996 13 11 81.16 Jüri Tamm URS 3 Seoul 1988 14 12 81.12 Lance Deal USA 2 Atlanta 1996 15 13 80.96 Kr isztian Pars HUN 4 Beijing 2008 16 80.71 Koji Murofushi 5 Beijing 2008 17 80.64 Sergey Litvinov 2 Moskva 1980 18 80.5 9 Krisztian Pars HUN 1 London 2012 19 80.50 Krisztian Pars 2qB Athinai 2004 20 14 80.44 Ralph Haber GDR 4 Seoul 1988 21 80.07 Krisztian Pars 1qA Beijing 2008 22 15 80.02 Aleksandr Krykun UKR 3 Atlanta 1996 22 15 80.02 Szymon Ziolkowski POL 1 Sydne y 2000 24 17 79.92 Andrey Skvaruk UKR 4 Atlanta 1996 25 79.81 Igor Astapkovich 1qB Sydney 2000 26 18 79.78 Heinz Weis GER 5 Atlanta 1996 27 79.68 Jüri Tamm 1qA Seoul 1988 28 19 79.64 Nicola Vizzoni ITA 2 Sydney 2000 29 20 79.59 Olli -Pekka Karjala inen FIN 6 Beiji ng 2008 30 79.55 Andrey Skvaruk 1qA Sydney 2000 30 79.55 Koji Murofushi 3qB Athinai 2004 30 79.55 Szymon Z iolkowski POL 1qB Beijing 2008 33 21 79.51 Esref Apak TUR 2 Athinai 2004 34 79.44 Primoz Kozmus 2qB Beijing 2008 35 79. 37 Krisztian Par s 1qB London 2012 36 79.36 Primoz Kozmus 2 London 2012 37 79.26 Ivan Tikhon 3qB Beijing 2008 38 79.22 Szymon Ziolkowski 7 Beijing 2008 39 79.17 Igor Astapkovich 3 Sydney 2000 39 79.17 Ivan Tikhon 4 Athinai 2004 41 79.16 He inz Weiss 5 Seo ul 1988 Shortest winning distance since 1980: 78.08 by Juha Tiainen (FIN) in 1984 Margin of Victory Difference Winning dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 6.35m 54.74m Matt McGrath USA Stockholm 1912 4.76m 51.01m John Flanagan USA Paris 1900 4.445m 52.875 Patrick Ryan USA Antwerp 1920 3.10m 82.91 Koji Murofushi JPN Athinai 2004 Min 8cm 73.36 Gyula Zsivotzky HUN Mexico City 1968 10cm 78.08 Juha Tiainen FIN Los Angeles 1984 51.39 Pat O’Callaghan IRL Amsterdam 1928 Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 6.57m 54.74 48.17 Mtt McGrath USA Stockholm 1912 3.64m 84.80 81.16 Sergey Litvinov URS Seoul 1988 Min 51cm 82.02 81.51 Primoz Kozmus SLO Beijing 2008 85cm 80.02 79.17 Szymon Ziolkowski POL Sydney 2000 Second Max line is the largest differential after 1928 Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 3.60m 81.38 Igor Nikulin EUN Barcelona 1992 Min 0cm 79.17 Igor Astapkovich BLR Sydney 2000 69.78 Lazar Lovasz HUN Mexico City 1968 Longest throw in each round Round distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 84.80 Sergey Litvinov URS Seoul 1988 qualifying round 81.24 Sergey Litvinov URS Seoul 1988 Longest non-qualifier for the final Dist Position Name Nat Venue Year 76.36 4qA Ilya Konovalov RUS Athinai 2004 Average from last nine Olympics Average 2016 2012 2008 2004 2000 1996 1992 1988 1984 Winning distance 81.21 78.68 80.59 82.02 82.91 80.02 81.24 82.54 84.80 78.08 Winning Medal 79.54 77.73 78.71 81.51 79.51 79.17 80.02 81.38 81.16 76.68 Missing Medal (4 th ) 78.59 76.05 78.25 80.96 78.82 79.17 79.92 77.78 80.44 75.94 8th 76.13 74.61 76.07 78.65 76.30 77.32 77.38 76.16 76.08 72.62 Shortest to make final 74.93 73.47 74.69 75.34 76.69 76.61 75.10 74.86 76.24 71.38 Best Marks for Places in the Olympics Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 84.80 Sergey Litvinov URS Seoul 1988 2 83.76 Yuriy Sedykh URS Seoul 1988 3 81.51 Ivan Tikhon BLR Beijing 2008 4 80.96 Krisztian Pars HUN Beijing 2008 5 80.71 Koji Murofushi JPN Beijing 2008 6 79.59 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen FIN Beijing 2008 Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Name Nat Venue DayMonthYear 1 86.74 Yuriy Sedykh URS EC - Stuttgart 30 Aug 1986 2 85.74 Sergey Litvinov URS EC – Stuttgart 30 Aug 1986 85.20 Sergey Litvinov URS Cork 3 July 1984 3 83.18 Juri Tamm URS Vladivostok 14 Sept 1988 82.34 Igor Nikulin URS Dresden 3 July 1986 4 81.57 Vadim Devyatovskiy BLR Osaka 27 Aug 2007 81 .44 Olli -Pekka Karjalainen FIN Szombathely 14 July 2002 5 81.07 Koji Murofushi JPN Szombathely 14 July 2002 80.93 Kriszti an Pars HUN Osaka 27 Aug 2007 6 80.73 Vladislav Piskunov UKR Szombathely 14 July 2002 80.46 Ko ji Murof ushi JPN Osaka 27 Aug 2007 Multiple Gold Medalists: Yuriy Sedykh (URS): 1976, 1980 Pat O’Callaghan (IRL): 1928, 1932 John Flanagan (USA) 1900, 1904, 1908 Multiple Medalists: Koji Murofushi (JPN): 2004 Gold, 2012 Bronze Primoz Kosmus (SLO): 2008 Gold, 2012 Silver Vadim Devyatovsky (BLR): 2004 Bronze, 2008 Silver Igor Astapkovich (BLR): 1992 Silver, 2000 Bronze Jüri Tamm (URS): 1980 Bronze, 1988 Bronze Sergey Litvinov (URS): 1980 Silver, 1988 Gold Yuriy Sedykh (URS): 1976 Gold, 1980 Gold, 1988 Silver Anatoliy Bondarchuk (URS): 1972 Gold, 1976 Bronze Romuald Klim (URS) 1964 Gold, 1968 Silver Gyula Zsivotzky (HUN): 1960 Silver, 1964 Silver, 1968 Gold Imre Nemeth (HUN): 1948 Gold, 1952 Bronze Pat O’Callaghan (IRL): 1928 Gold, 1932 Gold Matt McGrath (USA): 1908 Silver, 1912 Gold, 1924 Silver John Flanagan (USA) 1900 Gold, 1904 Gold, 1908 Gold Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze BLR 2008 Vadim Devyatovskiy Ivan Tikhon EUN 1992 Andrey Abduvaliyev Igor Astapkovich Igor Nikulin URS 1988 Sergey Litvinov Yuriy Sedkh Jüri Tamm FRG 1984 Karl-Hans Riehm Klaus Ploghaus URS 1980 Yuriy Sedykh Sergey Litvinov Jüri Tamm URS 1976 Yuriy Sedykh Aleksey Spiridonov Anatoliy Bondarchuk URS 1972 Anatoliy Bondarchuk Vasiliy Khmelevskiy HUN 1968 Gyula Zsivotzky Lazar Lovasz URS 1956 Mikhail Krivonosov Anatoliy Samotsvetov HUN 1952 Jozsef Csermak Imre Nemeth GER 1936 Karl Hein Erwin Blask USA 1924 Fred Tootell Matt McGrath USA 1920 Patrick Ryan Basil Bennet USA 1912 Matt McGrath Clarence Childs USA 1908 John Flanagan Matt McGrath USA 1904 John Flanagan John DeWitt Ralph Rose USA 1900 John Flanagan Truxton Hare Josiah McCracken Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event Nation Men Women Venue Year POL Szymon Ziolkowski Kamila Skolimowska Sydney 2000 Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze USA 7 5 7 URS 6 5 5 HUN 5 2 2 IRL 2 GER 1 2 1 EUN 1 1 1 SLO 1 1 FIN 1 1 POL 1 2 JPN 1 1 TJK 1 BLR 2 3 SWE 2 1 FRG 1 1 CAN 1 1 YUG 1 ITA 1 GDR 1 TUR 1 GBR 1 UKR 1 Olympic Gold medalist with World Championships Gold Name Nat World Championships Olympics Koji Murofushi JPN 2011 2004 Primoz Kozmus SLO 2009 2008 Szymon Ziolkowski POL 2001 2000 Andrey Abuduvaliyev EUN 1993, 1995 1992 Sergey Litvinov URS 1983, 1987 1988 Yuriy Sedykh URS 1991 1976, 1980 Olympic Champion who previously won World Junior Gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games World Junior Championships Szymon Ziolkowski POL 2000 1994 Olympic champion who previously won World Youth gold medal: Name Nat Olympic Games World Youth Championships Krisztian Pars HUN 2012 1999 Olympic Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat Olympic Games European Championships Krisztian Pars HUN 2012 2012, 2014 Yuriy Sedykh URS