Neeraj Chopra Throw Distance Olympics Olympics. He pulled off a stupendous throw of 89.34 metres in his very first attempt and crossed the automatic qualification mark of 84 metres by a huge margin. It took defending world champion, anderson peters of grenada, in the form of his life to deny neeraj chopra the gold medal.

It was a historic day for the nation as neeraj chopra’s javelin. In the match that neeraj chopra won with a throw of 87.58 m, the silver and bronze medallists were only 91 cm and 2.14 m behind.