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Athletics (Track & Field) World Records



Men's Hammer. World Record Progression

DISTANCE  ATHLETE               COUNTRY DATE        VENUE
86.74m.   Yuriy Sedykh          (URS)   30 Aug 86   Stuttgart 
86.66m.   Yuriy Sedykh          (URS)   22 Jun 86   Tallinn 
86.34m.   Yuriy Sedykh          (URS)   03 Jul 84   Cork 
84.14m.   Sergey Litvinov       (URS)   21 Jun 83   Moscow 
83.98m.   Sergey Litvinov       (URS)   04 Jun 82   Moscow 
81.80m.   Yuriy Sedykh          (URS)   31 Jul 80   Moscow 
81.66m.   Sergey Litvinov       (URS)   24 May 80   Sochi 
80.64m.   Yuriy Sedykh          (URS)   16 May 80   Leselidse 
80.46m.   Juri Tamm             (URS)   16 May 80   Leselidse 
80.38m.   Yuriy Sedykh          (URS)   16 May 80   Leselidse 
80.32m.   Karl-Hans Riehm       (FRG)   06 Aug 78   Heidenheim 
80.14m.   Boris Zaichuk         (URS)   09 Jul 78   Moscow 
79.30m.   Walter Schmidt        (FRG)   14 Aug 75   Frankfurt 
78.50m.   Karl-Hans Riehm       (FRG)   19 May 75   Rehlingen 
77.76m.   Karl-Hans Riehm       (FRG)   19 May 75   Rehlingen 
76.70m.   Karl-Hans Riehm       (FRG)   19 May 75   Rehlingen 
76.66m.   Aleksei Spiridonov    (URS)   11 Sep 74   Munich 
76.60m.   Reinhard Theimer      (GDR)        1974   Leipzig 
76.40m.   Walter Schmidt        (FRG)   04 Sep 71   Lahr 
75.48m.   Anatoli Bondarchuk    (URS)   12 Oct 69   Rovno 
74.68m.   Anatoli Bondarchuk    (URS)   20 Oct 69   Athens 
74.52m.   Romuald Klim          (URS)   15 Jun 68   Budapest 
73.76m.   Gyula Zsivotzky       (HUN)   14 Sep 68   Budapest 
73.74m.   Gyula Zsivotzky       (HUN)   04 Sep 65   Debrecen 
71.26m.   Harold Connolly       (USA)   29 May 65   Walnut 
71.06m.   Harold Connolly       (USA)   21 Jul 65   Ceres 
70.67m.   Harold Connolly       (USA)   12 Aug 62   Palo Alto 
70.33m.   Harold Connolly       (USA)   20 Jun 60   Walnut 
68.68m.   Harold Connolly       (USA)   02 Nov 58   Los Angeles 
68.54m.   Harold Connolly       (USA)   02 Nov 56   Los Angeles 
67.32m.   Mikhail Krivonosov    (URS)   22 Oct 56   Tashkent 
66.85m.   Mikhail Krivonosov    (URS)   22 Oct 56   Tashkent 
66.71m.   Harold Connolly       (USA)   03 Oct 56   Boston 
66.38m.   Mikhail Krivonosov    (URS)   08 Jul 56   Minsk 
65.95m    Clifford Blair        (USA)   05 Jul 56   Needham 
65.85m.   Mikhail Krivonosov    (URS)   25 Apr 56   Nalchik 
64.52m.   Mikhail Krivonosov    (URS)   19 Sep 55   Belgrade 
64.33m.   Mikhail Krivonosov    (URS)   04 Aug 55   Warsaw 
64.05m.   Stanislav Njenashev   (URS)   12 Dec 54   Baku 
63.34m.   Mikhail Krivonosov    (URS)   29 Aug 54   Bern 
62.36m.   Sverre Strandli       (NOR)   05 Sep 53   Oslo 
61.25m.   Sverre Strandli       (NOR)   14 Sep 52   Oslo 
60.34m.   Jozsef Csermak        (HUN)   14 Jul 52   Helsinki 
59.88m.   Imre Nemeth           (HUN)   19 May 50   Budapest 
59.57m.   Imre Nemeth           (HUN)   04 Sep 49   Katowice 
59.02m.   Imre Nemeth           (HUN)   14 Jul 48   Tata 
59.00m.   Erwin Blask           (GER)   27 Aug 38   Stockholm 
58.24m.   Karl Hein             (GER)   21 Aug 38   Osnabrück 
58.13m.   Erwin Blask           (GER)   07 Aug 38   Berlin 
57.77m.   Pat Ryan              (USA)   17 Aug 13   New York


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