2005 in hammer throw
This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2005 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2005 World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 8, 2005. The women had their final four days later, on August 12, 2005.
Men
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany
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2005 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86.73 m |  Ivan Tikhon (BLR) |
Brest, Belarus | 03.07.2005 | NR |
| 2 | 84.90 m | Vadim Devyatovski (BLR) |
Minsk, Belarus | 21.07.2005 | PB |
| 3 | 81.45 m |  Eşref Apak (TUR) |
Istanbul, Turkey | 04.06.2005 | NR |
| 4 | 81.00 m |  Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) |
Kyiv, Ukraine | 03.07.2005 | |
| 5 | 80.85 m |  Libor Charfreitag (SVK) |
Dallas, United States | 01.04.2005 | |
| 6 | 80.81 m |  Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) |
Adler, Russia | 19.02.2005 | |
| 7 | 80.63 m |  Chris Harmse (RSA) |
Durban, South Africa | 15.04.2005 | NR |
| 8 | 80.41 m |  András Haklits (CRO) |
Marietta, United States | 29.05.2005 | NR |
| 9 | 80.03 m |  Krisztián Pars (HUN) |
Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia | 29.08.2005 | |
| 10 | 80.00 m | Markus Esser (GER) |
Leichlingen, Germany | 04.06.2005 | PB |
| 11 | 79.92 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) |
Sochi, Russia | 26.05.2005 | |
| 12 | 79.81 m |  Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) |
Szombathely, Hungary | 03.09.2005 | |
| 13 | 79.56 m | Artem Rubanko (UKR) |
Kyiv, Ukraine | 12.05.2005 | |
| 14 | 79.47 m | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) |
Moscow, Russia | 15.07.2005 | |
| 15 | 79.46 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) |
Wattenscheid, Germany | 05.06.2005 | |
| 16 | 79.36 m |  Lukáš Melich (CZE) |
Turnov, Czech Republic | 13.07.2005 | PB |
| 17 | 79.35 m |  Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
Helsinki, Finland | 08.08.2005 | |
| 18 | 79.23 m | Holger Klose (GER) |
Mannheim, Germany | 18.06.2005 | |
| 19 | 78.97 m | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) |
Moscow, Russia | 15.07.2005 | |
| 20 | 78.93 m | Andrei Vorontsov (BLR) |
Brest, Belarus | 03.07.2005 | PB |
| 21 | 78.85 m | Ihor Tuhay (UKR) |
Kyiv, Ukraine | 03.07.2005 | PB |
| 22 | 78.72 m | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) |
Kyiv, Ukraine | 04.06.2005 | |
| 23 | 78.43 m |  Patric Suter (SUI) |
Zug, Switzerland | 28.05.2005 | |
| 24 | 78.28 m |  Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) |
Athens, Greece | 06.05.2005 | |
| 25 | 78.25 m |  Kibwe Johnson (USA) |
Marietta, United States | 29.05.2005 | PB |
Women
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2005 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Mihaela Melinte (ROM) |
76.07 m | August 29, 1999 | Rüdlingen, Switzerland
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| Standing records after the 2005 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) |
77.06 m | July 15, 2005 | Moscow, Russia
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2005 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 77.06 m | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) |
Moscow, Russia | 15.07.2005 | WR |
| 2 | 76.66 m | Olga Tsander (BLR) |
Minsk, Belarus | 21.07.2005 | PB |
| 3 | 75.10 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) |
Helsinki, Finland | 12.08.2005 | |
| 4 | 74.95 m |  Yipsi Moreno (CUB) |
Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | 28.08.2005 | |
| 5 | 74.66 m |  Manuela Montebrun (FRA) |
Zagreb, Croatia | 11.07.2005 | NR |
| 6 | 74.27 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) |
Madrid, Spain | 16.07.2005 | PB |
| 7 | 73.87 m | Erin Gilreath (USA) |
Carson, United States | 25.06.2005 | NR |
| 8 | 73.59 m |  Ester Balassini (ITA) |
Brixen, Italy | 25.06.2005 | NR |
| 9 | 73.24 m |  Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) |
Changsha, PR China | 24.06.2005 | PB |
| 10 | 73.08 m | Yekaterina Khoroshikh (RUS) |
Tula, Russia | 14.06.2005 | PB |
| 11 | 72.74 m | Susanne Keil (GER) |
Nikiti, Greece | 15.07.2005 | PB |
| 12 | 72.51 m | Liu Yinghui (CHN) |
Izmir, Turkey | 16.08.2005 | PB |
| 13 | 72.19 m | Betty Heidler (GER) |
Schönebeck, Germany | 29.07.2005 | |
| 14 | 71.95 m | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) |
Mersin, Turkey | 26.02.2005 | |
| 15 | 71.45 m |  Candice Scott (TRI) |
Marietta, United States | 15.05.2005 | NR |
| 16 | 71.08 m | Daryia Pchelnik (BLR) |
Minsk, Belarus | 21.07.2005 | PB |
| 17 | 71.00 m | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) |
Mersin, Turkey | 13.03.2005 | PB |
| 18 | 70.91 m | Kathrin Klaas (GER) |
Mannheim, Germany | 18.06.2005 | |
| 19 | 70.76 m | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) |
Tula, Russia | 23.07.2005 | |
| 20 | 70.59 m | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) |
Savona, Italy | 15.06.2005 | PB |
| 21 | 70.30 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) |
Kyiv, Ukraine | 02.07.2005 | |
| 22 | 70.15 m | Aksana Miankova (BLR) |
Minsk, Belarus | 21.07.2005 | |
| 23 | 70.03 m | Loree Smith (USA) |
Fort Collins, United States | 13.05.2005 | PB |
| 24 | 69.85 m | Maryia Smaliachkova (BLR) |
Brest, Belarus | 03.07.2005 | |
| 25 | 69.80 m | Sviatlana Sudak (BLR) |
Minsk, Belarus | 21.07.2005 | PB |
References