It was a historic evening at the Stade de France during the Olympic Games Paris 2024 men’s javelin throw final, where Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem shattered the Olympic record with a throw of 92.97m, claiming his first Olympic gold medal. This victory also marks Pakistan’s first-ever Olympic gold in athletics.
India’s Neeraj Chopra, the defending champion from Tokyo 2020, secured the silver medal with a season-best throw of 89.45m. Grenada’s Anderson Peters earned the bronze with a throw of 88.54m.
Nadeem, who made history at Tokyo 2020 as the first Pakistani athlete to reach an Olympic athletics final and finished fifth, has now achieved another milestone at Paris 2024, thanks in part to an Olympic Solidarity scholarship.
