1999 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1999 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 1999. The women had their final two days later, on Tuesday August 24, 1999.

Men

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

1999 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	82.78 m	Karsten Kobs (GER)	Dortmund, Germany	1999-06-26	PB
2	82.57 m	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	Clermont-Ferrand, France	1999-05-13
3	81.73 m	Adrián Annus (HUN)	Nitra, Slovakia	1999-08-07
4	81.56 m	Zsolt Németh (HUN)	Veszprém, Hungary	1999-08-14	PB
5	81.28 m	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	Pacov, Czech Republic	1999-09-25	NR
6	80.98 m	Loris Paoluzzi (ITA)	Pescara, Italy	1999-07-04	PB
7	80.87 m	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	Veszprém, Hungary	1999-08-14
8	80.75 m	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	Bila Tserkva, Ukraine	1999-07-25
9	80.51 m	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	Tula, Russia	1999-07-31
10	80.35 m	Lance Deal (USA)	Eugene, Oregon, United States	1999-06-25
11	80.12 m	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	1999-08-03
12	80.00 m	Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	1999-05-14
13	79.95 m	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	Togliattigrad, Russia	1999-05-15
14	79.83 m	Hristos Polihroniou (GRE)	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	1999-07-10
15	79.81 m	David Chaussinand (FRA)	Clermont-Ferrand, France	1999-09-19
16	79.59 m	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	Padua, Italy	1999-06-26
17	79.55 m	Sergey Kirmasov (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	1999-06-04
18	79.48 m	Heinz Weis (GER)	Königs Wusterhausen, Germany	1999-09-05
19	79.26 m	Kevin McMahon (USA)	Eugene, Oregon, United States	1999-05-30	PB
20	79.17 m	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	Kumamoto, Japan	1999-10-24
21	79.08 m	Konstantin Astapkovich (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	1999-05-26	PB
22	79.01 m	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	Skórcz, Poland	1999-10-02
23	78.88 m	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	Patras, Greece	1999-08-01
24	78.82 m	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	Rüdlingen, Switzerland	1999-08-28
25	78.70 m	Roman Konevtsov (RUS)	Adler, Russia	1999-02-08	PB

Women

Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	73.14 m	July 16, 1998	Poiana Brasov, Romania
Standing records after to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	76.07 m	August 29, 1999	Rüdlingen, Switzerland

1999 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	76.07 m	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	Rüdlingen, Switzerland	1999-08-29	WR
2	74.30 m	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	1999-06-04
3	72.09 m	Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	1999-06-04	PB
4	70.16 m	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)	Laramie, Wyoming, United States	1999-05-15
5	68.40 m	Bianca Achilles (GER)	Dortmund, Germany	1999-09-25	PB
6	68.27 m	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	1999-07-09	PB
7	68.21 m	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	1999-07-16
8	68.11 m	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	Palma de Mallorca, Spain	1999-07-09
9	67.64 m	Katalin Divós (HUN)	Rüdlingen, Switzerland	1999-08-28
10	67.24 m	Amy Palmer (USA)	Logan, Utah, United States	1999-05-29
11	67.13 m	Simone Mathes (GER)	Halle, Germany	1999-05-15
12	67.10 m	Lorraine Shaw (GBR)	Wrexham, Wales	1999-08-09
13	67.00 m	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	Philadelphia, United States	1999-04-24
14	66.78 m	Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)	Brisbane, Australia	1999-03-13
15	66.62 m	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Warsaw, Poland	1999-06-12
16	66.30 m	Manuela Priemer (GER)	Mannheim, Germany	1999-06-18
17	66.13 m	Florence Ezeh (FRA)	Denton, Texas, United States	1999-05-08
18	66.08 m	Kirsten Münchow (GER)	Nuremberg, Germany	1999-06-13
19	66.06 m	Alla Davydova (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	1999-06-04
20	65.93 m	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)	Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine	1999-05-02
21	65.39 m	Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA)	Castres, France	1999-08-08	PB
22	65.10 m	Anelia Yordanova (BUL)	Sofia, Bulgaria	1999-06-19
23	64.94 m	Melissa Price (USA)	Seward, NE, United States	1999-05-12
24	64.81 m	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Havana, Cuba	1999-05-14
25	64.72 m	Anna Norgren (USA)	Princeton, United States	1999-05-08

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