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Men    Women 100 y 100 m 200 m 400 m 800 m 1500 m 1 Mile 5000 m 10000 m Marathon Half Marathon 110 m Hurdles 400 m Hurdles 3000 m Steeplechase High Jump Pole Vault Long Jump Triple Jump Shot Put Discus Throw Hammer Throw Javelin Throw Decathlon 4 x 400 m Mixed Marathon Walk Mixed

Men, Javelin Throw All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated          •   - Then World Record   • 49.03 Ollie Snedigar USA San Fransisco Oct 22, 1909   • 49.70 Bruno Brodd USA New Orleans Oct 15, 1910   • 50.35 Ollie Snedigar USA Pittsburgh Jul 01, 1911   • 50.62 Ollie Snedigar USA San Fransisco Oct 13, 1911   • 50.63 Harry Lott USA Cambridge Jun 08, 1912   • 50.85 Harry Lott USA Celtic Park, NY Aug 31, 1912   • 51.77 Bruno Brodd USA Travers Island Jun 14, 1913   • 56.33 Harry Liversedge USA Palo Alto Apr 11, 1914   • 58.06 George Bronder USA Newark Sep 09, 1916   • 59.26 Milton Angier USA Antwerpen Aug 15, 1920   • 59.99 James Lincoln USA London Sep 04, 1920   • 60.18 James Lincoln USA New York Sep 25, 1920   • 61.81 Milton Angier USA Des Moines Apr 29, 1922   • 62.11 Milton Angier USA Des Moines Apr 28, 1923   • 63.46 Arthur Cox USA Norman May 09, 1925     65.19 Henry Bonura USA San Francisco Jul 04, 1925   • 65.28 John Kuck USA Pittsburgh, KS May 15, 1926   • 65.63 John Kuck USA Lappeenranta Sep 02, 1926   • 65.63* Wilmer Rinehart USA Evanston May 05, 1928   • 66.01 Lee Bartlett USA Chicago Jun 09, 1928   • 67.83 James DeMers USA Pittsburgh Aug 23, 1930   • 67.86 Alton Terry USA Des Moines Apr 25, 1936   • 68.95 Alton Terry USA Chicago Jun 20, 1936   • 69.85 Alton Terry USA Lawrence Apr 17, 1937   • 70.59 Lawrence Bell USA Milwaukee Jun 10, 1938   • 71.37 Robert Peoples USA Long Beach Mar 18, 1939   • 71.41 Robert Peoples USA Fresno May 17, 1941   • 71.72 Steve Seymour USA Istanbul Sep 30, 1945   • 75.84 Steve Seymour USA Lincoln,USA Jul 05, 1947   • 76.11 Franklin Held USA Stockholm Aug 01, 1951   • 76.40 Franklin Held USA Pasadena Jul 18, 1953   • 78.13 Cyrus Young USA Pasadena Jul 25, 1953   • 80.41 Franklin Held USA Pasadena Aug 08, 1953 •   81.29 William Miller USA Pasadena Aug 21, 1954 •   81.29* Franklin Held USA Modesto May 21, 1955 • • 81.75 Franklin Held USA Modesto May 21, 1955 • • 82.30 Franklin Held USA Pasadena Sep 22, 1956   • 82.33 William Alley USA Austin Apr 04, 1959   • 85.28 Albert Cantello USA Compton Jun 05, 1959 • • 86.04 Albert Cantello USA Compton Jun 05, 1959 • • 86.58 John Tushaus USA Los Angeles May 13, 1966   • 86.77 Frank Covelli USA Long Beach Sep 01, 1968   • 89.21 Mark Murro USA Tempe May 23, 1969   • 91.44 Mark Murro USA Tempe Mar 27, 1970   • 93.72 Bob Roggy USA San José Apr 17, 1982   • 94.46 Bob Roggy USA Kouvola Aug 15, 1982   • 95.80 Bob Roggy USA Stuttgart Aug 29, 1982   • 99.72 Tom Petranoff USA Westwood May 15, 1983 • New Javelin (officially from 01.04.1986)   79.86 Brian Crouser USA Papeete Mar 27, 1986 • • 82.40 Tom Petranoff USA Stockholm Jul 01, 1986   • 83.46 Tom Petranoff USA Moscow Jul 06, 1986     85.38 Tom Petranoff USA Helsinki Jul 07, 1986 • Present Javelin (officially from 18.11.1991) • 85.70 Tom Pukstys USA Kuortane Jun 26, 1993   • 86.04 Tom Pukstys USA Paris Jun 28, 1996   • 86.52 Tom Pukstys USA Monaco Aug 10, 1996   • 86.74 Tom Pukstys USA Sheffield Aug 25, 1996   • 86.82 Tom Pukstys USA Sheffield Aug 25, 1996   • 87.12 Tom Pukstys USA Jena May 25, 1997   • 87.68 Breaux Greer USA Monaco Sep 19, 2004   • 90.71 Breaux Greer USA Carson May 20, 2007   • 91.29 Breaux Greer USA Indianapolis Jun 21, 2007