Main > Men, Javelin Throw > World Records Progression
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