2001 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. The women had their final two days later, on Tuesday August 7, 2001.

Men

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

2001 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	83.47 m	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	Toyota, Japan	2001-07-14	PB
2	83.39 m	Adrián Annus (HUN)	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	2001-06-09	PB
3	83.38 m	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	Edmonton, Canada	2001-08-05	NR
4	82.76 m	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	2001-07-13
5	82.34 m	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	Kiev, Ukraine	2001-07-02	PB
6	81.76 m	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	Szombathely, Hungary	2001-05-17
7	81.36 m	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	Cottbus, Germany	2001-07-18
8	81.26 m	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	Bryansk, Russia	2001-07-03	PB
9	80.99 m	David Chaussinand (FRA)	Rüdlingen, Switzerland	2001-08-19	PB
10	80.88 m	Nicolas Figère (FRA)	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2001-07-15	PB
11	80.80 m	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	Bryansk, Russia	2001-07-03	PB
12	80.54 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2001-07-15
13	80.50 m	Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)	Formia, Italy	2001-07-14	PB
14	80.38 m	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	Kiev, Ukraine	2001-07-02	PB
15	80.27 m	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	Edmonton, Canada	2001-08-05
16	80.09 m	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	Turnov, Czech Republic	2001-05-12
17	80.07 m	Sergey Kirmasov (RUS)	Tula, Russia	2001-07-14
18	80.03 m	Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS)	Tula, Russia	2001-07-14
19	79.60 m	Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)	Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine	2001-04-28
20	79.52 m	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	Tripoli, Libya	2001-04-28
21	79.40 m	Chris Harmse (RSA)	Pretoria, South Africa	2001-11-03	PB
22	79.29 m	Maciej Pałyszko (POL)	Formia, Italy	2001-07-14
23	79.18 m	Pavel Sedláček (CZE)	Prague, Czech Republic	2001-06-18
24	79.15 m	Karsten Kobs (GER)	Dortmund, Germany	2001-06-08
25	78.99 m	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	Calgary, Canada	2001-07-30	PB

Women

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	76.07 m	August 29, 1999	Rüdlingen, Switzerland

2001 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	73.62 m	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Adler, Russia	2001-02-24
2	71.71 m	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Melbourne, Australia	2001-09-09	PB
3	70.79 m	Katalin Divós (HUN)	Doha, Qatar	2001-05-18	NR
4	70.65 m	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Edmonton, Canada	2001-08-07	PB
5	70.62 m	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)	Philadelphia, United States	2001-04-28	PB
6	70.28 m	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	Seville, Spain	2001-06-08
7	70.19 m	Bronwyn Eagles (AUS)	Calgary, Alberta, Canada	2001-07-30	PB
8	69.63 m	Mia Strömmer (FIN)	Potchefstroom, South Africa	2001-03-24	NR
9	68.94 m	Olga Tsander (BLR)	Seville, Spain	2001-06-08
10	68.50 m	Martina Hrasnová (SVK)	Kladno, Czech Republic	2001-06-16	PB
10	68.50 m	Ester Balassini (ITA)	Ancona, Italy	2001-07-15	PB
12	68.15 m	Lorraine Shaw (GBR)	Nice, France	2001-03-17	PB
13	68.09 m	Kirsten Klose (GER)	Bremen, Germany	2001-06-24
14	68.07 m	Susanne Keil (GER)	Baunatal, Germany	2001-06-23	PB
15	67.98 m	Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL)	Poznan, Poland	2001-06-08	PB
16	67.97 m	Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR)	Beijing, PR China	2001-08-30
17	67.46 m	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	Rüdlingen, Switzerland	2001-08-18
18	67.00 m	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)	Yalta, Ukraine	2001-02-11
19	66.97 m	Gu Yuan (CHN)	Guangzhou, PR China	2001-11-22	PB
20	66.88 m	Anna Mahon (USA)	Knoxville, United States	2001-04-13	PB
21	66.85 m	Florence Ezeh (FRA)	Eugene, United States	2001-06-02	PB
22	66.58 m	Marina Grin (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	2001-06-30	PB
23	66.49 m	Ivana Brkljačić (CRO)	Zagreb, Croatia	2001-07-02
24	66.40 m	Nataliya Kunytska (UKR)	Kiev, Ukraine	2001-05-17	PB
25	66.31 m	Sini Pöyry (FIN)	Uppsala, Finland	2001-06-12	PB

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