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factoids

Yuriy Sedykh {{T&FcalcR|86.74}} (1986)URS}} Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958) {{T&FcalcR>84.80}} (1988)BLR}} Ivan Tsikhan {{T&FcalcR|83.63}} (2007)POL}} Anita WÅ‚odarczyk {{T&FcalcR|82.98}} (2016)POL}} Anita WÅ‚odarczyk {{T&FcalcR|82.29}} (2016)POL}} Anita WÅ‚odarczyk {{T&FcalcR|80.85}} (2015)}}File:Hammer throw.jpg|thumb|The traditional Highland gamesHighland gamesThe hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin.The "hammer" used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip. These three components are each separate and can move independently. Both the size and weight of the ball vary between men's and women's events. The women's hammer weighs {{convert|4|kg|lb}} for college and professional meets while the men's hammer weighs {{convert|7.26|kg|lb}}.Hammer Throw Facts World Atheletics

History

(File:Scottish hammer throw illustration.jpg|thumb|upright|Scottish hammer throw illustration from Frank R. Stockton's book Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy)File:John Flanagan.jpg|thumb|Irish American John Flanagan in the hammer throw competition at the Summer Olympics 1908 in London]]The exact origins of the hammer throw are a mystery to modern historians.{{Cn|date=September 2023}} According to legend, at the Tailteann Games in Tara, Ireland, as far back as 2000 BC the Celtic warrior Culchulainn took a chariot axle with a wheel still attached and spun it around and hurled it.WEB, Hammer Throw,weblink 2023-09-28, worldathletics.org, en, The wheel was later replaced by a rock with a wooden handle attached. A sledgehammer began to be used for the sport in Scotland and England during the Middle Ages. In current times, the hammer has changed to the more modern 7.26 kg ball attached to a wire and a handle, but the Scottish Highland Games still feature the older style of hammer throw with the rock and the solid wood handle. Today the Hammer throw is one of four throwing events featured in the Olympics alongside discus, shot put, and javelin. (File:Hammerthrow wire.jpg|thumb|The contemporary version of the hammer throw)While the men's hammer throw has been part of the Olympics since 1900, the International Association of Athletics Federations did not start ratifying women's marks until 1995. Women's hammer throw was first included in the Olympics at the 2000 summer games in Sydney, Australia, after having been included in the World Championships a year earlier.{{Cn|date=September 2023}}(File:Hammer Throw Practice.jpg|thumb|Athlete practicing the hammer throw event)

Competition

The men's hammer weighs {{convert|16|lb|kg|2|lk=on}} and measures {{convert|3|ft|11+3/4|in|cm|1}} in length, and the women's hammer weighs {{convert|4|kg|lb|2|abbr=on}} and {{convert|3|ft|11|in|cm|1|abbr=on}} in length.WEB, Hammer Throw,weblink World Athletics, May 12, 2022, live,weblink November 19, 2021, Like the other throwing events, the competition is decided by who can throw the implement the farthest.The throwing motion starts with the thrower swinging the hammer back-and-forth about two times to generate momentum. The thrower then makes three, four or (rarely) five full rotations using a complex heel-toe foot movement, spinning the hammer in a circular path and increasing its angular velocity with each rotation. Rather than spinning the hammer horizontally, it is instead spun in a plane that angles up towards the direction in which it will be launched. The thrower releases the hammer as its velocity is upward and toward the target.NEWS, Johannsen, Dana, Tokyo 2020: Why the Olympic hammer throw may become a new national obsession,weblink 1 August 2021, Stuff (website), Stuff, 1 August 2021, File:2017 European Athletics U23 Championships, hammer throw women final2 15-07-2017.jpg|thumb|Thrower inside a hammer cage, with the markings for the throwing circle and the throwing sector visible on the ground (women's final at the 2017 European Athletics U23 Championships2017 European Athletics U23 ChampionshipsThrows are made from a throwing circle. The thrower is not allowed to step outside the throwing circle before the hammer has landed and may only enter and exit from the rear of the throwing circle. The hammer must land within a 34.92º throwing sector that is centered on the throwing circle. The sector angle was chosen because it provides a sector whose bounds are easy to measure and lay out on a field (10 metres out from the center of the ring, 6 metres across).WEB, Hammer Throw,weblink World Athletics, WEB,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150513053210weblink">weblink 2015-05-13, live, Laying Out Sector Angles for the Track and Field Throwing Events, 2022-03-19, USA Track & Field Pacific Northwest, The shot, discus, hammer & weight throw sector is 34.92º. This angle was chosen due to its simple geometry., A violation of the rules results in a foul and the throw not being counted.{{citation needed|date = September 2022}}{{Asof|2023}} the men's hammer world record is held by Yuriy Sedykh, who threw {{T&Fcalc|86.74}} at the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany on 30 August. The world record for the women's hammer is held by Anita Włodarczyk, who threw {{T&Fcalc|82.98}} during the Kamila Skolimowska Memorial on 28 August 2016.{{citation needed|date = September 2022}} Sedykh's 1986 world record has been noted for its longevity, and for dating from "a time when track and field was starting to realize the scale of performance-enhancing drug use" (AP).WEB, 2021-09-14, Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66,weblink 2023-06-28, AP News, en, According to Russian doping whistleblower Grigory Rodchenkov, Sedykh was a heavy user of steroids, which Sedykh denied.The throwing distance depends on the velocity and height at which the hammer is released, but also on other factors that are not under the athlete's control.JOURNAL, Horváth, Gábor, Hegedűs, Dénes, Slíz-Balogh, Judit, 2023-06-27, Change of world-record rankings of shot put and hammer throw due to the effects of Earth rotation and athlete's height, Scientific Reports, en, 13, 1, 10409, 10.1038/s41598-023-36665-5, 37369722, 10300113, 2023NatSR..1310409H, 259273858, 2045-2322, In particular, Earth's rotation affects it via the location's latitude (due to the centrifugal force, the hammer will fly a bit further in a location closer to the equator) and to a lesser extent also via the throw's azimuth (i.e. its compass direction, due to Coriolis forces). According to a 2023 study, such effects are large enough that the top 20 world-record rankings for both men and women at the time could somewhat change if they were adjusted for latitude and azimuth.

Safety issues

Hammer throwing has been described as involving "inherent danger [...]. Athletes, coaches, and spectators participating in the event are at risk; steel hammers [...] are hurled through the air at great speeds, [travel] far distances, and [are] sometimes difficult to spot in flight."WEB, Academy, U. S. Sports, 2010-07-09, An Analysis of Hammer Throw Facility Safety Factors in NCAA Division I,weblink 2023-06-26, The Sport Journal, en-US, For example, hammer throws resulted in four deaths in Europe in 2000 alone,WEB, 2008-12-29, Catastrophic Injuries Pull Focus On Field Event Safety,weblink 2023-06-26, Athletic Business, en-us, and have caused deaths and permanent brain damage injuries in the United States too.To mitigate such risks, a C-shaped "hammer cage" was introduced, which is built around the throwing circle, preventing the hammer from flying off in unwanted directions. In 2004, the IAAF changed its rules to increase the mandatory height of hammer cages to 10m and reduce their "danger zone" angle to around 53°. The change also moved the cage gates further away from the throwing circle, thus reducing the risk of a misdirected hammer bouncing back on the thrower.JOURNAL, Laruel, Benoit, Wilson, Denis, Young, Ray, 2004, Hammer throw safety cages,weblink New Studies in Athletics, 19, 1, 47–51,

All-time top 25

{{See also|Men's hammer throw world record progression|Women's hammer throw world record progression}}File:Men's Hammer Throw Final - 28th Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju.webm|thumbnail|400px|thumbtime=0:07|Men's Hammer Throw Final – 28th Summer Universiade in Gwangju, China, 2015 (Polish thrower Paweł FajdekPaweł Fajdek

Men

• Correct as of April 2024.WEB, All-time men's best hammer throw,weblink IAAF, 7 May 2017, 7 May 2017, {| class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Mark !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}} bgcolor="#f6F5CE"1 align=center86.74}} Yuriy Sedykh {{URS}} 30 August 1986 Stuttgart align=center86.66}} Sedykh #2 rowspan=2Tallinn >| 3 {{T&FcalcRSedykh #3 >Cork (city)>Cork bgcolor="#f6F5CE"2 align=center86.04}} Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958) >Dresden >| align=center85.74}} Litvinov #2 rowspan=9Stuttgart >| 6 {{T&FcalcRSedykh #4 >Budapest >|7 rowspan=285.60}} Sedykh #5 13 July 1984 London Sedykh #6 >Moscow >|9 {{T&FcalcRLitvinov #3 >Cork (city)>Cork 10 rowspan=285.14}} Litvinov #4 11 July 1986 London Sedykh #7 >Moscow >|12 {{T&FcalcRSedykh #8 >Budapest >|13 {{T&FcalcRSedykh #9 >Dresden >| bgcolor="#f6F5CE"3 align=center84.90}} Vadim Devyatovskiy {{BLR}} 21 July 2005 Minsk 15 {{T&FcalcRLitvinov #5 >Rome >| bgcolor="#f6F5CE"4 align=center84.86}} Koji Murofushi {{JPN}} 29 June 2003 Prague align=center84.80}} Litvinov #6 rowspan=3Seoul >| 18 {{T&FcalcRSedykh #10 >Moscow >|19 {{T&FcalcRLitvinov #7 >Moscow >| bgcolor="#f6F5CE"5 align=center84.62}} Igor Astapkovich {{flag1991}} 6 June 1992 Seville align=center84.60}} Sedykh #11 rowspan=2Tokyo >| 22 {{T&FcalcRSedykh #12 >Leningrad >| bgcolor="#f6F5CE"6 align=center84.51}} Ivan Tsikhan {{BLR}} 9 July 2008 Grodno bgcolor="#f6F5CE"7 align=center84.48}} Igor Nikulin (hammer thrower) >Lausanne >| rowspan=2 align=center{{T&FcalcRSedykh #13 > 14 September 1988 Vladivostok Tsikhan #2 >Minsk >| bgcolor=#CCFFCC884.40}}Jüri Tamm >| {{URS}}|9 September 1984|Banská Bystrica| bgcolor=#CCFFCC984.38}}Ethan Katzberg >| {{CAN}}|20 April 2024Moi International Sports Centre>NairobiWORK=WORLD ATHLETICS, 20 April 2024, bgcolor=#CCFFCC1084.19}}Adrián Annus>| {{HUN}}|10 August 2003|Szombathely| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1183.93}}Paweł Fajdek >| {{POL}}|9 August 2015|SzczecinPUBLISHER=IAAFDATE=9 AUGUST 2015, 10 August 2015, bgcolor=#CCFFCC1283.68}}Tibor Gécsek >| {{HUN}}|19 September 1998|Zalaegerszeg| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1383.46}}Andrey Abduvaliyev >| {{URS}}|26 May 1990Adler, Russia>Adler| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1483.43}}Aleksey Zagornyi >| {{RUS}}|10 February 2002Adler, Russia>Adler| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1583.40}}Ralf Haber >| {{GDR}}|16 May 1988|Athens| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1683.38}}Szymon Ziółkowski >| {{POL}}|5 August 2001|Edmonton| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1783.30}}Olli-Pekka Karjalainen >| {{FIN}}|14 July 2004|Lahti| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1883.04}}Heinz Weis >| {{GER}}|29 June 1997|Frankfurt| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1983.00}}Balázs Kiss (athlete)>Balázs Kiss {{HUN}}|4 June 1998Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis>Saint-Denis| bgcolor=#CCFFCC2082.78}}Karsten Kobs >| {{GER}}|26 June 1999|Dortmund| bgcolor=#CCFFCC2182.71}}Rudy Winkler >| {{USA}}|20 June 2021Eugene, Oregon>EugenePUBLISHER=WORLD ATHLETICSDATE=21 JUNE 2021, 4 July 2021, bgcolor=#CCFFCC2282.69}}Krisztián Pars >| {{HUN}}|16 August 2014|Zürich| bgcolor=#CCFFCC2382.64}}Günther Rodehau >| {{GDR}}|3 August 1985|Dresden| bgcolor=#CCFFCC24{{T&FcalcR|82.62}}Sergey Kirmasov >| {{RUS}}|30 May 1998|Bryansk| bgcolor=#CCFFCCAndriy Skvaruk >| {{UKR}}|27 April 2002|Kyiv|

Annulled marks

• Ivan Tsikhan of Belarus also threw 86.73 in Brest on 3 July 2005. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.

Women

• Correct as of May 2024.WEB, All-time women's best hammer throw,weblink World Athletics, 25 May 2023,

{| class="wikitable sortable"! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Mark !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}} bgcolor="#f6F5CE"1 align=center82.98}} Anita Włodarczyk {{POL}} 28 August 2016 Warsaw WLODARCZYK EXTENDS HAMMER WORLD RECORD IN WARSAW>URL=HTTPS://WWW.IAAF.ORG/NEWS/REPORT/ANITA-WLODARCZYK-HAMMER-WORLD-RECORD-WARSAWDATE=28 AUGUST 2016, 28 August 2016, align=center82.87}} Włodarczyk #2 rowspan=5Władysławowo >| 3 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #3 >Rio de Janeiro >|4 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #4 >Władysławowo >|5 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #5 >Beijing >|6 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #6 >Białystok >| bgcolor="#f6F5CE"2 align=center80.31}} DeAnna Price {{USA}} 26 June 2021 Eugene, Oregon >PUBLISHER=WORLD ATHLETICSDATE=27 JUNE 2021, 13 July 2021, 8 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #7 >Władysławowo >| bgcolor="#f6F5CE"3 align=center80.16}} Brooke Andersen {{USA}} 20 May 2023 Tucson, Arizona >| 2023 USATF Throws Fest - Womens Hammer Throw - results align=center79.92}} Andersen #2 rowspan=10Tucson, Arizona>Tucson HAMMER THROW RESULT>URL=HTTPS://FINISHEDRESULTS.TRACKSCOREBOARD.COM/MEETS/12372/EVENTS/10/FINALDATE=4 MAY 2024, 6 May 2024, 11 rowspan="2" 79.80}} Włodarczyk #8 15 August 2017 Warsaw Andersen #3 >Charlottesville, Virginia>Charlottesville HAMMER THROW RESULT>URL=HTTPS://RESULTS.FLASHRESULTS.COM/2023_04-20_UVACHALLENGE/019-1.PDFDATE=20 APRIL 2023, 21 April 2023, 13 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #9 >Doha >| 14 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #10 >Ostrava >| 15 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #11 >Szczecin >| 16 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #12 >Lublin >| 17 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #13 >Berlin >| 18 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #14 >Halle (Saale)>Halle 19 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #15 >Forbach >| bgcolor="#f6F5CE"4 align=center79.42}} Betty Heidler {{GER}} 21 May 2011 Halle (Saale) >| align=center79.02}} Andersen #4 rowspan="5" Tucson >PUBLISHER=WORLD ATHLETICSACCESS-DATE=27 MAY 2022, 22 {{T&FcalcRAndersen #5 >Eugene, Oregon>Eugene WOMEN'S HAMMER THROW RESULTS>URL=HTTPS://MEDIA.AWS.IAAF.ORG/COMPETITIONDOCUMENTS/PDF/7137279/AT-HT-W-F----.RS6.PDF ARCHIVE-DATE=2022-07-18 WORK=WORLD ATHLETICSACCESS-DATE=19 JULY 2022, 23 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #16 >Berlin >| 24 {{T&FcalcRAndersen #6>| BydgoszczWEBSITE=SZEWINSKA.DOMTEL-SPORT.PLACCESS-DATE=6 JUNE 2023, 25 {{T&FcalcRWłodarczyk #17>Zürich>| bgcolor=#CCFFCC578.62}}Camryn Rogers>| {{CAN}}|26 May 2023Drake Stadium (UCLA)>WestwoodPUBLISHER=WORLD ATHLETICSDATE=27 MAY 2023, 2 June 2023, bgcolor=#CCFFCC678.51}} Tatyana Lysenko {{RUS}} 5 July 2012 Cheboksary bgcolor=#CCFFCC778.00}}Janee' Kassanavoid>| {{USA}}|21 May 2022|TucsonPUBLISHER=WORLD ATHETLICSACCESS-DATE=10 JUNE 2022, bgcolor=#CCFFCC877.78}}Gwen Berry>| {{USA}}|8 June 2018|ChorzówPUBLISHER=IAAFDATE=8 JUNE 2018, 11 June 2018, bgcolor=#CCFFCC977.68}}Wang Zheng (athlete)>Wang Zheng {{CHN}}|29 March 2014|Chengdu| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1077.33}}Zhang Wenxiu>| {{CHN}}|28 September 2014|Incheon| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1177.32}}Aksana Miankova>| {{BLR}}|29 June 2008|Minsk| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1277.26}}Gulfiya Agafonova>| {{RUS}}|12 June 2006Tula, Russia>Tula| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1377.13}}Oksana Kondratyeva>| {{RUS}}|30 June 2013Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast>Zhukovskiy| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1477.10}}|Hanna Skydan|{{AZE}}|23 August 2023National Athletics Centre (Budapest)>BudapestWORK=WORLD ATHLETICSACCESS-DATE=23 AUGUST 2023, bgcolor=#CCFFCC1576.90}}Martina Hrašnová>| {{SVK}}|16 May 2009|Trnava| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1676.85}}Malwina Kopron>| {{POL}}|26 August 2017|Taipei CityPUBLISHER=2017.TAIPEIACCESS-DATE=26 AUGUST 2017, {{Dead linkbot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} bgcolor=#CCFFCC1776.83}}Kamila Skolimowska>| {{POL}}|11 May 2007|Doha| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1876.72}}Mariya Bespalova>| {{RUS}}|23 June 2012Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast>Zhukovsky| bgcolor=#CCFFCC1976.66}}Volha Tsander>| {{BLR}}|21 July 2005|Minsk| bgcolor=#CCFFCC2076.63}}Yekaterina Khoroshikh>| {{RUS}}|24 June 2006Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast>Zhukovsky| bgcolor=#CCFFCC2176.62}}Yipsi Moreno>| {{CUB}}|9 September 2008|Zagreb| bgcolor=#CCFFCC2276.56}}Alena Matoshka>| {{BLR}}|12 June 2012|Minsk| bgcolor=#CCFFCC2376.35}}Joanna Fiodorow>| {{POL}}|28 September 2019Khalifa International Stadium>DohaPUBLISHER=IAAFACCESS-DATE=29 SEPTEMBER 2019, bgcolor=#CCFFCC2476.33}}Darya Pchelnik>| {{BLR}}|29 June 2008|Minsk| bgcolor=#CCFFCC2576.26}}Hanna Malyshik>| {{BLR}}|27 April 2018Brest, Belarus>Brest|

Annulled marks

The following athletes had their performances (over 77.00 m) annulled due to doping offences:

• Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 78.80 (2013) and 78.15 (2013).
• Aksana Miankova (Belarus) 78.69 and 78.19 (both 2012).
• Gulfiya Agafonova (Russia) 77.36 (2007).

Olympic medalists

Men

{{Olympic medalists in men's hammer throw}}

Women

{{Olympic medalists in women's hammer throw}}

World Championships medalists

Men

{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in men's hammer throw}}

Women

{{World Championships in Athletics medalists in women's hammer throw}}

Season's bests

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Men

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%;"!Year!Mark!Athlete!Place|197176.40}}{{flagathleteWalter Schmidt (hammer thrower)>Walter Schmidt|FRG}}|Lahr|197275.88}}{{flagathleteAnatoliy Bondarchuk>URS}}|Kyiv|197375.20}}{{flagathleteAnatoliy Bondarchuk>URS}}|Moscow|197476.66}}{{flagathleteAleksey Spiridonov>URS}}|Munich|197579.30}}{{flagathleteWalter Schmidt (hammer thrower)>Walter Schmidt|FRG}}|Frankfurt|197678.86}}{{flagathleteYuriy Sedykh>URS}}|Sochi|197777.60}}{{flagathleteKarl-Hans Riehm>FRG}}|Gelsenkirchen|197880.32}}{{flagathleteKarl-Hans Riehm>FRG}}Heidenheim an der Brenz>Heidenheim1979 in athletics (track and field)>197979.82}}{{flagathleteSergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)>Sergey Litvinov|URS}}|Leipzig1980 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198081.80}}{{flagathleteYuriy Sedykh>URS}}|Moscow1981 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198180.56}}{{flagathleteKlaus Ploghaus>FRG}}|Obersühl1982 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198283.98}}{{flagathleteSergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)>Sergey Litvinov|URS}}|Moscow1983 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198384.14}}{{flagathleteSergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)>Sergey Litvinov|URS}}|Moscow1984 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198486.34}}{{flagathleteYuriy Sedykh>URS}}Cork (city)>Cork1985 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198584.08}}{{flagathleteJüri Tamm>URS}}|Budapest1986 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198686.74}}{{flagathleteYuriy Sedykh>URS}}|Stuttgart1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198783.48}}{{flagathleteSergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)>Sergey Litvinov|URS}}|Karl-Marx-Stadt1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198885.14}}{{flagathleteYuriy Sedykh>URS}}|Moscow1989 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198982.84}}{{flagathleteHeinz Weis>FRG}}|Berlin1990 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199084.48}}{{flagathleteIgor Nikulin (athlete)>Igor Nikulin|URS}}|Lausanne1991 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199184.26}}{{flagathleteIgor Astapkovich>BLR|1991}}|Reims|199284.62}}{{flagathleteIgor Astapkovich>BLR|1991}}|Seville|199382.78}}{{flagathleteAndrey Abduvaliyev>UZB}}|Nitra|199483.36}}{{flagathleteAndrey Abduvaliyev>UZB}}|Budapest1995 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199583.10}}{{flagathleteAndrey Abduvaliyev>UZB}}|Tashkent1996 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199682.52}}{{flagathleteLance Deal>USA}}|Milan1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199783.04}}{{flagathleteHeinz Weis>GER}}|Frankfurt1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199883.68}}{{flagathleteTibor Gécsek>HUN}}|Zalaegerszeg1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199982.78}}{{flagathleteKarsten Kobs>GER}}|Dortmund2000 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200082.58}}{{flagathleteIgor Astapkovich>BLR}}|Staiki2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200183.47}}{{flagathleteKoji Murofushi>JPN}}|Toyota2002 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200283.43}}{{flagathleteAleksey Zagornyi>RUS}}Adlersky City District>Adler2003 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200384.86}}{{flagathleteKoji Murofushi>JPN}}|Prague2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200484.46}}{{flagathleteIvan Tsikhan>BLR}}|Minsk2005 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200584.90}}{{flagathleteVadim Devyatovskiy>BLR}}|Minsk2006 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200682.95}}{{flagathleteVadim Devyatovskiy>BLR}}|Minsk2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200783.63}}{{flagathleteIvan Tsikhan>BLR}}|Osaka2008 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200884.51}}{{flagathleteIvan Tsikhan>BLR}}|Grodno2009 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200982.58}}{{flagathletePrimož Kozmus>SLO}}|Celje2010 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>201080.99}}{{flagathleteKoji Murofushi>JPN}}|Rieti|201181.89}}{{flagathleteKrisztián Pars>HUN}}|Szombathely|201282.81}}{{flagathleteIvan Tsikhan>BLR}}Brest, Belarus>Brest|201382.40}}{{flagathleteKrisztián Pars>HUN}}|Dubnica|201483.48}}{{flagathletePawel Fajdek>POL}}|Warsaw|201583.93}}{{flagathletePawel Fajdek>POL}}|Szczecin|201681.87}}{{flagathletePawel Fajdek>POL}}|Bydgoszcz|201783.44}}{{flagathletePawel Fajdek>POL}}|Ostrava|201881.85}}{{flagathleteWojciech Nowicki>POL}}|Székesfehérvár|201981.74}}{{flagathleteWojciech Nowicki>POL}}|Poznan|202080.70}}{{flagathleteRudy Winkler>USA}}Wallkill, Orange County, New York>Wallkill|202182.98}}{{flagathletePawel Fajdek>POL}}|Chorzów|202282.00}}{{flagathleteWojciech Nowicki>POL}}|Munich|202381.92}}{{flagathleteWojciech Nowicki>POL}}|Oslo{{col-2}}">

Women{| class"wikitable sortable" style"font-size:85%;"

!Year!Mark!Athlete!Place1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198858.94}}{{flagathleteCarol Cady>USA}}|Los Gatos1989 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>198961.50}}{{flagathleteYelena Pichugina>URS}}Bishkek>Frunze1990 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199061.96}}{{flagathleteLarisa Baranova>URS}}Adlersky City District>Adler1991 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199164.44}}{{flagathleteAlla Davydova>URS}}Adlersky City District>Adler|199265.40}}{{flagathleteOlga Kuzenkova>RUS}}|Bryansk|199364.64}}{{flagathleteOlga Kuzenkova>RUS}}|Krasnodar|199467.34}}{{flagathleteSvetlana Sudak>BLR|1991}}|Minsk1995 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199568.16}}{{flagathleteOlga Kuzenkova>RUS}}|Moscow1996 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199669.46}}{{flagathleteOlga Kuzenkova>RUS}}|Sydney1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199773.10}}{{flagathleteOlga Kuzenkova>RUS}}|Munich1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199873.80}}{{flagathleteOlga Kuzenkova>RUS}}|Tolyatti1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>199976.07}}{{flagathleteMihaela Melinte>ROM}}|Rüdlingen2000 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200075.68}}{{flagathleteOlga Kuzenkova>RUS}}Tula, Russia>Tula2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200173.62}}{{flagathleteOlga Kuzenkova>RUS}}Adlersky City District>Adler2002 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200273.07}}{{flagathleteOlga Kuzenkova>RUS}}|Annecy2003 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200375.14}}{{flagathleteYipsi Moreno>CUB}}|Savona2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200475.18}}{{flagathleteYipsi Moreno>CUB}}|Havana2005 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200577.06}}{{flagathleteTatyana Lysenko>RUS}}|Moscow2006 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200677.80}}{{flagathleteTatyana Lysenko>RUS}}|Tallinn2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200777.30}}{{flagathleteTatyana Lysenko>RUS}}Adlersky City District>Adler2008 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200877.32}}{{flagathleteAksana Miankova>BLR}}|Minsk2009 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>200977.96}}{{flagathleteAnita Włodarczyk>POL}}|Berlin2010 Hammer Throw Year Ranking>201078.30}}{{flagathleteAnita Włodarczyk>POL}}|Bydgoszcz|201179.42}}{{flagathleteBetty Heidler>GER}}Halle, Saxony-Anhalt>Halle|201278.69}}{{flagathleteAksana Miankova>BLR}}|Minsk|201378.80}}{{flagathleteTatyana Lysenko>RUS}}|Moscow|201479.58}}{{flagathleteAnita Włodarczyk>POL}}|Berlin|201581.08}}{{flagathleteAnita Włodarczyk>POL}}|Władysławowo|201682.98}}{{flagathleteAnita Włodarczyk>POL}}|Warsaw|201782.87}}{{flagathleteAnita Włodarczyk>POL}}|Cetniewo|201879.59}}{{flagathleteAnita Włodarczyk>POL}}|Lublin|201978.24}}{{flagathleteDeAnna Price>USA}}|Des Moines|202075.45}}{{flagathleteHanna Malyshik>BLR}}|Minsk|202180.31}}{{flagathleteDeAnna Price>USA}}Eugene, Oregon>Eugene|202279.02}}{{flagathleteBrooke Andersen>USA}}Tucson, Arizona>Tucson|202380.17}}{{flagathleteBrooke Andersen>USA}}Tucson, Arizona>Tucson{{col-end}}

See also

• List of hammer throwers
• Keg-tossing

Notes and references

{{Reflist}}

External links

• IAAF list of hammer-throw records in XML
• HammerThrow.org (information about the event, coaching tips and resources)
• Statistics
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090727165812weblink">Hammer Throw History (archived)
• World Athletics Hammer Throw

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