1998 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 19, 1998.
==Men==

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field

World Record


===1998 World Year Ranking===

Rank

Mark

Athlete

Venue

Date

Note

1

'''83.68 m

Zalaegerszeg, Hungary

1998-09-19

PB

2

'''83.62 m

Stayki, Belarus

1998-06-20

3

'''83.00 m

Saint-Denis, France

1998-06-04

PB

4

'''82.62 m

Bryansk, Russia

1998-05-30

PB

5

'''82.22 m

Dortmund, Germany

1998-05-02

PB

6

'''81.27 m

Bad Köstritz, Germany

1998-09-19

7

'''81.22 m

Szombathely, Hungary

1998-04-25

8

'''81.21 m

Dortmund, Germany

1998-07-25

9

'''80.89 m

Uniondale, Indiana, USA

1998-07-22

10

'''80.88 m

Eugene, Oregon, USA

1998-05-31

11

'''80.71 m

Clermont-Ferrand, France

1998-05-21

12

'''80.70 m

Turin, Italy

1998-06-24

13

'''80.19 m

Veszprém, Hungary

1998-09-10

PB

14

'''79.82 m

Togliattigrad, Russia

1998-05-15

15

'''79.64 m

Rome, Italy

1998-05-24

16

'''79.58 m

Bialystok, Poland

1998-08-25

17

'''79.10 m

Sankt Peterburg, Russia

1998-06-16

18

'''79.04 m

Clermont-Ferrand, France

1998-05-10

19

'''79.02 m

Tirrenia, Italy

1998-08-08

20

'''78.96 m

Königs Wusterhausen, Germany

1998-08-30

21

'''78.92 m

Athens, Greece

1998-07-18

22

'''78.78 m

Bryansk, Russia

1998-05-30

23

'''78.76 m

Moscow, Russia

1998-06-08

24

'''78.66 m

Kyiv, Ukraine

1998-08-02

25

'''78.57 m

Bangkok, Thailand

1998-12-13


==Women==

Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field

World Record

Standing records after to the 1998 season in track and field

World Record


===1998 World Year Ranking===

Rank

Mark

Athlete

Venue

Date

Note

1

'''73.80 m

Togliattigrad, Russia

1998-05-15

2

'''73.14 m

Poiana Brasov, Romania

1998-07-16

WR

3

'''67.83 m

Rüdlingen, Switzerland

1998-08-23

4

'''67.16 m

Sydney, Australia

1998-08-10

5

'''67.08 m

Austin, United States

1998-04-02

6

'''66.82 m

Wiesau, Germany

1998-04-25

7

'''66.17 m

Dortmund, Germany

1998-05-02

8

'''65.77 m

Togliattigrad, Russia

1998-05-15

9

'''65.00 m

Gainesville, United States

1998-05-24

10

'''64.61 m

Togliattigrad, Russia

1998-05-15

11

'''64.50 m

Rüdlingen, Switzerland

1998-08-23

12

'''64.23 m

Nitra, Slovakia

1998-08-25

13

'''64.18 m

Erfurt, Germany

1998-05-21

14

'''64.15 m

Clermont-Ferrand, France

1998-04-25

15

'''64.12 m

New Orleans, United States

1998-06-19

16

'''63.95 m

Veszprém, Hungary

1998-09-10

17

'''63.80 m

Columbia, United States

1998-05-15

PB

18

'''63.64 m

Philadelphia, United States

1998-04-25

19

'''63.55 m

Provo, United States

1998-04-10

20

'''63.30 m

Bedford, United Kingdom

1998-08-29

21

'''63.20 m

Havana, Cuba

1998-08-01

22

'''62.83 m

Bila Tserkva, Ukraine

1998-06-26

23

'''62.79 m

Dreux, France

1998-07-11

24

'''62.78 m

Moscow, Russia

1998-08-03

PB

25

'''62.72 m

Budapest, Hungary

1998-08-21


Notes


==References==