Hammer throw men legal analytics

Hammer throw table View source
Top mark
86.74
πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Yuriy Syedikh
Stuttgart · 1986-08-30
10th-place mark
85.14
gap: +1.60
100th-place mark
82.96
gap: +3.78
Median age, top 100
28.6 yrs
Distinct athletes
117
1360 canonical perfs
Years contested
1978–2026
10 historical WRs
World-record progression 10 world records since 1978

Canonical list: All-time men's best hammer throw. Higher mark = better. Hover a dot for the holder & venue.

Best mark per year 48 years

The single best canonical mark for each year. Hover a dot for the holder.

Entries per year depth growth on the all-time list
1978: 2 performances1980: 19 performances1981: 2 performances1982: 10 performances1983: 22 performances1984: 48 performances1985: 35 performances1986: 48 performances1987: 45 performances1988: 86 performances1989: 30 performances1990: 49 performances1991: 34 performances1992: 46 performances1993: 26 performances1994: 38 performances1995: 16 performances1996: 22 performances1997: 26 performances1998: 54 performances1999: 35 performances2000: 48 performances2001: 56 performances2002: 81 performances2003: 45 performances2004: 46 performances2005: 16 performances2006: 37 performances2007: 40 performances2008: 38 performances2009: 16 performances2010: 6 performances2011: 18 performances2012: 15 performances2013: 16 performances2014: 19 performances2015: 12 performances2016: 12 performances2017: 11 performances2018: 12 performances2019: 12 performances2020: 3 performances2021: 18 performances2022: 23 performances2023: 11 performances2024: 17 performances2025: 32 performances2026: 7 performances1980199020002010202008619782026
Decade leaders best canonical mark of each decade
  1. 1970s 80.32 πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Karl-Hans Riehm 1978-08-06
  2. 1980s 86.74 πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Yuriy Syedikh 1986-08-30
  3. 1990s 84.62 πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ύ Igor Astapkovich 1992-06-06
  4. 2000s 84.90 πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ύ Vadim Devyatovskiy 2005-07-21
  5. 2010s 83.93 πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Pawel Fajdek 2015-08-09
  6. 2020s 84.70 πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ Ethan Katzberg 2025-09-16
Top countries (top 100) national depth on the all-time list
  1. πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί RUS 43
  2. πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ύ BLR 20
  3. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ EST 8
  4. πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ί HUN 7
  5. πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± POL 6
  6. πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ JPN 5
  7. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ώ UZB 5
  8. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦ CAN 3
Most prolific (top 100) athletes with the most appearances
  1. πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Yuriy Syedikh 19
  2. πŸ‡·πŸ‡Ί Sergey Litvinov 18
  3. πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ύ Igor Astapkovich 10
  4. πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ͺ JΓΌri Tamm 8
  5. πŸ‡§πŸ‡Ύ Ivan Tikhon 8
  6. πŸ‡΅πŸ‡± Pawel Fajdek 5
  7. πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ Koji Murofushi 5
  8. πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Ώ Andrey Abduvaliyev 5
Mark vs age 797 points