Javelin throw
What part of the world has the best javelin throwers?
Track and field
Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's javelin throw Gerhardus Pienaar List of javelin throwers Ruth Fuchs
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The best ten javelin throwers qualified for the final. 
The men's javelin throw event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Sunday, July 6, 1924.29 javelin throwers from 15 nations competed. 
Gerhardus ("Hardus") Pienaar (born 10 August 1981 in Rustenburg, North West) is a South African javelin thrower and former Junior World Champion from South Africa. His personal best throw is 84.50 metres, achieved in October 2003 in Hyderabad. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest javelin throwers in South African history. 
The javelin throw is an Olympic track and field event. Athletes specialising in the discipline are known as javelin throwers. 
Ruth Fuchs, née Gamm (born December 14, 1946 in Egeln, Saxony-Anhalt) is a German politician and former athlete. Fuchs, representing East Germany, was the winner of the women's javelin at the 1972 (Munich) and 1976 (Montreal) Olympic Games. She set the world record for the javelin six times during the 1970s. Her personal best throw was 69.96 metres with the old javelin type, achieved in April 1980 in Split. This ranks her seventh among German old-type-javelin throwers, behind Petra Felke (who held the world record), Antje Kempe, Silke Renk, Beate Koch, Karen Forkel and Tanja Damaske. Ruth Fuchs has admitted using steroids during her career, as part of the official East German sports programme. After retirement Fuchs became a member of Parliament for the Party of Democratic Socialism (now the Left Party) in the re-united Germany. 