2008 in hammer throw

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 Yuriy Sedykh (URS)86.74 m August 30, 1986West Germany Stuttgart, West Germany


2008 World Year Ranking

Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
184.51 m Ivan Tsikhan (BLR)Hrodna, Belarus2008-07-09
282.02 m Primož Kozmus (SLO)Beijing, PR China2008-08-17
381.96 m Krisztián Pars (HUN)Lahti, Finland2008-07-09
481.87 m Koji Murofushi (JPN)Toyota, Japan2008-07-21
581.70 m Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)Stayki, Belarus2008-07-19
681.39 m Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)Zhukovskiy, Russia2008-06-15
781.37 m Valeriy Sviatokha (BLR)Stayki, Belarus2008-07-27
881.31 m Andrey Vorontsov (BLR)Minsk, Belarus2008-06-29
980.80 m Sergey Kirmasov (RUS)Bryansk, Russia2008-05-30
1080.73 m Vyacheslav Svyatokho (BLR)Hrodna, Belarus2008-07-09
1180.58 m Yevgeniy Vinogradov (UKR)Kiev, Ukraine2008-07-02
1280.45 m Libor Charfreitag (SVK)Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal2008-05-25
1380.36 m Eşref Apak (TUR)Izmir, Turkey2008-06-04
1480.12 m Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR)Minsk, Belarus2008-06-07
1580.02 m Pavel Krivitskiy (BLR)Stayki, Belarus2008-07-19
1679.97 m Marco Lingua (ITA)Bydgoszcz, Poland2008-07-01PB
79.97 m Markus Esser (GER)Leverkusen, Germany2008-02-03
1879.95 m Igor Vinichenko (RUS)Podolsk, Russia2008-06-20
79.75 m Artem Rubanko (UKR)Kiev, Ukraine2008-07-02
2079.59 m Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)Beijing, PR China2008-08-17
2179.55 m Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)Beijing, PR China2008-08-15
2279.46 m Ihor Tuhay (UKR)Kiev, Ukraine2008-07-02PB
2379.20 m Kirill Ikonnikov (RUS)Zhukovskiy, Russia2008-06-15PB
2479.13 m James Steacy (CAN)Lethbridge, Canada2008-05-16PB
2579.05 m Dilshod Nazarov (TJK)Almaty, Kazakhstan2008-06-08PB


Women

Records

Standing records prior to the 2008 season in track and field
World Record Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)77.80 m August 15, 2006Estonia Tallinn, Estonia


2008 World Year Ranking

Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
177.32 m Aksana Miankova (BLR)Minsk, Belarus2008-06-29PB
276.82 m Martina Hrašnová (SVK)Reims, France2008-07-08
376.62 m Yipsi Moreno (CUB)Zagreb, Croatia2008-09-09
476.33 m Darya Pchelnik (BLR)Minsk, Belarus2008-06-29
574.89 m Ivana Brkljačić (CRO)Villeneuve d'Ascq, France2008-06-27
674.81 m Yelena Konevtseva (RUS)Kazan, Russia2008-07-19
774.75 m Olga Tsander (BLR)Stayki, Belarus2008-07-19
874.65 m Mariya Smolyachkova (BLR)Stayki, Belarus2008-07-19PB
974.52 m Iryna Sekachova (UKR)Kiev, Ukraine2008-07-02PB
1074.40 m Manuela Montebrun (FRA)Castres, France2008-07-15
1174.32 m Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)Beijing, PR China2008-08-20
1274.11 m Betty Heidler (GER)Wiesbaden, Germany2008-06-01
1373.83 m Yelena Matoshko (BLR)Stayki, Belarus2008-07-19
1473.79 m Anna Bulgakova (RUS)Krasnodar, Russia2008-06-05PB
1573.50 m Kamila Skolimowska (POL)Warsaw, Poland2008-06-15
1673.40 m Stéphanie Falzon (FRA)Albi, France2008-07-26
1772.80 m Anita Włodarczyk (POL)Biberach, Germany2008-06-28
1872.75 m Eileen O'Keefe (IRL)Dublin, Ireland2008-07-19
1972.46 m Clarissa Claretti (ITA)Cagliari, Italy2008-07-19PB
2072.10 m Stiliani Papadopoulou (GRE)Sithonia, Greece2008-07-20
2171.92 m Yelena Priyma (RUS)Tula, Russia2008-07-05
2271.82 m Iryna Novozhylova (UKR)Kiev, Ukraine2008-07-02
2371.56 m Inna Sayenko (UKR)Mykolaiv, Ukraine2008-06-17PB
2471.36 m Amélie Perrin (FRA)Strasbourg, France2008-07-02
2570.94 m Sultana Frizell (CAN)Windsor, Canada2008-07-05PB


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