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{{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 (athlete, born 1958)|Sergey Litvinov]] {{T&FcalcR|84.80}} (1988)
|CRmen= {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Ethan Katzberg]] {{T&FcalcR|84.70}} (2025)
|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''' (Abbreviated as '''HT'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=175739a3-b6be-4e84-914c-15d7ce791665.pdf&urlslug=Terms%20and%20abbreviations |title=Terms and Abbreviations |publisher=World Athletics |date=September 2020 |access-date=12 August 2025 |archive-date=18 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718100405/https://www.worldathletics.org/download/download?filename=175739a3-b6be-4e84-914c-15d7ce791665.pdf&urlslug=Terms%20and%20abbreviations |url-status=live }}</ref>) is one of the four throwing events in regular outdoor [[track-and-field]] competitions, along with the [[discus throw]], [[shot put]] and [[Javelin throw|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 men's hammer weighs {{convert|7.26|kg|lb|0}} for college and professional meets; the women's hammer weighs {{convert|4|kg|lb}}.<ref name="mainpage"/>

==History==
Tradition traces it  to the [[Tailteann Games (ancient)|Tailteann Games]] in [[Hill of Tara|Tara]], Ireland, around the year 1830 BC.<ref>[https://hammerthrow.org/what-is-the-hammer/origins/ 'Origins']. Hammer Throw, undated. Retrieved 28 January 2025</ref> Some time later the Celtic warrior [[Cú Chulainn|Culchulainn]] reputedly took a chariot axle with a wheel still attached, spun it around and hurled it a long way.<ref name="mainpage">{{Cite web |title=Hammer Throw |url=https://worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/hammer-throw |website=worldathletics.org |access-date=12 August 2025 |archive-date=23 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250623182804/https://worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/hammer-throw |url-status=live }}</ref> The wheel was later replaced by a rock with a wooden handle attached.<ref name="mainpage" /> A [[sledgehammer]] began to be used for the sport in Scotland and England during the Middle Ages.<ref name="mainpage" /> 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 Olympics|2000 summer games]] in [[Sydney]], Australia, after having been included in the [[World Athletics Championships|World Championships]] a year earlier.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

==Competition==

The men's hammer weighs {{convert|7.26|kg|0}} and the women's weighs {{convert|4|kg|abbr=on}}, with the wire in either case no more than {{convert|122|cm}} in length.<ref name="mainpage"/> 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.<ref>{{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 (website)|Stuff]] |date=1 August 2021 |archive-date=31 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731215535/https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/125889648/tokyo-2020-why-the-olympic-hammer-throw-may-become-a-new-national-obsession |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 [[circular sector|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).<ref name="mainpage"/><ref>{{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=<!--Not stated--> |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.}}</ref> A violation of the rules results in a foul and the throw not being counted.{{citation needed|date = September 2022}}

{{As of|2025}} 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).<ref name="SedykhRecord">{{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 |archive-date=2 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102134946/https://apnews.com/article/track-and-field-sports-europe-russia-moscow-62f7dd55278ba992439adf63ddfb0af1 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to Russian doping whistleblower [[Grigory Rodchenkov]], Sedykh was a heavy user of [[steroid]]s, which Sedykh denied.<ref name="SedykhRecord" />

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.<ref name="rankChange">{{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}}</ref> 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 force]]s).<ref name="rankChange" />  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.<ref name="rankChange" />

{{Gallery
|title=
|width=160 | height=170 |noborder=yes
|align=center
|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 (hammer thrower)|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 – [[Athletics_at_the_2015_Summer_Universiade_–_Men's_hammer_throw|28th Summer Universiade]]
}}

== 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."<ref name=":0">{{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 |archive-date=27 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627022744/https://thesportjournal.org/article/an-analysis-of-hammer-throw-facility-safety-factors-in-ncaa-division-i/ |url-status=live }}</ref> For example, hammer throws resulted in four deaths in Europe in 2000 alone,<ref>{{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 |archive-date=27 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230627022743/https://www.athleticbusiness.com/facilities/outdoor-fields/article/15141454/catastrophic-injuries-pull-focus-on-field-event-safety |url-status=live }}</ref> and have caused deaths and permanent brain damage injuries in the United States too.<ref name=":0" />

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.<ref name=":0" /> In 2004, the [[World Athletics|IAAF]] changed its rules to increase the mandatory height of hammer cages to 10m and reduce their "danger zone" angle to around 53°.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{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 |archive-date=28 June 2023 |access-date=28 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628075245/https://worldathletics.org/download/downloadnsa?filename=3bb61ca9-c2a4-49b5-bf3d-b56d1422d1f0.pdf&urlslug=hammer-throw-safety-cages |url-status=live }}</ref>

==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 September 2025.<ref>{{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|archive-date=12 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712020809/https://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/throws/hammer-throw/outdoor/men/senior|url-status=live}}</ref>
{| 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 1986 || [[Stuttgart]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2| || align=center|2 || {{T&FcalcR|86.66}} || ''Sedykh #2'' || rowspan=2| || 22 June 1986 || [[Tallinn]] || 
|-
| align=center|3 || {{T&FcalcR|86.34}} || ''Sedykh #3'' || 3 July 1984 || [[Cork (city)|Cork]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|2 || align=center|4 || {{T&FcalcR|86.04}} || [[Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)|Sergey Litvinov]] || {{URS}} || 3 July 1986 || [[Dresden]] ||
|-
| rowspan=9| || align=center|5 || {{T&FcalcR|85.74}} || ''Litvinov #2'' || rowspan=9| || 30 August 1986 || [[Stuttgart]] || 
|-
| align=center|6 || {{T&FcalcR|85.68}} || ''Sedykh #4'' || 11 August 1986 || [[Budapest]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center|7 || rowspan=2|{{T&FcalcR|85.60}} || ''Sedykh #5'' || 13 July 1984 || [[London]] ||
|-
| ''Sedykh #6'' || 17 August 1984 || [[Moscow]] ||
|-
| align=center|9 || {{T&FcalcR|85.20}} || ''Litvinov #3'' || 3 July 1984 || [[Cork (city)|Cork]] ||
|-
| rowspan=2 align=center|10 || rowspan=2|{{T&FcalcR|85.14}} || ''Litvinov #4'' || 11 July 1986 || [[London]] ||
|-
| ''Sedykh #7'' || 4 September 1988 || [[Moscow]] ||
|-
| align=center|12 || {{T&FcalcR|85.02}} || ''Sedykh #8'' || 20 August 1984 || [[Budapest]] ||
|-
| align=center|13 || {{T&FcalcR|84.92}} || ''Sedykh #9'' || 3 July 1986 || [[Dresden]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|3 || align=center|14 || {{T&FcalcR|84.90}} || [[Vadim Devyatovskiy]] || {{BLR}} || 21 July 2005 || [[Minsk]] ||
|-
| || align=center|15 || {{T&FcalcR|84.88}} || ''Litvinov #5'' || || 10 September 1986 || [[Rome]] || 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|4 || align=center|16 || {{T&FcalcR|84.86}} || [[Koji Murofushi]] || {{JPN}} || 29 June 2003 || [[Prague]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | || align=center|17 || {{T&FcalcR|84.80}} || ''Litvinov #6'' || rowspan="2" | || 26 September 1988 || [[Seoul]] || 
|-
| align=center|18 || {{T&FcalcR|84.72}} || ''Sedykh #10'' || 9 July 1986 || [[Moscow]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align=center|5 || align="center|19 || {{T&FcalcR|84.70}} || [[Ethan Katzberg]] || {{CAN}} || 16 September 2025 || [[Tokyo]] || <ref name="WC2025">{{cite web|title=Men's Hammer Throw Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7190593/AT-HT-M-f----.RS6.pdf|website=World Athletics|date=16 September 2025|access-date=16 September 2025}}</ref>
|-
|
| align="center" |20 || {{T&FcalcR|84.64}} || ''Litvinov #7'' 
| || 9 July 1986 || [[Moscow]] ||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |6 || align="center" |21 || {{T&FcalcR|84.62}} || [[Igor Astapkovich]]|| {{flag|Belarus|1991}} || 6 June 1992 || [[Seville]]||
|-
| rowspan="2" | || align="center" |22 || {{T&FcalcR|84.60}} || ''Sedykh #11''|| rowspan="2" | || 14 September 1984 || [[Tokyo]] ||
|-
| align="center" |23 || {{T&FcalcR|84.58}} || ''Sedykh #12''|| 8 June 1986 || [[Leningrad]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |7 || align="center" |24 || {{T&FcalcR|84.51}} || [[Ivan Tsikhan]]|| {{BLR}} || 9 July 2008 || [[Grodno]]||
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE"
| align="center" |8 || align="center" |25 || {{T&FcalcR|84.48}} || [[Igor Nikulin (hammer thrower)|Igor Nikulin]]|| {{URS}} || 12 July 1990 || [[Lausanne]]||
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |9
| rowspan="17" |
|{{T&FcalcR|84.40}}
|[[Jüri Tamm]] || {{URS}}
|9 September 1984
|[[Banská Bystrica]]
|
|- 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]]
|<ref>{{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|archive-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919022927/http://www.iaaf.org/news/report/fajdek-wlodarczyk-61st-janusz-kusocinski-memo|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- 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, Russia|Adler]]
|
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align=center|14
|{{T&FcalcR|83.43}}
|[[Aleksey Zagornyi]] || {{RUS}}
|10 February 2002
|[[Adler, Russia|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|83.18}}
|[[Bence Halász|Bence Halasz]]
|{{HUN}}
|12 August 2025
|[[Budapest]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 August 2025 |title=Gyulai István Memorial - Hungarian Athletics Grand Prix - Men's Hammer Throw Final |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7208615?eventId=10229621&gender=M |access-date=12 August 2025 |website=[[World Athletics]]}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |19
|{{T&FcalcR|83.16}}
|[[Rudy Winkler]]|| {{USA}}
|5 July 2025
|[[Hayward Field|Eugene]]
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 July 2025|title=Results Hammer Throw Men|url=https://ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net/2025/eugene/ATHMHAMMER--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73I2_1.0.PDF|access-date=6 July 2025|website=eugene.diamondleague.com|archive-date=6 July 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250706133341/https://ath-wdl-archive.azureedge.net/2025/eugene/ATHMHAMMER--ADDITIONALFNL-000100--_C73I2_1.0.PDF|url-status=live}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |20
|{{T&FcalcR|83.04}}
|[[Heinz Weis]]|| {{GER}}
|29 June 1997
|[[Frankfurt]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |21
|{{T&FcalcR|83.00}}
|[[Balázs Kiss (athlete)|Balázs Kiss]]|| {{HUN}}
|4 June 1998
|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |22
|{{T&FcalcR|82.78}}
|[[Karsten Kobs]]|| {{GER}}
|26 June 1999
|[[Dortmund]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |23
|{{T&FcalcR|82.77}}
|[[Merlin Hummel]]
|{{GER}}
|16 September 2025
|[[Tokyo]]
|<ref name="WC2025"/>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |24
|{{T&FcalcR|82.69}}
|[[Krisztián Pars]]|| {{HUN}}
|16 August 2014
|[[Zürich]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" |25
|{{T&FcalcR|82.64}}
|[[Günther Rodehau]]|| {{GDR}}
|3 August 1985
|[[Dresden]]
|
|}

====Annulled marks====
*[[Ivan Tsikhan]] of [[Belarus]] also threw 86.73 in [[Brest, Belarus|Brest]] on 3 July 2005. This performance was annulled due to doping offences.

===Women===
*Correct as of September 2025.<ref>{{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|archive-date=25 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525094817/https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/throws/hammer-throw/outdoor/women/senior|url-status=live}}</ref>

{| 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]]
| <ref>{{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 |archive-date=29 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829121705/https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/anita-wlodarczyk-hammer-world-record-warsaw |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
| 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|80.51}}
| [[Camryn Rogers]]
 |{{CAN}}
| 15 September 2025
| [[Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Hammer Throw Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7190593/AT-HT-W-f----.RS6.pdf|website=World Athletics|date=15 September 2025|access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE" 
| align="center" | 3
| align="center" | 8
| {{T&FcalcR|80.31}}
| [[DeAnna Price]]
| {{USA}}
| 26 June 2021
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref>{{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 |archive-date=3 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210703135230/https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/us-olympic-trials-eugene-holloway-thomas-benjamin-price |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 
| align="center" |
| align="center" | 9
| {{T&FcalcR|80.26}}
| ''Włodarczyk #7''
|
| 12 July 2016
| [[Władysławowo]]
|
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE" 
| align="center" | 4
| align="center" | 10
| {{T&FcalcR|80.17}}
| [[Brooke Andersen]]
| {{USA}}
| 20 May 2023
| [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/meets/11585/events/1/Final |title=Track Scoreboard |website=finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com |access-date=21 May 2023 |archive-date=21 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230521111111/https://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/meets/11585/events/1/Final |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- 
| rowspan="10" align="center" |
| align="center" | 11
| {{T&FcalcR|79.92}}
| ''Andersen #2''
| rowspan="10" |
| 4 May 2024
| [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]
| <ref>{{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 |archive-date=6 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240506205328/https://finishedresults.trackscoreboard.com/meets/12372/events/10/Final |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" align="center" | 12
| rowspan="2" | {{T&FcalcR|79.80}}
| ''Włodarczyk #8''
| 15 August 2017
| [[Warsaw]]
|
|-
| ''Andersen #3''
| 20 April 2023
| [[Charlottesville, Virginia|Charlottesville]]
| <ref>{{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 |archive-date=21 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421204350/https://results.flashresults.com/2023_04-20_UVAChallenge/019-1.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| align=center | 14
| {{T&FcalcR|79.73}}
| ''Włodarczyk #9''
| 6 May 2017
| [[Doha]]
| 
|-
| align=center | 15
| {{T&FcalcR|79.72}}
| ''Włodarczyk #10''
| 27 June 2017
| [[Ostrava]]
| 
|-
| align=center | 16
| {{T&FcalcR|79.61}}
| ''Włodarczyk #11''
| 18 June 2016
| [[Szczecin]]
| 
|-
| align=center | 17
| {{T&FcalcR|79.59}}
| ''Włodarczyk #12''
| 22 July 2018
| [[Lublin]]
| 
|-
| align=center | 18
| {{T&FcalcR|79.58}}
| ''Włodarczyk #13''
| 31 August 2014
| [[Berlin]]
| 
|-
| align=center | 19
| {{T&FcalcR|79.48}}
| ''Włodarczyk #14''
| 21 May 2016
| [[Halle (Saale)|Halle]]
| 
|-
| align=center | 20
| {{T&FcalcR|79.45}}
| ''Włodarczyk #15''
| 29 May 2016
| [[Forbach]]
| 
|- bgcolor="#f6F5CE" 
| align=center | 5
| align=center | 21
| {{T&FcalcR|79.42}}
| [[Betty Heidler]]
| {{GER}}
| 21 May 2011
| [[Halle (Saale)|Halle]]
| 
|-
| rowspan="4" align="center" |
|align="center" |22
|{{T&FcalcR|79.29}}
|''Andersen #4''
| rowspan="4" |
|24 May 2025
|[[Tucson]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" |23
| align="center" |{{T&FcalcR|79.24}}
|''Andersen #5''
|8 June 2025
|[[Lucca]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Hammer Throw Results|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7221244?eventId=10229532&gender=W|website=World Athletics|access-date=11 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 24
| {{T&FcalcR|79.02}}
| ''Andersen #6''
| 30 April 2022
| [[Tucson]]
| <ref>{{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 |archive-date=1 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501054944/https://worldathletics.org/news/report/world-u20-records-knighton-19-49-tebogo-9-96 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | 25
| {{T&FcalcR|78.96}}
| ''Andersen #7''
| 17 July 2022
| [[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 6
| rowspan="20" |
| {{T&FcalcR|78.80}}
| [[Rachel Richeson]]
| {{USA}}
| 11 April 2025
| [[Ramona, Oklahoma|Ramona]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/valarie-allman-north-american-discus-record-ramona |title=Allman throws 73.52m North American discus record in Ramona &#124; REPORTS &#124; World Athletics |access-date=30 May 2025 |archive-date=25 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250625150735/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/valarie-allman-north-american-discus-record-ramona |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- 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]]
| <ref>{{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 |archive-date=15 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615200351/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-continental-tour/news/janee-kassanavoid-hammer-oblique-seville |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC 
| align=center | 9
| {{T&FcalcR|77.78}}
| [[Gwen Berry]]
| {{USA}}
| 8 June 2018
| [[Chorzów]]
| <ref>{{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 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612105515/https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/janusz-kusocinski-memorial-2018-berry |url-status=live }}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC 
| align=center | 10
| {{T&FcalcR|77.68}}
| [[Wang Zheng (athlete)|Wang Zheng]]
| {{CHN}}
| 29 March 2014
| [[Chengdu]]
| 
|- bgcolor=#CCFFCC
| align="center" | 11
| {{T&FcalcR|77.60}}
| [[Zhao Jie]]
| {{CHN}}
| 15 September 2025
| [[Tokyo]]
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Women's Hammer Throw Final Results|url=https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7190593/AT-HT-W-f----.RS6.pdf|website=World Athletics|date=15 September 2025|access-date=15 September 2025}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 12
| {{T&FcalcR|77.33}}
| [[Zhang Wenxiu]]
| {{CHN}}
| 28 September 2014
| [[Incheon]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 13
| {{T&FcalcR|77.32}}
| [[Aksana Miankova]]
| {{BLR}}
| 29 June 2008
| [[Minsk]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 14
| {{T&FcalcR|77.26}}
| [[Gulfiya Agafonova]]
| {{RUS}}
| 12 June 2006
| [[Tula, Russia|Tula]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 15
| {{T&FcalcR|77.24}}
| [[Zhang Jiale]]
| {{CHN}}
| 2 August 2025
| [[Quzhou]]
| <ref>{{cite web |date=2 August 2025 |title=Karalis clears 6.08m in Volos as records fall around the world, athletes target Tokyo |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/national-championships-2025-cardoso-bonfim/ |access-date=3 August 2025 |website=worldathletics |archive-date=2 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802175448/https://worldathletics.org/news/report/national-championships-2025-cardoso-bonfim |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| align="center" | 16
| {{T&FcalcR|77.14}}
| [[Krista Tervo]]
| {{FIN}}
| 11 June 2025
| [[Lahti]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Hammer Throw Final |url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7218928?eventId=10229532 |website=World Athletics |access-date=23 June 2025}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 17
| {{T&FcalcR|77.13}}
| [[Oksana Kondratyeva]]
| {{RUS}}
| 30 June 2013
| [[Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast|Zhukovskiy]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 18
| {{T&FcalcR|77.10}}
| [[Hanna Skydan]]
| {{AZE}}
| 23 August 2023
| [[National Athletics Centre (Budapest)|Budapest]]
| <ref>{{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 |archive-date=21 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821213354/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/results/women/hammer-throw/qualification/result |url-status=live}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 19
|{{T&FcalcR|77.07}}
|[[Silja Kosonen]]
|{{FIN}}
|15 March 2025
|[[Nicosia]]
|<ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 20
| {{T&FcalcR|76.90}}
| [[Martina Hrašnová]]
| {{SVK}}
| 16 May 2009
| [[Trnava]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 21
| {{T&FcalcR|76.85}}
| [[Malwina Kopron]]
| {{POL}}
| 26 August 2017
| [[Taipei City]]
| <ref>{{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}}</ref>
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 22
| {{T&FcalcR|76.83}}
| [[Kamila Skolimowska]]
| {{POL}}
| 11 May 2007
| [[Doha]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 23
| {{T&FcalcR|76.72}}
| [[Mariya Bespalova]]
| {{RUS}}
| 23 June 2012
| [[Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast|Zhukovsky]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 24
| {{T&FcalcR|76.66}}
| [[Volha Tsander]]
| {{BLR}}
| 21 July 2005
| [[Minsk]]
|
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" 
| align="center" | 25
| {{T&FcalcR|76.63}}
| [[Yekaterina Khoroshikh]]
| {{RUS}}
| 24 June 2006
| [[Zhukovsky, Moscow Oblast|Zhukovsky]]
|
|}

====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==
{{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 (hammer thrower)|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 (hammer thrower)|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 an der Brenz|Heidenheim]]
|-
|[[1979 in athletics (track and field)|1979]]
|{{T&FcalcR|79.82}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)|Sergey Litvinov]]|URS}}
|[[Leipzig]]
|-
|[[1980 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1980]]
|{{T&FcalcR|81.80}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Sedykh]]|URS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|[[1981 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1981]]
|{{T&FcalcR|80.56}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Klaus Ploghaus]]|FRG}}
|[[Obersühl]]
|-
|[[1982 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1982]]
|{{T&FcalcR|83.98}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)|Sergey Litvinov]]|URS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|[[1983 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1983]]
|{{T&FcalcR|84.14}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)|Sergey Litvinov]]|URS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|[[1984 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1984]]
|{{T&FcalcR|86.34}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Sedykh]]|URS}}
|[[Cork (city)|Cork]]
|-
|[[1985 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1985]]
|{{T&FcalcR|84.08}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Jüri Tamm]]|URS}}
|[[Budapest]]
|-
|[[1986 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1986]]
|{{T&FcalcR|86.74}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yuriy Sedykh]]|URS}}
|[[Stuttgart]]
|-
|[[1987 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1987]]
|{{T&FcalcR|83.48}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Sergey Litvinov (athlete, born 1958)|Sergey Litvinov]]|URS}}
|[[Karl-Marx-Stadt]]
|-
|[[1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|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 (athlete)|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 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1995]]
|{{T&FcalcR|83.10}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Andrey Abduvaliyev]]|TJK}}
|[[Tashkent]]
|-
|[[1996 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1996]]
|{{T&FcalcR|82.52}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Lance Deal]]|USA}}
|[[Milan]]
|-
|[[1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1997]]
|{{T&FcalcR|83.04}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Heinz Weis]]|GER}}
|[[Frankfurt]]
|-
|[[1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1998]]
|{{T&FcalcR|83.68}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tibor Gécsek]]|HUN}}
|[[Zalaegerszeg]]
|-
|[[1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1999]]
|{{T&FcalcR|82.78}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Karsten Kobs]]|GER}}
|[[Dortmund]]
|-
|[[2000 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2000]]
|{{T&FcalcR|82.58}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Igor Astapkovich]]|BLR}}
|[[Staiki]]
|-
|[[2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2001]]
|{{T&FcalcR|83.47}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Koji Murofushi]]|JPN}}
|[[Toyota]]
|-
|[[2002 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2002]]
|{{T&FcalcR|83.43}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Aleksey Zagornyi]]|RUS}}
|[[Adlersky City District|Adler]]
|-
|[[2003 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2003]]
|{{T&FcalcR|84.86}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Koji Murofushi]]|JPN}}
|[[Prague]]
|-
|[[2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2004]]
|{{T&FcalcR|84.46}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Tsikhan]]|BLR}}
|[[Minsk]]
|-
|[[2005 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2005]]
|{{T&FcalcR|84.90}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Vadim Devyatovskiy]]|BLR}}
|[[Minsk]]
|-
|[[2006 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2006]]
|{{T&FcalcR|82.95}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Vadim Devyatovskiy]]|BLR}}
|[[Minsk]]
|-
|[[2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2007]]
|{{T&FcalcR|83.63}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Tsikhan]]|BLR}}
|[[Osaka]]
|-
|[[2008 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2008]]
|{{T&FcalcR|84.51}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ivan Tsikhan]]|BLR}}
|[[Grodno]]
|-
|[[2009 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2009]]
|{{T&FcalcR|82.58}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Primož Kozmus]]|SLO}}
|[[Celje]]
|-
|[[2010 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|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, Belarus|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, Orange County, New York|Wallkill]]
|-
|[[2021 in the sport of athletics|2021]]
|{{T&FcalcR|82.98}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Pawel Fajdek]]|POL}}
|[[Chorzów]]
|-
|[[2022 in the sport of athletics|2022]]
|{{T&FcalcR|82.00}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wojciech Nowicki]]|POL}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|[[2023 in the sport of athletics|2023]]
|{{T&FcalcR|81.92}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Wojciech Nowicki]]|POL}}
|[[Oslo]]
|-
|[[2024 in the sport of athletics|2024]]
|{{T&FcalcR|84.38}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ethan Katzberg]]|CAN}}
|[[Nairobi]]
|-
|[[2025 in the sport of athletics|2025]]
|{{T&FcalcR|84.70}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Ethan Katzberg]]|CAN}}
|[[Tokyo]]
|}
{{col-2}}

===Women===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:85%;"
|-
!Year
!Mark
!Athlete
!Place
|-
|[[1988 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1988]]
|{{T&FcalcR|58.94}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Carol Cady]]|USA}}
|[[Los Gatos]]
|-
|1989
|{{T&FcalcR|61.50}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yelena Pichugina]]|URS}}
|[[Bishkek|Frunze]]
|-
|1990
|{{T&FcalcR|61.96}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Larisa Baranova]]|URS}}
|[[Adlersky City District|Adler]]
|-
|1991
|{{T&FcalcR|64.44}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Alla Davydova]]|URS}}
|[[Adlersky City District|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 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1995]]
|{{T&FcalcR|68.16}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Kuzenkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|[[1996 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1996]]
|{{T&FcalcR|69.46}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Kuzenkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Sydney]]
|-
|[[1997 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1997]]
|{{T&FcalcR|73.10}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Kuzenkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Munich]]
|-
|[[1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1998]]
|{{T&FcalcR|73.80}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Kuzenkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Tolyatti]]
|-
|[[1999 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|1999]]
|{{T&FcalcR|76.07}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Mihaela Melinte]]|ROM}}
|[[Rüdlingen]]
|-
|[[2000 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2000]]
|{{T&FcalcR|75.68}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Kuzenkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Tula, Russia|Tula]]
|-
|[[2001 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2001]]
|{{T&FcalcR|73.62}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Kuzenkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Adlersky City District|Adler]]
|-
|[[2002 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2002]]
|{{T&FcalcR|73.07}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Olga Kuzenkova]]|RUS}}
|[[Annecy]]
|-
|[[2003 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2003]]
|{{T&FcalcR|75.14}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yipsi Moreno]]|CUB}}
|[[Savona]]
|-
|[[2004 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2004]]
|{{T&FcalcR|75.18}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Yipsi Moreno]]|CUB}}
|[[Havana]]
|-
|[[2005 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2005]]
|{{T&FcalcR|77.06}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Lysenko]]|RUS}}
|[[Moscow]]
|-
|[[2006 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2006]]
|{{T&FcalcR|77.80}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Lysenko]]|RUS}}
|[[Tallinn]]
|-
|[[2007 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2007]]
|{{T&FcalcR|77.30}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Tatyana Lysenko]]|RUS}}
|[[Adlersky City District|Adler]]
|-
|[[2008 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2008]]
|{{T&FcalcR|77.32}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Aksana Miankova]]|BLR}}
|[[Minsk]]
|-
|[[2009 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2009]]
|{{T&FcalcR|77.96}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Anita Włodarczyk]]|POL}}
|[[Berlin]]
|-
|[[2010 Hammer Throw Year Ranking|2010]]
|{{T&FcalcR|78.30}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Anita Włodarczyk]]|POL}}
|[[Bydgoszcz]]
|-
|2011
|{{T&FcalcR|79.42}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Betty Heidler]]|GER}}
|[[Halle, Saxony-Anhalt|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 in the sport of athletics|2021]]
|{{T&FcalcR|80.31}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[DeAnna Price]]|USA}}
|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]
|-
|[[2022 in the sport of athletics|2022]]
|{{T&FcalcR|79.02}}
|align=left|{{flagathlete|[[Brooke Andersen]]|USA}}
|[[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]
|-
|[[2023 in the sport of athletics|2023]]
|{{T&FcalcR|80.17}}
|align=leftR|{{flagathlete|[[Brooke Andersen]]|USA}}
|[[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]
|-
|[[2024 in the sport of athletics|2024]]
|{{T&FcalcR|79.92}}
|align=leftR|{{flagathlete|[[Brooke Andersen]]|USA}}
|[[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]
|-
|[[2025 in the sport of athletics|2025]]
|{{T&FcalcR|80.51}}
|align=leftR|{{flagathlete|[[Camryn Rogers]]|CAN}}
|[[Tokyo]]
|}
{{col-end}}

==See also==
{{portal|Sport of athletics}}
* [[List of hammer throwers]]
* [[Keg-tossing]]

== Notes and references ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=throws&d=hammer-throw IAAF list of hammer-throw records in XML] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613111901/https://iaaf.gekko.de/?a=throws&d=hammer-throw |date=13 June 2018 }}
*[http://www.hammerthrow.org/ HammerThrow.org] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110204153339/http://hammerthrow.org/ |date=4 February 2011 }} (information about the event, coaching tips and resources)
*[http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Men.html#Hammer_throw Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610025947/http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/ytbyeve_Men.html#Hammer_throw |date=10 June 2009 }}
*[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926164602/https://worldathletics.org/disciplines/throws/hammer-throw |date=26 September 2023 }}

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