This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw . One of the main event during this season were the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden , where the final of the men's competition was held on Saturday August 12, 2006. The women had their final four days earlier, on Tuesday August 8, 2006.
Men
Records
2006 World Year Ranking
Rank
Mark
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
82.95 m
Vadim Devyatovski (BLR )
Stayki, Belarus
22.07.2006
2
82.45 m
Krisztián Pars (HUN )
Celje , Slovenia
13.09.2006
PB
3
82.31 m
Szymon Ziółkowski (POL )
Nikiti , Greece
15.07.2006
4
82.01 m
Koji Murofushi (JPN )
Athens, Greece
16.09.2006
5
81.49 m
Valeriy Sviatokha (BLR )
Brest, Belarus
27.05.2006
PB
6
81.12 m
Ivan Tikhon (BLR )
Stuttgart, Germany
10.09.2006
7
81.10 m
Markus Esser (GER )
Leverkusen , Germany
28.07.2006
PB
8
80.84 m
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN )
Göteborg , Sweden
12.08.2006
9
80.82 m
Karsten Kobs (GER )
Cercy-la-Tour , France
18.06.2006
10
80.54 m
Andrey Vorontsov (BLR )
Stayki, Belarus
23.06.2006
11
80.38 m
Primož Kozmus (SLO )
Thessaloniki, Greece
17.06.2006
12
79.80 m
Eşref Apak (TUR )
Ankara, Turkey
11.06.2006
13
78.80 m
Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR )
Stayki, Belarus
22.07.2006
14
78.71 m
Andriy Skvaruk (UKR )
Málaga, Spain
28.06.2006
15
78.62 m
Pavel Kryvitski (BLR )
Brest, Belarus
06.07.2006
PB
16
78.54 m
Vadim Khersontsev (RUS )
Tel Aviv, Israel
19.03.2006
17
78.54 m
Aliaksandr Kazulka (BLR )
Brest, Belarus
06.07.2006
PB
18
78.52 m
A.G. Kruger (USA )
Walnut, United States
15.04.2006
19
78.25 m
Miloslav Konopka (SVK )
Albertville , Canada
12.07.2006
20
78.23 m
Ilya Konovalov (RUS )
Tula, Russia
15.07.2006
21
78.18 m
Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS )
Moscow, Russia
31.05.2006
22
78.04 m
Libor Charfreitag (SVK )
Banská Bystrica , Slovakia
17.06.2006
23
77.92 m
Dzmitry Shako (BLR )
Stayki, Belarus
22.07.2006
24
77.91 m
Lukáš Melich (CZE )
Prague , Czech Republic
05.06.2006
25
77.66 m
Marco Lingua (ITA )
Savona, Italy
11.05.2006
Women
Records
2006 World Year Ranking
Rank
Mark
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
77.80 m
Tatyana Lysenko (RUS )
Tallinn, Estonia
15.08.2006
WR
2
77.26 m
Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS )
Tula, Russia
12.06.2006
WR
3
76.86 m
Aksana Miankova (BLR )
Stayki, Belarus
23.06.2006
PB
4
76.63 m
Yekaterina Khoroshikh (RUS )
Zhukovskiy , Russia
24.06.2006
PB
5
76.55 m
Betty Heidler (GER )
Leverkusen , Germany
28.07.2006
6
75.29 m
Kamila Skolimowska (POL )
Athens, Greece
17.09.2006
7
75.07 m
Yelena Konevtseva (RUS )
Zhukovskiy , Russia
24.06.2006
PB
8
74.69 m
Yipsi Moreno (CUB )
Ostrava, Czech Republic
29.05.2006
9
74.54 m
Olga Tsander (BLR )
Ostrava, Czech Republic
29.05.2006
10
74.31 m
Iryna Sekachova (UKR )
Kyiv , Ukraine
22.07.2006
11
74.15 m
Zhang Wenxiu (CHN )
Doha, Qatar
08.12.2006
12
73.84 m
Martina Hrasnová (SVK )
Trnava , Slovakia
01.07.2006
13
72.75 m
Maryia Smaliachkova (BLR )
Stayki, Belarus
22.07.2006
14
72.13 m
Manuela Montebrun (FRA )
Nice, France
23.04.2006
15
72.11 m
Ester Balassini (ITA )
Ascoli Piceno , Italy
05.03.2006
16
72.01 m
Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG )
Greensboro, North Carolina , United States
27.05.2006
17
71.98 m
Clarissa Claretti (ITA )
Ascoli Piceno , Italy
05.03.2006
18
71.92 m
Yunaika Crawford (CUB )
Havana, Cuba
25.03.2006
19
71.67 m
Kathrin Klaas (GER )
Schönebeck , Germany
16.06.2006
20
71.38 m
Amélie Perrin (FRA )
Sotteville-les-Rouen , France
02.07.2006
PB
21
71.34 m
Ivana Brkljacic (CRO )
Varaždin , Croatia
01.07.2006
22
71.20 m
Erin Gilreath (USA )
Clermont, Florida , United States
02.07.2006
23
70.78 m
Jessica Cosby (USA )
Indianapolis , United States
23.06.2006
24
70.72 m
Brooke Billett (AUS )
Sydney , Australia
05.02.2006
PB
25
70.68 m
Mihaela Melinte (ROM )
Bucharest , Romania
10.06.2006
References