Jan Zelezny - 95.34m and 95.66m -- Sheffield 29/08/1993

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Jan Zelezny broke the javelin world record on 06/04/1993 with a distance of 95.54m in South Africa. Off the back of his recent world title victory, Zelezny competed in Sheffield and in ideal conditions he threw just short of the record in round 2 but exceeded it by 12cm in round 3. At the time of posting this video these two throws are the second and third longest in history behind his 98.48m set in 1996.

All Comments (21)

@vladlempaleur987 8 months ago

Jan was amazing !!!
@wakstar1 9 months ago

I was at this meet and honestly we were worried about the distance runners’ safety.. Increidble athlete..
@Defy5 10 years ago

Zelezny looks quite like a ordninary man, not as muscular as many athletes but his speed and technique are oustanding!
@santeenl 12 years ago

Can't imagine this these days, 2 throws over 95m after each other? Really awesome!
@WanderFeetChronicles 9 years ago

I was there! I witnessed this and also got him to sign my Maxx cards tshirt (I was a competition winner and got me meet the stars!). What a day!
@Narza85 9 years ago

I've seen him throw 97 measured and 99-100 on practice throw wich he stepped over a bit. :D At Kuortane Finland, in the 90's
@intldawn 4 years ago

Stadium designers: How large should we make this field? Jan Zelezny: Yes
@jamesnewsom5899 1 year ago

Incredible talent, perfect technique, his run up does not slow at all into the throw. Unbeatable. So many muscled up throwers these days. Lots of big talk and predictions. So many with one or two or a few big throws and then they fade away. Zelezny is legend.
@sifsai 10 years ago

Absolutely unbelievably outstanding
@downfall4you 11 years ago

that arm speed is incredible
@saamegan2985 1 year ago

I love his reaction. It was like 'Yep, that's what I was trying to do". What a cool dude.
@yt7954 11 years ago

I beat him once - in Euro Juniors in '85 - he was quick and skinny - too quick for his technique at the time - in '87 he set the 1st of his WR's - now at 98m which I don't think will be broken in my lifetime or his - quite simply the greatest T&F athlete of all time.
@mlaro888 9 years ago

Love watching Zelezny throw! Was lucky enough to see him compete at the 2001 worlds and throw a 92.8m for the gold, while Aki Parviainen threw a 91.31m
@thehawkman8017 2 years ago

I LOVE HIS RUNNUP, AND HOW HARD AND FAST HE SMASHES THE JAVELIN FROM HIS HAND!!! HAKAN
@Volvoman90 2 years ago

Superb technique and a modest handshake at 1:58. Pure class.
@NTeiras 11 years ago

the 5 best throws of all time are all his
@lukasradis9913 7 years ago

a true legend
@marketches1974 10 years ago

R.I.P Don Valley Stadium
@srilokanath 2 years ago

How calm and composed man he is, even after breaking then world record...
@hogo1 11 years ago

unreal, looking at his size and body shape you would not think he would be a good thrower, but he is so explosive and has excellent technique