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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated   • 47.11 Otto Nilsson SWE London Jul 17, 1908 • 53.69 Eric Lemming SWE London Jul 17, 1908 • 54.83 Eric Lemming SWE London Jul 17, 1908 • 55.37 Juho Saaristo FIN Stockholm Jul 06, 1912 • 57.42 Eric Lemming SWE Stockholm Jul 06, 1912 • 60.64 Eric Lemming SWE Stockholm Jul 06, 1912 • 61.00 Juho Saaristo FIN Stockholm Jul 09, 1912 • 63.60 Urho Peltonen FIN Antwerpen Aug 15, 1920 • 65.78 Jonni Myyrä FIN Antwerpen Aug 15, 1920 • 66.60 Erik Lundqvist SWE Amsterdam Aug 02, 1928 • 71.25 Matti Järvinen FIN Los Angeles Aug 04, 1932 • 72.71 Matti Järvinen FIN Los Angles Aug 04, 1932 • 73.78 Cyrus Young USA Helsinki Jul 23, 1952 • 74.76 Cyrus Young USA Melbourne Nov 26, 1956 • 74.96 Viktor Tsybulenko URS Melbourne Nov 26, 1956 • 75.84 Viktor Tsybulenko URS Melbourne Nov 26, 1956 • 79.98 Janusz Sidlo POL Melbourne Nov 26, 1956 • 85.71 Egil Danielsen NOR Melbourne Nov 26, 1956 • 86.30 Jorma Kinnunen FIN Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 86.34 Janis Lusis URS Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 87.06 Gergely Kulcsár HUN Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 90.10 Janis Lusis URS Mexico City Oct 16, 1968 • 90.48 Klaus Wolfermann GER München Sep 03, 1972 • 94.58 Miklos Németh HUN Montreal Jul 26, 1976 New Javelin (officially from 01.06.1986) • 85.90 Jan Zelezny TCH Seoul Sep 24, 1988 Present Javelin (officially from 18.11.1991) • 89.66 Jan Zelezny CZE Barcelona Aug 08, 1992 • 89.85 Steve Backley GBR Sydney Sep 23, 2000 • 90.17 Jan Zelezny CZE Sydney Sep 23, 2000   90.57 Andreas Thorkildsen NOR Beijing Aug 23, 2008