Javelin throw
Men
Table:
Year

Mark

Athlete

Place

1967

90.98

Jānis Lūsis (URS)

Odessa

1968

91.98

Jānis Lūsis (URS)

Saarijärvi

1969

92.70

Jorma Kinnunen (FIN)

Tampere

1970

92.64

Pauli Nevala (FIN)

Helsinki

1971

90.68

Jānis Lūsis (URS)

Helsinki

1972

93.80

Jānis Lūsis (URS)

Stockholm

1973

94.08

Klaus Wolfermann (FRG)

Leverkusen

1974

89.58

Hannu Siitonen (FIN)

Rome

1975

91.38

Miklós Németh (HUN)

Budapest

1976

94.58

Miklós Németh (HUN)

Montreal

1977

94.10

Miklós Németh (HUN)

Stockholm

1978

94.22

Michael Wessing (FRG)

Oslo

1979

93.84

Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)

Auckland

1980

96.72

Ferenc Paragi (HUN)

Tata

1981

92.48

Detlef Michel (GDR)

Berlin

1982

95.80

Bob Roggy (USA)

Stuttgart

1983

99.72

Tom Petranoff (USA)

Westwood

1984

104.80

Uwe Hohn (GDR)

Berlin

1985

96.96

Uwe Hohn (GDR)

Canberra

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Jānis Lūsis ( born 19 May 1939 ) is a Latvian athlete who competed in javelin throw . In 2014 he was inducted into IAAF Hall of Fame . Lūsis trained at Daugava Voluntary Sports Society and later at Armed Forces sports society . He competed in four Summer Olympics for the USSR team , winning bronze in 1964 Olympics , gold in 1968 Olympics and silver in 1972 Olympics . The javelin competition at the 1972 Games was the closest in Olympic history . Germany 's Klaus Wolfermann had taken the lead from Lūsis in the fifth round with an Olympic Record throw of 90.48 meters . Then , in the sixth and final round , Lūsis let fly with a very long effort that measured at 90.46 meters - Wolfermann 's two centimeter margin was , at the time , the smallest unit of measurement used in javelin competitions . As of 2003 [ update ] , he remains the only Latvian who has won a complete set of Olympic medals . Lūsis set two world records in javelin throw , of 91.68m in 1968 and of 93.80 m in 1972 . He is also a 4-times European champion . In 1987 IAAF nominated him as the all-time greatest javelin thrower in the world . After Lūsis finished competing , he became an athletics coach .
Odessa or Odesa ( Ukrainian : Оде́са , romanized : Odesa [ oˈdɛsɐ ] ( listen ) ; Russian : Оде́сса , romanized : Odessa [ ɐˈdʲesə ] ) is the third most populous city of Ukraine and a major tourism center , seaport and transport hub located on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea . It is also the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast and a multiethnic cultural center . Odessa is sometimes called the pearl of the Black Sea , the South Capital ( under the Russian Empire and Soviet Union ) , and Southern Palmyra . Before the Tsarist establishment of Odessa , an ancient Greek settlement existed at its location . A more recent Tatar settlement was also founded at the location by Hacı I Giray , the Khan of Crimea in 1440 that was named after him as Hacıbey . After a period of Lithuanian Grand Duchy control , Hacibey and surroundings became part of the domain of the Ottomans in 1529 and remained there until the empire 's defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1792 . In 1794 , the city of Odessa was founded by a decree of the Russian empress Catherine the Great . From 1819 to 1858 , Odessa was a free port - a porto-franco . During the Soviet period , it was the most important port of trade in the Soviet Union and a Soviet naval base . On 1 January 2000 , the Quarantine Pier at Odessa Commercial Sea Port was declared a free port and free economic zone for a period of 25 years . During the 19th century , Odessa was the fourth largest city of Imperial Russia , after Moscow , Saint Petersburg and Warsaw . Its historical architecture has a style more Mediterranean than Russian , having been heavily influenced by French and Italian styles .
Saarijärvi ( Finnish pronunciation : [ ˈsɑːriˌjærʋi ] ) is a town and municipality of Finland . It is located in the Central Finland region . The municipality has a population of 9,406 ( 31 January 2019 ) and covers an area of 1,422.72 square kilometres ( 549.32 sq mi ) of which 170.8 km2 ( 65.9 sq mi ) is water . The population density is 7.51 inhabitants per square kilometre ( 19.5/sq mi ) . Neighbouring municipalities are Kannonkoski , Karstula , Multia , Soini , Uurainen , Ähtäri and Äänekoski . The municipality is unilingually Finnish . The neighboring municipality of Pylkönmäki was consolidated to Saarijärvi on 1 January 2009 . There are all together 241 lakes in Saarijärvi . Biggest lakes are Pyhäjärvi , Summanen and Lake Saarijärvi . Saarijärvi is the home of Bonden Paavo ( Finnish : Saarijärven Paavo ) in the poem by Johan Ludvig Runeberg . Juho Hyytiäinen , the great grandfather of Pamela Anderson , left the village in 1908 emigrating to the American continent .
Jorma Vilho Paavali Kinnunen ( 15 December 1941 - 25 July 2019 ) was an athlete from Finland who competed mainly in the javelin throw . He was born in Pihtipudas . He competed for Finland in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City , Mexico in the javelin throw where he won the silver medal . On 18 June 1969 Kinnunen threw a world record 92,70m in javelin at Tampere stadium , Finland . Kinnunen was the father of Kimmo Kinnunen , a world champion javelin thrower . He also had a daughter , Sanna Kinnunen , and another son , Jarkko Kinnunen , who died on 23 February 2019 . Kinnunen died after a long illness on 25 July 2019 , aged 77 .
Tampere ( /ˈtæmpəreɪ/ , also US : /ˈtɑːm-/ , Finnish : [ ˈtɑmpere ] ( listen ) ; Swedish : Tammerfors [ tɑmːærˈforsː ] ( listen ) ) is a city in Pirkanmaa , southern Finland . It is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries . Tampere has a population of 235,615 with the urban area holding 334,112 people and the metropolitan area , also known as the Tampere sub-region , holding 385,301 inhabitants in an area of 4,970 km2 . Tampere is the second-largest urban area and third most-populous individual municipality in Finland , after the cities of Helsinki and Espoo and the most populous Finnish city outside the Greater Helsinki area , within which both Helsenki and Espoo are both located . Tampere is the major urban , economic , and cultural hub for central Finland . [ citation needed ] Tampere is wedged between two lakes , Näsijärvi and Pyhäjärvi . Since the two lakes differ in level by 18 metres ( 59 ft ) , the rapids linking them , Tammerkoski , have been an important power source throughout history , most recently for generating electricity . Tampere is dubbed the Manchester of Finland for its industrial past as the former center of Finnish industry , and this has given rise to its Finnish nickname Manse and terms such as Manserock . Helsinki is approximately 160 kilometres ( 100 mi ) south of Tampere , and can be reached in 1h 31m by Pendolino high-speed rail service and 2 hours by car . The distance to Turku is roughly the same . Tampere-Pirkkala Airport is Finland 's eighth-busiest airport , with over 230,000 passengers in 2017 .
Pauli Lauri Nevala ( born 30 November 1940 ) is a Finnish former javelin thrower . His first major international meet was the 1962 European Athletics Championships in Belgrade , where he went out in the qualification round . The next year saw him step up to the very upper echelon of javelin throwers with his new personal best ( and national record ) of 86.33 meters , thrown in Helsinki on 16 July 1963 . This was very close to the world record at the time ( 86.74 m ) . In the Olympic year 1964 however , Nevala had major problems even breaking 80 meters and did not enter the Tokyo Olympics as a favorite . He cleared the Olympic qualification quite easily while the world record holder , Terje Pedersen of Norway , was knocked out - the first man not to qualify . In the final Nevala threw confidently from the start , and took the lead with his fourth throw of 82.66 m , his best that year . This was eventually enough for a victory , narrowly ahead of Gergely Kulcsár . After the Olympics Nevala 's career stagnated . He finished fourth at the 1966 European Athletics Championships at Budapest . His attempt to defend his Olympic title at the 1968 Summer Olympics was cut short in the qualification as his longest throw was controversially declared flat and he failed to advance to the final . In 1969 Nevala 's career had a major resurgence , as he finally broke his six-year-old personal best multiple times , culminating in a 91.40 m throw in his home town of Teuva .
Helsinki ( /ˈhɛlsɪŋki/ HEL-sink-ee or /hɛlˈsɪŋki/ ( listen ) hel-SINK-ee , Finnish : [ ˈhelsiŋki ] ( listen ) ; Swedish : Helsingfors [ hɛlsɪŋˈfɔʂː ] ( listen ) , Finland Swedish : [ helsiŋˈforsː ] ( listen ) ) is the capital and most populous city of Finland . Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland , it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland , and has a population of 650,058 . The city 's urban area has a population of 1,268,296 , making it by far the most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country 's most important center for politics , education , finance , culture , and research . Helsinki is located 80 kilometres ( 50 mi ) north of Tallinn , Estonia , 400 km ( 250 mi ) east of Stockholm , Sweden , and 300 km ( 190 mi ) west of Saint Petersburg , Russia . It has close historical ties with these three cities . Together with the cities of Espoo , Vantaa , and Kauniainen , and surrounding commuter towns , Helsinki forms the Greater Helsinki metropolitan area , which has a population of nearly 1.5 million . Often considered to be Finland 's only metropolis , it is the world 's northernmost metro area with over one million people as well as the northernmost capital of an EU member state . After Stockholm and Oslo , Helsinki is the third largest municipality in the Nordic countries . Swedish and Finnish are both official languages . The city is served by the international Helsinki Airport , located in the neighboring city of Vantaa , with frequent service to many destinations in Europe and Asia . Helsinki was the World Design Capital for 2012 , the venue for the 1952 Summer Olympics , and the host of the 52nd Eurovision Song Contest in 2007 . Helsinki has one of the highest urban standards of living in the world .
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 .
Klaus Wolfermann ( born 31 March 1946 ) is a former West German javelin thrower . He won a gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich and set a world record in 1973 . The javelin competition at the 1972 Games was the closest in Olympic history . Wolfermann had taken the lead from Jānis Lūsis of the USSR in the fifth round with an Olympic Record throw of 90.48 meters . Then , in the sixth and final round , Lūsis let fly with a very long effort that measured at 90.46 meters - Wolfermann 's two centimeter margin was , at the time , the smallest unit of measurement used in javelin competitions . On 5 May 1973 , Klaus Wolfermann set a new world record in the javelin throw , bettering Lūsis ' previous record of 93.80 meters with a mark of 94.08 m. Wolfermann 's record stood until 26 July 1976 , when Hungary 's Miklós Németh threw his javelin for 94.58 m at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Quebec , Canada .
Leverkusen ( /ˈleɪvərkuːzən/ , German : [ ˈleːvɐˌkuːzn̩ ] ( listen ) , also [ leːɐˈkuːzn̩ ] ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia , Germany on the eastern bank of the Rhine . To the south , Leverkusen borders the city of Cologne and to the north is the state capital Düsseldorf . With about 161,000 inhabitants , Leverkusen is one of the state 's smaller cities . The city is known for the pharmaceutical company Bayer and its associated sports club Bayer 04 Leverkusen .
Hannu Juhani Siitonen ( born 18 March 1949 ) is a retired Finnish javelin thrower . He competed at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and placed fourth and second , respectively . He won the European javelin title in 1974 and finished fourth in 1971 .
Rome ( Latin and Italian : Roma [ ˈroːma ] ( listen ) ) is the capital city and a special comune of Italy ( named Comune di Roma Capitale ) . Rome also serves as the capital of the Lazio region . With 2,879,728 residents in 1,285 km2 ( 496.1 sq mi ) , it is also the country 's most populated comune . It is the third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits . It is the centre of the Metropolitan City of Rome , which has a population of 4,355,725 residents , thus making it the second or third most populous metropolitan city in Italy depending on definition . Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula , within Lazio ( Latium ) , along the shores of the Tiber . Vatican City ( the smallest country in the world ) is an independent country inside the city boundaries of Rome , the only existing example of a country within a city ; for this reason Rome has sometimes been defined as the capital of two states . Rome 's history spans 28 centuries . While Roman mythology dates the founding of Rome at around 753 BC , the site has been inhabited for much longer , making it one of the oldest continuously occupied cities in Europe . The city 's early population originated from a mix of Latins , Etruscans , and Sabines . Eventually , the city successively became the capital of the Roman Kingdom , the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire , and is regarded by many as the first ever Imperial City and metropolis . It was first called The Eternal City ( Latin : Urbs Aeterna ; Italian : La Città Eterna ) by the Roman poet Tibullus in the 1st century BC , and the expression was also taken up by Ovid , Virgil , and Livy .
Miklós Németh ( born 23 October 1946 ) is a Hungarian Olympic champion and former World Record holder in the javelin throw . Born in Budapest , he is the son of Imre Németh who won the Olympic gold in the hammer throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics . Nemeth 's winning effort at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was also a world record for the event . His mark of 94.58 meters came in the first round of throwing ; completely demoralizing Nemeth 's dazed competitors . Silver medalist Hannu Siitonen of Finland , whose record , thrown in June 1973 , was 93.90 metres , could do no better than 87.92 - more than 6.5 meters ( nearly 22 feet ) behind Miklos Németh . He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the year for his achievement . Nemeth 's gold medal performance stood as the global standard in the javelin until 23 April 1980 , when fellow Hungarian Ferenc Paragi launched the spear 96.72 meters .
Budapest ( /ˈbuːdəpɛst/ , Hungarian pronunciation : [ ˈbudɒpɛʃt ] ) is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary , and the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits . The city has an estimated population of 1,752,286 over a land area of about 525 square kilometres ( 203 square miles ) . Budapest is both a city and county , and forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area , which has an area of 7,626 square kilometres ( 2,944 square miles ) and a population of 3,303,786 , comprising 33% of the population of Hungary . The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into the Roman town of Aquincum , the capital of Lower Pannonia . The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century , but the area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241-42 . Re-established Buda became one of the centres of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century . The Battle of Mohács , in 1526 , was followed by nearly 150 years of Ottoman rule . After the reconquest of Buda in 1686 , the region entered a new age of prosperity , with Pest-Buda becoming a global city after the unification of Buda , Óbuda , and Pest on 17 November 1873 , with the name 'Budapest ' given to the new capital . Budapest also became the co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire , a great power that dissolved in 1918 , following World War I . The city was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 , the Battle of Budapest in 1945 , and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 . Budapest is an Alpha − global city with strengths in commerce , finance , media , art , fashion , research , technology , education , and entertainment . It is Hungary 's financial centre and was ranked as the second fastest-developing urban economy in Europe .
Montreal ( /ˌmʌntriˈɔːl/ ( listen ) MUN-tree-AWL ; officially Montréal , French : [ mɔ̃ʁeal ] ( listen ) ) is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada . Originally founded in 1642 as Ville-Marie , or City of Mary , it is named after Mount Royal , the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city . The city is centred on the Island of Montreal , which got its name from the same origin as the city , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold , snowy winters . In 2016 , the city had a population of 1,704,694 , with a population of 1,942,247 in the urban agglomeration , including all of the other municipalities on the Island of Montreal . The broader metropolitan area had a population of 4,098,247 . French is the city 's official language and is the language spoken at home by 49.8% of the population of the city , followed by English at 22.8% and 18.3% other languages ( in the 2016 census , not including multi-language responses ) . In the larger Montreal Census Metropolitan Area , 65.8% of the population speaks French at home , compared to 15.3% who speak English . The agglomeration Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada , with over 59% of the population able to speak both English and French . Montreal is the second largest primarily French-speaking city in the developed world , after Paris . It is situated 196 km ( 122 mi ) east of the national capital Ottawa , and 258 km ( 160 mi ) south-west of the provincial capital Quebec City . Historically the commercial capital of Canada , Montreal was surpassed in population and in economic strength by Toronto in the 1970s .
Michael Thomas Maria Wessing ( 29 August 1952 - 7 May 2019 ) was a German javelin thrower . He finished fourteenth at the 1974 European Championships , won the gold medal at the 1978 European Championships and finished ninth at the 1976 Summer Olympics . Representing the sports team TV Wattenscheid , he became West German champion six years in a row in the years 1975 to 1980 . His personal best throw was 94.22 metres ( with the old javelin type ) , achieved on August 3 , 1978 in Oslo . It was the best throw in the world that year , and at the time second overall only to Miklós Németh 's 1976 world record of 94.58 . When new javelin design rules came into force in April 1986 , Wessing still stood as the eighth-best performer worldwide ; in Germany only Uwe Hohn and Detlef Michel , both from East Germany , had longer throws . He died on 7 May 2019 , at the age of 66 , due to complications from surgery .
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 .
Pentti Olavi Sinersaari ( born October 5 , 1956 in Elimäki ) is a former track and field athlete from Finland who competed in the men 's javelin throw event . He finished sixth at the 1980 Summer Olympics , and won Finnish Championship twice , in year 1980 and 1983 . He set the world 's best year performance in 1979 , throwing 93.84 metres at a meet in Auckland , New Zealand on 1979-01-27 .
Auckland ( /ˈɔːklənd/ AWK-lənd ) ( Māori : Tāmaki Makaurau ) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand . The most populous urban area in the country , Auckland has an urban population of around 1,570,100 ( June 2018 ) . It is located in the Auckland Region - the area governed by Auckland Council - which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf , resulting in a total population of 1,618,400 . Auckland is a diverse , multicultural and cosmopolitan city , home to the largest Polynesian population in the world . The Māori-language name for Auckland is Tāmaki Makaurau , meaning Tāmaki desired by many , in reference to the desirability of its natural resources and geography . Auckland lies between the Hauraki Gulf of the Pacific Ocean to the east , the low Hunua Ranges to the south-east , the Manukau Harbour to the south-west , and the Waitakere Ranges and smaller ranges to the west and north-west . The surrounding hills are covered in rainforest and the landscape is dotted with dozens of dormant volcanic cones . The central part of the urban area occupies a narrow isthmus between the Manukau Harbour on the Tasman Sea and the Waitematā Harbour on the Pacific Ocean . Auckland is one of the few cities in the world to have a harbour on each of two separate major bodies of water . The isthmus on which Auckland resides was first settled around 1350 and was valued for its rich and fertile land . The Māori population in the area is estimated to have peaked at 20,000 before the arrival of Europeans . After a British colony was established in 1840 , William Hobson , then Lieutenant-Governor of New Zealand , chose the area as his new capital .
Ferenc Paragi ( 21 August 1953 - 21 April 2016 ) was a Hungarian athlete who , on 23 April 1980 established a world record of 96.72 meters in the javelin throw , eclipsing the global standard set by fellow countryman Miklós Németh at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal . This effort added more than two meters to the previous world record , fueling discussion and speculation regarding the likelihood of alterations to the javelin 's design and flight characteristics . Proposed changes would finally take effect in 1986 , following another two sizable improvements to the javelin world record ; the first coming in 1983 , when Tom Petranoff , then of the United States , added precisely three meters to Paragi 's mark , and the other in 1984 , when East German Uwe Hohn launched the 800 gram implement to 104.80 meters . Hohn 's mark only came after the new design had already been officially proposed , and contrary to a popular myth had nothing to do with the change . Indeed , the primary reason for the change was to get rid of the then frequent flat or ambiguous landings , which often made it hard to assess if a throw should be declared legal , most famously in the high-profile case at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where the eventual winner Dainis Kūla only progressed to the last three rounds with an apparently flat throw . Ambiguous landings were also much more difficult to measure accurately , compared to clearly legal ones where the javelin would stick in the ground at the landing spot . Paragi also competed at the Moscow Olympics . Even though his form had dipped a bit after another monster mark of 96.20 on 18 May 1980 , there could be no question he was among the leading favorites . However , he had problems in the qualifying round , languishing more than five meters from a spot in the finals after two rounds with a sub-standard mark of 72.60 , but saved himself by throwing 88.76 with his third and final attempt - the best mark in the whole qualifying competition by almost three meters . Next day in the final however , he could do no better than 79.52 and finished in tenth place . His qualification performance would have been enough for a bronze . Paragi was the Hungarian champion for 5 years .
Tata ( German : Totis ) , ( Latin : Dotis ) is a town in Komárom-Esztergom county , northwestern Hungary , 9 km ( 6 mi ) northwest of the county town Tatabánya .
Detlef Michel ( born October 13 , 1955 in Berlin ) , is a German track and field athlete . He represented East Germany during the 1980s and was one of the world 's best in the javelin throw . His most important result came when he won the World Championship title in Helsinki 1983 with a throw of 89.48 meters in adverse conditions ( rain ) , beating world record holder Tom Petranoff ( 99.72m , 5 May 1983 ) of the USA by a comfortable margin . In fact , Michel threw the four longest throws of the final . He competed in the Olympic Games twice , in 1980 and 1988 , but went out in the qualifying round both times . He was unable to compete in 1984 due to his country 's boycott of the games in Los Angeles and retired from professional sports in 1990 . Michel represented the Berlin sport club and trained with Peter Börner . During his career he was 1.84 meters tall and weighed 93 kilograms . Michel 's personal best under the old ( pre-1986 ) javelin design specifications of 96.72 meters , thrown in Berlin on June 8 , 1983 , was for a while tied with Ferenc Paragi for second best in the world , behind only Petranoff 's world record ; it was later also exceeded by Uwe Hohn .
Berlin ( /bɜːrˈlɪn/ ; German : [ bɛʁˈliːn ] ( listen ) ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population . Its 3,748,148 ( 2018 ) inhabitants make it the most populous city proper of the European Union . The city is one of Germany 's 16 federal states . It is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg , and contiguous with Potsdam , Brandenburg 's capital . The two cities are at the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region , which is , with about six million inhabitants and an area of more than 30,000 km² , Germany 's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions . Berlin straddles the banks of the River Spree , which flows into the River Havel ( a tributary of the River Elbe ) in the western borough of Spandau . Among the city 's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree , Havel , and Dahme rivers ( the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee ) . Due to its location in the European Plain , Berlin is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . About one-third of the city 's area is composed of forests , parks , gardens , rivers , canals and lakes . The city lies in the Central German dialect area , the Berlin dialect being a variant of the Lusatian-New Marchian dialects . First documented in the 13th century and situated at the crossing of two important historic trade routes , Berlin became the capital of the Margraviate of Brandenburg ( 1417-1701 ) , the Kingdom of Prussia ( 1701-1918 ) , the German Empire ( 1871-1918 ) , the Weimar Republic ( 1919-1933 ) , and the Third Reich ( 1933-1945 ) . Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world .
Bob Roggy ( August 6 , 1956 in Holmdel Township , New Jersey , United States - August 4 , 1986 ) was a javelin thrower from the United States . He set the world best year performance in 1982 , throwing 95.80 metres in Stuttgart , West Germany on August 29 . Earlier in 1982 , Roggy set the American record in the Javelin at the Bruce Jenner Invitational , beating Mark Murro 's 12-year-old record . Previously , while a senior at Southern Illinois University he won the NCAA Men 's Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1978 . Roggy was killed in an accident where he fell out of the back of a pick-up truck in 1986 in Houston , Texas at the first Olympic Sports Festival . Roggy attended Holmdel High School . Following his death , a scholarship was set up in memory . Every year the two best athletes at Holmdel High get the opportunity to follow in his footsteps with an athletic scholarship .
Stuttgart ( /ˈʃtʊtɡɑːrt/ SHTUUT-gart , also US : /ˈstʌt- , ˈstʊt-/ STU ( U ) T- ; German : [ ˈʃtʊtɡaʁt ] ( listen ) ; Swabian : Schduagert [ ˈʒ̊d̥ua̯ɡ̊ɛʕd̥ ] ; names in other languages ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg . Stuttgart is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known locally as the Stuttgart Cauldron . It lies an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest . Its urban area has a population of 634,830 , making it the sixth largest city in Germany . 2.8 million people live in the city 's administrative region and 5.3 million people in its metropolitan area , making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany . The city and metropolitan area are consistently ranked among the top 20 European metropolitan areas by GDP ; Mercer listed Stuttgart as 21st on its 2015 list of cities by quality of living , [ a ] innovation agency 2thinknow ranked the city 24th globally out of 442 cities [ b ] and the Globalization and World Cities Research Network ranked the city as a Beta-status world city in their 2014 survey. , Stuttgart was one of the host cities of the official tournaments for the 1974 and 2006 FIFA World Cup . Since the 7th millennium BC , the Stuttgart area has been an important agricultural area and has been host to a number of cultures seeking to utilize the rich soil of the Neckar valley . The Roman Empire conquered the area in 83 AD and built a massive castrum near Bad Cannstatt , making it the most important regional centre for several centuries . Stuttgart 's roots were truly laid in the 10th century with its founding by Liudolf , Duke of Swabia , as a stud farm for his warhorses . Initially overshadowed by nearby Cannstatt , the town grew steadily and was granted a charter in 1320 . The fortunes of Stuttgart turned with those of the House of Württemberg , and they made it the capital of their county , duchy , and kingdom from the 15th century to 1918 . Stuttgart prospered despite setbacks in the Thirty Years ' War and devastating air raids by the Allies on the city and its automobile production during World War II .
Thomas Alan Petranoff ( born April 8 , 1958 ) is a retired American track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw . He held the world record ( old implement javelin ) from May 1983 to July 1984 ; his 99.72 m ( 327 ft ) throw was greater than the length of an American football field . During his career , he was a silver medalist at the World Championships in 1983 and represented the United States at the Summer Olympics in 1984 and 1988 . He transferred to South Africa in the 1990s and was twice a winner at the African Championships . His personal best with the new implement javelin is 89.16 m ( 292.5 ft ) . In the final years of his career , he returned to the United States and won a medal at the 1999 Pan American Games .
Westwood is a commercial and residential neighborhood in the northern central portion of the Westside region of Los Angeles , California . It is the home of the University of California , Los Angeles ( UCLA ) .
Uwe Hohn ( born 16 July 1962 ) is a retired German track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw . He is the only athlete to throw a javelin 100 metres or more , with his world record of 104.80 m ( 343 ft 9 3⁄4 in ) . A new javelin design was implemented in 1986 and the records had to be restarted , thus Hohn 's mark became an eternal world record . Born in Neuruppin , Hohn excelled at the javelin throw from a young age and won the 1981 European Junior Championship with a throw of 86.56 m , a junior record . He then won gold at the 1982 European Championships with a 91.34 m throw . He did not compete at the 1983 World Championships and missed out on the 1984 Summer Olympics as East Germany had boycotted the games . He did however win gold at the Friendship Games , throwing 94.44 m ( Arto Härkönen won the 1984 Olympics with a throw of 86.76 m ) . In 1985 , Hohn won the IAAF World Cup and European Cup but his career ended in 1986 after several setbacks due to a surgery . After his retirement from competition , Hohn became a coach and since 1999 he has worked for SC Potsdam , the successor of ASK Vorwärts Potsdam , where he started his career as a sportsman .
Canberra ( /ˈkænbərə/ ( listen ) ) is the capital city of Australia . Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation , it is Australia 's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall . The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory ; 280 km ( 170 mi ) south-west of Sydney and 660 km ( 410 mi ) north-east of Melbourne . On 1 January 1901 , federation of the colonies of Australia was achieved . Section 125 of the new Australian Constitution provided that land , situated in New South Wales and at least 100 miles ( 160 km ) from Sydney , would be ceded to the new federal government . Following discussion and exploration of various areas within New South Wales , the Seat of Government Act 1908 was passed in 1908 which specified a capital in the Yass-Canberra region . The land was transferred to the Commonwealth by New South Wales in 1911 , creating the Australian Capital Territory , two years prior to the capital city being founded and formally named as Canberra in 1913 . It is unusual among Australian cities , being an entirely planned city outside of any state , similar to Washington , D.C. in the United States or Brasília in Brazil . Following an international contest for the city 's design , a blueprint by American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin was selected and construction commenced in 1913 . The Griffins ' plan featured geometric motifs such as circles , hexagons and triangles , and was centred on axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks in the Australian Capital Territory . The city 's design was influenced by the garden city movement and incorporates significant areas of natural vegetation . As the seat of the government of Australia , Canberra is home to many important institutions of the federal government , national monuments and museums .