1997 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1997 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 1997 World Athletics Championships in Athens, Greece, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 3, 1997.

Men[]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 1997 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

1997 World Year Ranking[]

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	83.04 m	Heinz Weis (GER)	Frankfurt, Germany	29.06.1997	PB
2	82.90 m	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	Veszprém, Hungary	10.07.1997	PB
3	82.66 m	Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB)	Tula, Russia	09.07.1997	NR
4	82.44 m	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	Gomel, Belarus	02.07.1997
5	81.64 m	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)	Ostia, Italy	09.03.1997	NR
6	81.46 m	Andriy Skvaruk (RUS)	Athens, Greece	03.08.1997
7	80.76 m	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	Athens, Greece	03.08.1997
8	79.86 m	Aleksandr Krasko (BLR)	Gomel, Belarus	02.07.1997
9	79.34 m	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	Rüdlingen, Switzerland	17.08.1997
10	79.14 m	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	Poznań, Poland	24.05.1997
11	79.08 m	Karsten Kobs (GER)	Stendal, Germany	30.08.1997	PB
12	78.92 m	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	08.06.1997
13	78.70 m	(BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	16.05.1997	PB
14	78.58 m	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	01.06.1997
15	78.44 m	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	Bari, Italy	16.06.1997
16	78.18 m	Vitaliy Alisevich (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	04.06.1997
	78.18 m	Holger Klose (GER)	Ewersbach, Germany	13.06.1997	PB
18	77.96 m	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	Mérignac, France	07.06.1997
19	77.92 m	(RUS)	Moscow, Russia	12.05.1997	PB
20	77.46 m	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	Turku, Finland	11.07.1997	PB
21	77.42 m	Kevin McMahon (USA)	Indianapolis, United States	14.06.1997	PB
22	77.24 m	David Chaussinand (FRA)	Mérignac, France	07.06.1997	PB
	77.24 m	Pavel Sedláček (CZE)	Třinec, Czech Republic	06.07.1997
24	77.16 m	Vadim Kolesnik (UKR)	Catania, Italy	26.08.1997
25	77.10 m	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	San Marino	18.05.1997	PB

Women[]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 1997 season in track and field
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	69.42 m	May 12, 1996	Bucharest, Romania
Broken records during the 1997 season in track and field
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	69.58 m	March 8, 1997	Bucharest, Romania
World Record	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	71.22 m	June 22, 1997	Munich, Germany
World Record	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	73.10 m	June 22, 1997	Munich, Germany

1997 World Year Ranking[]

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	73.10 m	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Munich, Germany	22.06.1997	WR
2	71.24 m	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	Rüdlingen, Switzerland	17.08.1997	PB
3	68.24 m	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)	Munich, Germany	22.06.1997	PB
4	67.58 m	Sviatlana Sudak (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	16.06.1997	PB
5	66.60 m	Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)	Nivelles, Belgium	16.08.1997	PB
6	64.54 m	Simone Mathes (GER)	Dortmund, Germany	01.05.1997
7	64.22 m	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)	Walnut, United States	19.04.1997	PB
8	63.88 m	Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA)	Clermont-Ferrand, France	04.06.1997	PB
9	63.78 m	(BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	31.05.1997	PB
10	63.48 m	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Bydgoszcz, Poland	20.06.1997	PB
11	63.24 m	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	Atlanta, United States	24.05.1997	PB
12	63.06 m	Kirsten Münchow (GER)	Dortmund, Germany	03.09.1997	PB
13	62.30 m	(USA)	Lincoln, United States	09.05.1997	PB
14	62.00 m	Norbi Balantén (CUB)	Havana, Cuba	14.06.1997	PB
15	61.96 m	Amy Palmer (USA)	Provo, United States	25.04.1997	PB
	61.96 m	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Havana, Cuba	14.06.1997	PB
17	61.74 m	(GER)	Hesel, Germany	09.09.1997	PB
18	61.70 m	Lyn Sprules (GBR)	Turku, Finland	12.07.1997	PB
	61.70 m	(GER)	Dortmund, Germany	03.09.1997	PB
20	61.52 m	(RUS)	Moscow, Russia	05.09.1997	PB
21	61.36 m	(RUS)	Sochi, Russia	23.02.1997	PB
22	61.20 m	(USA)	Bloomington, United States	07.06.1997	PB
23	60.96 m	(RUS)	Moscow, Russia	14.06.1997
24	60.94 m	Susanne Keil (GER)	Bad Köstritz, Germany	20.09.1997	PB
25	60.88 m	(ROU)	Turku, Finland	12.07.1997	PB

References[]

• tilastopaja
• apulanta
• apulanta
• digilander.libero
• IAAF^{[permanent dead link]}
• hammerthrow.wz