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Nadeem managed an astonishing 92.97m in his second attempt to set the bar too high for the rest of the field, including Chopra, who seemed under pressure and managed just one legitimate throw.
The Indian men's and women's 4x400m relay teams will be in action.
Nadeem won with an Olympic record of 92.97m.
The first Indian to compete in the 100m hurdles in the Olympics, the debutant produced another below-par show as she clocked 13.17s in her repechage heat to finish 16th overall out of 40 total runners.
Soufiane El Bakkali of Morocco defended his title, clocking his season's best of 8:06.05, while Kenneth Rooks (8:06.41) of USA and Abraham Kibiwot (8:06.47) of Kenya took silver and bronze respectively.
The Spaniards, who each collected gold in both the 20km and 35km races at last year's worlds in Budapest, finished in two hours, 50 minutes and 31 seconds, with Perez pulling away over the final lap.
Bahrain's Winfred Yavi won the women's Olympic 3,000 metres steeplechase gold medal, dethroning Uganda's Peruth Chemutai who had to settle for silver.
Chopra, also the reigning world champion, topped the qualification round -- combined of Group A and B -- with his monster throw.
The other Indian in fray, Kishore Jena, bowed out of contention to make the 12-man final on Thursday after managing a best of 80.73m.
World champion Kipyegon had finished second in 14:29.60 but was disqualified after a clash with Ethiopian world record holder Gudaf Tsegay on the penultimate lap.
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