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.
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1985 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.34 m | July 3, 1984 |  Cork, Ireland
|
1985 World Year Ranking
| 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 |
References