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All records considered statistically valid, but some of them, were unratified for various reasons. •   - Record was ratified           *   - Record was repeated Chart     35.81 Adolf Wigert SWE Stockholm Sep 05, 1886   38.96 Hjalmar Fellman FIN Helsinki Sep 27, 1890   40.38 Axel Lindblad SWE Stockholm May 22, 1892   40.81 Ture Örn SWE Stockholm Jun 17, 1894   42.82 Axel Lindblad SWE Stockholm Aug 19, 1894   42.95 Harald Andersson-Arbin SWE Göteborg Sep 10, 1894   45.50 Valter Norén FIN Turku Sep 29, 1895   49.32 Eric Lemming SWE Göteborg Jun 18, 1899   50.70 Hannes Karlsson FIN Teisko Jul 01, 1900   51.95 Eric Lemming SWE Göteborg Sep 07, 1902   53.79 Eric Lemming SWE Stockholm May 31, 1903   53.90 Eric Lemming SWE Athens Apr 26, 1906   57.98 Mór Kóczán HUN Budapest 1910   58.27 Eric Lemming SWE Lindköping Sep 10, 1911   61.45 Juho Saaristo FIN Helsinki May 25, 1912 • 62.34 Eric Lemming SWE Stockholm Sep 29, 1912   63.29 Jonni Myyrä FIN Malmö Jul 05, 1914   64.81 Jonni Myyrä FIN Lappeenranta Jul 18, 1915   65.55 Jonni Myyrä FIN Savitaipale Jul 13, 1919 • 66.10 Jonni Myyrä FIN Stockholm Aug 25, 1919 • 66.62 Gunnar Lindström SWE Eksjö Oct 12, 1924   67.31 Gunnar Lindström SWE Oslo Sep 20, 1925   68.55 Jonni Myyrä FIN Richmond Va Sep 27, 1925 • 69.88 Eino Penttilä FIN Viipuri Oct 08, 1927 • 71.01 Erik Lundqvist SWE Stockholm Aug 15, 1928 • 71.57 Matti Järvinen FIN Viipuri Aug 08, 1930 • 71.70 Matti Järvinen FIN Tampere Aug 17, 1930 • 71.88 Matti Järvinen FIN Vaasa Aug 31, 1930 • 72.93 Matti Järvinen FIN Viipuri Sep 14, 1930 • 74.02 Matti Järvinen FIN Turku Jun 27, 1932 • 74.28 Matti Järvinen FIN Mikkeli May 25, 1933 • 74.61 Matti Järvinen FIN Vaasa Jun 07, 1933 • 76.10 Matti Järvinen FIN Helsinki Jun 15, 1933 • 76.66 Matti Järvinen FIN Turin Sep 07, 1934 • 77.23 Matti Järvinen FIN Helsinki Jun 18, 1936 • 77.87 Yrjö Nikkanen FIN Karhula Aug 25, 1938 • 78.70 Yrjö Nikkanen FIN Kotka Oct 16, 1938 • 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 • 83.56 Soini Nikkinen FIN Kuhmoinen Jun 24, 1956 • 83.66 Janusz Sidlo POL Milan Jun 30, 1956 • 85.71 Egil Danielsen NOR Melbourne Nov 26, 1956 • 86.04 Albert Cantello USA Compton Jun 05, 1959 • 86.74 Carlo Lievore ITA Milan Jun 01, 1961 • 87.12 Terje Pedersen NOR Oslo Jul 01, 1964 • 91.72 Terje Pedersen NOR Oslo Sep 02, 1964 • 91.98 Janis Lusis URS Saarijärvi Jun 23, 1968 • 92.70 Jorma Kinnunen FIN Tampere Jun 18, 1969 • 93.80 Janis Lusis URS Stockholm Jul 06, 1972 • 94.08 Klaus Wolfermann GER Leverkusen May 05, 1973 • 94.58 Miklos Németh HUN Montreal Jul 26, 1976 • 96.72 Ferenc Paragi HUN Tata Apr 23, 1980 • 99.72 Tom Petranoff USA Westwood May 15, 1983 • 104.80 Uwe Hohn GDR Berlin Jul 20, 1984 New Javelin (officially from 01.04.1986)   78.62 Klaus Tafelmeier GER London Sep 14, 1985   79.86 Brian Crouser USA Papeete Mar 27, 1986   78.64 Roald Bradstock GBR Tucson May 03, 1986   81.74 Roald Bradstock GBR Tucson May 03, 1986   82.24 Klaus Tafelmeier GER Hannover Jun 07, 1986   83.68 Viktor Yevsyukov URS St.Petersburg Jun 08, 1986   85.38 Tom Petranoff USA Helsinki Jul 07, 1986   84.76 Klaus Tafelmeier FRG Stuttgart Aug 27, 1986 • 85.74 Klaus Tafelmeier GER Como Sep 21, 1986 • 87.66 Jan Zelezny TCH Nitra May 31, 1987 • 89.10 Patrik Boden SWE Austin Mar 24, 1990 • 89.58 Steve Backley GBR Stockholm Jul 02, 1990 • 89.66 Jan Zelezny TCH Oslo Jul 14, 1990 • 90.98 Steve Backley GBR London Jul 20, 1990 • 91.98 Seppo Räty FIN Shizuoka May 06, 1991 • 96.96 Seppo Räty FIN Punkalaidun Jun 02, 1991 Present Javelin (officially from 18.11.1991) • 91.46 Steve Backley GBR Auckland Jan 25, 1992   94.74 Jan Zelezny TCH Oslo Jul 05, 1992 • 95.54 Jan Zelezny CZE Pietersburg Apr 06, 1993 • 95.66 Jan Zelezny CZE Sheffield Aug 28, 1993 • 98.48 Jan Zelezny CZE Jena May 25, 1996