It seems the record for javelin is roughly 100m. One immediate question for me is, would a lighter (or possibly heavier) javelin increase records? Surely there is a trade-off due to air resistance (a 10g javelin won’t make it 100m). Are there other throwing competitions with stones/balls which result in longer distances? I am also wondering what shape would be ideal to maximise distance maybe a sphere, a raindrop shape, or something like the javelin?
To be clear I am talking about humans muscles (no aids) being used to throw.
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An object with its own lift would be best, of course. Failing that, baseball players often throw a baseball 100 meters or more–and on target. [Here’s an example.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFAbXnlzZGQ) So I would imagine a ball thrown for raw distance would travel a bit farther.
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