Women's hammer throw world record progression

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The first World Record in the hammer throw for women (athletics) was recognised by the International Association of Athletics Federations in 1994.

Up to today, the IAAF has ratified 25 world records in the event. [1]

Record Progression

MarkAthleteDateLocationRef
66.84 m (219 ft 3 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)23 February 1994 Adler, Russia [1]
66.86 m (219 ft 4 in)Flag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)4 March 1995 Bucharest, Romania [1]
67.00 m (219 ft 9 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)24 May 1995 Moscow, Russia [1]
68.14 m (223 ft 6 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)5 June 1995 Moscow, Russia [1]
68.16 m (223 ft 7 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)18 June 1995Moscow, Russia [1]
69.42 m (227 ft 9 in)Flag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)12 May 1996 Bucharest, Romania [1]
69.58 m (228 ft 3 in)Flag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)8 March 1997Bucharest, Romania [1]
71.22 m (233 ft 7 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)22 June 1997 Munich, Germany [1]
73.10 m (239 ft 9 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Olga Kuzenkova  (RUS)22 June 1997Munich, Germany [1]
73.14 m (239 ft 11 in)Flag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)16 July 1998 Poiana Brasov, Romania [1]
75.29 m (247 ft 0 in)Flag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)13 May 1999 Clermont-Ferrand, France [1]
75.97 m (249 ft 2 in)Flag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)13 May 1999Clermont-Ferrand, France [1]
76.05 m (249 ft 6 in)Flag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)29 August 1999 Rüdlingen, Switzerland [1]
76.07 m (249 ft 6 in)Flag of Romania.svg  Mihaela Melinte  (ROM)29 August 1999Rüdlingen, Switzerland [1]
77.06 m (252 ft 9 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Lysenko  (RUS)15 July 2005 Moscow, Russia [1]
77.26 m (253 ft 5 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Gulfiya Khanafeyeva  (RUS)12 June 2006 Tula, Russia [1]
77.41 m (253 ft 11 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Lysenko  (RUS)24 June 2006 Zhukovsky, Russia [1]
77.80 m (255 ft 2 in)Flag of Russia.svg  Tatyana Lysenko  (RUS)15 August 2006 Tallinn, Estonia [1]
77.96 m (255 ft 9 in)Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)22 August 2009 Berlin, Germany [2]
78.30 m (256 ft 10 in)Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)6 June 2010 Bydgoszcz, Poland [3]
79.42 m (260 ft 6 in)Flag of Germany.svg  Betty Heidler  (GER)21 May 2011 Halle/Saale, Germany [4] [5] [6]
79.58 m (261 ft 1 in)Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)31 August 2014 Berlin, Germany [7]
81.08 m (266 ft 0 in)Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)1 August 2015 Władysławowo, Poland [8]
82.29 m (269 ft 11 in)Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)15 August 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil [9]
82.98 m (272 ft 2 in)Flag of Poland.svg  Anita Włodarczyk  (POL)28 August 2016 Warsaw, Poland [10]

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