2006 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main event during this season were the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the final of the men's competition was held on Saturday August 12, 2006. The women had their final four days earlier, on Tuesday August 8, 2006.

Men

Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

2006 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	82.95 m	Vadim Devyatovski (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	22.07.2006
2	82.45 m	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	Celje, Slovenia	13.09.2006	PB
3	82.31 m	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	Nikiti, Greece	15.07.2006
4	82.01 m	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	Athens, Greece	16.09.2006
5	81.49 m	Valeriy Sviatokha (BLR)	Brest, Belarus	27.05.2006	PB
6	81.12 m	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	Stuttgart, Germany	10.09.2006
7	81.10 m	Markus Esser (GER)	Leverkusen, Germany	28.07.2006	PB
8	80.84 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	Göteborg, Sweden	12.08.2006
9	80.82 m	Karsten Kobs (GER)	Cercy-la-Tour, France	18.06.2006
10	80.54 m	Andrey Vorontsov (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	23.06.2006
11	80.38 m	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	Thessaloniki, Greece	17.06.2006
12	79.80 m	Eşref Apak (TUR)	Ankara, Turkey	11.06.2006
13	78.80 m	Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	22.07.2006
14	78.71 m	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	Málaga, Spain	28.06.2006
15	78.62 m	Pavel Kryvitski (BLR)	Brest, Belarus	06.07.2006	PB
16	78.54 m	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	Tel Aviv, Israel	19.03.2006
17	78.54 m	Aliaksandr Kazulka (BLR)	Brest, Belarus	06.07.2006	PB
18	78.52 m	A.G. Kruger (USA)	Walnut, United States	15.04.2006
19	78.25 m	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	Albertville, Canada	12.07.2006
20	78.23 m	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	Tula, Russia	15.07.2006
21	78.18 m	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	31.05.2006
22	78.04 m	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	17.06.2006
23	77.92 m	Dzmitry Shako (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	22.07.2006
24	77.91 m	Lukáš Melich (CZE)	Prague, Czech Republic	05.06.2006
25	77.66 m	Marco Lingua (ITA)	Savona, Italy	11.05.2006

Women

Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field
World Record	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.06 m	July 15, 2005	Moscow, Russia
Standing records after the 2006 season in track and field
World Record	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS)	77.26 m	June 12, 2006	Tula, Russia
World Record	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.41 m	June 24, 2006	Zhukovskiy, Russia
World Record	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	77.80 m	August 15, 2006	Tallinn, Estonia

2006 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	77.80 m	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	Tallinn, Estonia	15.08.2006	WR
2	77.26 m	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS)	Tula, Russia	12.06.2006	WR
3	76.86 m	Aksana Miankova (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	23.06.2006	PB
4	76.63 m	Yekaterina Khoroshikh (RUS)	Zhukovskiy, Russia	24.06.2006	PB
5	76.55 m	Betty Heidler (GER)	Leverkusen, Germany	28.07.2006
6	75.29 m	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Athens, Greece	17.09.2006
7	75.07 m	Yelena Konevtseva (RUS)	Zhukovskiy, Russia	24.06.2006	PB
8	74.69 m	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Ostrava, Czech Republic	29.05.2006
9	74.54 m	Olga Tsander (BLR)	Ostrava, Czech Republic	29.05.2006
10	74.31 m	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	22.07.2006
11	74.15 m	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	Doha, Qatar	08.12.2006
12	73.84 m	Martina Hrasnová (SVK)	Trnava, Slovakia	01.07.2006
13	72.75 m	Maryia Smaliachkova (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	22.07.2006
14	72.13 m	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	Nice, France	23.04.2006
15	72.11 m	Ester Balassini (ITA)	Ascoli Piceno, Italy	05.03.2006
16	72.01 m	Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG)	Greensboro, North Carolina, United States	27.05.2006
17	71.98 m	Clarissa Claretti (ITA)	Ascoli Piceno, Italy	05.03.2006
18	71.92 m	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)	Havana, Cuba	25.03.2006
19	71.67 m	Kathrin Klaas (GER)	Schönebeck, Germany	16.06.2006
20	71.38 m	Amélie Perrin (FRA)	Sotteville-les-Rouen, France	02.07.2006	PB
21	71.34 m	Ivana Brkljacic (CRO)	Varaždin, Croatia	01.07.2006
22	71.20 m	Erin Gilreath (USA)	Clermont, Florida, United States	02.07.2006
23	70.78 m	Jessica Cosby (USA)	Indianapolis, United States	23.06.2006
24	70.72 m	Brooke Billett (AUS)	Sydney, Australia	05.02.2006	PB
25	70.68 m	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	Bucharest, Romania	10.06.2006

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