New Episode 04
The Javelin World Record Nobody Can Touch
He wasn't even meant to compete that night. 98.48 m, thirty years ago, with a javelin redesigned to stop throws like it.
He wasn't even meant to compete that night. 98.48 m, thirty years ago, with a javelin redesigned to stop throws like it.
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7:56One world record per episode, and what it took to break it. 7 to 8 minutes, free on YouTube.
Every improvement from the first mark to today, on one graph.
Archive film and photos from the moment the record broke.
The famous version against the sources. Every source is listed.
Subscribe and the next one lands in your feed. Next up: Sabastian Sawe's 1:59:30, Thursday 5 November.
Subscribe on YouTubeA free YouTube series about sport's world records. Each episode takes one record, graphs its whole progression from the first mark to today, shows the archive film, and checks the famous story against the original sources.
Jarmila Kratochvílová's 800 metres, 1:53.28, set in Munich on 26 July 1983. It is the oldest individual world record still standing in athletics. Watch her episode.
Sabastian Sawe's marathon (5 November), Usain Bolt's 100 m (12 November), Javier Sotomayor's high jump (19 November), Florence Griffith Joyner's 100 m (26 November), then Mondo Duplantis's pole vault.
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