This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1986 in the Men's hammer throw . One of the main events during this season were the 1986 European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, West Germany, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 30, 1986. The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s. Soviet Union's Yuriy Sedykh broke his own world record twice during the 1986 season.
| Standing records prior to the 1986 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.34 m | July 3, 1984 |  Cork, Ireland |
| Standing records after to the 1986 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.66 m | June 22, 1986 | Tallinn, Soviet Union |
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany |
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86.74 m | Yuriy Syedikh (URS) | Stuttgart, West Germany | 1986-08-30 | WR |
| 2 | 86.04 m | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | Dresden, East Germany | 1986-07-03 | PB |
| 3 | 82.34 m | Igor Nikulin (URS) | Dresden, East Germany | 1986-07-03 | |
| 4 | 82.24 m | Benjaminas Viluckis (URS) | Klaipėda, Soviet Union | 1986-08-24 | NR |
| 5 | 81.70 m |  Günther Rodehau (GDR) | Dresden, East Germany | 1986-08-16 | |
| 6 | 81.32 m | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) | Paderborn, West Germany | 1986-05-24 | PB |
| 7 | 80.88 m |  Jud Logan (USA) | Walnut, United States | 1986-04-27 | PB |
| Jüri Tamm (URS) | Leselidze, Soviet Union | 1986-05-18 | |||
| 9 | 80.70 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS) | Tiraspol, Soviet Union | 1986-08-10 | PB |
| 10 | 80.68 m | Igor Astapkovich (URS) | Minsk, Soviet Union | 1986-06-01 | PB |
| 11 | 80.60 m | Ralf Haber (GDR) | Dresden, East Germany | 1986-08-16 | PB |
| 12 | 80.38 m | Christoph Sahner (FRG) | Rhede, West Germany | 1986-07-02 | |
| 13 | 80.30 m | Matthias Moder (GDR) | Berlin, East Germany | 1986-08-20 | |
| 14 | 80.20 m | Igor Shchegolev (URS) | Volgograd, Soviet Union | 1986-09-06 | PB |
| 15 | 79.92 m | Jörg Schäfer (FRG) | West Berlin | 1986-08-15 | PB |
| 16 | 79.84 m | Sergey Alay (URS) | Minsk, Soviet Union | 1986-08-31 | PB |
| 17 | 79.70 m |  Ivan Tanev (BUL) | Sofia, Bulgaria | 1986-05-24 | PB |
| 18 | 79.66 m | Donatas Plungė (URS) | Klaipėda, Soviet Union | 1986-08-24 | PB |
| 19 | 79.32 m |  Juha Tiainen (FIN) | Rehlingen, West Germany | 1986-05-19 | |
| 20 | 79.30 m | Yuriy Tarasyuk (URS) | Minsk, Soviet Union | 1986-06-01 | |
| 21 | 79.12 m |  Albert Sinka (HUN) | Budapest, Hungary | 1986-08-11 | PB |
| 22 | 79.00 m | Sergey Ivanov (URS) | Lipetsk, Soviet Union | 1986-07-19 | PB |
| 23 | 78.92 m | Valeriy Kocherga (URS) | Yalta, Soviet Union | 1986-10-12 | PB |
| 24 | 78.64 m | Yuriy Esayan (URS) | Yalta, Soviet Union | 1986-10-12 | PB |
| 25 | 78.64 m | Kenneth Flax (USA) | Indianapolis,Indiana | 1986-06-03 |
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