Miklós Németh (athlete)

Miklós Németh
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Hungary
Olympic Games
Universiade

Miklós Németh (born 23 October 1946) is a Hungarian Olympic champion and former World Record holder in the javelin throw. Born in Budapest, he is the son of Imre Németh who won the Olympic gold in the hammer throw at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Nemeth's winning effort at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal was also a world record for the event. His mark of 94.58 meters came in the first round of throwing, completely demoralizing Nemeth's dazed competitors. Silver medalist Hannu Siitonen of Finland, whose record, thrown in June 1973, was 93.90 meters,[1] could do no better than 87.92 — more than 6.5 meters (nearly 22 feet) behind Miklos Németh. He was elected Hungarian Sportsman of the year for his achievement.

Nemeth's gold medal performance stood as the global standard in the javelin until 23 April 1980, when fellow Hungarian Ferenc Paragi launched the spear 96.72 meters.

References

"Urheilumuseon keihäät" [‘The javelins of the Finnish Sports Museum’] (in Finnish). Finnish Sports Museum. 2013-10-31. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-10.

Miklós Németh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

External links

Miklós Németh at the International Olympic Committee

Awards
Preceded by András Hargitay	Hungarian Sportsman of The Year 1976	Succeeded by Pál Gerevich

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[1] "Urheilumuseon keihäät" [‘The javelins of the Finnish Sports Museum’] (in Finnish). Finnish Sports Museum. 2013-10-31. Archived from the original on 2014-11-10. Retrieved 2014-11-10.