This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1989 in the hammer throw for both men and women.

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Standing records prior to the 1989 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	82.84 m	Heinz Weis (FRG)	Berlin, West Germany	18.08.1989
2	82.52 m	Igor Astapkovich (URS)	Bryansk, Soviet Union	15.07.1989
3	82.30 m	Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS)	Bryansk, Soviet Union	15.07.1989	PB
4	81.92 m	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	Moscow, Soviet Union	26.08.1989
5	81.00 m	Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS)	Adler, Soviet Union	26.02.1989
6	80.78 m	Donatas Plungė (URS)	Volgograd, Soviet Union	22.09.1989	PB
7	80.22 m	Christoph Sahner (FRG)	Rhede, West Germany	30.07.1989
8	80.14 m	Tore Gustafsson (SWE)	Lappeenranta, Finland	04.07.1989	NR
9	79.42 m	Vladimir Stepochkin (URS)	Bryansk, Soviet Union	08.09.1989	PB
10	79.38 m	Viktor Apostolov (BUL)	Sofia, Bulgaria	20.05.1989
11	79.22 m	Marc Odenthal (FRG)	Rhede, West Germany	30.07.1989	PB
12	79.10 m	Vyacheslav Korovin (URS)	Tolyatti, Soviet Union	01.07.1989
13	79.02 m	Aleksandr Seleznyov (URS)	Volgograd, Soviet Union	22.09.1989
14	78.84 m	Plamen Minev (BUL)	Sofia, Bulgaria	22.07.1989
15	78.78 m	Sergey Alay (URS)	Vilnius, Soviet Union	05.08.1989
16	78.64 m	Ralf Haber (GDR)	Bryansk, Soviet Union	15.07.1989
17	78.58 m	Jüri Tamm (URS)	Lappeenranta, Finland	04.07.1989
18	78.40 m	Igor Nikulin (URS)	Adler, Soviet Union	26.02.1989
19	78.34 m	Lance Deal (USA)	Eugene, Oregon, United States	03.06.1989
20	78.26 m	Mikhail Popel (URS)	Volgograd, Soviet Union	22.09.1989
21	78.12 m	Jörg Schäfer (FRG)	Berlin, West Germany	18.08.1989
22	78.12 m	József Vida (HUN)	Nitra, Czechoslovakia	19.08.1989
23	78.06 m	Ken Flax (USA)	Tel Aviv, Israel	09.07.1989
24	78.02 m	Jud Logan (USA)	Budapest, Hungary	08.08.1989
25	77.98 m	Yuriy Chernega (URS)	Tolyatti, Soviet Union	01.07.1989	PB

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	61.50 m	Yelena Pichugina (URS)	Frunze, Soviet Union	30.09.1989	PB
2	61.20 m	Aya Suzuki (JPN)	Wakayama, Japan	30.04.1989
3	59.86 m	Yelena Lapina (URS)	Moscow, Soviet Union	20.08.1989	PB
4	59.06 m	Lyubov Vasilyeva (URS)	unknown	??.??.1989
5	56.52 m	Oksana Lukyanets (URS)	Bryansk, Soviet Union	08.09.1989
6	55.96 m	Birgit Reimerdes (FRG)	Leverkusen, West Germany	29.07.1989

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