1990 in hammer throw
This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1990 in the hammer throw for both men and women. One of the main events during this season were the 1990 European Athletics Championships in Split, FR Yugoslavia, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 31, 1990.
Men
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1990 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany
|
1990 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 84.48 m | Igor Nikulin (URS) |
Lausanne, Switzerland | 12.07.1990 | PB |
| 2 | 84.14 m | Igor Astapkovich (URS) |
Split, FR Yugoslavia | 31.08.1990 | PB |
| 3 | 83.46 m | Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) |
Adler, Soviet Union | 26.05.1990 | PB |
| 4 | 82.80 m | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
Pieksämäki, Finland | 12.08.1990 | |
| 5 | 81.74 m | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
Lausanne, Switzerland | 12.07.1990 | |
| 6 | 81.72 m |  Plamen Minev (BUL) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 18.08.1990 | PB |
| 7 | 81.36 m | Heinz Weis (FRG) |
Wiesloch, West Germany | 16.06.1990 | |
| 8 | 80.98 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS) |
Sochi, Soviet Union | 26.05.1990 | |
| 9 | 80.92 m |  Tibor Gécsek (HUN) |
Szombathely, Hungary | 03.10.1990 | |
| 10 | 80.90 m | Yaroslav Chmyr (URS) |
Chernigov, Soviet Union | 02.06.1990 | PB |
| 11 | 80.62 m | Viktor Apostolov (BUL) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 28.07.1990 | PB |
| 12 | 80.50 m | Aleksandr Seleznyov (URS) |
Smolensk, Soviet Union | 16.08.1990 | PB |
| 13 | 80.28 m | Ivan Tanev (BUL) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 18.08.1990 | |
| 14 | 79.94 m | Jüri Tamm (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 03.06.1990 | |
| 15 | 79.92 m | Sergey Alay (URS) |
Minsk, Soviet Union | 27.07.1990 | |
| 16 | 79.14 m |  Tore Gustafsson (SWE) |
Geneve, Switzerland | 15.06.1990 | |
| 17 | 78.60 m |  Donatas Plungė (LTU) |
Bauska, Latvia | 26.07.1990 | |
| 18 | 78.22 m | Marc Odenthal (FRG) |
Neulussheim, West Germany | 19.05.1990 | |
| 19 | 78.04 m | Valeriy Gubkin (URS) |
Minsk, Soviet Union | 27.07.1990 | |
| 20 | 78.00 m |  Ralf Haber (GDR) |
Berlin, East Germany | 08.08.1990 | |
| 21 | 77.98 m |  Juha Tiainen (FIN) |
Lappeenranta, Finland | 21.08.1990 | |
| 22 | 77.96 m | Günther Rodehau (GDR) |
Dresden, East Germany | 17.08.1990 | |
| 77.96 m | Aleksandr Dryhol (URS) |
Bryansk, Soviet Union | 10.09.1990 | PB | |
| 24 | 77.86 m | Valeriy Kocherga (URS) |
Lugansk, Soviet Union | 25.07.1990 | |
| 25 | 77.82 m | Yuriy Chernega (URS) |
Bryansk, Soviet Union | 17.06.1990 |
Women
1990 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 61.96 m | Larisa Baranova (URS) |
Adler, Soviet Union | 11.02.1990 | PB |
| 2 | 61.48 m | Lyubov Vasilyeva (URS) |
unknown | ??.??.1990 | PB |
| 3 | 60.60 m | Larisa Shtyrogrizhnaya (URS) |
unknown | ??.??.1990 | PB |
| 4 | 60.36 m | Yelena Rogachevskaya (URS) |
Bryansk, Soviet Union | 19.06.1990 | PB |
| 5 | 59.50 m | Olga Kuzenkova (URS) |
Smolensk, Soviet Union | 25.04.1990 | PB |
| 6 | 59.38 m | Yelena Yanina (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 21.07.1990 | PB |
| 7 | 58.20 m | Olga Sokolova (URS) |
Adler, Soviet Union | 24.02.1990 | PB |
| 8 | 58.20 m | Lyudmila Novikova (URS) |
Leningrad, Soviet Union | 27.05.1990 | PB |
| 9 | 57.42 m | Tatyana Konstantinova (URS) |
Bryansk, Soviet Union | 05.06.1990 | PB |
| 10 | 57.24 m | Diana Bireva (URS) |
Adler, Soviet Union | 25.02.1990 | PB |
| 11 | 44.30 m |  Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) |
unknown | ??.??.1990 | PB |
| 12 | 42.98 m |  Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA) |
unknown | ??.??.1990 | PB |
References