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.

Standing records prior to the 1996 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	82.52 m	Lance Deal (USA)	Milan, Italy	07.09.1996	NR
2	81.76 m	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	Nice, France	10.07.1996
3	81.76 m	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	13.07.1996
4	81.56 m	Sergey Gavrilov (RUS)	Rostov, Russia	16.06.1996	PB
5	80.90 m	Heinz Weis (GER)	Dortmund, Germany	20.07.1996
6	80.68 m	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	Sankt Peterburg, Russia	13.05.1996	PB
7	80.52 m	Andrey Skvaruk (UKR)	Budapest, Hungary	20.06.1996
8	80.02 m	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	Atlanta, United States	28.07.1996
9	79.56 m	Pavel Sedláček (CZE)	Prague, Czech Republic	08.09.1996	PB
10	79.52 m	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	Nice, France	10.07.1996	PB
11	79.46 m	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	Sankt Peterburg, Russia	03.07.1996
12	78.94 m	Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA)	Grosseto, Italy	12.09.1996
13	78.92 m	Karsten Kobs (GER)	Köln, Germany	22.06.1996	PB
14	78.82 m	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	Sankt Peterburg, Russia	03.07.1996
15	78.72 m	Tore Gustafsson (SWE)	Santa Cruz, United States	18.05.1996
16	78.38 m	Sergey Vasilyev (RUS)	Rostov, Russia	16.06.1996	PB
17	78.34 m	Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)	Évry-Bondoufle, France	22.06.1996
18	78.18 m	Sergey Alay (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	13.07.1996
19	78.06 m	Marko Wahlman (FIN)	Tampere, Finland	20.08.1996
20	77.84 m	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	Athens, Greece	15.06.1996	PB
21	77.50 m	Alberto Sánchez (CUB)	Havana, Cuba	23.06.1996
22	77.48 m	Zsolt Németh (HUN)	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	01.06.1996	PB
23	77.38 m	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	Sotteville-les-Rouen, France	05.05.1996
24	77.36 m	Hristos Polihroniou (GRE)	Athens, Greece	15.06.1996	PB
25	77.12 m	Igor Nikulin (RUS)	Sankt Peterburg, Russia	03.07.1996

Standing records prior to the 1996 season in track and field
World Record	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	68.16 m	June 18, 1995	Moscow, Russia
Broken records during the 1996 season in track and field
World Record	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	69.46 m	June 22, 1996	Sydney, Australia

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	69.46 m	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Sydney, Australia	17.02.1996	WR
2	69.42 m	Mihaela Melinte (ROU)	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	12.05.1996	PB
3	67.48 m	Alla Davydova (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	13.05.1996	PB
4	66.14 m	Sviatlana Sudak (BLR)	Halle, Germany	11.05.1996
5	65.02 m	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	01.06.1996	PB
6	63.76 m	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)	Eugene, United States	01.06.1996	PB
7	62.86 m	Deborah Sosimenko (AUS)	Sydney, Australia	11.02.1996
8	62.06 m	Caroline Fournier (MRI)	Montgeron, France	30.06.1996	NR
9	61.86 m	Simone Mathes (GER)	Halle, Germany	11.05.1996
10	61.84 m	Viktoriya Polyanskaya (RUS)	Sochi, Russia	10.02.1996	PB
11	61.34 m	Lorraine Shaw (GBR)	Edinburgh, Scotland	04.05.1996
12	61.24 m	Oksana Lobzova (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	11.06.1996	PB
13	61.16 m	Inga Beyer (GER)	Trier, Germany	01.06.1996	PB
14	61.02 m	Veronika Ushakova (RUS)	Sochi, Russia	17.02.1996	PB
15	60.94 m	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	Eugene, United States	01.06.1996	PB
16	60.66 m	Paulette Mitchell (USA)	Lincoln, United States	20.05.1996	PB
17	60.64 m	Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS)	Rostov, Russia	16.06.1996
18	60.52 m	Leslie Coons (USA)	Los Angeles, United States	04.05.1996	PB
19	60.04 m	Theresa Findlay (PAN)	Eugene, United States	01.06.1996	NR
20	59.54 m	Lyn Sprules (GBR)	Colchester, United Kingdom	26.08.1996	PB
21	59.44 m	Windy Dean (USA)	Eugene, United States	01.06.1996	PB
22	59.40 m	Kirsten Münchow (GER)	Dortmund, Germany	20.07.1996	PB
23	59.16 m	Natalya Panarina (RUS)	Yekaterinburg, Russia	01.06.1996	PB
24	59.14 m	Bianca Achilles (GER)	Hagen-Dahl, Germany	19.10.1996	PB
25	59.12 m	Aya Suzuki (JPN)	Osaka, Japan	06.06.1996

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