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Javelin

Strangely Javelin is one of the few ancient sports that wasn't included in the modern olympics. It got it's Olympic debut in London in 1908 as a man's only event women were included for the first time during the 1932 Los Angeles games.

The Javelin is now a field event for men and women, each athlete will throw a spear like projectile as far as they are physically able. Although an event in it's own right Javelin is also included in Pentathlon and Decathlon events

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Some Basic Javelin Info

Each competitor gets three throws each if there are fewer than eight competitors they will throw six time. Once they are prepared they have just 90 seconds to take their turn. For the throw to be legal an athlete must stay behind the line at the end of the runway until the javelin lands it must land point first within the designated area.

The throw is measured from the end of the runway to the javelin's first point of contact with the ground. In the event of a tie, the winner is the athlete with the longest second best throw.

How do You Do It

Javelins must be held over the shoulder using the cord grip, Athletes accelerate down the runway then, on the last few sides prepare to throw. The final stages of the throwing action require in quick succession a leg crossover, draw as the legs untwist the throwing arm is pulled back, the other arm is pushed forward to help his aim and follow through, launch the thrower keeps the javelin behind his shoulders for as long as possible before releasing it. Release by stopping suddenly and thrusting the throwing arm forward the athlete achieves the greatest possible speed of throw.

Target area the throwing line is a synthetic 4m wide track around 120 ft long The landing area is a sector usually grass that fans out 29 degrees for about 100m although space limitations can alter that sector lines provide a rough guide to distance thrown.

In 1986 the men's javelin was redesigned for safety reasons to reduce the distance it can travel, the women's javelin was redesigned in 1999.