- Miklós Németh (athlete)
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Medal record Men's Athletics Competitor for 
HungaryOlympic Games Gold 1976 Montreal Javelin Universiade Gold 1970 Torino Javelin Miklós Németh (born 23 January 1946 in Budapest) is a Hungarian Olympic champion and former World Record holder in the javelin throw. 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 could do no better than 87.92 - more than 6.5 meters (nearly 22 feet) behind Miklos Nemeth. 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.
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Awards Preceded by
András HargitayHungarian Sportsman of The Year
1976Succeeded by
Pál GerevichOlympic Champions in Men's Javelin Throw - 1908: Eric Lemming (SWE)
- 1912: Eric Lemming (SWE)
- 1920: Jonni Myyrä (FIN)
- 1924: Jonni Myyrä (FIN)
- 1928: Erik Lundqvist (SWE)
- 1932: Matti Järvinen (FIN)
- 1936: Gerhard Stöck (GER)
- 1948: Tapio Rautavaara (FIN)
- 1952: Cy Young (USA)
- 1956: Egil Danielsen (NOR)
- 1960: Viktor Tsybulenko (URS)
- 1964: Pauli Nevala (FIN)
- 1968: Jānis Lūsis (URS)
- 1972: Klaus Wolfermann (FRG)
- 1976: Miklós Németh (HUN)
- 1980: Dainis Kūla (URS)
- 1984: Arto Härkönen (FIN)
- 1988: Tapio Korjus (FIN)
- 1992: Jan Železný (TCH)
- 1996: Jan Železný (CZE)
- 2000: Jan Železný (CZE)
- 2004: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
- 2008: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Javelin Throw 1959: Hermann Salomon (FRG) • 1961: Gergely Kulcsár (HUN) • 1963: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1965: Rolf Herings (FRG) • 1967: Dave Travis (GBR) • 1970: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1973: Jānis Zirnis (URS) • 1975: Gheorghe Megelea (ROM) • 1977: Vasiliy Yershov (URS) • 1979: Helmut Schreiber (FRG) • 1981 – 1983: Dainis Kūla (URS) • 1985: Dumitru Negoiţă (ROM) • 1987: Marek Kaleta (URS) • 1989 – 1991: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1993: Louis Fouché (RSA) • 1995: Zhang Lianbiao (CHN) • 1997: Marius Corbett (RSA) • 1999 – 2001: Ēriks Rags (LAT) • 2003: Igor Janik (POL) • 2005: Ainārs Kovals (LAT) • 2007: Vadims Vasiļevskis (LAT) • 2009: Ainārs Kovals (LAT) • 2011: Fatih Avan (TUR)
World Best Year Performance in Men's Javelin Throw 1971: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1972: Jānis Lūsis (URS) • 1973: Klaus Wolfermann (FRG) • 1974: Hannu Siitonen (FIN) • 1975: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1976: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1977: Miklós Németh (HUN) • 1978: Michael Wessing (FRG) • 1979: Pentti Sinersaari (FIN) • 1980: Ferenc Paragi (HUN) • 1981: Detlef Michel (GDR) • 1982: Bob Roggy (USA) • 1983: Tom Petranoff (USA) • 1984: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1985: Uwe Hohn (GDR) • 1986: Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG) • 1987: Jan Železný (TCH) • 1988: Jan Železný (TCH) • 1989: Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN) • 1990: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1991: Seppo Räty (FIN) • 1992: Steve Backley (GBR) • 1993: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1994: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1995: Raymond Hecht (GER) • 1996: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1997: Jan Železný (CZE) • 1998: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 1999: Aki Parviainen (FIN) • 2000: Konstadinos Gatsioudis (GRE) • 2001: Jan Železný (CZE) • 2002: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2003: Sergey Makarov (RUS) • 2004: Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS) • 2005: Tero Pitkämäki (FIN) • 2006: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2007: Breaux Greer (USA) • 2008: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2009: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR) • 2010: Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)
Categories:- 1946 births
- Living people
- Hungarian javelin throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Hungary
- Olympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
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