1996 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1996 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Atlanta, United States, where the final was held on July 28, 1996.

Men

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 season in track and field

World Record


===1996 World Year Ranking===

Rank

Mark

Athlete

Venue

Date

Note

1

'''82.52 m

Milan, Italy

07.09.1996

NR

2

'''81.76 m

Nice, France

10.07.1996

3

'''81.76 m

Stayki, Belarus

13.07.1996

4

'''81.56 m

Rostov, Russia

16.06.1996

PB

5

'''80.90 m

Dortmund, Germany

20.07.1996

6

'''80.68 m

Sankt Peterburg, Russia

13.05.1996

PB

7

'''80.52 m

Budapest, Hungary

20.06.1996

8

'''80.02 m

Atlanta, United States

28.07.1996

9

'''79.56 m

Prague, Czech Republic

08.09.1996

PB

10

'''79.52 m

Nice, France

10.07.1996

PB

11

'''79.46 m

Sankt Peterburg, Russia

03.07.1996

12

'''78.94 m

Grosseto, Italy

12.09.1996

13

'''78.92 m

Köln, Germany

22.06.1996

PB

14

'''78.82 m

Sankt Peterburg, Russia

03.07.1996

15

'''78.72 m

Santa Cruz, United States

18.05.1996

16

'''78.38 m

Rostov, Russia

16.06.1996

PB

17

'''78.34 m

Évry-Bondoufle, France

22.06.1996

18

'''78.18 m

Stayki, Belarus

13.07.1996

19

'''78.06 m

Tampere, Finland

20.08.1996

20

'''77.84 m

Athens, Greece

15.06.1996

PB

21

'''77.50 m

Havana, Cuba

23.06.1996

22

'''77.48 m

Zalaegerszeg, Hungary

01.06.1996

PB

23

'''77.38 m

Sotteville-les-Rouen, France

05.05.1996

24

'''77.36 m

Athens, Greece

15.06.1996

PB

25

'''77.12 m

Sankt Peterburg, Russia

03.07.1996


Women

Records

Standing records prior to the 1996 season in track and field

World Record

Broken records during the 1996 season in track and field

World Record


===1996 World Year Ranking===

Rank

Mark

Athlete

Venue

Date

Note

1

'''69.46 m

Sydney, Australia

17.02.1996

WR

2

'''69.42 m

Cluj-Napoca, Romania

12.05.1996

PB

3

'''67.48 m

Moscow, Russia

13.05.1996

PB

4

'''66.14 m

Halle, Germany

11.05.1996

5

'''65.02 m

Minsk, Belarus

01.06.1996

PB

6

'''63.76 m

Eugene, United States

01.06.1996

PB

7

'''62.86 m

Sydney, Australia

11.02.1996

8

'''62.06 m

Montgeron, France

30.06.1996

NR

9

'''61.86 m

Halle, Germany

11.05.1996

10

'''61.84 m

Sochi, Russia

10.02.1996

PB

11

'''61.34 m

Edinburgh, Scotland

04.05.1996

12

'''61.24 m

Moscow, Russia

11.06.1996

PB

13

'''61.16 m

Trier, Germany

01.06.1996

PB

14

'''61.02 m

Sochi, Russia

17.02.1996

PB

15

'''60.94 m

Eugene, United States

01.06.1996

PB

16

'''60.66 m

Lincoln, United States

20.05.1996

PB

17

'''60.64 m

Rostov, Russia

16.06.1996

18

'''60.52 m

Los Angeles, United States

04.05.1996

PB

19

'''60.04 m

Eugene, United States

01.06.1996

NR

20

'''59.54 m

Colchester, United Kingdom

26.08.1996

PB

21

'''59.44 m

Eugene, United States

01.06.1996

PB

22

'''59.40 m

Dortmund, Germany

20.07.1996

PB

23

'''59.16 m

Yekaterinburg, Russia

01.06.1996

PB

24

'''59.14 m

Hagen-Dahl, Germany

19.10.1996

PB

25

'''59.12 m

Osaka, Japan

06.06.1996


==References==