2008 in hammer throw

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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.

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Men

Records

Standing records prior to the 2008 season in track and field
World Record Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 m August 30, 1986 Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart, West Germany

2008 World Year Ranking

RankMarkAthleteVenueDateNote
184.51 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Ivan Tsikhan  (BLR) Hrodna, Belarus 2008-07-09
282.02 mFlag of Slovenia.svg  Primož Kozmus  (SLO) Beijing, PR China 2008-08-17
381.96 mFlag of Hungary.svg  Krisztián Pars  (HUN) Lahti, Finland 2008-07-09
481.87 mFlag of Japan.svg  Koji Murofushi  (JPN) Toyota, Japan 2008-07-21
581.70 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Vadim Devyatovskiy  (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 2008-07-19
681.39 mFlag of Russia.svg  Aleksey Zagornyi  (RUS) Zhukovskiy, Russia 2008-06-15
781.37 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Valeriy Sviatokha  (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 2008-07-27
881.31 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Andrey Vorontsov  (BLR) Minsk, Belarus 2008-06-29
980.80 mFlag of Russia.svg  Sergey Kirmasov  (RUS) Bryansk, Russia 2008-05-30
1080.73 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Vyacheslav Svyatokho  (BLR) Hrodna, Belarus 2008-07-09
1180.58 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Yevgeniy Vinogradov  (UKR) Kyiv, Ukraine 2008-07-02
1280.45 mFlag of Slovakia.svg  Libor Charfreitag  (SVK) Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal 2008-05-25
1380.36 mFlag of Turkey.svg  Eşref Apak  (TUR) Izmir, Turkey 2008-06-04
1480.12 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Aleksandr Vashchyla  (BLR) Minsk, Belarus 2008-06-07
1580.02 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Pavel Krivitskiy  (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 2008-07-19
1679.97 mFlag of Italy.svg  Marco Lingua  (ITA) Bydgoszcz, Poland 2008-07-01PB
79.97 mFlag of Germany.svg  Markus Esser  (GER) Leverkusen, Germany 2008-02-03
1879.95 mFlag of Russia.svg  Igor Vinichenko  (RUS) Podolsk, Russia 2008-06-20
79.75 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Artem Rubanko  (UKR) Kyiv, Ukraine 2008-07-02
2079.59 mFlag of Finland.svg  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen  (FIN) Beijing, PR China 2008-08-17
2179.55 mFlag of Poland.svg  Szymon Ziółkowski  (POL) Beijing, PR China 2008-08-15
2279.46 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ihor Tuhay  (UKR) Kyiv, Ukraine 2008-07-02PB
2379.20 mFlag of Russia.svg  Kirill Ikonnikov  (RUS) Zhukovskiy, Russia 2008-06-15PB
2479.13 mFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  James Steacy  (CAN) Lethbridge, Canada 2008-05-16PB
2579.05 mFlag of Tajikistan.svg  Dilshod Nazarov  (TJK) Almaty, Kazakhstan 2008-06-08PB

Women

Records

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

2008 World Year Ranking

RankMarkAthleteVenueDateNote
177.32 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Aksana Miankova  (BLR) Minsk, Belarus 2008-06-29PB
276.82 mFlag of Slovakia.svg  Martina Hrašnová  (SVK) Reims, France 2008-07-08
376.62 mFlag of Cuba.svg  Yipsi Moreno  (CUB) Zagreb, Croatia 2008-09-09
476.33 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Darya Pchelnik  (BLR) Minsk, Belarus 2008-06-29
574.89 mFlag of Croatia.svg  Ivana Brkljačić  (CRO) Villeneuve d'Ascq, France 2008-06-27
674.81 mFlag of Russia.svg  Yelena Konevtseva  (RUS) Kazan, Russia 2008-07-19
774.75 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Olga Tsander  (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 2008-07-19
874.65 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Mariya Smolyachkova  (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 2008-07-19PB
974.52 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Iryna Sekachova  (UKR) Kyiv, Ukraine 2008-07-02PB
1074.40 mFlag of France.svg  Manuela Montebrun  (FRA) Castres, France 2008-07-15
1174.32 mFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN) Beijing, PR China 2008-08-20
1274.11 mFlag of Germany.svg  Betty Heidler  (GER) Wiesbaden, Germany 2008-06-01
1373.83 mFlag of Belarus.svg  Yelena Matoshko  (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 2008-07-19
1473.79 mFlag of Russia.svg  Anna Bulgakova  (RUS) Krasnodar, Russia 2008-06-05PB
1573.50 mFlag of Poland.svg  Kamila Skolimowska  (POL) Warsaw, Poland 2008-06-15
1673.40 mFlag of France.svg  Stéphanie Falzon  (FRA) Albi, France 2008-07-26
1772.80 mFlag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL) Biberach, Germany 2008-06-28
1872.75 mFlag of Ireland.svg  Eileen O'Keefe  (IRL) Dublin, Ireland 2008-07-19
1972.46 mFlag of Italy.svg  Clarissa Claretti  (ITA) Cagliari, Italy 2008-07-19PB
2072.10 mFlag of Greece.svg  Stiliani Papadopoulou  (GRE) Sithonia, Greece 2008-07-20
2171.92 mFlag of Russia.svg  Yelena Priyma  (RUS) Tula, Russia 2008-07-05
2271.82 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Iryna Novozhylova  (UKR) Kyiv, Ukraine 2008-07-02
2371.56 mFlag of Ukraine.svg  Inna Sayenko  (UKR) Mykolaiv, Ukraine 2008-06-17PB
2471.36 mFlag of France.svg  Amélie Perrin  (FRA) Strasbourg, France 2008-07-02
2570.94 mFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Sultana Frizell  (CAN) Windsor, Canada 2008-07-05PB

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