This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1996 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw . The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States , where the final was held on July 28, 1996.
Men
Records
1996 World Year Ranking
Rank
Mark
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
82.52 m
Lance Deal (USA )
Milan, Italy
07.09.1996
NR
2
81.76 m
Balázs Kiss (HUN )
Nice, France
10.07.1996
3
81.76 m
Igor Astapkovich (BLR )
Stayki, Belarus
13.07.1996
4
81.56 m
Sergey Gavrilov (RUS )
Rostov, Russia
16.06.1996
PB
5
80.90 m
Heinz Weis (GER )
Dortmund, Germany
20.07.1996
6
80.68 m
Vadim Khersontsev (RUS )
Sankt Peterburg, Russia
13.05.1996
PB
7
80.52 m
Andrey Skvaruk (UKR )
Budapest, Hungary
20.06.1996
8
80.02 m
Oleksandr Krykun (UKR )
Atlanta, United States
28.07.1996
9
79.56 m
Pavel Sedláček (CZE )
Prague, Czech Republic
08.09.1996
PB
10
79.52 m
Szymon Ziółkowski (POL )
Nice, France
10.07.1996
PB
11
79.46 m
Ilya Konovalov (RUS )
Sankt Peterburg, Russia
03.07.1996
12
78.94 m
Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA )
Grosseto, Italy
12.09.1996
13
78.92 m
Karsten Kobs (GER )
Köln, Germany
22.06.1996
PB
14
78.82 m
Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS )
Sankt Peterburg, Russia
03.07.1996
15
78.72 m
Tore Gustafsson (SWE )
Santa Cruz, United States
18.05.1996
16
78.38 m
Sergey Vasilyev (RUS )
Rostov, Russia
16.06.1996
PB
17
78.34 m
Raphaël Piolanti (FRA )
Évry-Bondoufle, France
22.06.1996
18
78.18 m
Sergey Alay (BLR )
Stayki, Belarus
13.07.1996
19
78.06 m
Marko Wahlman (FIN )
Tampere, Finland
20.08.1996
20
77.84 m
Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE )
Athens, Greece
15.06.1996
PB
21
77.50 m
Alberto Sánchez (CUB )
Havana, Cuba
23.06.1996
22
77.48 m
Zsolt Németh (HUN )
Zalaegerszeg, Hungary
01.06.1996
PB
23
77.38 m
Christophe Épalle (FRA )
Sotteville-les-Rouen, France
05.05.1996
24
77.36 m
Hristos Polihroniou (GRE )
Athens, Greece
15.06.1996
PB
25
77.12 m
Igor Nikulin (RUS )
Sankt Peterburg, Russia
03.07.1996
Women
Records
1996 World Year Ranking
Rank
Mark
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
69.46 m
Olga Kuzenkova (RUS )
Sydney, Australia
17.02.1996
WR
2
69.42 m
Mihaela Melinte (ROU )
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
12.05.1996
PB
3
67.48 m
Alla Davydova (RUS )
Moscow, Russia
13.05.1996
PB
4
66.14 m
Sviatlana Sudak (BLR )
Halle, Germany
11.05.1996
5
65.02 m
Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR )
Minsk, Belarus
01.06.1996
PB
6
63.76 m
Dawn Ellerbe (USA )
Eugene, United States
01.06.1996
PB
7
62.86 m
Deborah Sosimenko (AUS )
Sydney, Australia
11.02.1996
8
62.06 m
Caroline Fournier (MRI )
Montgeron, France
30.06.1996
NR
9
61.86 m
Simone Mathes (GER )
Halle, Germany
11.05.1996
10
61.84 m
Viktoriya Polyanskaya (RUS )
Sochi, Russia
10.02.1996
PB
11
61.34 m
Lorraine Shaw (GBR )
Edinburgh, Scotland
04.05.1996
12
61.24 m
Oksana Lobzova (RUS )
Moscow, Russia
11.06.1996
PB
13
61.16 m
Inga Beyer (GER )
Trier, Germany
01.06.1996
PB
14
61.02 m
Veronika Ushakova (RUS )
Sochi, Russia
17.02.1996
PB
15
60.94 m
Lisa Misipeka (ASA )
Eugene, United States
01.06.1996
PB
16
60.66 m
Paulette Mitchell (USA )
Lincoln, United States
20.05.1996
PB
17
60.64 m
Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS )
Rostov, Russia
16.06.1996
18
60.52 m
Leslie Coons (USA )
Los Angeles, United States
04.05.1996
PB
19
60.04 m
Theresa Findlay (PAN )
Eugene, United States
01.06.1996
NR
20
59.54 m
Lyn Sprules (GBR )
Colchester, United Kingdom
26.08.1996
PB
21
59.44 m
Windy Dean (USA )
Eugene, United States
01.06.1996
PB
22
59.40 m
Kirsten Münchow (GER )
Dortmund, Germany
20.07.1996
PB
23
59.16 m
Natalya Panarina (RUS )
Yekaterinburg, Russia
01.06.1996
PB
24
59.14 m
Bianca Achilles (GER )
Hagen-Dahl, Germany
19.10.1996
PB
25
59.12 m
Aya Suzuki (JPN )
Osaka, Japan
06.06.1996
References