2008 Hammer Throw Year Ranking

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2008 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Beijing, PR China, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 17, 2008. The women had their final three days later, on August 20, 2008 in the Beijing National Stadium.

Men

Records

Standing records prior to the 2008 season in track and field

World Record


===2008 World Year Ranking===

Rank

Mark

Athlete

Venue

Date

Note

1

'''84.51 m

Hrodna, Belarus

2008-07-09

2

'''82.02 m

Beijing, PR China

2008-08-17

3

'''81.96 m

Lahti, Finland

2008-07-09

4

'''81.87 m

Toyota, Japan

2008-07-21

5

'''81.70 m

Stayki, Belarus

2008-07-19

6

'''81.39 m

Zhukovskiy, Russia

2008-06-15

7

'''81.37 m

Stayki, Belarus

2008-07-27

8

'''81.31 m

Minsk, Belarus

2008-06-29

9

'''80.80 m

Bryansk, Russia

2008-05-30

10

'''80.73 m

Hrodna, Belarus

2008-07-09

11

'''80.58 m

Kiev, Ukraine

2008-07-02

12

'''80.45 m

Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal

2008-05-25

13

'''80.36 m

Izmir, Turkey

2008-06-04

14

'''80.12 m

Minsk, Belarus

2008-06-07

15

'''80.02 m

Stayki, Belarus

2008-07-19

16

'''79.97 m

Bydgoszcz, Poland

2008-07-01

PB

'''79.97 m

Leverkusen, Germany

2008-02-03

18

'''79.95 m

Podolsk, Russia

2008-06-20

'''79.75 m

Kiev, Ukraine

2008-07-02

20

'''79.59 m

Beijing, PR China

2008-08-17

21

'''79.55 m

Beijing, PR China

2008-08-15

22

'''79.46 m

Kiev, Ukraine

2008-07-02

PB

23

'''79.20 m

Zhukovskiy, Russia

2008-06-15

PB

24

'''79.13 m

Lethbridge, Canada

2008-05-16

PB

25

'''79.05 m

Almaty, Kazakhstan

2008-06-08

PB


==Women==

Records

Standing records prior to the 2008 season in track and field

World Record


===2008 World Year Ranking===

Rank

Mark

Athlete

Venue

Date

Note

1

'''77.32 m

Minsk, Belarus

2008-06-29

PB

2

'''76.82 m

Reims, France

2008-07-08

3

'''76.62 m

Zagreb, Croatia

2008-09-09

4

'''76.33 m

Minsk, Belarus

2008-06-29

5

'''74.89 m

Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

2008-06-27

6

'''74.81 m

Kazan, Russia

2008-07-19

7

'''74.75 m

Stayki, Belarus

2008-07-19

8

'''74.65 m

Stayki, Belarus

2008-07-19

PB

9

'''74.52 m

Kiev, Ukraine

2008-07-02

PB

10

'''74.40 m

Castres, France

2008-07-15

11

'''74.32 m

Beijing, PR China

2008-08-20

12

'''74.11 m

Wiesbaden, Germany

2008-06-01

13

'''73.83 m

Stayki, Belarus

2008-07-19

14

'''73.79 m

Krasnodar, Russia

2008-06-05

PB

15

'''73.50 m

Warsaw, Poland

2008-06-15

16

'''73.40 m

Albi, France

2008-07-26

17

'''72.80 m

Biberach, Germany

2008-06-28

18

'''72.75 m

Dublin, Ireland

2008-07-19

19

'''72.46 m

Cagliari, Italy

2008-07-19

PB

20

'''72.10 m

Sithonia, Greece

2008-07-20

21

'''71.92 m

Tula, Russia

2008-07-05

22

'''71.82 m

Kiev, Ukraine

2008-07-02

23

'''71.56 m

Mykolaiv, Ukraine

2008-06-17

PB

24

'''71.36 m

Strasbourg, France

2008-07-02

25

'''70.94 m

Windsor, Canada

2008-07-05

PB


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