2004 in hammer throw
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2004 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 2004. The women had their first ever Olympic final five days later, on August 25, 2004 in the Olympic Stadium.
Men
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2004 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany |
2004 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 84.46 m |  Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2004-05-07 | PB |
| 2 | 83.65 m |  Adrián Annus (HUN) | Debrecen, Hungary | 2004-07-11 | |
| 3 | 83.30 m |  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | Lahti, Finland | 2004-07-14 | NR |
| 4 | 83.15 m |  Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Yokohama, Japan | 2004-09-24 | |
| 5 | 82.91 m | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2004-07-10 | PB |
| 6 | 82.23 m | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2004-07-10 | |
| 7 | 81.66 m |  Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2004-05-29 | PB |
| 8 | 81.33 m |  Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | 2004-05-29 | PB |
| 9 | 81.27 m |  Eşref Apak (TUR) | Ankara, Turkey | 2004-08-03 | PB |
| 10 | 80.90 m | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | Zalaegerszeg, Hungary | 2004-06-13 | PB |
| 11 | 80.44 m | Artem Rubanko (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2004-05-29 | PB |
| 12 | 80.37 m | Péter Botfa (HUN) | Budapest, Hungary | 2004-02-28 | |
| 13 | 80.36 m |  Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 2004-06-24 | |
| 14 | 80.35 m |  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | Nikiti, Greece | 2004-08-01 | |
| 15 | 80.21 m |  Chris Harmse (RSA) | Potchefstroom, South Africa | 2004-04-20 | PB |
| 16 | 79.84 m | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | Nikiti, Greece | 2004-08-01 | |
| 17 | 79.41 m |  Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Warsaw, Poland | 2004-06-13 | |
| 18 | 79.36 m | Holger Klose (GER) | Cercy-la-Tour | 2004-09-12 | |
| 19 | 79.34 m |  Primož Kozmus (SLO) | Split, Croatia | 2004-08-02 | |
| 20 | 79.26 m |  A. G. Kruger (USA) | Berea, Ohio, United States | 2004-08-05 | PB |
| 21 | 79.20 m | James Parker (USA) | Provo, Utah, United States | 2004-06-24 | PB |
| 22 | 79.11 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) | Nikiti, Greece | 2004-08-01 | |
| 23 | 79.01 m | Markus Esser (GER) | Rehlingen, Germany | 2004-05-31 | PB |
| 24 | 78.87 m |  Vladimír Maška (CZE) | Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic | 2004-09-15 | |
| 25 | 78.84 m | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 2004-07-31 |
Women
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2004 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 76.07 m | August 29, 1999 |  Rüdlingen, Switzerland |
2004 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75.18 m |  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 2004-04-23 | PB |
| 2 | 75.02 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Athens, Greece | 2004-08-25 | |
| 3 | 74.72 m | Olga Tsander (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2004-07-10 | PB |
| 4 | 74.16 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2004-06-12 | PB |
| 5 | 73.68 m | Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 2004-07-25 | PB |
| 6 | 73.16 m | Yunaika Crawford (CUB) | Athens, Greece | 2004-08-25 | PB |
| 7 | 72.73 m |  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Aunay-sur-Odon, France | 2004-06-30 | |
| Betty Heidler (GER) | Athens, Greece | 2004-08-25 | PB | ||
| 9 | 72.71 m | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) | Kazan, Russia | 2004-07-09 | PB |
| 10 | 72.57 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Athens, Greece | 2004-08-25 | |
| 11 | 72.42 m |  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | Chengdu, PR China | 2004-04-03 | PB |
| 12 | 72.36 m | Gu Yuan (CHN) | Padua, Italy | 2004-07-04 | PB |
| 13 | 72.12 m | Erin Gilreath (USA) | Tempe, Arizona, United States | 2004-04-10 | PB |
| 14 | 71.54 m | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | Kazan, Russia | 2004-07-09 | PB |
| 15 | 71.28 m |  Ester Balassini (ITA) | Rome, Italy | 2004-06-26 | |
| 16 | 71.26 m | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | Bucharest, Romania | 2004-08-07 | |
| 17 | 70.88 m | Anna Mahon (USA) | Provo, Utah, United States | 2004-06-25 | |
| 18 | 70.73 m | Andrea Bunjes (GER) | Athens, Greece | 2004-08-23 | PB |
| 19 | 70.39 m | Mariya Smolyachkova (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2004-06-26 | PB |
| 20 | 70.23 m | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2004-05-23 | PB |
| 21 | 69.94 m |  Candice Scott (TRI) | Athens, Greece | 2004-08-25 | PB |
| Katalin Divós (HUN) | Szombathely, Hungary | 2004-09-05 | |||
| 23 | 69.73 m | Nataliya Zolotukhina (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2004-07-24 | PB |
| 24 | 69.59 m | Svetlana Sudak (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2004-07-10 | PB |
| 25 | 69.40 m | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | Ancona, Italy | 2004-07-03 | PB |
References
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