1980 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1980 in the Men's Hammer Throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, where the final of the men's competition was held on July 31, 1980. The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s. The world record was broken five times in the 1980 season.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1980 season in track and field

World Record

Standing records after to the 1980 season in track and field

World Record

World Record

World Record

World Record

World Record


==1980 World Year Ranking==

Rank

Mark

Athlete

Venue

Date

Note

1

'''81.80 m

Moscow, Soviet Union

1980-07-31

WR

2

'''81.66 m

Sochi, Soviet Union

1980-05-24

WR

3

'''80.80 m

Rhede, West Germany

1980-07-30

PB

4

'''80.48 m

Sochi, Soviet Union

1980-05-24

PB

5

'''80.46 m

Leselidze, Soviet Union

1980-05-16

PB

6

'''80.34 m

Moscow, Soviet Union

1980-06-21

PB

7

'''78.94 m

Erfurt, East Germany

1980-05-18

PB

8

'''78.58 m

Adler, Soviet Union

1980-05-24

PB

9

'''78.52 m

Adler, Soviet Union

1980-05-24

PB

10

'''77.96 m

Rhede, West Germany

1980-07-30

11

'''77.84 m

Pescara, Italy

1980-06-07

PB

12

'''77.80 m

Cheboksary, Soviet Union

1980-05-31

PB

13

'''77.72 m

Cottbus, East Germany

1980-07-18

14

'''77.60 m

Rome, Italy

1980-08-05

PB

15

'''77.42 m

Leselidze, Soviet Union

1980-04-24

PB

16

'''77.16 m

Cheboksary, Soviet Union

1980-05-31

PB

17

'''77.02 m

Pescara, Italy

1980-06-07

PB

18

'''76.98 m

Pyatigorsk, Soviet Union

1980-08-30

PB

19

'''76.58 m

Poznan, Poland

1980-08-16

PB

20

'''76.02 m

Nikolayev, Soviet Union

1980-06-13

Dresden, East Germany

1980-07-05

PB

22

'''75.94 m

Karhula, Finland

1980-08-19

PB

23

'''75.88 m

Helsinki, Finland

1980-08-30

PB

24

'''75.74 m

Sofia, Bulgaria

1980-06-07

PB

25

'''75.68 m

Gomel, Soviet Union

1980-05-22

PB


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