History Of Javelin Throw

Javelin is a sport that requires dexterity and strength in throwing. This is a media sport javelin, which is a kind spear, but is lighter and smaller.

Although not yet found an authentic historical record of the javelin, but some experts believe the sport has evolved since the days of classical Greece. At that time, popular sports including javelin. Not least with the type of athletic sports, such as running, jumping, and discus throwing.

Some experts said javelin identified with human ancestors hunting activity. As with other athletics, javelin adopted the habits of men of the era.

Javelin new activity developed into a sport when the man entered the period of cultivation and breeding, leaving past with a more condensed nomadic hunting activity. Humans began to settle the township building or urban.

Javelin was also noted in several other classical civilizations. Civilizations like China and Egypt (Egypt) Classic. However, it is not as popular as in Greece, as the most desirable sport in Egypt is swimming and fishing. On this basis then concluded, that the javelin derived from classical Greek civilization, rooted in ancestral human hunting activity in ancient times.