Men's Javelin Throw World Record Progression - The Quest for Distance!

[@ΓΚΕΣΙΟΣΟΙΚΟΣΤΕΛΕΤΩΝ]

for what reasons some of the records rescinded ?

[@indcredible7839]

They made the javelin heavier and unbalanced so that it remains within the limits of an Olympic Stadium, it was becoming clear that at one point some thrower would send one into the crowd killing or injuring someone, or the sport would have to move out of the Olympic sized stadium soon. So they rescinded the old records that had a biased javelin.

[@ΓΚΕΣΙΟΣΟΙΚΟΣΤΕΛΕΤΩΝ]

@@indcredible7839 thank you ☺

[@evoluing]

Javelins with serrated tails were outlawed by the IAAF in Tokyo in August 1991 at the IAAF-Congress; several of the records were rescinded as from 20 September 1991, and the record reverted to Steve Backley's 89.58, the longest throw with the regular new implement (as of 1986).