1981 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1981 in the Men's Hammer Throw. (The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s.) The world record was broken in the previous (1980) year by Soviet Union's Yuriy Sedykh at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Records

Standing records prior to the 1981 season in track and field
World Record  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 81.80 m July 31, 1980 Soviet Union Moscow, Soviet Union


1981 World Year Ranking

Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
1 80.56 m  Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) Obersühl, West Germany 27.06.1981 PB
2 80.18 m  Yuriy Syedikh (URS) Tbilisi, Soviet Union 27.06.1981
3 79.60 m  Sergey Litvinov (URS) Gateshead, United Kingdom 18.07.1981
4 78.72 m  Roland Steuk (GDR) Berlin, East Germany 20.06.1981 PB
78.72 m  Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) Gelsenkirchen, West Germany 19.07.1981
6 77.84 m  Pavel Ryepin (URS) Leningrad, Soviet Union 30.08.1981 PB
7 77.50 m  Igor Nikulin (URS) Leningrad, Soviet Union 27.12.1981
8 77.26 m  Jüri Tamm (URS) Budapest, Hungary 18.08.1981
9 77.14 m  Mariusz Tomaszewski (POL) Poznań, Poland 28.07.1981 PB
10 76.84 m  Aleksandr Kozlov (URS) Stavropol, Soviet Union 05.06.1981
11 76.76 m  Harri Huhtala (FIN) Ylivieska, Finland 19.07.1981 PB
12 76.68 m  Anatoliy Yefimov (URS) Kaunas, Soviet Union 29.06.1981 PB
13 76.64 m  Juha Tiainen (FIN) Stockholm, Sweden 29.08.1981 PB
14 76.34 m  Aleksandr Bunyeyev (URS) Gorkiy, Soviet Union 08.06.1981
15 75.84 m  Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) Sofia, Bulgaria 06.06.1981 PB
16 75.74 m  Aleksey Spiridonov (URS) Leningrad, Soviet Union 19.08.1981
17 75.66 m  Manfred Hüning (FRG) Nancy, France 23.05.1981
18 75.56 m  Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) Palo Alto, United States 28.03.1981
19 75.54 m  Olyeg Dyatlov (URS) Stavropol, Soviet Union 05.06.1981
20 75.30 m  Aleksandr Gurmazhenko (URS) Kiev, Soviet Union 02.10.1981 PB
21 75.04 m  Anatoliy Prokopyenko (URS) unknown ??.??.1981
22 75.02 m  Mikhail Rusanovskiy (URS) Kharkov, Soviet Union 27.08.1981 PB
23 74.90 m  Aleksey Malyukov (URS) Sochi, Soviet Union 31.05.1981
24 74.86 m  Yuriy Tarasyuk (URS) Kiev, Soviet Union 27.08.1981
25 74.80 m  Leszek Woderski (POL) Chorzów, Poland 20.09.1981 PB

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