Paris 2024 Olympics Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra vs Andrian Mardare head-to-head record

European U23 Championships bronze medalist javelin thrower from Moldova, Andrian Mardare, will be up against reigning Olympic champion javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra in the grand finale of the men's javelin throw at the Paris Olympics 2024 on Thursday, August 8.

Mardare has his personal best of 84.54 m recorded at the Championships of the Small States of Europe in 2021 in San Marino. At the qualification round of the Paris Olympics 2024, he secured his season-best throw and his second personal best throw of 84.13m to finish at the fifth rank in Group B.

In the overall rankings, his 84.13m throw came at the ninth rank, with eight other throwers putting up better efforts in the qualifying round.

On the other hand, Neeraj Chopra secured an impressive throw of 89.34m, his season best, to top the overall rankings in the qualifying round.

The legendary Indian javelin thrower achieved his personal best throw of 89.94m at the Stockholm Diamond League in 2022. He would be confident enough to surpass the 90m mark, achieving his new personal best in the final.

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See the full head-to-head record of Neeraj Chopra vs Andrian Mardare

S.no	Competition	Neeraj Chopra	Andrian Mardare
1	Meeting de Paris 2017	84.67m	77.93m
2	IAAF World Championships in Athletics 2017	82.26m	80.18m
3	Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athletisme de Rabat 2018	83.32m	81.28m
4	Sotteville-lès-Rouen Meeting International 2018	85.17m	81.48m
5	Tokyo Olympics in 2021	87.58m	83.30m
6	BAUHAUS-Galan 2022	89.94m	81.96m
7	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022	88.13m	82.26m
8	Diamond League Meeting 2023	88.67m	81.67m
9	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023	88.17m	79.66m
10	Weltklasse Zürich 2023	85.71m	79.13m
11	Prefontaine Classic 2023	83.80m	81.79m
12	Seashore Group Doha Meeting 2024	88.36m	81.33m
13	Paavo Nurmi Games 2024	85.97m	82.19m
14	Paris Olympics 2024 Qualifying Round	89.34m	84.13m

Neeraj Chopra and Andrian Mardare were part of 14 events together so far. Their combined journey started off in 2017 at the Meeting de Paris, with Chopra achieving a throw of 84.67m while Mardare could only throw 77.93m.

In overall 14 instances, Neeraj Chopra purely dominated Mardare, surpassing him on all 14 occasions. In the grand finale, Chopra would be aiming to extend the lead.

In the ongoing 2024 season, both these athletes competed combinedly in three different events, including the qualifying round of the Paris Olympics 2024.

At the Seashore Group Doha Meeting 2024, Neeraj Chopra bagged a throw of 88.36m while Andrian Mardare could throw only 81.33m. Later in the Paavo Nurmi Games 2024, Chopra secured a throw of 85.97m, while Mardare threw a distance of 82.19m

On Tuesday, August 6, Neeraj Chopra achieved a throw of 89.34m in the Group B qualifying round of the Paris Olympics 2024 while Mardare achieved 84.13m.