Javelin | How one record changed the sport of Javelin itself ? | Olympics | History of Javelin throw

Neeraj Chopra has won the first Olympic Gold medal for India in Athletics. While this is a reason for celebration, there is also a history behind the sport of Javelin throw and how one record in this game led to the change of the game itself. #NeerajChopra #Olympics #TokyoOlympics
On 07th August, 2021, Neeraj Chopra, won the Gold medal for India in the Javelin throw event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo.
He became the first Indian to win an Olympics in Athletics, a discipline where India has shown immense potential in the past, but has never won a medal.
Javelin throw is a track and field event where the javelin, a spear about 2.5 metres in length, is thrown. To put it simply, the athlete who throws the javelin the farthest wins.
Neeraj threw a distance of 87.58 metres which was the best throw in the final. The Olympics Record in Men's Javelin is 90.57 metres by Andreas Thorkildsen. The World Record in Men's Javelin is an even farther 98.48 metres by Jan Zelezny.
But even though Jan's throw of 98.48 metres set in the German town of Jena in 1996 is still the World Record, there was a time when the World Record was 104.8 metres.
It was the first time that somebody had broken the 100 metres mark. This record was so groundbreaking that it led to change of the sport itself. We understand the importance of the this record, when we realise that Since then, till date no one has breached the 100 metres mark.
This is the story of the throw that changed the game itself.
In ancient Olympics, lighter Javelin throws were introduced as a show of distance rather than penetration.
The first javelin throwing competition for men at the modern Olympic Games was held in Athens in 1906.
Various minor modifications in the event were made over the years.
The javelin is the only throwing event not to take place in a ring. The athlete is allowed a straight run before releasing his or her javelin and has six throws in competition.
In addition to the core and upper body strength necessary to throw the javelin, athletes benefit from the agility and athleticism typically associated with running and jumping events. Thus, the athletes share more physical characteristics with sprinters than with other, heavier throwing athletes. In the years following the formation of the IAAF, the world record and the Olympic gold distances continued to increase. Distances such as these posed significant safety risks as there was the possibility of overshooting the stadium and the javelin landing in the crowd. Furthermore, there was an increasing amount of times when the javelin would land flat on the ground, resulting in heated protests when these throws were declared invalid by the competition officials.
The sports adminstrators started thinking over these issues. They wanted the event to be safe for the spectators as well as be unambiguous in the results. Proposal was introduced to bring changes in the design of the javelin. But while the specific proposals were still being deliberated, the trigger point came in 1984. This was the first time, someone threw the javelin over the 100 metres mark. Uwe Hohn of East Germany threw the javelin to a staggering distance of 104.8 metres. And that was it. the IAAF redesigned the men's javelin, with effect from the 1st April 1986. The redesign saw the centre of mass moved 40mm forward from the centre of pressure.
The tip of the javelin was also modified to be blunter and less aerodynamic. These changes meant that the javelin traveled a shorter distance and descended at a steeper angle, helping the javelin stick into the ground rather than simply laying down.
Unsurprisingly, the redesign had a significant effect on performance. With the introduction of the re-designed javelin at the 1988 Olympics there was a significant decrease in the distances covered by the athletes.
And as far as records are concerned, Uwe Hohn's records will forever be remarkable.
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