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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The longest distance for a thrown object without any velocity-adding feature is a boomerang at 427.2m.
>Guinness World Record – Longest Throw of Any Object by a Human
>A boomerang was used to set a [Guinness World Record](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinness_World_Records) with a throw of 427.2 m (1,402 ft) by David Schummy on [15 March 2005](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2005_March_15) at Murarrie Recreation Ground, Australia.[^([36])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang#cite_note-36) This broke the record set by Erin Hemmings who threw an [Aerobie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerobie) 406.3 m (1,333 ft) on 14 July 2003 at [Fort Funston](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Funston), San Francisco.[^([37])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang#cite_note-37)
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