Neeraj Chopra vs Arshad Nadeem Javelin Throw at Paris Olympics 2024: In the most awaited event of Paris Olympics 2024, javelin throw, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem defeated India’s Neeraj Chopra. Arshad threw the javelin 92.97 meters away and won the gold. Neeraj Chopra, on the other hand, won the silver medal for India by throwing the javelin 89.45 meters away. Anderson Peters of Grenada won the bronze medal of this event by throwing the javelin 88.54 meters. But one thing happened amidst all this that Pakistan’s one gold medal has outweighed the 5 medals India has won so far in Paris Olympics.
When India’s Neeraj Chopra came down to throw the javelin in Paris at 11:45 pm on August 8, it was expected that he would give India its first gold of this Olympics, but Pakistani athlete Arshad Nadeem gave Pakistan its first individual gold medal by throwing the medal at a distance of 92.97 meters.
In this way, now Pakistan is at number 53 in the medal tally (till 6 am on 9 August) after winning one gold medal. Whereas India is 11 places below it at number 64. India has won 4 bronze medals including Neeraj’s 1 silver in the Paris Olympics. India has got one bronze medal in hockey, while 3 medals came in shooting.
This means that Pakistan’s one gold medal proved to be too much for India. Due to which Pakistan has reached higher than India in the medal list. Arshad Nadeem gave a double shock by winning the medal, because it was expected that Neeraj Chopra would win the gold medal for India.
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This medal of Arshad was also the first medal for Pakistan after the 1992 Olympics, when Pakistan’s hockey team won a bronze medal in Barcelona. That is, Arshad ended the drought of 32 years. At the same time, Arshad Nadeem became the first Pakistani player to win his country’s first gold medal in an individual event.
Arshad also made an Olympic record with a throw of 92.97 meters. Arshad broke the record of Andreas Thorkildsen of Norway. Andreas had made this record on 23 August 2008 in the Beijing Olympics by throwing the javelin 90.57 meters away.
Arshad Nadeem rewrites Olympic history with 9️⃣2️⃣.9️⃣7️⃣
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— JioCinema (@JioCinema) August 8, 2024
Neeraj broke his own Olympic record
Neeraj had earlier won the gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics by throwing the javelin 87.58 meters away. But this time in Paris, he threw the javelin even farther than the Tokyo throw, but he had to settle for silver.
The world record in javelin throw is 98.48 meters
The world record of javelin throw is registered in the name of a player from Czech Republic. Three-time world champion and Olympic champion, Czech Republic’s legendary athlete Jan Zelezny registered the world record of men’s javelin throw in his name by throwing 98.48 meters during an athletics competition in Germany in 1996. Which is still intact till date.
Won gold on 7 August, silver on 8 August
For India, the date of 8 August of Paris Olympics has now been recorded because Neeraj won the silver medal on this day, while the date of 7 August will always be remembered in Tokyo Olympics, on this day in 2021 Neeraj won the gold. In Tokyo Olympics, Neeraj Chopra threw 87.58 meters to win the Olympic gold medal.
#Watch | Paris: On winning the silver medal in the men’s javelin throw event #ParisOlympics2024Top javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra said, “Whenever we win a medal for the country, we all feel happy… Now is the time to improve the sport… We will sit and discuss and improve the sport… pic.twitter.com/kn6DNHBBnW
– ANI (@ANI) August 9, 2024
Neeraj committed 5 fouls, Arshad committed 1
26-year-old Neeraj Chopra committed fouls in 5 out of his 6 attempts in the Paris Olympics. But his second throw was 89.45 meters and this won him the silver medal. On the other hand, Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem committed only one foul
Neeraj Chopra’s javelin throw in Paris Olympics
First attempt: Foul
2nd attempt: 89.45m
Third attempt: Foul
Fourth attempt: Foul
Fifth attempt: Foul
Sixth attempt: Foul
Arshad Nadeem’s javelin throw in Paris Olympics
First attempt: Foul
2nd attempt: 92.97m
3rd attempt: 88.72m
4th attempt: 79.40m
Fifth attempt: 84.87m
6th attempt: 91.79m
Arshad is the first player to win gold for Pakistan
Arshad is the third player to win a medal for Pakistan in an individual event at the Olympics. Before him, Mohammad Bashir had won a bronze medal in men’s 73 kg wrestling at the 1960 Rome Olympics, which was Pakistan’s first medal in an individual event. Then in the 1988 Olympics held in Seoul, boxer Hussain Shah won a bronze medal in middleweight boxing.
Pakistan’s hockey team has excelled in the Olympics
Pakistan’s hockey team has played brilliantly in the Olympics. The Pakistani team won silver in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, gold in the 1960 Rome Olympics, silver in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and gold in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. After this, the Pakistani team won silver in the 1972 Munich Olympics, bronze in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, gold in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, and bronze in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.
Best throw of all 12 players in Paris Olympics Javelin Final
1. Arshad Nadeem (Pakistan)- 92.97m
2. Neeraj Chopra (India)- 89.45m
3. Anderson Peters (Grenada)- 88.54m
4. Jakub Vadlech (Czech Republic)- 88.50m
5. Julius Yego (Kenya)- 87.72m
6. Julian Weber (Germany)- 87.40m
7. Keshorn Walcott (Trinidad and Tobago)- 86.16m
8. Lassi Etelatalo (Finland) – 84.58m
9. Oliver Helander (Finland)- 82.68m
10. Toni Keranen (Finland)- 80.92m
11. Luiz Mauricio da Silva (Brazil)- 80.67m
12. Adrian Mardare (Moldova)- 80.10m
Neeraj Chopra is the first Indian to do this
Neeraj Chopra has also created history by winning the silver medal in javelin throw in Paris Olympics 2024. He became the first Indian player to win a silver medal after gold in the Olympics in an individual event. Earlier, Abhinav Bindra won gold for India in the Beijing 2008 Olympics in shooting, but after that he could not make any impact. Earlier, Abhinav Bindra had won gold for India in the individual event (shooting) in Beijing 2008. But he could not win any medal after that.
Neeraj Chopra is the epitome of excellence! He has shown his talent time and again. India is happy that he has once again been successful at the Olympics. Congratulations to him on winning the silver medal. He will continue to inspire countless upcoming athletes to fulfill their dreams… pic.twitter.com/XIjfeDDSeb
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 8, 2024
If Neeraj had won gold in Paris, he could have become the 5th player in the world and the first player from India to retain the title in Olympic history. Along with this, he could have also become the first Indian to win 2 gold medals in individual events of the Olympics. But he missed this record.
Apart from this, only wrestler Sushil Kumar and badminton star PV Sindhu have won any two medals in individual events in the Olympics before this. After them, Neeraj is the third Indian who has won any two medals in the Olympics. But Sushil and Sindhu could not win the gold medal. They won bronze in Beijing 2008 and then silver in London 2012. While Sindhu won silver in Rio 2016 and bronze in Tokyo 2020.
Complete list of India’s Olympic medalists, know who became the winner and when
| Athletes/Sports | Medal | Event | olympic season |
| Norman Pritchard* | Silver | men’s 200m race | Paris 1900 |
| Norman Pritchard** | Silver | Men’s 200m Hurdles | paris 1900 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Gold | Men’s Hockey | Amsterdam 1928 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Gold | Men’s Hockey | Los Angeles 1932 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Gold | Men’s Hockey | Berlin 1936 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Gold | Men’s Hockey | London 1948 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Gold | Men’s Hockey | Helsinki 1952 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Gold | Men’s Hockey | Melbourne 1956 |
| KD Jadhav | Bronze | Men’s Bantamweight Wrestling | Helsinki 1952 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Silver | Men’s Hockey | Rome 1960 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Gold | Men’s Hockey | Tokyo 1964 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Bronze | Men’s Hockey | mexico city 1968 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Bronze | Men’s Hockey | Munich 1972 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Gold | Men’s Hockey | Moscow 1980 |
| Leander Paes | Bronze | men’s singles tennis | Atlanta 1996 |
| Karnam Malleswari | Bronze | Weightlifting (Women’s 54kg) | Sydney 2000 |
| Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | Silver | men’s double trap shooting | Athens 2004 |
| abhinav bindra | Gold | Men’s 10m Air Rifle Shooting | beijing 2008 |
| vijender singh | Bronze | Men’s Middleweight Boxing | beijing 2008 |
| Sushil Kumar | Bronze | Men’s 66 kg Wrestling | beijing 2008 |
| Sushil Kumar | Silver | Men’s 66 kg Wrestling | London 2012 |
| Vijay Kumar | Silver | Men’s 25m Rapid Pistol Shooting | London 2012 |
| Saina Nehwal | Bronze | Women’s Singles Badminton | London 2012 |
| mary kom | Bronze | women’s flyweight boxing | London 2012 |
| Yogeshwar Dutt | Bronze | Men’s 60 kg Wrestling | London 2012 |
| Gagan Narang | Bronze | 10m air rifle shooting | London 2012 |
| pv sindu | Silver | Women’s Singles Badminton | rio 2016 |
| sakshi malik | Bronze | Women’s 58 kg Wrestling | rio 2016 |
| Mirabai Chanu | Silver | Women’s 49kg Weightlifting | tokyo 2020 |
| Lovlina Borgohain | Bronze | Women’s Welterweight Boxing (64-69 kg) | tokyo 2020 |
| pv sindu | Bronze | Women’s Singles Badminton | tokyo 2020 |
| Ravi Kumar Dahiya | Silver | Men’s Freestyle 57 kg Wrestling | tokyo 2020 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Bronze | Men’s Hockey | tokyo 2020 |
| Bajrang Punia | Bronze | Men’s 65 kg Wrestling | tokyo 2020 |
| Neeraj Chopra | Gold | Men’s Javelin Throw | tokyo 2020 |
| manu bhaker | Bronze | 10m air pistol | Paris 2024 |
| Manu Bhaker-Sarabjot Singh | Bronze | 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team | Paris 2024 |
| Swapnil Kusale | Bronze | Men’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions | Paris 2024 |
| Indian Hockey Team | Bronze | Men’s Hockey | Paris 2024 |
| Neeraj Chopra | Silver | Men’s Javelin Throw | paris 2024 |
*** Note: Norman Pritchard participated for India under the British flag, he was a player of British origin.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)