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Absolute Age Records

An absolute age record means that no one older has thrown farther for ages above the world record, and no one younger has thrown farther for ages below the world record.

Currently, I only have statistics for the standard weight implements, but I plan to add lighter implements for youth and masters athletes when I have a chance. Currently, I start at age 15 for men and 14 for women.

For an example, I have fitted a fractional polynomial curve to the men's hammer throw in this Excel file. The actual curve specifications were done using stepwise regression in JMP statistical software.

Distance in meters @ age name (affil,birthdate) date location

Men Outdoor Shot Put
17.26 @ 15 Arnold Campbell (US,15Nov66) 15Jun82 Bloomington
18.72 @ 16 Arnold Campbell (US,15Nov66) 18May83 Shreveport
19.63 @ 17 Udo Beyer (EG,9Aug55) 7Jul73 Erfurt
20.65 @ 18 Mike Carter (US,29Oct60) 4Jul79 Boston
21.88 @ 19 Randy Barnes (US,16Jun66) 18Apr86 Waco
22.11 @ 21 Randy Barnes (US,16Jun66) 24Apr88 Walnut
22.62 @ 22 Ulf Timmerman (Ger,1Nov62) 22Sep85 Potsdam
23.12 @ 23 Randy Barnes (US,16Jun66) 20May90 Westwood
23.06 @ 25 Ulf Timmerman (Ger,1Nov62) 22May88 Khania
22.91 @ 28 Alessandro Andrei (Ita,3Jan59) 12Aug87 Viareggio
22.86 @ 29 Brian Oldfield (US,1Jun45) 10May75 El Paso
22.67 @ 35 Kevin Toth (US,29Dec67) 19Apr03 LawrenceKS
22.19 @ 38 Brian Oldfield (US,1Jun45) 26May84 San Jose
21.41 @ 40 Brian Oldfield (US,1Jun45) 22Aug85 Insbruck
20.77 @ 45 Ivan Ivancic (Yug,6Dec37) 31Aug83 Koblenz
17.71 @ 47 Pierre Colnard (Fra,18Feb29) 12Jun76

Women Outdoor Shot Put
15.40 @ 14 Corrie deBruin (Ned,26Oct76) 13Jul91 Papendal
16.60 @ 15 Corrie deBruin (NEd,26Oct76) 5May92 Bergen op Zoom
18.84 @ 16 Simone Michel (GDR, 18Dec60) 10Aug77 Potsdam
19.48 @ 17 Ines Wittich (Ger,14Nov69) 29Jul87 Leipzig
20.24 @ 18 Heidi Krieger (Ger,20Jul65) 30Apr84 Split
21.30 @ 19 Ilona Slupianek (Ger,24Sep56) 30May76 KMarxStadt(Chemnitz)
21.79 @ 20 Ilona Slupianek (Ger,24Sep56) 16Jul77 Potsdam
22.53 @ 21 Natalya Lisovskaya (Rus,16Jul62) 27May84 Sochi
22.63 @ 24 Natalya Lisovskaya (Rus,16Jul62) 7Jun87 Moskva
22.55 @ 25 Natalya Lisovskaya (Rus,16Jul62) 5Jul88 Tallinn
22.53 @ 26 Natalya Lisovskaya (Rus,16Jul62) 14Aug88 Kiev
22.32 @ 28 Helena Fibingerova' (Cze,13Jul49) 20Aug77 Nitra
21.89 @ 34 Ivanka Khristova (Bul,19Nov41) 4Jul76 Belmeken
21.46 @ 36 Larisa Peleshenko (Rus,29Feb64) 26Aug00 Moskva
20.83 @ 37 Helena Fibingerova' (Cze,13Jul49) 12Jun87
19.46 @ 38 Li Meisu (Chn,17Apr59) 21Oct97 Shanghai
19.05 @ 40 Antonia Ivanova (Rus,25Dec32) 28Aug73 Orel
18.39 @ 42 Li Meisu (Chn,17Apr59) 21Nov01 Guangzhou
17.17 @ 43 Zdenka Silhava (Cze15Jun54) 9May98 Chodov
16.95 @ 45 Zdenka Silhava (Cze15Jun54) 26Jun99 Ostrava
16.89 @ 46 Zdenka Silhava (Cze15Jun54) 9Jul00 Nadderud

Men Discus Throw
52.02 @ 15 Gennadiy Barsegyan(Arm,19Aug72) 13May88 Nikolayev
62.79 @ 16 Mykyta Nesterenko () 22May07 Kiev
65.xx @ 17 Nesterenko
65.62 @ 19 Werner Reiterer (Aus,27Jan68) 15Dec87 Melbourne
66.91 @ 20 Gabor Mate (Hun,28Mar79) 25Mar00 LaJolla
67.36 @ 21 Georgiy Kolnootchenko (Blr,7May59) 13May80 Stavropol
68.60 @ 22 Wolfgang Schmidt (EG,16Jan54) 21May76 Ko"ln
69.44 @ 23 Georgiy Kolnootchenko (Blr,7May59) 3Jul82 Indianapolis 
71.86 @ 24 Yuriy Dumchev (Rus,5Aug58) 29May83 Moskva
74.08 @ 26 Ju"rgen Schult (Ger,11May60) 6Jun86 Neubrandenberg
73.88 @ 28 Virgiljus Alenka (Lit,13Feb72) 3Aug00 Kaunas
71.50 @ 29 Lars Riedel (Ger,28Jun67) 03May97 Wiesbaden
71.56 @ 35-39 Virgilijua Alekna (Ltu  ) Kaunas 25Jul07
71.26 @ 38 Ricky Bruch (Swe,02Jul46) 15Nov84 Malmo"
69.46 @ 43 Al Oerter (US,19Sep36) 31May80 Wichita
68.76 @ 44 Al Oerter (US,19Sep36) 7May81 Scotch Plains
67.90 @ 47 Al Oerter (US,19Sep36) 12Nov83 WLBranch

Women Discus Throw
54.68 @ 14 Corrie de Bruin (Ned,26Oct76) 29Jun91 Alphen
57.74 @ 15 Ilke Wyludda (Ger,28Mar69) 26Jul74 Cottbus
62.36 @ 16 Ilke Wyludda (Ger,28Mar69) 19May85 Halle
65.86 @ 17 Ilke Wyludda (Ger,28Mar69) 1Aug86 Neubrandenberg
71.64 @ 18 Ilke Wyludda (Ger,28Mar69) 20Aug87 Potsdam
74.40 @ 19 Ilke Wyludda (Ger,28Mar69) 13Sep88 Berlin
74.56 @ 20 Ilke Wyludda (Ger,28Mar69) 23Jul89 Neubrandenburg
76.80 @ 24 Gabriele Reinsch (Ger,23Sep63) 9Jul88 Berlin
74.56 @ 30 Zdenka Silhava (Cze,15Jun54) 26Aug84 Nitra
73.28 @ 31 Galina Savinkova (Rus,15Jul53) 8Sep84 Donyetsk
71.68 @ 33 Zdenka Silhava (Cze,15Jun54) 15May88 Praha
71.64 @ 34 Zdenka Silhava (Cze,15Jun54) 6Aug88 Litomysl
69.60 @ 35 Faina Melnik (Rus,9Jul45) 9Sep80 Donyetsk
69.14 @ 38 Irina Yatchenko (Blr,31Oct65) 31Jul04 Ovsyannik
68.40 @ 39 Ellina Zvereva (Blr,16Nov60) 27Sep00 Sydney
67.10 @ 40 Ellina Zvereva (Blr,16Nov60) 11Aug01 Edmonton
66.16 @ 41 Ellina Zvereva (Blr,16Nov60) 30Jun02 Sheffield
64.09 @ 45 Zdenka Silhava (Cze15Jun54) 11Aug99 Pardubice
62.75 @ 47 Ellina Zvereva (Blr,16Nov60) 06Jul08 Minsk
48.06 @ 52 Odete Domingos (Bra,6Sep34) 23Jun87
43.36 @ 57 Tamara Danilova (Rus,30Jul39) 10Aug96 Prien

Men Hammer Throw
59.78 @ 15 Samu-Petri Simo (Fin,22Jun78) 9Jun94 Konnevesi
68.96 @ 16 Vladislav Piskunov (Ukr,7Jun76) 25May93 Rovno
72.48 @ 17 Szymon Ziolkowski (Pol,1Jul76) 11Jun94 Warszawa
76.38 @ 18 Roland Steuk (Ger,5Mar59) 27Aug77 Halle 
80.34 @ 19 Igor Nikulin (Rus,14Aug60) 21Jun80
80.55 @ 20 Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (Fin,7Jul80) 19Jul00 Tampere
82.16 @ 21 Vitaliy Alisevich (Blr,15Jun67) 13Jul88 Pa"rnu
83.54 @ 22 Igor Nikulin (Rus,14Aug60) 2Sep82 Athinai
83.98 @ 24 Sergei Litvinov (Rus,23Jan58)4Jun82  Moscow
84.14 @ 25 Sergei Litvinov (Rus,23Jan58)  21Jun83 Moscow
85.20 @ 26 Sergei Litvinov (Rus,23Jan58)  3Jul84  Cork
86.04 @ 28 Sergei Litvinov (Rus,23Jan58)  3Jul86  Dresden
86.73 @ 29 Ivan Tikhon (Blr,4Jun76) 3Jul05 Brest
86.74 @ 31 Yuri Sedykh (Rus,11Jun55) 30Aug86 Stuttgart 
85.14 @ 33 Yuri Sedykh (Rus,11Jun55) 4Sep88 Moscow
83.62 @ 35 Igor Astapkovich (Blr,4Jan63) 20Jun98 Minsk
82.76 @ 38 Igor Astapkovich (Blr,4Jan63) 13Jul01
82.23 @ 41 Igor Astapkovich (Blr,4Jan63) 9Jul04 Minsk
74.34 @ 44 Ed Burke (US,4Mar40) 28Apr84 Stanford
67.74 @ 45 Yuri Sedykh (Rus,11Jun55) 20May01 Clermont-Ferrand
64.70 @ 46 Dave McKenzie (US,10May49) 4Jun95
64.53 @ 47 Yuri Sedykh (Rus,11Jun55) 4May03 Maurepas
63.46 @ 48 Shigenobu Murofushi(Jap,2Oct45) 13Oct93
61.64 @ 50 Dave McKenzie (US,10May49) 15May99

Women Hammer Throw
65.13 @ 14 Bianca Perie (Rou,1Jun90) 18Mar05 Bucharest
66.30 @ 15 Zhang Wenxiu (Chn,22Mar86) 12May01 Jinan
67.38 @ 16 Bianca Perie (Rom,01Jun90) 15Aug06
71.16 @ 17 Kamila Skolimowska (Pol,4Nov82) 29Sep00 Sydney OG
72.42 @ 18 Zhang Wenxiu (Chn,22Mar86) 3Apr04
73.24 @ 19 Zhang Wenxiu (Chn,22Mar86) 24Jun05
74.15 @ 20 Zhang Wenxiu (Chn,22Mar86) 24Jun05
77.06 @ 21 Tatyana Lysenko (Rus,9Oct83) 15Jul05
77.80 @ 22 Tatyana Lysenko (Rus,9Oct83) 15Aug06 Talinn
78.61 @ 23 Tatyana Lysenko (Rus,9Oct83) 26May07 Sochi
77.36 @ 24 Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (Rus,12Jun82) 26May07 Sochi
77.32 @ 26 Aksana Menkova (Blr,10May82) 29Jun08 Minsk
76.66 @ 29 Volha Tsander (Rus,18May76) 21Jul05 Minsk
75.10 @ 34 Olga Kuzenkova (Rus,4Oct70) 12Aug05
72.36 @ 36 Olga Kuzenkova (Rus,4Oct70) 2Aug07 Tula
69.17 @ 37 Alla Davydova (Rus,21May66) 24May03 ValenciaSP
65.04 @ 38 Elena Teloni (Cyp,16Dec64) 24Jul03 Athina
59.29 @ 42 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 10May03 Princeton
57.08 @ 44 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 6Apr05 Reading
56.21 @ 45 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 16Jul05
53.67 @ 46 Magrit Duss Muller (5Dec58) 28Sep05 Luzern
53.13 @ 47 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 7Jul07 Denver
48.46 @ 50 Marja Lenna Parvainen (Aus,29Jul44) 30Jan98 Sydney

Men Javelin Throw (old spec performances reduced by 10%)
 67.38 @ 15 Edwin Cuesta (Ven,1Dec81) 24Oct97 Arequipa
 79.96 @ 16 Aki Parviainen (Fin,26Oct74) 12Sep91 Pyhäsälka 
 80.94 @ 17 Aki Parviainen (Fin,26Oct74) 5Jul92 Jyväskylä
 82.52 @ 18 Harri Haatainen (Fin,5Jan78) 25May96 Leppävirta
 84.12 @ 19 Boris Henry (Ger,14Dec73) 29Aug93 Gengenbach
 87.66 @ 20 Jan Zelezny (Cze,16Jun66) 31May87 Nitra
 89.58 @ 21 Steve Backley (GB,12Feb69) 2Jul90 Stockholm
(94.32)104.80 @ 22 Uwe Hohn (GDR,16Jul62) 20Jul84
 95.54 @ 26 Jan Zelezny (Cze,16Jun66) 6Apr93 Pietersburg
 95.66 @ 27 Jan Zelezny (Cze,16Jun66) 29Aug93 Sheffield
 98.48 @ 29 Jan Zelezny (Cze,16Jun66) 25May96 Jena
 94.02 @ 30 Jan Zelezny (Cze,16Jun66) 26Mar97 Stellenbosch
 92.80 @ 35 Jan Zelezny (Cze,16Jun66) 12Aug01
 89.06 @ 37 Jan Zelezny (Cze,16Jun66) 4Jul03 StDenis
 88.70 @ 39 Peter Blank (Ger,10Apr62) 30Jun01 Stuttgart
 85.92 @ 40 Jan Zelezny (Cze,16Jun66) 9Aug06
 84.08 @ 41 Peter Blank (Ger,10Apr62) 29Jun03 Ulm
 82.65 @ 42 Peter Blank (Ger,10Apr62) 11Jul04 Braunschweig
77.15 @ 45 Peter Blank (Ger,10Apr62) 28May07 Rehlingen
 73.02 @ 48 Larry Stuart (US,19Oct37) 14Jun86 Northridge
 65.76 @ 50 Larry Stuart (US,19Oct37) 30Apr88
 65.74 @ 57 Larry Stuart (US,19Oct37) 8Apr95

Women Javelin Throw (pre-1991 performances reduced by 10%;
1991-98 and old 99 performances reduced by 5%)
 52.90       @ 14 Hannah Carson (US,26Jan93) 26Jul07 Walnut
 56.14       @ 15 Anastasiya Svechnikova (Uzb,20Sep92) 17Jul08 Tashkent
(59.76)66.40 @ 16 Antoanata Todorova (Bul,8Jun63) 25May80 Sofia 
 62.93       @ 17 Xue Juan (Chn,10Feb86) 27Oct03
(64.69)71.88 @ 18 Antoanata Todorova (Bul,8Jun63) 15Aug81 Zagreb
 66.49       @ 19 Osleidis Menéndez (Cub,14Nov79) 5Sep99 Leverkusen
 67.83       @ 20 Osleidis Menéndez (Cub,14Nov79) 1Sep00 Berlin
 71.54       @ 21 Osleidys Menéndez (Cub,14Nov79) 1Jul01 Rethymnon
 71.70       @ 25 Osleidys Menéndez (Cub,14Nov79) 14Aug05
 72.28       @ 27 Barbora Spotakova (Cze,30Jun81) 13Sep08 Stuttgart
(72.00)80.00 @ 29 Petra (Felke)Meier (Ger,30Jul59) 9Sep88 Potsdam
 69.48       @ 34 Trine Hattestad (Nor,18Apr66) 29Jul00 Oslo
 66.00       @ 35 Tatyana Shikolenko (Rus,10May68) 10Aug03
 64.65       @ 36 Sonia Bissett (Cub,1Apr71) 2Jul07 Athens
 64.23       @ 37 Yekaterina Krasnikova-Ivakina(Rus,7Dec64) 10Jun02 Athina
 63.19       @ 38 ?
 62.77       @ 39 Laverne Eve (Bah,16Jun65) 27Aug04)
 61.96       @ 40 Laverne Eve (Bah,16Jun65) 9Sep05 Monaco
 59.70      @ 42 Laverne Eve (Bah,16Jun65) 22Jun07 Nassau
 50.47       @ 45 Elisabeth Wahlander (Swe,14Mar60) 21Aug05 Helsingborg
 47.23       @ 47 Sofia Sakorafa (Pal,29Apr57) 28Jun04 Hania
 41.90       @ 50 Ingrid Thyssen (Ger,09Jan56) 1May06 Dueren

Men Indoor Shot Put
17.15 @ 16 Andrey Zhirov (SU,11Mar71) 30Jan88 Kishinyov
19.18 @ 17 Aleksandr Klimenko (Ukr,27Mar70) 7Feb88 Chelyabinsk
21.05 @ 19 Terry Albritton (US,14Jan55) 22Feb74 New York
21.33 @ 20 Dan Taylor (US,12May82) 15Mar03 Fayetteville
21.72 @ 21 Randy Barnes (US,16Jun66) 6Feb88 Dallas
22.66 @ 22 Randy Barnes (US,16Jun66) 20Jan89 Los Angeles
22.55 @ 26 Ulf Timmerman (Ger,1Nov62) 11Feb89 Senftenberg
22.11 @ 29 Brian Oldfield (US,1Jun45) 4Apr75 Daly City
22.02 @ 30 George Woods (US,11Feb43) 8Feb74 Inglewood
21.83 @ 32 Aleksandr Bagach (Ukr,21Nov66) 21Feb99 Brovary
21.70 @ 35 Kevin Toth (US,29Dec67) 11Jan03 KentOH
20.76 @ 37 Valeriy Voikin (SU,14Oct45) 30Jan83 Leningrad
20.57 @ 38 Mark Proctor (GB15Jan63) 16Feb00 Birmingham
20.07 @ 40 Brian Oldfiled (US,1Jun45) 17Jan86
19.21 @ 41 Pierre Colnard (Fra,18Feb29) 13Feb71 Paris
17.36 @ 45 Matti Jouppila (Fin,26Aug44) 4Mar90

Women Indoor Shot Put
15.12 @ 15 Kathleen Kluge (Ger,17Nov81) 16Feb97 Neubrandenburg
16.79 @ 16 Simone Michel (EG,18Dec60) 13Feb77 Berlin
17.50 @ 17 Anna Romanova (Rus,9Mar68) 16Feb86 Moscow
20.51 @ 18 Heidi Krieger (Ger,20Jul765) 8Feb84 Budapest
21.12 @ 20 Ilona Slupianek (EG,24Sep56) 13Mar77 SanSebastian
21.59 @ 22 Ilona Slupianek (EG,24Sep56) 24Jan79 Berlin
22.14 @ 24 Natalya Lisovskaya (Rus,16Jul62) 7Feb87 Penza
22.50 @ 27 Helena Fibingerova (Cze,13Jul49) 19Feb77 Jablonec
21.47 @ 35 Helena Fibingerova (Cze,13Jul49) 9Feb85 Jablonec
19.16 @ 41 Antonia Ivanova (Rus,25Dec32) 24Feb74 Moskva
18.12 @ 42 Judy Oakes (GB,14Feb58) 20Feb00 London
16.49 @ 45 Zdenka Silhava (Cze,15Jun54) 12Feb00 Prague

Men Weight Throw
19.52 @ 17 Josh McCaughey(US,26Sep82) 22Jan00 Cambridge
20.72 @ 18 James Steacy (Can,29May84) 28Feb03 Windsor
22.04 @ 19 Walter Henning (US,24Jan89) 23Jan09 Baton Rouge
22.84 @ 20 James Steacy (Can,29May84) 25Feb05 Regina
24.01 @ 21 Dan Taylor (US,12May82) 21Feb04 Columbus
24.72 @ 23 Scott Russell(Can,16Jan79) 8Feb02 Ames IA
25.03 @ 25 Libor Charfreitag (SMU,Svk,11Sep77) 03
25.28 @ 27 Libor Charfreitag (SMU,Svk,11Sep77) 5Feb05 Boise
25.86 @ 33 Lance Deal (NYAC,21Aug61) 4Mar95 Atlanta
25.48 @ 34 Lance Deal (NYAC,21Aug61) 2Mar96 Atlanta
25.17o@ 35 Yuri Tamm (Est,5Feb57) ?Mar92 Yokohama?
24.21 @ 36 Lance Deal(NYAC,21Aug61) 28Feb98 Atlanta
24.11 @ 38 Lance Deal (US,21Aug61) 19Feb00 Bozeman
22.53 @ 39 Jud Logan (US,19Jul59) 12Dec98 Kent
22.52 @ 43 Ed Burke (US,4Mar40) 14Jan84
19.58 @ 45 Harold Connolly (US,1Aug31) 8Jan77
19.54 @ 51 Bob Backus (US, ) 24Feb78
15.76 @ 56 Tom Gage (US,16May43) 25Mar00
14.05 @ 57 Richard Hotchkiss (US,) 18Feb96

Women Weight Throw
14.83 @ 14 Heather Steacy (Can,14Apr88) 13Feb03 Pocatello
15.76 @ 15 Maureen Griffin (US,6Oct80) 13Jan96 Rigby
18.55 @ 16 Maureen Griffin (US,6Oct80) 08Mar97 Boston
19.32 @ 18 Amarachi Ukabam (US,14Mar84) 22Feb03 Columbus
19.84 @ 18 Irene Cooper (US,Mar89) 22Feb08
22.99 @ 19 Brittany Riley (US,26Aug86) 10Feb06 Ames
25.56 @ 20 Brittany Riley (US,26Aug86) 10Mar07
24.23 @ 24 Erin Gilreath (US,11Aug80) Feb05 Bloomington
23.73 @ 27 Amber Campbell (US,5Jun81) 9Jan09 Blacksburg
23.14 @ 29 Anna Norgren-Mahon (US,19Dec74) 27Feb04 Boston
20.84 @ 31 Anna Mahon (US,19Dec74) 3Feb06) New Haven
19.33 @ 32 Alexandra Earl-Givan (US,25Apr70) 28Feb03 Boston
18.55 @ 33 Alexandra Earl-Givan (US,25Apr70) 22Feb04 Allston
19.09o@ 41 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 28Sep02 Newark
17.24 @ 43 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 30Jan04 Boston
16.82 @ 44 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 11Mar05
17.88o@ 45 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 13Aug05 Arlington
16.28 @ 47 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 28Mar08 Boston
16.19 @ 48 Oneithea Lewis (US,11Jun60) 30Jan09 New York