2011 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2011 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw . The main event during this season were the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 29, 2011. The women had their final six days later, on September 4, 2011.

Men

Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

2011 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	81.89 m	Krisztián Pars  (HUN)	Szombathely, Hungary	September 23, 2011
2	81.73 m	Aleksey Zagornyi  (RUS)	Yurino, Russia	June 4, 2011
3	81.24 m	Koji Murofushi  (JPN)	Daegu, South Korea	August 29, 2011
4	80.67 m	Pavel Kryvitski  (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	August 11, 2011
5	80.31 m	Kibwe Johnson  (USA)	Eugene, Oregon, United States	June 23, 2011
6	80.30 m	Dilshod Nazarov  (TJK)	Zagreb, Croatia	September 13, 2011
7	80.29 m	Nicola Vizzoni  (ITA)	Florence, Italy	June 4, 2011
8	80.28 m	Primož Kozmus  (SLO)	Zagreb, Croatia	September 13, 2011
9	79.69 m	Markus Esser  (GER)	Leichlingen, Germany	April 9, 2011
10	79.27 m	Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi  (KUW)	Al Ain, United Arab Emirates	October 27, 2011
11	79.04 m	Kirill Ikonnikov  (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	July 24, 2011
12	79.02 m	Szymon Ziolkowski  (POL)	Castres, France	July 19, 2011
13	78.90 m	Sergej Litvinov  (RUS)	Adler, Russia	February 23, 2011
14	78.70 m	Yury Shayunou  (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	July 28, 2011
15	78.54 m	Pawel Fajdek  (POL)	Ostrava, Czech Republic	July 17, 2011
16	78.33 m	Aleksei Sokirskiy  (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	July 20, 2011
17	78.04 m	Esref Apak  (TUR)	İzmir, Turkey	July 9, 2011
18	78.02 m	Valery Sviatokha  (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	July 28, 2011
19	77.69 m	Libor Charfreitag  (SVK)	Novi Sad, Serbia	June 18, 2011
20	77.52 m	Siarhei Kalamoyets  (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	June 4, 2011
21	77.34 m	David Söderberg  (FIN)	Kaustinen, Finland	July 2, 2011
22	77.01 m	Igor Vinichenko  (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	July 10, 2011
23	76.96 m	Lorenzo Povegliano  (ITA)	Pordenone, Italy	September 18, 2011
24	76.64 m	A. G. Kruger  (USA)	Ashland, Ohio, United States	June 17, 2011
25	76.60 m	Matt Dibuono  (USA)	West Point, New York, United States	June 1, 2011

Women

Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 season in track and field
World Record	Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)	78.30 m	June 6, 2010	Bydgoszcz, Poland
Standing records after the 2011 season in track and field
World Record	Betty Heidler  (GER)	79.42 m	May 21, 2011	Halle, Germany

2011 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	79.42 m	Betty Heidler  (GER)	Halle, Germany	May 21, 2011	WR
2	77.13 m	Tatyana Lysenko  (RUS)	Daegu, South Korea	September 4, 2011
3	75.65 m	Zhang Wenxiu  (CHN)	Fränkisch-Crumbach, Germany	June 12, 2011
4	75.62 m	Yipsi Moreno  (CUB)	Guadalajara, Mexico	October 24, 2011
5	75.48 m	Kathrin Klaas  (GER)	Ostrava, Czech Republic	May 30, 2011
6	75.33 m	Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)	Elztal, Germany	September 9, 2011
7	73.44 m	Jennifer Dahlgren  (ARG)	Berlin, Germany	September 11, 2011
8	72.86 m	Alena Matoshka  (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	August 11, 2011
9	72.65 m	Jessica Cosby  (USA)	Los Angeles, California, United States	May 7, 2011
10	72.59 m	Amber Campbell  (USA)	Walnut, California, United States	April 16, 2011
11	72.47 m	Martina Hrašnová  (SVK)	Athens, Georgia, United States	April 8, 2011
12	72.22 m	Nataliya Zolotukhina  (UKR)	Uman, Ukraine	May 22, 2011
13	72.04 m	Bianca Perie  (ROU)	Daegu, South Korea	September 4, 2011
14	71.93 m	Silvia Salis  (ITA)	Savona, Italy	May 18, 2011
14	71.93 m	Mariya Bespalova  (RUS)	Zhukovsky, Russia	July 6, 2011
16	71.86 m	Arasay Thondike  (CUB)	Havana, Cuba	June 3, 2011
17	71.58 m	Marina Marghieva  (MDA)	Chișinău, Moldova	May 4, 2011
18	71.53 m	Stéphanie Falzon  (FRA)	Forbach, France	May 29, 2011
19	71.46 m	Sultana Frizell  (CAN)	Edmonton, Canada	July 23, 2011
20	71.33 m	Éva Orbán  (HUN)	Shenzhen, China	August 19, 2011
21	71.11 m	Gulfiya Agafonova  (RUS)	Zhukovsky, Russia	July 6, 2011
22	70.98 m	Heather Steacy  (CAN)	Lethbridge, Canada	May 22, 2011
23	70.54 m	Alexandra Papageorgiou  (GRE)	Athens, Greece	July 29, 2011
24	70.52 m	Gwen Berry  (USA)	Des Moines, Iowa, United States	April 30, 2011
25	70.43 m	Mona Holm  (NOR)	Byrkjelo, Norway	August 13, 2011

References

• IAAF (men; women)