Kazuhiro Mizoguchi

Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (溝口 和洋, Mizoguchi Kazuhiro, born March 18, 1962 in Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan) is a Japanese former javelin thrower. He set the world best year performance in 1989, throwing 87.60 metres at a meet in San Jose, California, United States on May 27, 1989. Initially, it was announced as a new world record of 87m86, 20cm higher than the previous world record, but the measurer re-measured it with a plastic tape measure and announced it as 87m60.

International competitions

Representing  Japan
YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
1983 Asian Championships Kuwait City, Kuwait 2nd
1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 20th 74.82 m
1985 Asian Championships Jakarta, Indonesia 3rd
1986 Asian Games Seoul, South Korea 1st
1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 6th 80.24 m
1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 19th 77.46 m
1990 Asian Games Beijing, China 3rd
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 29th 73.78 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 34th 68.66 m

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