Javelin throw

The javelin throw is an athletics (track and field) throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fibreglass and in some javelins, carbon fibre.

Famous Javelin Throwers

Women

• Osleidys Menéndez, Cuba
• Ruth Fuchs, East Germany
• Petra Felke, East Germany
• Trine Hattestad, NOR
• Tessa Sanderson, UK
• Fatima Whitbread, UK

Men

• Jan ?elezný, Czech Republic
• Matti Järvinen, Finland
• J?nis L?sis, Soviet Union
• Uwe Hohn, East Germany
• Steve Backley, UK
• Sergey Makarov, Russia
• Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway
• Eugeniusz Lokajski, Poland
• Tero Pitkämäki, Finland
• Tom Petranoff, USA

Top Ten Pof all times of all times - men

(Updated 10.09.2005)

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RankRes.AthleteNationBornPlace'"Date

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1. 98.48Jan ZeleznýCZE16.06.1966Jena25.05.1996

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2. 93.09Aki ParviainenFIN26.10.1974Kuortane26.06.1999

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3. 92.61Sergey MakarovRUS19.03.1973Sheffield30.06.2002

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4. 92.6Raymond HechtGER11.11.1968Oslo21.07.1995

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5. 91.69Konstadinós GatsioúdisGRE17.12.1973Kuortane24.06.2000

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6. 91.53Tero PitkämäkiFIN19.12.1982Kuortane26.06.2005

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7. 91.46Steve BackleyGBR12.02.1969Auckland25.01.1992

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8. 90.6Seppo RätyFIN27.04.1962Nurmijärvi20.07.1992

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9. 90.44Boris HenryGER14.12.1973Linz09.07.1997

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10. 89.6Andreas ThorkildsenNOR01.04.1982Monaco10.09.2005

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