Arshad Nadeem's 92.97m: Pakistan's first individual Olympic gold
At Paris 2024, Arshad Nadeem threw the javelin 92.97 metres, an Olympic record, and won Pakistan its first individual Olympic gold medal.
On 8 August 2024, at the Stade de France in Paris, Arshad Nadeem threw the javelin 92.97 metres in the men's final. No one had thrown further at an Olympic Games.
The numbers
- 92.97m: the winning throw, a new Olympic record
- 89.45m: India's Neeraj Chopra, silver
- 88.54m: Grenada's Anderson Peters, bronze
- 1st: Pakistan's first individual Olympic gold medal
Why it matters
Pakistan's earlier Olympic golds all came in men's field hockey: 1960, 1968 and 1984. Arshad's gold was the country's first Olympic medal of any kind since 1992, and its first ever in athletics.
Where he comes from
Arshad Nadeem is from Mian Channu in Khanewal district, Punjab. He trained for years with limited facilities before reaching the world's top level.
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