1985 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1985 in the Men's hammer throw. The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s. Soviet Union's Yuriy Sedykh had set the world record in the previous (1984) season.

Standing records prior to the 1985 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.34 m	July 3, 1984	Cork, Ireland

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	84.08 m	Jüri Tamm (URS)	Budapest, Hungary	04.08.1985
2	82.70 m	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	London, United Kingdom	19.07.1985
3	82.64 m	Günther Rodehau (GDR)	Dresden, East Germany	03.08.1985	PB
4	81.56 m	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	Rehlingen, West Germany	27.05.1985	PB
5	80.92 m	Matthias Moder (GDR)	Halle, East Germany	11.06.1985	PB
6	80.64 m	Benjaminas Viluckis (URS)	Baku, Soviet Union	22.09.1985	PB
7	80.40 m	Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS)	Volgograd, Soviet Union	13.07.1985	PB
8	80.38 m	Frantisek Vrbka (TCH)	Moscow, Soviet Union	18.08.1985	PB
9	80.22 m	Yuriy Tarasyuk (URS)	Minsk, Soviet Union	04.09.1985
10	80.20 m	Klaus Ploghaus (FRG)	Leverkusen, West Germany	27.07.1985
11	80.16 m	Igor Astapkovich (URS)	Novopolotsk, Soviet Union	07.09.1985	PB
12	79.28 m	Johann Lindner (AUT)	Hainfeld, Austria	27.05.1985	PB
13	79.26 m	Igor Grigorash (URS)	Krivoy Rog, Soviet Union	06.07.1985
14	79.22 m	Igor Kuprishchenkov (URS)	Smolensk, Soviet Union	20.07.1985	PB
15	79.08 m	Donatas Plungė (URS)	Vilnius, Soviet Union	17.08.1985	PB
16	78.90 m	Jörg Schäfer (FRG)	Kamp-Lintfort, West Germany	17.08.1985	PB
17	78.88 m	Igor Nikulin (URS)	Rehlingen, West Germany	27.05.1985
18	78.68 m	Ralf Haber (GDR)	Dresden, East Germany	30.07.1985
19	78.62 m	József Vida (HUN)	Szombathely, Hungary	24.08.1985
20	78.54 m	Vladimir Gudilin (URS)	Rovno, Soviet Union	07.09.1985	PB
21	78.50 m	Walter Ciofani (FRA)	Bourg-en-Bresse, France	25.05.1985	PB
	78.50 m	Imre Szitás (HUN)	Szombathely, Hungary	25.09.1985
23	78.46 m	Igor Shchegolyev (URS)	Poltava, Soviet Union	02.07.1985	PB
	78.46 m	Plamen Minev (BUL)	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	02.08.1985	PB
25	78.20 m	Viktor Litvinyenko (URS)	Poltava, Soviet Union	20.07.1985

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