Paris 2024 Olympics Javelin Throw: Neeraj Chopra vs Keshorn Walcott head-to-head record

London Olympics 2012 gold medalist and Rio Olympics 2016 bronze medalist Trinbagonian javelin thrower Keshorn Walcott will be up against reigning Olympic champion from India, Neeraj Chopra, on Thursday, August 8, in the men’s javelin throw final at Paris Olympics 2024.

Walcott settled for the sixth rank in the Group A qualification round of the men's javelin throw, covering a distance of 83.02m with his throw. Though he started the qualification round with an unimpressive 74.89m throw in his first attempt, he bettered it with 83.02m in his second attempt.

In his third and final attempt, he managed to throw 82.57m. In the overall rankings (Group A and Group B combined), Walcott secured the 11th spot out of 12 athletes who qualified for the final.

Meanwhile, Neeraj Chopra clinched an impressive throw of 89.34m, his season best, to top the overall rankings. He was part of Group B in the qualification round. He would be a hot favorite to defend his gold medal at Stade de France in the grand finale.

At the Stockholm Diamond League in 2022, Neeraj Chopra achieved his personal best throw of 89.94m. However, he is yet to surpass the 90m mark and would be hoping to create his personal best in the grand finale.

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See the full head-to-head record of Neeraj Chopra vs Keshorn Walcott

S.no	Competition	Neeraj Chopra	Keshorn Walcott
1	Monaco Herculis 2017	78.92m	80.15m
2	Weltklasse Zürich 2017	83.80m	85.11m
3	Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athletisme de Rabat 2018	83.32m	83.26m
4	Sotteville-lès-Rouen Meeting International 2018	85.17m	78.26m
5	Kuortane Games 2021	86.79m	89.12m
6	Paavo Nurmi Games 2022	89.30m	84.02m
7	Kuortane Games 2022	86.69m	86.64m
8	World Athletics Championships, Oregon 2022	88.39m	78.87m
9	Athletissima Lausanne 2022	89.08m	83.38m
10	Diamond League Meeting 2023	88.67m	81.27m
11	Athletissima Lausanne 2023	87.66m	81.85m
12	World Athletics Championships, Budapest 2023	88.77m	DNS
13	Paavo Nurmi Games 2024	85.97m	81.93m

Neeraj Chopra and Keshorn Walcott have been part of 13 events together so far. Their first combined event was Monaco Herculis Meet in 2017 when Neeraj Chopra came at the seventh rank with a throw of 78.92m while Walcott came at the fifth rank with 80.15m.

Neeraj Chopra holds the lead of 10-3 against Walcott in the head-to-head record and would be hoping to extend his lead when they face off in the final.

In the last two years, Neeraj Chopra didn't let his opponent and Commonwealth Games 2014 silver medalist Keshorn Walcott move past him. The last instance when Walcott bagged a better throw than Chopra was at Kuortane Games in 2021. While Chopra scored a throw of 86.79m, Keshorn Walcott secured a throw of 89.12m.