javelin throw Flashcards
This is a sport of throwing a spear for distance, included in the ancient Greek Olympic Games as one of five events of the pentathlon competition.
Javelin throw
Throwing the javelin as sport evolved from the everyday use of the spear in ________ and __________.
hunting
warfare
Javelin throw was widely practiced in Ancient Greece and incorporated into the Olympic Games in ________ as part of the pentathlon.
708BC
Javelin throw has been part of the modern Olympic Games program since _____ for men and ______ for women.
1908
1932
In ______ the men’s javelin was redesigned; its center of gravity was moved forward by __________.
1986
four centimeters
The redesigning of men’s javelin was made because the men, following a world record of 104.80m by East Germany’s _________ in 1984, were in danger of throwing the
javelin beyond the space available in normal stadiums.
Uwe Hohn
When was women’s javelin redesigned?
1999
The Czech athlete regarded as the finest make javelin thrower in history. He won a hat-trick of Olympic titles from 1992-2000 and set the world record of _______ in 1996.
Jan Zelezny
98.48m
She is among the leading female javelin throwers in history, she won successive Olympic titles in 2008 and 2012 and is the owner of the women’s world record with a best of __________.
Barbora Spotakova
72.28m
At the beginning of the 20th century, the Javelin throw was determined by ___________.
Scandinavians
____________ set the first official record for javelin throw at ________ and dominated the development in the early
years.
Eric Lemming
49.32 m
The first to throw over 80 m in 1953 that led to rule changes.
Franklin Held
Eric Lemming’s 62.32 m from the year 1912 had __ years inventory.
7
__________ made world record in Oslo in an international match Norway Czechoslovakia by cracking the
90-meter mark with 91.72 m in 1964.
Terje Pedersen
Terje Pedersen was born in _______,
1943
