This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2003 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2003 World Athletics Championships in Paris, France, where the final of the men's competition was held on Tuesday August 25, 2003. The women had their final three days later, on Thursday August 28, 2003.

Standing records prior to the 2003 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	84.86 m	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	Prague, Czech Republic	2003-06-29	AR
2	84.32 m	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	2003-08-08	PB
3	84.19 m	Adrián Annus (HUN)	Szombathely, Hungary	2003-08-10	NR
4	82.28 m	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	Tula, Russia	2003-07-10	PB
5	81.81 m	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	Prague, Czech Republic	2003-06-29	NR
6	81.74 m	Andrey Skvaruk (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	2003-07-04
7	81.35 m	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	2003-07-11
		Wojciech Kondratowicz (POL)	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2003-07-13	PB
9	81.21 m	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	Zagreb, Croatia	2003-08-03
10	80.89 m	Maciej Palyszko (POL)	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2003-07-13	PB
11	80.83 m	Karsten Kobs (GER)	Nikíti, Greece	2003-08-01
12	80.67 m	Péter Botfa (HUN)	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	2003-06-14	PB
13	80.51 m	Patric Suter (SUI)	Löffingen, Germany	2003-09-17	NR
14	80.44 m	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	Saint-Étienne, France	2003-05-10
15	80.20 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	Helsinki, Finland	2003-08-09
16	80.13 m	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	Tula, Russia	2003-07-10
17	79.90 m	Vadim Devyatovski (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	2003-08-08
18	79.62 m	Sergey Kirmasov (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	2003-07-26
19	79.52 m	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	Nikíti, Greece	2003-08-01
20	79.35 m	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	2003-05-11
21	79.20 m	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	Canberra, Australia	2003-02-22
22	79.07 m	Nicolas Figère (FRA)	Chelles, France	2003-10-01
23	78.89 m	Vadim Khersontsev (RUS)	Moscow, Russia	2003-07-26
24	78.83 m	David Söderberg (FIN)	Lahti, Finland	2003-07-02	PB
25	78.81 m	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	Szombathely, Hungary	2003-09-13

Standing records prior to the 2003 season in track and field
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	76.07 m	August 29, 1999	Rüdlingen, Switzerland

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	75.14 m	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Savona, Italy	2003-07-17	PB
2	74.98 m	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Tula, Russia	2003-08-09
3	74.50 m	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	Villeneuve d'Ascq, France	2003-06-15	PB
4	72.96 m	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)	Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine	2003-05-23	PB
5	72.03 m	Gu Yuan (CHN)	Shanghai, PR China	2003-09-12	PB
6	71.99 m	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	Firenze, Italy	2003-06-22
7	71.93 m	Susanne Keil (GER)	Fränkisch-Crumbach, Germany	2003-06-08	PB
8	71.38 m	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2003-07-20
9	71.33 m	Anna Mahon (USA)	Walnut, United States	2003-04-19
10	71.12 m	Bronwyn Eagles (AUS)	Adelaide, Australia	2003-02-06	AR
11	70.69 m	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)	Havana, Cuba	2003-05-28	PB
12	70.67 m	Zhao Wei (CHN)	Nanning, PR China	2003-04-05	PB
13	70.60 m	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	Nanning, PR China	2003-04-05	PB
14	70.50 m	Erin Gilreath (USA)	Marietta, Georgia, United States	2003-12-28	PB
15	70.43 m	Ester Balassini (ITA)	Padua, Italy	2003-07-05	PB
16	70.42 m	Betty Heidler (GER)	Mannheim, Germany	2003-06-21	PB
17	70.02 m	Olga Tsander (BLR)	Brest, Belarus	2003-04-30
18	69.98 m	Alexandra Papayeoryiou (GRE)	Bucharest, Romania	2003-08-09	NR
19	69.79 m	Candice Scott (TRI)	Sacramento, United States	2003-06-14	PB
20	69.72 m	Aldenay Vasallo (CUB)	Havana, Cuba	2003-06-21	PB
21	69.59 m	Yelena Konevtseva (RUS)	Tula, Russia	2003-08-09	PB
22	69.33 m	Andrea Bunjes (GER)	Schönau, Germany	2003-06-21	PB
23	69.24 m	Lisa Misipeka (ASA)	Burnaby, Canada	2003-06-08	NR
24	69.17 m	Alla Davydova (RUS)	Valencia, Spain	2003-05-24	PB
25	69.05 m	Liu Yinghui (CHN)	Daegu, South Korea	2003-08-26	PB

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