This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw . One of the main events during this season were the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary , where the final of the men's competition was held on August 19, 1998.
Men [ ]
Records [ ]
1998 World Year Ranking [ ]
Rank
Mark
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
83.68 m
Tibor Gécsek (HUN )
Zalaegerszeg , Hungary
1998-09-19
PB
2
83.62 m
Igor Astapkovich (BLR )
Stayki , Belarus
1998-06-20
3
83.00 m
Balázs Kiss (HUN )
Saint-Denis , France
1998-06-04
PB
4
82.62 m
Sergey Kirmasov (RUS )
Bryansk , Russia
1998-05-30
PB
5
82.22 m
Holger Klose (GER )
Dortmund, Germany
1998-05-02
PB
6
81.27 m
Heinz Weis (GER )
Bad Köstritz , Germany
1998-09-19
7
81.22 m
Adrián Annus (HUN )
Szombathely , Hungary
1998-04-25
8
81.21 m
Karsten Kobs (GER )
Dortmund, Germany
1998-07-25
9
80.89 m
Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS )
Uniondale, Indiana , United States
1998-07-22
10
80.88 m
Lance Deal (USA )
Eugene, Oregon , United States
1998-05-31
11
80.71 m
Gilles Dupray (FRA )
Clermont-Ferrand , France
1998-05-21
12
80.70 m
Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB )
Turin , Italy
1998-06-24
13
80.19 m
Zsolt Németh (HUN )
Veszprém , Hungary
1998-09-10
PB
14
79.82 m
Ilya Konovalov (RUS )
Togliattigrad , Russia
1998-05-15
15
79.64 m
Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA )
Rome, Italy
1998-05-24
16
79.58 m
Szymon Ziółkowski (POL )
Białystok , Poland
1998-08-25
17
79.10 m
Vadim Khersontsev (RUS )
Sankt Peterburg , Russia
1998-06-16
18
79.04 m
Christophe Épalle (FRA )
Clermont-Ferrand , France
1998-05-10
19
79.02 m
Loris Paoluzzi (ITA )
Tirrenia , Italy
1998-08-08
20
78.96 m
Andrey Skvaruk (UKR )
Königs Wusterhausen , Germany
1998-08-30
21
78.92 m
Hristos Polihroniou (GRE )
Athens, Greece
1998-07-18
22
78.78 m
Andrey Budykin (RUS )
Bryansk , Russia
1998-05-30
23
78.76 m
Aleksandr Seleznyov (RUS )
Moscow, Russia
1998-06-08
24
78.66 m
Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR )
Kyiv , Ukraine
1998-08-02
25
78.57 m
Koji Murofushi (JPN )
Bangkok, Thailand
1998-12-13
Women [ ]
Records [ ]
1998 World Year Ranking [ ]
Rank
Mark
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
73.80 m
Olga Kuzenkova (RUS )
Togliattigrad , Russia
1998-05-15
[1]
2
73.14 m
Mihaela Melinte (ROM )
Poiana Brasov , Romania
1998-07-16
WR
3
67.83 m
Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR )
Rüdlingen , Switzerland
1998-08-23
4
67.16 m
Deborah Sosimenko (AUS )
Sydney, Australia
1998-08-10
5
67.08 m
Amy Palmer (USA )
Austin , United States
1998-04-02
6
66.82 m
Kirsten Münchow (GER )
Wiesau , Germany
1998-04-25
7
66.17 m
Simone Mathes (GER )
Dortmund , Germany
1998-05-02
8
65.77 m
Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS )
Togliattigrad , Russia
1998-05-15
9
65.00 m
Lisa Misipeka (ASA )
Gainesville , United States
1998-05-24
10
64.61 m
Alla Davydova (RUS )
Togliattigrad , Russia
1998-05-15
11
64.50 m
Susanne Keil (GER )
Rüdlingen , Switzerland
1998-08-23
12
64.23 m
Sviatlana Sudak (BLR )
Nitra , Slovakia
1998-08-25
13
64.18 m
Manuela Priemer (GER )
Erfurt , Germany
1998-05-21
14
64.15 m
Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA )
Clermont-Ferrand , France
1998-04-25
15
64.12 m
(USA )
New Orleans , United States
1998-06-19
16
63.95 m
Katalin Divós (HUN )
Veszprém , Hungary
1998-09-10
17
63.80 m
(USA )
Columbia , United States
1998-05-15
PB
18
63.64 m
Anna Mahon (USA )
Philadelphia , United States
1998-04-25
19
63.55 m
Dawn Ellerbe (USA )
Provo , United States
1998-04-10
20
63.30 m
Lorraine Shaw (GBR )
Bedford , United Kingdom
1998-08-29
21
63.20 m
Norbi Balantén (CUB )
Havana, Cuba
1998-08-01
22
62.83 m
Iryna Sekachova (UKR )
Bila Tserkva , Ukraine
1998-06-26
23
62.79 m
Manuela Montebrun (FRA )
Dreux , France
1998-07-11
24
62.78 m
(RUS )
Moscow, Russia
1998-08-03
PB
25
62.72 m
Kamila Skolimowska (POL )
Budapest, Hungary
1998-08-21
Notes [ ]
References [ ]
World best year performance in men's hammer throw
World best year performance in women's hammer throw