Men's hammer throw world record progression

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The following table shows progression of the world record in the men's hammer throw, as recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130112202416/http://athletix.org/?p=722 Athletix]}} The first world record in the event was recognised by the IAAF in 1913.{{cite web

|title = 12th IAAF World Championships In Athletics: IAAF Statistics Handbook. Berlin 2009.

|url = http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf

|publisher = IAAF Media & Public Relations Department

|location = Monte Carlo

|pages = Pages 546, 558–9

|format = pdf

|year = 2009

|access-date = August 5, 2009

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110629134819/http://www.iaaf.org/mm/document/competitions/competition/05/15/63/20090706014834_httppostedfile_p345-688_11303.pdf

|archive-date=June 29, 2011

}} As of June 21, 2009, 45 world records have been ratified by the IAAF in the event.

World record progression

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"

Distance

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Venue

! Date

{{T&FcalcR|57.77}}

| {{Flag|United States|1912}}

| New York City, United States

| August 17, 1913

{{T&FcalcR|59.00}}

| {{flag|Germany|Nazi}}

| Stockholm, Sweden

| August 27, 1938

{{T&FcalcR|59.02}}

| {{Flag|Hungary|1946}}

| Tata, Hungary

| July 14, 1948

{{T&FcalcR|59.57}}

| {{Flag|Hungary|1949}}

| Katowice, Poland

| September 4, 1949

{{T&FcalcR|59.88}}

| {{Flag|Hungary|1949}}

| Budapest, Hungary

| May 19, 1950

{{T&FcalcR|60.34}}

| József Csermák

| {{Flag|Hungary|1949}}

| Helsinki, Finland

| July 24, 1952

{{T&FcalcR|61.25}}

| Sverre Strandli

| {{NOR}}

| Oslo, Norway

| September 14, 1952

{{T&FcalcR|62.36}}

| Sverre Strandli

| {{NOR}}

| Oslo, Norway

| September 5, 1953

{{T&FcalcR|63.34}}

| Mikhail Krivonosov

| {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

| Bern, Switzerland

| August 29, 1954

{{T&FcalcR|64.05}}

| Stanislav Nenashev

| {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

| Baku, Soviet Union

| December 12, 1954

{{T&FcalcR|64.33}}

| Mikhail Krivonosov

| {{Flag|Soviet Union|1936}}

| Warsaw, Poland

| August 4, 1955

{{T&FcalcR|64.52}}

| Mikhail Krivonosov

| {{URS}}

| Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia

| September 19, 1955

{{T&FcalcR|65.85}}

| Mikhail Krivonosov

| {{URS}}

| Nalchik, Soviet Union

| April 25, 1956

{{T&FcalcR|66.38}}

| Mikhail Krivonosov

| {{URS}}

| Minsk, Soviet Union

| July 8, 1956

{{T&FcalcR|67.32}}

| Mikhail Krivonosov

| {{URS}}

| Tashkent, Soviet Union

| October 22, 1956

{{T&FcalcR|68.54}}

| {{Flag|United States|1912}}

| Los Angeles, United States

| November 2, 1956

{{T&FcalcR|68.68}}

| {{Flag|United States|1912}}

| Bakersfield, United States

| June 20, 1958

{{T&FcalcR|70.33}}

| {{USA}}

| Walnut, United States

| August 12, 1960

{{T&FcalcR|70.67}}

| {{USA}}

| Palo Alto, United States

| July 21, 1962

{{T&FcalcR|71.06}}

| {{USA}}

| Ceres, United States

| May 29, 1965

{{T&FcalcR|71.26}}

| {{USA}}

| Walnut, United States

| June 20, 1965

{{T&FcalcR|73.74}}

| Gyula Zsivótzky

| {{HUN}}

| Debrecen, Hungary

| September 4, 1965

{{T&FcalcR|73.76}}

| Gyula Zsivótzky

| {{HUN}}

| Budapest, Hungary

| September 14, 1968

{{T&FcalcR|74.52}}

| {{URS}}

| Budapest, Hungary

| June 15, 1969

{{T&FcalcR|74.68}}

| Anatoliy Bondarchuk

| {{URS}}

| Piraeus, Greece

| September 20, 1969

{{T&FcalcR|75.48}}

| Anatoliy Bondarchuk

| {{URS}}

| Rovno, Soviet Union

| October 12, 1969

{{T&FcalcR|76.40}}

| Walter Schmidt

| {{FRG}}

| Lahr, West Germany

| September 4, 1971

{{T&FcalcR|76.60}}

| Reinhard Theimer

| {{GDR}}

| Erfurt, East Germany

| July 4, 1974

{{T&FcalcR|76.66}}

| Aleksei Spiridonov

| {{URS}}

| Munich, West Germany

| September 11, 1974

{{T&FcalcR|76.70}}

| Karl-Hans Riehm

| {{FRG}}

| Rehlingen, West Germany

| May 19, 1975

{{T&FcalcR|77.56}}

| Karl-Hans Riehm

| {{FRG}}

| Rehlingen, West Germany

| May 19, 1975

{{T&FcalcR|78.50}}

| Karl-Hans Riehm

| {{FRG}}

| Rehlingen, West Germany

| May 19, 1975

{{T&FcalcR|79.30}}

| Walter Schmidt

| {{FRG}}

| Frankfurt, West Germany

| August 14, 1975

{{T&FcalcR|80.14}}

| Boris Zaichuk

| {{URS}}

| Moscow, Soviet Union

| July 9, 1978

{{T&FcalcR|80.32}}

| Karl-Hans Riehm

| {{FRG}}

| Heidenheim, West Germany

| August 6, 1978

{{T&FcalcR|80.38}}

| {{URS}}

| Leselidse, Soviet Union

| May 16, 1980

{{T&FcalcR|80.46}}

| {{URS}}

| Leselidse, Soviet Union

| May 16, 1980

{{T&FcalcR|80.64}}

| {{URS}}

| Leselidse, Soviet Union

| May 16, 1980

{{T&FcalcR|81.66}}

| Sergey Litvinov

| {{URS}}

| Sochi, Soviet Union

| May 24, 1980

{{T&FcalcR|81.80}}

| {{URS}}

| Moscow, Soviet Union

| July 31, 1980

{{T&FcalcR|83.98}}

| Sergey Litvinov

| {{URS}}

| Moscow, Soviet Union

| June 4, 1982

{{T&FcalcR|84.14}}

| Sergey Litvinov

| {{URS}}

| Moscow, Soviet Union

| June 21, 1983

{{T&FcalcR|86.34}}

| {{URS}}

| Cork, Ireland

| July 3, 1984

{{T&FcalcR|86.66}}

| {{URS}}

| Tallinn, Soviet Union

| June 22, 1986

{{T&FcalcR|86.74}}

| {{URS}}

| Stuttgart, West Germany

| August 30, 1986

Unratified marks

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Distance

! Athlete

! Nationality

! Venue

! Date

! Why unratified

{{T&FcalcR|59.55}}

| Pat O'Callaghan

| {{Flag|Irish Free State|name=Ireland}}

| Fermoy, Ireland

| 1937

| Meeting organised by the NACA, which was suspended by IAAF.{{cite book|last=Rouse|first=Paul|title=Sport and Ireland: A History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BIUlCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA263|access-date=16 November 2015|date=2015-10-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780198745907|page=263}}

Notes

Many sources do not give the date of Theimer's world record. It occurred in the qualifying round of the East German Championships at Erfurt (not Leipzig), which ran from the July 3–6, 1974. His record came with his very first throw, his series being (76.60 m 73.62 m 73.28 m), which was on day two of the championships, July 4, 1974. Next day, in the championship itself, he threw 73.62 m (241 ft. 6") for first place.Athletics Weekly, (AW28.31.16)

References

{{Athletics record progressions}}