Men's javelin throw world record progression
Record progression
Table:
Mark

Athlete

Date

Location

85.74

Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)

21 September 1986

Como, Italy[1]

87.66

Jan Železný (TCH)

31 May 1987

Nitra, Czechoslovakia[1]

89.10

Patrik Bodén (SWE)

24 March 1990

Austin, United States[1]

89.58

Steve Backley (GBR)

2 July 1990

Stockholm, Sweden[1]

89.66 *

Jan Železný (TCH)

14 July 1990

Oslo, Norway[1]

90.98 *

Steve Backley (GBR)

20 July 1990

London, England[1]

91.98 *

Seppo Räty (FIN)

6 May 1991

Shizuoka, Japan[1]

96.96 *

Seppo Räty (FIN)

2 June 1991

Punkalaidun, Finland[1]

Drawing on the table and the supporting evidence listed below.

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Klaus-Dieter Tafelmeier ( born 12 April 1958 in Singen , Baden-Württemberg ) is a retired German javelin thrower . He represented Bayer 04 Leverkusen . In September 1986 Tafelmeier threw 85.74 metres in Como to record the first official world record for the new javelin type . The record lasted until May 1987 when Jan Železný threw 87.66 metres . Tafelmeier later established a career best throw of 86.64 metres in Gelsenkirchen . This ranks him seventh among German javelin throwers with the new implement , behind Johannes Vetter , Thomas Röhler , Raymond Hecht , Boris Henry , Peter Blank and Peter Esenwein .
Como ( Italian pronunciation : [ ˈkɔːmo ] ( listen ) , locally [ ˈkoːmo ] ; Comasco : Còmm [ ˈkɔm ] , Cómm [ ˈkom ] or Cùmm [ ˈkum ] ; Latin : Novum Comum ; Romansh : Com ) is a city and comune in Lombardy , Italy . It is the administrative capital of the Province of Como . Its proximity to Lake Como and to the Alps has made Como a tourist destination , and the city contains numerous works of art , churches , gardens , museums , theatres , parks and palaces : the Duomo , seat of the Diocese of Como ; the Basilica of Sant'Abbondio ; the Villa Olmo ; the public gardens with the Tempio Voltiano ; the Teatro Sociale ; the Broletto or the city 's medieval town hall ; and the 20th century Casa del Fascio . With 215,320 overnight guests , in 2013 Como was the fourth most visited city in Lombardy after Milan , Bergamo and Brescia . In 2018 , Como surpassed Bergamo becoming the third most visited city in Lombardy with 1.4 million arrivals . Como was the birthplace of many historical figures , including the poet Caecilius mentioned by Catullus in the 1st century BCE , writers Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger , Pope Innocent XI , scientist Alessandro Volta , and Cosima Liszt , second wife of Richard Wagner and long-term director of the Bayreuth Festival .
Jan Železný ( Czech pronunciation : [ jan ˈʒɛlɛzniː ] ( listen ) ; born 16 June 1966 ) is a retired Czech track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw . He was a World and Olympic Champion and holds the world record with a throw of 98.48 m. Widely considered to be the greatest javelin thrower of the modern era , he also has the second , third and fourth best performances of all time .
Nitra ( Slovak pronunciation : [ ˈɲitra ] ( listen ) ; also known by other alternative names ) is a city in western Slovakia , situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the valley of the river Nitra . With a population of about 76,655 it is the fifth-largest city in Slovakia . Nitra is also one of the oldest cities in Slovakia ; it was the political center of the Principality of Nitra . Today , it is a seat of a kraj ( Nitra Region ) and an okres ( Nitra District ) .
Czechoslovakia , or Czecho-Slovakia ( /ˌtʃɛkoʊsloʊˈvækiə , -kə- , -slə- , -ˈvɑː-/ ; Czech and Slovak : Československo , Česko-Slovensko ) , was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 , when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire , until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993 . From 1939 to 1945 , following its forced division and partial incorporation into Nazi Germany , the state did not de facto exist but its government-in-exile continued to operate . From 1948 to 1990 , Czechoslovakia was part of the Eastern Bloc with a command economy . Its economic status was formalized in membership of Comecon from 1949 and its defense status in the Warsaw Pact of May 1955 . A period of political liberalization in 1968 , known as the Prague Spring , was forcibly ended when the Soviet Union , assisted by several other Warsaw Pact countries , invaded Czechoslovakia . In 1989 , as Marxist-Leninist governments and socialism were ending all over Europe , Czechoslovaks peacefully deposed their government in the Velvet Revolution ; state price controls were removed after a period of preparation . In 1993 , Czechoslovakia split into the two sovereign states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia .
Lars Patrik Bodén ( born 30 June 1967 ) is a retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw . He holds the Swedish national record at 89.10 m , which he set on 24 March 1990 . He briefly held the world record with this throw until Steve Backley set a new record later the same year .
Austin ( UK : /ˈɒstɪn , ˈɔːstɪn/ , US : /ˈɔːstən/ ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas , as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County , with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties . It is the 11th-most populous city in the United States , the fourth-most-populous city in Texas , and the second-most-populous state capital city ( after Phoenix , Arizona ) . It is also the fastest growing large city in the United States and the southernmost state capital in the contiguous United States . As of the U.S. Census Bureau 's July 1 , 2018 estimate , Austin had a population of 964,254 , up from 790,491 at the 2010 census . The city is the cultural and economic center of the Austin-Round Rock metropolitan statistical area , which had an estimated population of 2,168,316 as of July 1 , 2018 [ update ] . Located in Central Texas within the greater Texas Hill Country , it is home to numerous lakes , rivers , and waterways , including Lady Bird Lake and Lake Travis on the Colorado River , Barton Springs , McKinney Falls , and Lake Walter E. Long . U.S. News & World Report named Austin the No . 1 place to live in the U.S. for 2017 and 2018 . In 2016 , Forbes ranked Austin No . 1 on its Cities of the Future list , then in 2017 placed the city at that same position on its list for the Next Biggest Boom Town in the U.S. Also in 2017 , Forbes awarded the South River City neighborhood of Austin its # 2 ranking for Best Cities and Neighborhoods for Millennials . WalletHub named Austin the # 6 best place in the country to live for 2017 . The FBI ranked Austin as the # 2 safest major city in the U.S. for 2012 .
Stephen James Backley , OBE ( born 12 February 1969 ) is a retired British track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw . He formerly held the world record , and his 91.46 m throw from 1992 is the British record . During his career , he was a firm fixture in the British national athletics team . He won four gold medals at the European Championships , three Commonwealth Games gold medals , two silvers and a bronze at the Olympic Games , and two silvers at the World Championships . Currently , he is an occasional commentator for athletics competitions , especially the field events .
Stockholm ( Swedish pronunciation : [ ˈstɔ̂kː ( h ) ɔlm ] ( listen ) ) is the capital and most populous urban area of Sweden . 972,647 people live in the municipality , approximately 1.6 million in the urban area , and 2.4 million in the metropolitan area . The city stretches across fourteen islands where Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea . Outside the city to the east , and along the coast , is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago . The area has been settled since the Stone Age , in the 6th millennium BC , and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl . It is also the county seat of Stockholm County . Stockholm is the cultural , media , political , and economic centre of Sweden . The Stockholm region alone accounts for over a third of the country 's GDP , and is among the top 10 regions in Europe by GDP per capita . It is an important global city , and the main centre for corporate headquarters in the Nordic region . The city is home to some of Europe 's top ranking universities , such as the Stockholm School of Economics , Karolinska Institute and KTH Royal Institute of Technology . It hosts the annual Nobel Prize ceremonies and banquet at the Stockholm Concert Hall and Stockholm City Hall . One of the city 's most prized museums , the Vasa Museum , is the most visited non-art museum in Scandinavia .
Oslo ( /ˈɒzloʊ/ OZ-loh , also US : /ˈɒsloʊ/ OSS-loh , Norwegian : [ ˈʊ̂ʂlʊ ] ( listen ) , rarely [ ˈʊ̂slʊ , ˈʊ̀ʂlʊ ] ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway . It constitutes both a county and a municipality . During the Viking Age the area was part of Viken , the northernmost Danish province . Oslo was founded as a city at the end of the Viking Age in the year 1040 under the name Ánslo , and established as a kaupstad or trading place in 1048 by Harald Hardrada . The city was elevated to a bishopric in 1070 and a capital under Haakon V of Norway around 1300 . Personal unions with Denmark from 1397 to 1523 and again from 1536 to 1814 reduced its influence . After being destroyed by a fire in 1624 , during the reign of King Christian IV , a new city was built closer to Akershus Fortress and named Christiania in the king 's honour . It was established as a municipality ( formannskapsdistrikt ) on 1 January 1838 . The city functioned as the capital of Norway during the 1814-1905 union between Sweden and Norway . From 1877 , the city 's name was spelled Kristiania in government usage , a spelling that was adopted by the municipal authorities only in 1897 . In 1925 the city , after incorporating the village retaining its former name , was renamed Oslo . In 1948 Oslo merged with Aker , a municipality which surrounded the capital and which was 27 times larger , thus creating the modern , vastly enlarged Oslo municipality .
Seppo Henrik Räty ( born 27 April 1962 ) is a retired Finnish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw . He was a World Champion , having won gold in 1987 . He was also an Olympic medalist ( silver in 1992 , bronze in 1988 and 1996 ) . He was nicknamed Tohmajärven karhu ( The Bear of Tohmajärvi ) and Tohmajärven tykki ( The Cannon of Tohmajärvi ) . His personal best throw of 96.96 m , set in 1991 , was a world record with the new javelin at the time , however this throw was made using a Nemeth javelin that was banned by the IAAF later that year and all records made using this javelin were retrospectively deleted . His best throw with the current javelin is 90.60 m , achieved in 1992 . While in the process of winning the 1987 World Championships , Räty was the subject of an often repeated video of failure . Räty tripped on the runway , his javelin throw sticking in the runway about 30 cm short of the foul line . While an embarrassing throw for negative gain , in fact since he had not crossed the line it did not even count as a foul . After retiring , Räty became a coach . He currently mentors another javelin thrower from Northern Karelia , Oona Sormunen .
Shizuoka ( 静岡市 , Shizuoka-shi , [ ɕizɯꜜoka ] ) is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture , Japan , and the prefecture 's second-largest city in both population and area . It has been populated since prehistoric times . As of 1 December 2019 [ update ] , the city had an estimated population of 690,881 in 106,087 households , and a population density of 489 persons per km² . The city 's name is made up of two kanji , 静 shizu , meaning still or calm ; and 岡 oka , meaning hill ( s ) . In 1869 , Shizuoka Domain was first created out of the older Sunpu Domain , and that name was retained when the city was incorporated in 1885 . In 2003 , Shizuoka absorbed neighboring Shimizu City ( now Shimizu Ward ) to create the new and expanded city of Shizuoka , briefly becoming the largest city by land area in Japan . In 2005 , it became one of Japan 's designated cities .
Punkalaidun ( Swedish : Punkalaidun , also Pungalaitio ) is a municipality of Finland . It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa region . The municipality has a population of 2,893 ( 31 January 2019 ) and covers an area of 364.02 square kilometres ( 140.55 sq mi ) of which 2.95 km2 ( 1.14 sq mi ) is water . The population density is 8.01 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 20.7/sq mi ) . Neighbouring municipalities are Huittinen , Humppila , Loimaa , Urjala , and Sastamala . The municipality is unilingually Finnish .