World record in Javelin Throw, Arshad Nadeem enters top 10 with monstrous 92.97m hit - see full list

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Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem broke Olympic record with a monstrous throw of 92.97m in men's javelin competition to win a Gold medal at the Paris Olympics. India's Neeraj Chopra with an 89.45m throw won the Silver. Take a look at the top 10 athletes with biggest throws in javelin as Nadeem entered the list- Image Source : Reuters

10. Andreas Hofmann (Germany) - 92.06m at Offenburg, 2018 Image Source : Getty

9. Raymond Hecht (Germany) - 92.60m at Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway in 1995 Image Source : Getty

8. Sergey Makarov (Russia) - 92.61m at Grand Prix, Sheffield in Great Britain, 2002 Image Source : Getty

7. Julius Yego (Kenya) - 92.72m at World Championships in Beijing, 2015 Image Source : Getty

6. Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan) - 92.97m at Paris Olympics, 2024 Image Source : AP

5. Anderson Peters (Grenada) - 93.07m at Diamond League meet in Doha, 2022 Image Source : Getty

4. Aki Parviainen (Finland) - 93.09m at World Championships in Seville, 1999 Image Source : Getty

3. Thomas Ruhler (Germany) - 93.90m at Diamond League meet in Doha, 2017 Image Source : Getty

2. Johannes Vetter (Germany) - 97.76m at Skolimowska Memorial meet in Poland, 2020 Image Source : Getty

1. Jan Zelezny (Czech) - 98.48m at Jena Zeiss Athletics meet in Germany, 1996 Image Source : Getty

India's Neeraj Chopra is nowhere near the javelin world record as the Golden boy is yet to hit the 90m mark. Neeraj's best throw of 89.94m in Stockholm in 2022 has him in 25th place among the best athletes with biggest throws in the competition history Image Source : Reuters

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