1981 in hammer throw
This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1981 in the Men's Hammer Throw. (The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s.) The world record was broken in the previous (1980) year by Soviet Union's Yuriy Sedykh at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.
Records[]
Standing records prior to the 1981 season in track and field | ||||
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World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 81.80 m | July 31, 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union |
1981 World Year Ranking[]
Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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1 | 80.56 m | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) | Obersühl, West Germany | 27.06.1981 | PB |
2 | 80.18 m | Yuriy Syedikh (URS) | Tbilisi, Soviet Union | 27.06.1981 | |
3 | 79.60 m | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | Gateshead, United Kingdom | 18.07.1981 | |
4 | 78.72 m | Roland Steuk (GDR) | Berlin, East Germany | 20.06.1981 | PB |
78.72 m | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) | Gelsenkirchen, West Germany | 19.07.1981 | ||
6 | 77.84 m | (URS) | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 30.08.1981 | PB |
7 | 77.50 m | Igor Nikulin (URS) | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 27.12.1981 | |
8 | 77.26 m | Jüri Tamm (URS) | Budapest, Hungary | 18.08.1981 | |
9 | 77.14 m | (POL) | Poznań, Poland | 28.07.1981 | PB |
10 | 76.84 m | Aleksandr Kozlov (URS) | Stavropol, Soviet Union | 05.06.1981 | |
11 | 76.76 m | Harri Huhtala (FIN) | Ylivieska, Finland | 19.07.1981 | PB |
12 | 76.68 m | (URS) | Kaunas, Soviet Union | 29.06.1981 | PB |
13 | 76.64 m | Juha Tiainen (FIN) | Stockholm, Sweden | 29.08.1981 | PB |
14 | 76.34 m | (URS) | Gorkiy, Soviet Union | 08.06.1981 | |
15 | 75.84 m | Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) | Sofia, Bulgaria | 06.06.1981 | PB |
16 | 75.74 m | Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 19.08.1981 | |
17 | 75.66 m | (FRG) | Nancy, France | 23.05.1981 | |
18 | 75.56 m | Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) | Palo Alto, United States | 28.03.1981 | |
19 | 75.54 m | (URS) | Stavropol, Soviet Union | 05.06.1981 | |
20 | 75.30 m | (URS) | Kyiv, Soviet Union | 02.10.1981 | PB |
21 | 75.04 m | (URS) | unknown | ??.??.1981 | |
22 | 75.02 m | (URS) | Kharkiv, Soviet Union | 27.08.1981 | PB |
23 | 74.90 m | Aleksey Malyukov (URS) | Sochi, Soviet Union | 31.05.1981 | |
24 | 74.86 m | (URS) | Kyiv, Soviet Union | 27.08.1981 | |
25 | 74.80 m | (POL) | Chorzów, Poland | 20.09.1981 | PB |
References[]
Categories:
- Hammer throw by year
- 1981 in athletics (track and field)