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hammer throw

{{Short description|Throwing event in track and field competitions}}

{{About|the event in regular track and field competitions|the similar Highland games event with a different type of hammer|Scottish hammer throw}}

{{Use British English|date=January 2025}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}

{{Infobox athletics event

|event= Hammer throw

|image= File:Hammer Throw (PSF).png

|WRmen= {{flagicon|URS}} Yuriy Sedykh {{T&FcalcR|86.74}} (1986)

|ORmen= {{flagicon|URS}} Sergey Litvinov {{T&FcalcR|84.80}} (1988)

|CRmen= {{flagicon|BLR}} Ivan Tsikhan {{T&FcalcR|83.63}} (2007)

|WRwomen= {{flagicon|POL}} Anita Włodarczyk {{T&FcalcR|82.98}} (2016)

|ORwomen= {{flagicon|POL}} Anita Włodarczyk {{T&FcalcR|82.29}} (2016)

|CRwomen= {{flagicon|POL}} Anita Włodarczyk {{T&FcalcR|80.85}} (2015)

}}

The hammer throw (HT for shorthttps://www.worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=175739a3-b6be-4e84-914c-15d7ce791665.pdf&urlslug=Terms%20and%20abbreviations {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2025}}) 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}}.[https://worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/hammer-throw Hammer Throw Facts] World Athletics

History

Tradition traces it to the Tailteann Games in Tara, Ireland, around the year 1830 BC.[https://hammerthrow.org/what-is-the-hammer/origins/ 'Origins']. Hammer Throw, undated. Retrieved 28 January 2025 Some time later the Celtic warrior Culchulainn reputedly took a chariot axle with a wheel still attached, spun it around and hurled it a long way.{{Cite web |title=Hammer Throw |url=https://worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/hammer-throw |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=worldathletics.org |language=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 16 lb. ball attached to a wire and a handle, but the Scottish hammer throw as seen in Highland Games still feature the older style of hammer throw with the rock and the solid wood handle.

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}}

Competition

The men's hammer weighs {{convert|7.26|kg}} and the women's weighs {{convert|4|kg|abbr=on}}, with the wire in either case no more than {{convert|122|cm}} in length.{{cite web|title=Hammer Throw|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/hammer-throw|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=May 12, 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119180903/https://www.worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/hammer-throw|archive-date=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.{{cite news |last1=Johannsen |first1=Dana |title=Tokyo 2020: Why the Olympic hammer throw may become a new national obsession |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/125889648/tokyo-2020-why-the-olympic-hammer-throw-may-become-a-new-national-obsession |access-date=1 August 2021 |work=Stuff |date=1 August 2021}}

Throws 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).{{cite web |title=Hammer Throw |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/hammer-throw |website=World Athletics }}{{cite web |url=http://www.pntf.org/officials/ivars/Throwing_Event_Sector_Angles_Rev_F1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150513053210/http://www.pntf.org/officials/ivars/Throwing_Event_Sector_Angles_Rev_F1.pdf |archive-date=2015-05-13 |url-status=live |title=Laying Out Sector Angles for the Track and Field Throwing Events |author= |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=USA Track & Field Pacific Northwest |quote=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).{{Cite web |date=2021-09-14 |title=Yuriy Sedykh, hammer world record holder, dies at 66 |url=https://apnews.com/article/track-and-field-sports-europe-russia-moscow-62f7dd55278ba992439adf63ddfb0af1 |access-date=2023-06-28 |website=AP News |language=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.{{Cite journal |last1=Horváth |first1=Gábor |last2=Hegedűs |first2=Dénes |last3=Slíz-Balogh |first3=Judit |date=2023-06-27 |title=Change of world-record rankings of shot put and hammer throw due to the effects of Earth rotation and athlete's height |journal=Scientific Reports |language=en |volume=13 |issue=1 |pages=10409 |doi=10.1038/s41598-023-36665-5 |pmid=37369722 |pmc=10300113 |bibcode=2023NatSR..1310409H |s2cid=259273858 |issn=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.

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|File:Hammer throw.jpg

|The traditional Highland games version of the event

|File:2017 European Athletics U23 Championships, hammer throw women final2 15-07-2017.jpg

|Thrower inside a hammer cage, with the markings for the throwing circle and the throwing sector visible on the ground

|File:Scottish hammer throw illustration.jpg

|Scottish hammer throw illustration from Frank R. Stockton's book Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy

|File:John Flanagan.jpg

|John Flanagan in the hammer throw competition at the Summer Olympics 1908 in London

|File:Hammerthrow wire.jpg

|The contemporary version of the hammer throw

|File:Hammer Throw Practice.jpg

|Athlete practicing the hammer throw event

|File:Men's Hammer Throw Final - 28th Summer Universiade 2015 Gwangju.webm

|Men's Hammer Throw Final – 28th Summer Universiade

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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."{{Cite web |last=Academy |first=U. S. Sports |date=2010-07-09 |title=An Analysis of Hammer Throw Facility Safety Factors in NCAA Division I |url=https://thesportjournal.org/article/an-analysis-of-hammer-throw-facility-safety-factors-in-ncaa-division-i/ |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=The Sport Journal |language=en-US}} For example, hammer throws resulted in four deaths in Europe in 2000 alone,{{Cite web |date=2008-12-29 |title=Catastrophic Injuries Pull Focus On Field Event Safety |url=https://www.athleticbusiness.com/facilities/outdoor-fields/article/15141454/catastrophic-injuries-pull-focus-on-field-event-safety |access-date=2023-06-26 |website=Athletic Business |language=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.{{Cite journal |last1=Laruel |first1=Benoit |last2=Wilson |first2=Denis |last3=Young |first3=Ray |date=2004 |title=Hammer throw safety cages |url=https://worldathletics.org/download/downloadnsa?filename=3bb61ca9-c2a4-49b5-bf3d-b56d1422d1f0.pdf&urlslug=hammer-throw-safety-cages |journal=New Studies in Athletics |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=47–51}}

All-time top 25

{{See also|Men's hammer throw world record progression|Women's hammer throw world record progression}}

style="wikitable"

|Tables show data for two definitions of "Top 25" - the top 25 hammer throw marks and the top 25 athletes:

style="background: #f6F5CE" |- denotes top performance for athletes in the top 25 hammer throw marks
- denotes lesser performances, still in the top 25 hammer throw marks, by repeat athletes
style="background: #CCFFCC" |- denotes top performance (only) for other top 25 athletes who fall outside the top 25 hammer throw marks

=Men=

  • Correct as of April 2024.{{cite web|title=All-time men's best hammer throw|url=https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/throws/hammer-throw/outdoor/men/senior|publisher=IAAF|date=7 May 2017|access-date=7 May 2017}}

class="wikitable sortable"

! {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}} !! {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}} !! Mark !! Athlete !! Nation !! Date !! Place !! class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|1

align=center|1{{T&FcalcR|86.74}}Yuriy Sedykh{{URS}}30 August 1986Stuttgart
rowspan=2|align=center|2{{T&FcalcR|86.66}}Sedykh #2rowspan=2|22 June 1986Tallinn
align=center|3{{T&FcalcR|86.34}}Sedykh #33 July 1984Cork
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|2

align=center|4{{T&FcalcR|86.04}}Sergey Litvinov{{URS}}3 July 1986Dresden
rowspan=9|align=center|5{{T&FcalcR|85.74}}Litvinov #2rowspan=9|30 August 1986Stuttgart
align=center|6{{T&FcalcR|85.68}}Sedykh #411 August 1986Budapest
rowspan=2 align=center|7rowspan=2|{{T&FcalcR|85.60}}Sedykh #513 July 1984London
Sedykh #617 August 1984Moscow
align=center|9{{T&FcalcR|85.20}}Litvinov #33 July 1984Cork
rowspan=2 align=center|10rowspan=2|{{T&FcalcR|85.14}}Litvinov #411 July 1986London
Sedykh #74 September 1988Moscow
align=center|12{{T&FcalcR|85.02}}Sedykh #820 August 1984Budapest
align=center|13{{T&FcalcR|84.92}}Sedykh #93 July 1986Dresden
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|3

align=center|14{{T&FcalcR|84.90}}Vadim Devyatovskiy{{BLR}}21 July 2005Minsk
align=center|15{{T&FcalcR|84.88}}Litvinov #510 September 1986Rome
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|4

align=center|16{{T&FcalcR|84.86}}Koji Murofushi{{JPN}}29 June 2003Prague
rowspan=3|align=center|17{{T&FcalcR|84.80}}Litvinov #6rowspan=3|26 September 1988Seoul
align=center|18{{T&FcalcR|84.72}}Sedykh #109 July 1986Moscow
align=center|19{{T&FcalcR|84.64}}Litvinov #79 July 1986Moscow
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|5

align=center|20{{T&FcalcR|84.62}}Igor Astapkovich{{flag|Belarus|1991}}6 June 1992Seville
rowspan=2|align=center|21{{T&FcalcR|84.60}}Sedykh #11rowspan=2|14 September 1984Tokyo
align=center|22{{T&FcalcR|84.58}}Sedykh #128 June 1986Leningrad
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|6

align=center|23{{T&FcalcR|84.51}}Ivan Tsikhan{{BLR}}9 July 2008Grodno
bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center|7

align=center|24{{T&FcalcR|84.48}}Igor Nikulin{{URS}}12 July 1990Lausanne
rowspan=2|rowspan=2 align=center|25rowspan=2|{{T&FcalcR|84.46}}Sedykh #13rowspan=2|14 September 1988Vladivostok
Tsikhan #27 May 2004Minsk
bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|8

| rowspan=18|

|{{T&FcalcR|84.40}}

|Jüri Tamm

{{URS}}

|9 September 1984

|Banská Bystrica

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|9

|{{T&FcalcR|84.38}} {{AthAbbr|A}}

|Ethan Katzberg

{{CAN}}

|20 April 2024

|Nairobi

|{{cite web|title=Kip Keino Classic 2024 – Men's Hammer Throw Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7201053?eventId=10229621&gender=M|work=World Athletics|access-date=20 April 2024}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|10

|{{T&FcalcR|84.19}}

|Adrián Annus

{{HUN}}

|10 August 2003

|Szombathely

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|11

|{{T&FcalcR|83.93}}

|Paweł Fajdek

{{POL}}

|9 August 2015

|Szczecin

|{{cite news|title=Fajdek throws 83.93m in Szczecin|url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/fajdek-wlodarczyk-61st-janusz-kusocinski-memo|publisher=IAAF|author=Phil Minshull|date=9 August 2015|access-date=10 August 2015}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|12

|{{T&FcalcR|83.68}}

|Tibor Gécsek

{{HUN}}

|19 September 1998

|Zalaegerszeg

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|13

|{{T&FcalcR|83.46}}

|Andrey Abduvaliyev

{{URS}}

|26 May 1990

|Adler

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|14

|{{T&FcalcR|83.43}}

|Aleksey Zagornyi

{{RUS}}

|10 February 2002

|Adler

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|15

|{{T&FcalcR|83.40}}

|Ralf Haber

{{GDR}}

|16 May 1988

|Athens

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|16

|{{T&FcalcR|83.38}}

|Szymon Ziółkowski

{{POL}}

|5 August 2001

|Edmonton

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|17

|{{T&FcalcR|83.30}}

|Olli-Pekka Karjalainen

{{FIN}}

|14 July 2004

|Lahti

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|18

|{{T&FcalcR|83.04}}

|Heinz Weis

{{GER}}

|29 June 1997

|Frankfurt

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|19

|{{T&FcalcR|83.00}}

|Balázs Kiss

{{HUN}}

|4 June 1998

|Saint-Denis

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|20

|{{T&FcalcR|82.78}}

|Karsten Kobs

{{GER}}

|26 June 1999

|Dortmund

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|21

|{{T&FcalcR|82.71}}

|Rudy Winkler

{{USA}}

|20 June 2021

|Eugene

|{{cite news|title=Bromell back to his best while Felix and Winkler make history in Eugene|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/us-trials-bromell-felix-winkler-harrison-scantling|publisher=World Athletics|author=Roy Jordan|date=21 June 2021|access-date=4 July 2021}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|22

|{{T&FcalcR|82.69}}

|Krisztián Pars

{{HUN}}

|16 August 2014

|Zürich

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center|23

|{{T&FcalcR|82.64}}

|Günther Rodehau

{{GDR}}

|3 August 1985

|Dresden

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| rowspan=2 align=center|24

| rowspan=2|{{T&FcalcR|82.62}}

|Sergey Kirmasov

{{RUS}}

|30 May 1998

|Bryansk

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|Andriy 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 2025.{{cite web|title=All-time women's best hammer throw|url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/throws/hammer-throw/outdoor/women/senior|publisher=World Athletics|access-date=25 May 2023}}

class="wikitable sortable"

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Ath.#|Athlete rank}}

!scope="col"| {{abbr|Perf.#|Performance rank}}

!scope="col"| Mark

!scope="col"| Athlete

!scope="col"| Nation

!scope="col"| Date

!scope="col"| Place

!scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{refh}}

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center | 1

| align=center | 1

| {{T&FcalcR|82.98}}

| Anita Włodarczyk

| {{POL}}

| 28 August 2016

| Warsaw

| {{cite news |date=28 August 2016 |title=Wlodarczyk extends hammer world record in Warsaw |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/anita-wlodarczyk-hammer-world-record-warsaw |access-date=28 August 2016 |work=IAAF}}

rowspan="5" align="center" |

| align=center | 2

| {{T&FcalcR|82.87}}

| Włodarczyk #2

| rowspan="5" |

| 29 July 2017

| Władysławowo

|

align=center | 3

| {{T&FcalcR|82.29}}

| Włodarczyk #3

| 15 August 2016

| Rio de Janeiro

|

align=center | 4

| {{T&FcalcR|81.08}}

| Włodarczyk #4

| 1 August 2015

| Władysławowo

|

align=center | 5

| {{T&FcalcR|80.85}}

| Włodarczyk #5

| 27 August 2015

| Beijing

|

align=center | 6

| {{T&FcalcR|80.79}}

| Włodarczyk #6

| 23 July 2017

| Białystok

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center | 2

| align=center | 7

| {{T&FcalcR|80.31}}

| DeAnna Price

| {{USA}}

| 26 June 2021

| Eugene

| {{cite news |author=Roy Jordan |date=27 June 2021 |title=Holloway, Thomas, Benjamin and Price shine on superb day in Eugene |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/us-olympic-trials-eugene-holloway-thomas-benjamin-price |access-date=13 July 2021 |publisher=World Athletics}}

align=center |

| align=center | 8

| {{T&FcalcR|80.26}}

| Włodarczyk #7

|

| 12 July 2016

| Władysławowo

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center | 3

| align=center | 9

| {{T&FcalcR|80.16}}

| Brooke Andersen

| {{USA}}

| 20 May 2023

| Tucson

| [https://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/meets/11585/events/1/Final 2023 USATF Throws Fest - Womens Hammer Throw - results]

rowspan="10" align="center" |

| align=center | 10

| {{T&FcalcR|79.92}}

| Andersen #2

| rowspan="10" |

| 4 May 2024

| Tucson

| {{cite web |date=4 May 2024 |title=Hammer Throw Result |url=https://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/meets/12372/events/10/Final |access-date=6 May 2024 |website=trackscoreboard.com}}

rowspan="2" align="center" | 11

| rowspan="2" | {{T&FcalcR|79.80}}

| Włodarczyk #8

| 15 August 2017

| Warsaw

|

Andersen #3

| 20 April 2023

| Charlottesville

| {{cite web |date=20 April 2023 |title=Hammer Throw Result |url=https://results.flashresults.com/2023_04-20_UVAChallenge/019-1.pdf |access-date=21 April 2023 |work=Flash Results}}

align=center | 13

| {{T&FcalcR|79.73}}

| Włodarczyk #9

| 6 May 2017

| Doha

|

align=center | 14

| {{T&FcalcR|79.72}}

| Włodarczyk #10

| 27 June 2017

| Ostrava

|

align=center | 15

| {{T&FcalcR|79.61}}

| Włodarczyk #11

| 18 June 2016

| Szczecin

|

align=center | 16

| {{T&FcalcR|79.59}}

| Włodarczyk #12

| 22 July 2018

| Lublin

|

align=center | 17

| {{T&FcalcR|79.58}}

| Włodarczyk #13

| 31 August 2014

| Berlin

|

align=center | 18

| {{T&FcalcR|79.48}}

| Włodarczyk #14

| 21 May 2016

| Halle

|

align=center | 19

| {{T&FcalcR|79.45}}

| Włodarczyk #15

| 29 May 2016

| Forbach

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align=center | 4

| align=center | 20

| {{T&FcalcR|79.42}}

| Betty Heidler

| {{GER}}

| 21 May 2011

| Halle

|

rowspan="4" align="center" |

|align="center" |21

|{{T&FcalcR|79.29}}

|Andersen #4

|rowspan="4" |

|24 May 2025

|Tucson

|{{cite web|title=Hammer Throw Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7225563?eventId=10229532&gender=W|website=World Athletics|access-date=12 June 2025}}

align="center" | 22

| {{T&FcalcR|79.02}}

| Andersen #5

| 30 April 2022

| Tucson

| {{cite news |date=30 April 2022 |title=World U20 sprint records fall as Knighton runs 19.49 and Tebogo clocks 9.96 |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-u20-records-knighton-19-49-tebogo-9-96 |access-date=27 May 2022 |publisher=World Athletics}}

align="center" | 23

| {{T&FcalcR|78.96}}

| Andersen #6

| 17 July 2022

| Eugene

| {{cite web |date=17 July 2022 |title=Women's Hammer Throw Results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-HT-W-f----.RS6.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718180022/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-HT-W-f----.RS6.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-18 |access-date=19 July 2022 |work=World Athletics}}

align="center" | 24

| {{T&FcalcR|78.94}}

| Włodarczyk #16

| 12 August 2018

| Berlin

|

bgcolor="#f6F5CE"

| align="center" | 5

| align="center" | 25

| {{T&FcalcR|78.80}}

| Rachel Richeson

| {{USA}}

| 11 April 2025

| Ramona

|https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/valarie-allman-north-american-discus-record-ramona

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 6

| rowspan="20" align="center" |

| {{T&FcalcR|78.62}}

| Camryn Rogers

| {{CAN}}

| 26 May 2023

| Westwood

| {{cite web |author=Madeline Ryan |date=27 May 2023 |title=Crouser breaks world shot put record with 23.56m in Los Angeles |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/los-angeles-grand-prix-2023 |access-date=2 June 2023 |publisher=World Athletics}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 7

| {{T&FcalcR|78.51}}

| Tatyana Lysenko

| {{RUS}}

| 5 July 2012

| Cheboksary

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 8

| {{T&FcalcR|78.00}}

| Janee' Kassanavoid

| {{USA}}

| 21 May 2022

| Tucson

| {{Cite news |date=22 May 2022 |title=Kassanavoid climbs to No.6 all time with 78.00m hammer throw |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/janee-kassanavoid-hammer-oblique-seville |access-date=10 June 2022 |publisher=World Athetlics}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 9

| {{T&FcalcR|77.78}}

| Gwen Berry

| {{USA}}

| 8 June 2018

| Chorzów

| {{cite news |author=Jon Mulkeen |date=8 June 2018 |title=Berry and Nowicki topple hammer favourites in Chorzow |url=https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/janusz-kusocinski-memorial-2018-berry |access-date=11 June 2018 |publisher=IAAF}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 10

| {{T&FcalcR|77.68}}

| Wang Zheng

| {{CHN}}

| 29 March 2014

| Chengdu

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 11

| {{T&FcalcR|77.33}}

| Zhang Wenxiu

| {{CHN}}

| 28 September 2014

| Incheon

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 12

| {{T&FcalcR|77.32}}

| Aksana Miankova

| {{BLR}}

| 29 June 2008

| Minsk

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 13

| {{T&FcalcR|77.26}}

| Gulfiya Agafonova

| {{RUS}}

| 12 June 2006

| Tula

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 14

| {{T&FcalcR|77.13}}

| Oksana Kondratyeva

| {{RUS}}

| 30 June 2013

| Zhukovskiy

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 15

| {{T&FcalcR|77.10}}

| Hanna Skydan

| {{AZE}}

| 23 August 2023

| Budapest

| {{cite web |date=23 August 2023 |title=Hammer Throw Qualification Results |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/results/women/hammer-throw/qualification/result |access-date=23 August 2023 |work=World Athletics}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

|align=center | 16

|{{T&FcalcR|77.07}}

|Silja Kosonen

|{{FIN}}

|15 March 2025

|Nicosia

|{{cite web|title=Hammer Throw Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7173257?eventId=10229532&gender=W|website=World Athletics|access-date=15 March 2025}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 17

| {{T&FcalcR|76.90}}

| Martina Hrašnová

| {{SVK}}

| 16 May 2009

| Trnava

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 18

| {{T&FcalcR|76.85}}

| Malwina Kopron

| {{POL}}

| 26 August 2017

| Taipei City

| {{cite web |date=26 August 2017 |title=Women's Hammer Final Results |url=https://data.2017.gov.taipei/atos/prod/resTP2017/pdf/TP2017/AT/TP2017_AT_C73S_ATW054101.pdf |access-date=26 August 2017 |publisher=2017.taipei}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}}

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 19

| {{T&FcalcR|76.83}}

| Kamila Skolimowska

| {{POL}}

| 11 May 2007

| Doha

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 20

| {{T&FcalcR|76.72}}

| Mariya Bespalova

| {{RUS}}

| 23 June 2012

| Zhukovsky

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 21

| {{T&FcalcR|76.66}}

| Volha Tsander

| {{BLR}}

| 21 July 2005

| Minsk

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 22

| {{T&FcalcR|76.63}}

| Yekaterina Khoroshikh

| {{RUS}}

| 24 June 2006

| Zhukovsky

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 23

| {{T&FcalcR|76.62}}

| Yipsi Moreno

| {{CUB}}

| 9 September 2008

| Zagreb

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 24

| {{T&FcalcR|76.56}}

| Alena Matoshka

| {{BLR}}

| 12 June 2012

| Minsk

|

bgcolor=#CCFFCC

| align=center | 25

| {{T&FcalcR|76.35}}

| Joanna Fiodorow

| {{POL}}

| 28 September 2019

| Doha

| {{cite web |date=28 September 2019 |title=Hammer Throw Results |url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/6033/AT-HT-W-f----.RS6.pdf?v=-560956486 |access-date=29 September 2019 |publisher=IAAF}}

==Annulled marks==

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

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

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

=Men=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%;"
Year

!Mark

!Athlete

!Place

1971

|{{T&FcalcR|76.40}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Walter Schmidt|FRG}}

|Lahr

1972

|{{T&FcalcR|75.88}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anatoliy Bondarchuk|URS}}

|Kyiv

1973

|{{T&FcalcR|75.20}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anatoliy Bondarchuk|URS}}

|Moscow

1974

|{{T&FcalcR|76.66}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Aleksey Spiridonov|URS}}

|Munich

1975

|{{T&FcalcR|79.30}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Walter Schmidt|FRG}}

|Frankfurt

1976

|{{T&FcalcR|78.86}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yuriy Sedykh|URS}}

|Sochi

1977

|{{T&FcalcR|77.60}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Karl-Hans Riehm|FRG}}

|Gelsenkirchen

1978

|{{T&FcalcR|80.32}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Karl-Hans Riehm|FRG}}

|Heidenheim

1979

|{{T&FcalcR|79.82}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sergey Litvinov|URS}}

|Leipzig

1980

|{{T&FcalcR|81.80}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yuriy Sedykh|URS}}

|Moscow

1981

|{{T&FcalcR|80.56}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Klaus Ploghaus|FRG}}

|Obersühl

1982

|{{T&FcalcR|83.98}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sergey Litvinov|URS}}

|Moscow

1983

|{{T&FcalcR|84.14}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sergey Litvinov|URS}}

|Moscow

1984

|{{T&FcalcR|86.34}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yuriy Sedykh|URS}}

|Cork

1985

|{{T&FcalcR|84.08}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Jüri Tamm|URS}}

|Budapest

1986

|{{T&FcalcR|86.74}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yuriy Sedykh|URS}}

|Stuttgart

1987

|{{T&FcalcR|83.48}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Sergey Litvinov|URS}}

|Karl-Marx-Stadt

1988

|{{T&FcalcR|85.14}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yuriy Sedykh|URS}}

|Moscow

1989

|{{T&FcalcR|82.84}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Heinz Weis|FRG}}

|Berlin

1990

|{{T&FcalcR|84.48}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Igor Nikulin|URS}}

|Lausanne

1991

|{{T&FcalcR|84.26}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Igor Astapkovich|BLR|1991}}

|Reims

1992

|{{T&FcalcR|84.62}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Igor Astapkovich|BLR|1991}}

|Seville

1993

|{{T&FcalcR|82.78}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Andrey Abduvaliyev|TJK}}

|Nitra

1994

|{{T&FcalcR|83.36}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Andrey Abduvaliyev|TJK}}

|Budapest

1995

|{{T&FcalcR|83.10}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Andrey Abduvaliyev|TJK}}

|Tashkent

1996

|{{T&FcalcR|82.52}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Lance Deal|USA}}

|Milan

1997

|{{T&FcalcR|83.04}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Heinz Weis|GER}}

|Frankfurt

1998

|{{T&FcalcR|83.68}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tibor Gécsek|HUN}}

|Zalaegerszeg

1999

|{{T&FcalcR|82.78}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Karsten Kobs|GER}}

|Dortmund

2000

|{{T&FcalcR|82.58}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Igor Astapkovich|BLR}}

|Staiki

2001

|{{T&FcalcR|83.47}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Koji Murofushi|JPN}}

|Toyota

2002

|{{T&FcalcR|83.43}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Aleksey Zagornyi|RUS}}

|Adler

2003

|{{T&FcalcR|84.86}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Koji Murofushi|JPN}}

|Prague

2004

|{{T&FcalcR|84.46}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ivan Tsikhan|BLR}}

|Minsk

2005

|{{T&FcalcR|84.90}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Vadim Devyatovskiy|BLR}}

|Minsk

2006

|{{T&FcalcR|82.95}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Vadim Devyatovskiy|BLR}}

|Minsk

2007

|{{T&FcalcR|83.63}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ivan Tsikhan|BLR}}

|Osaka

2008

|{{T&FcalcR|84.51}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ivan Tsikhan|BLR}}

|Grodno

2009

|{{T&FcalcR|82.58}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Primož Kozmus|SLO}}

|Celje

2010

|{{T&FcalcR|80.99}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Koji Murofushi|JPN}}

|Rieti

2011

|{{T&FcalcR|81.89}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Krisztián Pars|HUN}}

|Szombathely

2012

|{{T&FcalcR|82.81}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ivan Tsikhan|BLR}}

|Brest

2013

|{{T&FcalcR|82.40}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Krisztián Pars|HUN}}

|Dubnica

2014

|{{T&FcalcR|83.48}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Pawel Fajdek|POL}}

|Warsaw

2015

|{{T&FcalcR|83.93}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Pawel Fajdek|POL}}

|Szczecin

2016

|{{T&FcalcR|81.87}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Pawel Fajdek|POL}}

|Bydgoszcz

2017

|{{T&FcalcR|83.44}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Pawel Fajdek|POL}}

|Ostrava

2018

|{{T&FcalcR|81.85}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Wojciech Nowicki|POL}}

|Székesfehérvár

2019

|{{T&FcalcR|81.74}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Wojciech Nowicki|POL}}

|Poznań

2020

|{{T&FcalcR|80.70}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Rudy Winkler|USA}}

|Wallkill

2021

|{{T&FcalcR|82.98}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Pawel Fajdek|POL}}

|Chorzów

2022

|{{T&FcalcR|82.00}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Wojciech Nowicki|POL}}

|Munich

2023

|{{T&FcalcR|81.92}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Wojciech Nowicki|POL}}

|Oslo

2024

|{{T&FcalcR|84.38}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Ethan Katzberg|CAN}}

|Nairobi

{{col-2}}

=Women=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%;"
Year

!Mark

!Athlete

!Place

1988

|{{T&FcalcR|58.94}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Carol Cady|USA}}

|Los Gatos

1989

|{{T&FcalcR|61.50}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yelena Pichugina|URS}}

|Frunze

1990

|{{T&FcalcR|61.96}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Larisa Baranova|URS}}

|Adler

1991

|{{T&FcalcR|64.44}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Alla Davydova|URS}}

|Adler

1992

|{{T&FcalcR|65.40}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

|Bryansk

1993

|{{T&FcalcR|64.64}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

|Krasnodar

1994

|{{T&FcalcR|67.34}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Svetlana Sudak|BLR|1991}}

|Minsk

1995

|{{T&FcalcR|68.16}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

|Moscow

1996

|{{T&FcalcR|69.46}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

|Sydney

1997

|{{T&FcalcR|73.10}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

|Munich

1998

|{{T&FcalcR|73.80}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

|Tolyatti

1999

|{{T&FcalcR|76.07}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Mihaela Melinte|ROM}}

|Rüdlingen

2000

|{{T&FcalcR|75.68}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

|Tula

2001

|{{T&FcalcR|73.62}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

|Adler

2002

|{{T&FcalcR|73.07}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Olga Kuzenkova|RUS}}

|Annecy

2003

|{{T&FcalcR|75.14}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yipsi Moreno|CUB}}

|Savona

2004

|{{T&FcalcR|75.18}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Yipsi Moreno|CUB}}

|Havana

2005

|{{T&FcalcR|77.06}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Lysenko|RUS}}

|Moscow

2006

|{{T&FcalcR|77.80}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Lysenko|RUS}}

|Tallinn

2007

|{{T&FcalcR|77.30}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Lysenko|RUS}}

|Adler

2008

|{{T&FcalcR|77.32}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Aksana Miankova|BLR}}

|Minsk

2009

|{{T&FcalcR|77.96}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anita Włodarczyk|POL}}

|Berlin

2010

|{{T&FcalcR|78.30}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anita Włodarczyk|POL}}

|Bydgoszcz

2011

|{{T&FcalcR|79.42}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Betty Heidler|GER}}

|Halle

2012

|{{T&FcalcR|78.69}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Aksana Miankova|BLR}}

|Minsk

2013

|{{T&FcalcR|78.80}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Tatyana Lysenko|RUS}}

|Moscow

2014

|{{T&FcalcR|79.58}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anita Włodarczyk|POL}}

|Berlin

2015

|{{T&FcalcR|81.08}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anita Włodarczyk|POL}}

|Władysławowo

2016

|{{T&FcalcR|82.98}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anita Włodarczyk|POL}}

|Warsaw

2017

|{{T&FcalcR|82.87}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anita Włodarczyk|POL}}

|Cetniewo

2018

|{{T&FcalcR|79.59}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Anita Włodarczyk|POL}}

|Lublin

2019

|{{T&FcalcR|78.24}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|DeAnna Price|USA}}

|Des Moines

2020

|{{T&FcalcR|75.45}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Hanna Malyshik|BLR}}

|Minsk

2021

|{{T&FcalcR|80.31}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|DeAnna Price|USA}}

|Eugene

2022

|{{T&FcalcR|79.02}}

|align=left|{{flagathlete|Brooke Andersen|USA}}

|Tucson

2023

|{{T&FcalcR|80.17}}

|align=leftR|{{flagathlete|Brooke Andersen|USA}}

|Tucson

2024

|{{T&FcalcR|79.92}}

|align=leftR|{{flagathlete|Brooke Andersen|USA}}

|Tucson

{{col-end}}

See also

{{portal|Sport of athletics}}

Notes and references

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=throws&d=hammer-throw IAAF list of hammer-throw records in XML]
  • [http://www.hammerthrow.org/ HammerThrow.org] (information about the event, coaching tips and resources)
  • [http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Men.html#Hammer_throw Statistics]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090727165812/http://trackfieldevents.com/history/hammer-throw-history Hammer Throw History] (archived)
  • [https://worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/hammer-throw World Athletics Hammer Throw]

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