This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2004 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw . The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece , where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 2004. The women had their second ever Olympic final five days later, on August 25, 2004 in the Olympic Stadium .
Men
Records
2004 World Year Ranking
Rank
Mark
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
84.46 m
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Ivan Tikhon (BLR )
Minsk, Belarus
2004-05-07
PB
2
83.65 m
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Adrián Annus (HUN )
Debrecen , Hungary
2004-07-11
3
83.30 m
File:Flag of Finland.svg Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN )
Lahti, Finland
2004-07-14
NR
4
83.15 m
File:Flag of Japan.svg Koji Murofushi (JPN )
Yokohama, Japan
2004-09-24
5
82.91 m
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR )
Minsk, Belarus
2004-07-10
PB
6
82.23 m
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Igor Astapkovich (BLR )
Minsk, Belarus
2004-07-10
7
81.66 m
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksandr Krykun (UKR )
Kyiv , Ukraine
2004-05-29
PB
8
81.33 m
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Miloslav Konopka (SVK )
Banská Bystrica , Slovakia
2004-05-29
PB
9
81.27 m
File:Flag of Turkey.svg Eşref Apak (TUR )
Ankara, Turkey
2004-08-03
PB
10
80.90 m
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Krisztián Pars (HUN )
Zalaegerszeg , Hungary
2004-06-13
PB
11
80.44 m
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Artem Rubanko (UKR )
Kyiv , Ukraine
2004-05-29
PB
12
80.37 m
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Péter Botfa (HUN )
Budapest, Hungary
2004-02-28
13
80.36 m
File:Flag of Russia.svg Ilya Konovalov (RUS )
Tula, Russia
2004-06-24
14
80.35 m
File:Flag of Greece.svg Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE )
Nikiti , Greece
2004-08-01
15
80.21 m
File:Flag of South Africa.svg Chris Harmse (RSA )
Potchefstroom , South Africa
2004-04-20
PB
16
79.84 m
File:Flag of Slovakia.svg Libor Charfreitag (SVK )
Nikiti , Greece
2004-08-01
17
79.41 m
File:Flag of Poland.svg Szymon Ziółkowski (POL )
Warsaw, Poland
2004-06-13
18
79.36 m
File:Flag of Germany.svg Holger Klose (GER )
Cercy-la-Tour
2004-09-12
19
79.34 m
File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Primož Kozmus (SLO )
Split, Croatia
2004-08-02
20
79.26 m
File:Flag of the United States.svg A. G. Kruger (USA )
Berea, Ohio , United States
2004-08-05
PB
21
79.20 m
File:Flag of the United States.svg James Parker (USA )
Provo, Utah , United States
2004-06-24
PB
22
79.11 m
File:Flag of Germany.svg Karsten Kobs (GER )
Nikiti , Greece
2004-08-01
23
79.01 m
File:Flag of Germany.svg Markus Esser (GER )
Rehlingen , Germany
2004-05-31
PB
24
78.87 m
File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Vladimír Maška (CZE )
Jablonec nad Nisou , Czech Republic
2004-09-15
25
78.84 m
File:Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Kirmasov (RUS )
Tula, Russia
2004-07-31
Women
Records
2004 World Year Ranking
Rank
Mark
Athlete
Venue
Date
Note
1
75.18 m
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Yipsi Moreno (CUB )
Havana, Cuba
2004-04-23
PB
2
75.02 m
File:Flag of Russia.svg Olga Kuzenkova (RUS )
Athens, Greece
2004-08-25
3
74.72 m
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Olga Tsander (BLR )
Minsk, Belarus
2004-07-10
PB
4
74.16 m
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Iryna Sekachova (UKR )
Kyiv , Ukraine
2004-06-12
PB
5
73.68 m
File:Flag of Russia.svg Yelena Konevtseva (RUS )
Tula, Russia
2004-07-25
PB
6
73.16 m
File:Flag of Cuba.svg Yunaika Crawford (CUB )
Athens, Greece
2004-08-25
PB
7
72.73 m
File:Flag of France.svg Manuela Montebrun (FRA )
Aunay-sur-Odon , France
2004-06-30
File:Flag of Germany.svg Betty Heidler (GER )
Athens, Greece
2004-08-25
PB
9
72.71 m
File:Flag of Russia.svg Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS )
Kazan , Russia
2004-07-09
PB
10
72.57 m
File:Flag of Poland.svg Kamila Skolimowska (POL )
Athens, Greece
2004-08-25
11
72.42 m
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Wenxiu (CHN )
Chengdu , PR China
2004-04-03
PB
12
72.36 m
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gu Yuan (CHN )
Padua , Italy
2004-07-04
PB
13
72.12 m
File:Flag of the United States.svg Erin Gilreath (USA )
Tempe, Arizona , United States
2004-04-10
PB
14
71.54 m
File:Flag of Russia.svg Tatyana Lysenko (RUS )
Kazan , Russia
2004-07-09
PB
15
71.28 m
File:Flag of Italy.svg Ester Balassini (ITA )
Rome, Italy
2004-06-26
16
71.26 m
File:Flag of Romania.svg Mihaela Melinte (ROM )
Bucharest, Romania
2004-08-07
17
70.88 m
File:Flag of the United States.svg Anna Mahon (USA )
Provo, Utah , United States
2004-06-25
18
70.73 m
File:Flag of Germany.svg Andrea Bunjes (GER )
Athens, Greece
2004-08-23
PB
19
70.39 m
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Mariya Smolyachkova (BLR )
Stayki , Belarus
2004-06-26
PB
20
70.23 m
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Aksana Miankova (BLR )
Minsk, Belarus
2004-05-23
PB
21
69.94 m
File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Candice Scott (TRI )
Athens, Greece
2004-08-25
PB
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Katalin Divós (HUN )
Szombathely , Hungary
2004-09-05
23
69.73 m
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Nataliya Zolotukhina (UKR )
Kyiv , Ukraine
2004-07-24
PB
24
69.59 m
File:Flag of Belarus.svg Svetlana Sudak (BLR )
Minsk, Belarus
2004-07-10
PB
25
69.40 m
File:Flag of Italy.svg Clarissa Claretti (ITA )
Ancona, Italy
2004-07-03
PB
References