Men · Throws · All-Time
Hammer Throw
86.74
Best mark
World record
84.48
Top 25 cutoff
25 rows
84.92
Median
Of the 25 performances
4
Countries
URS 20 · BLR 3 · 2 others
Performance distribution
25 performances from 86.74 to 84.48 · median 84.92
Top 25 cutoff through history
How fast an athlete needed to be to make the list each year
Season lists are not yet published for this event. This chart fills in as they are imported from a permitted source.
World all-time top 25
All performances · updated 1 Sep 2026 · Wikipedia (English) revision of 26 Aug 2026 · methodology
25 rows
| # | Athlete | Country | Mark | Date | Venue | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuriy Sedykh WR | URS | 86.74 | 30 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart | 31 |
| 2 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 86.66 | 22 Jun 1986 | Tallinn | 31 |
| 3 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 86.34 | 3 Jul 1984 | Cork | 29 |
| 4 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 86.04 | 3 Jul 1986 | Dresden | 28 |
| 5 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 85.74 | 30 Aug 1986 | Stuttgart | 28 |
| 6 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 85.68 | 11 Aug 1986 | Budapest | 31 |
| 7 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 85.60 | 13 Jul 1984 | London | 29 |
| 7 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 85.60 | 17 Aug 1984 | Moscow | 29 |
| 9 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 85.20 | 3 Jul 1984 | Cork | 26 |
| 10 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 85.14 | 11 Jul 1986 | London | 28 |
| 10 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 85.14 | 4 Sep 1988 | Moscow | 33 |
| 12 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 85.02 | 20 Aug 1984 | Budapest | 29 |
| 13 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 84.92 | 3 Jul 1986 | Dresden | 31 |
| 14 | Vadim Devyatovskiy | BLR | 84.90 | 21 Jul 2005 | Minsk | 28 |
| 15 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 84.88 | 10 Sep 1986 | Rome | 28 |
| 16 | Koji Murofushi | JPN | 84.86 | 29 Jun 2003 | Prague | 28 |
| 17 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 84.80 | 26 Sep 1988 | Seoul | 30 |
| 18 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 84.72 | 9 Jul 1986 | Moscow | 31 |
| 19 | Ethan Katzberg | CAN | 84.70 | 16 Sep 2025 | Tokyo | 23 |
| 20 | Sergey Litvinov | URS | 84.64 | 9 Jul 1986 | Moscow | 28 |
| 21 | Igor Astapkovich | BLR | 84.62 | 6 Jun 1992 | Seville | 29 |
| 22 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 84.60 | 14 Sep 1984 | Tokyo | 29 |
| 23 | Yuriy Sedykh | URS | 84.58 | 8 Jun 1986 | Leningrad | 30 |
| 24 | Ivan Tsikhan | BLR | 84.51 | 9 Jul 2008 | Grodno | 31 |
| 25 | Igor Nikulin | URS | 84.48 | 12 Jul 1990 | Lausanne | 29 |