1982 European Athletics Championships men's javelin throw final

Detlef Michel of East Germany was the competition favorite, having thrown over 94m during that season, but he only became 3rd.
Uwe Hohn was just barely 20 years old when he won the competition with 91.34m, a new personal best. This throw was the furthest throw in the championship history since 1969, when Janis Lusis threw his championship record (91.52m) Hohn missed it only by 18 centimeters.
The world record during that time was 96.72m, held by the Hungarian thrower Ferenc Paragi.
Olympic Champion Dainis Kula became fourth with 87.84m.
Two years later Uwe Hohn became the first and only man who ever threw the javelin over 100m.

Out of the 13 competitors of this final, there were 9 of them, who were or later became 90m throwers. All of them hit 88.50m at one point during their career.

In this video, you can see a few throws from the legendary Uwe Hohn (GDR), Heino Puuste (URS), Detlef Michel (GDR), Dainis Kula (URS), Arto Harkonen (FIN), Aleksandr Makarov (URS), Antero Toivonen (FIN), David Ottley (GBR) and Agostino Ghesini (ITA).

Gold: Uwe Hohn (GDR) 91.34m
Silver: Heino Puuste (URS) 89.56m
Bronze: Detlef Michel (GDR) 89.32m

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[NemethJavelins]

@stanante Yes, the old jav was much trickier to throw with. Unlike today's javelins, the old rule javelin had a very nice flight - if you did everything correctly. On the other hand, one little mistake and your results were seriously hurt.

Not to mention the weather conditions, which affected the javelin's flight much more seriously.

[stanante]

Why were the competitions so much more dynamic back then. Is it the old jav that caused so much more variation in distances from throw to throw? Current competitions seem to bland by comparison.