Women · World record
Hammer Throw
The current record and its documented progression: 25 ratified records from 1994 to 2016.
Current record
82.98
Anita WłodarczykPOLWarsaw · 28 Aug 2016
10 years standing0.69 m improvementAll-time top 50 →
Record progression
Each step is a documented record
82.9866.84
Documented records
25 ratified · most recent first · Wikipedia (EN) revision 1374861775, imported 21 Sep 2026
| Mark | Athlete | Nation | Venue | Date | Stood |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 82.98 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | Warsaw, Poland | 28 Aug 2016 | 10 yrs |
| 82.29 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 15 Aug 2016 | 13 d |
| 81.08 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | Władysławowo, Poland | 1 Aug 2015 | 1 yr |
| 79.58 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | Berlin, Germany | 31 Aug 2014 | 335 d |
| 79.42 | Betty Heidler | GER | Halle/Saale, Germany | 21 May 2011 | 3 yrs |
| 78.30 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 6 Jun 2010 | 349 d |
| 77.96 | Anita Włodarczyk | POL | Berlin, Germany | 22 Aug 2009 | 288 d |
| 77.80 | Tatyana Lysenko | RUS | Tallinn, Estonia | 15 Aug 2006 | 3 yrs |
| 77.41 | Tatyana Lysenko | RUS | Zhukovsky, Russia | 24 Jun 2006 | 52 d |
| 77.26 | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva | RUS | Tula, Russia | 12 Jun 2006 | 12 d |
| 77.06 | Tatyana Lysenko | RUS | Moscow, Russia | 15 Jul 2005 | 332 d |
| 76.07 | Mihaela Melinte | ROU | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 29 Aug 1999 | 5 yrs |
| 76.05 | Mihaela Melinte | ROU | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 29 Aug 1999 | 0 d |
| 75.97 | Mihaela Melinte | ROU | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 13 May 1999 | 108 d |
| 75.29 | Mihaela Melinte | ROU | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 13 May 1999 | 0 d |
| 73.14 | Mihaela Melinte | ROU | Poiana Brasov, Romania | 16 Jul 1998 | 301 d |
| 73.10 | Olga Kuzenkova | RUS | Munich, Germany | 22 Jun 1997 | 1 yr |
| 71.22 | Olga Kuzenkova | RUS | Munich, Germany | 22 Jun 1997 | 0 d |
| 69.58 | Mihaela Melinte | ROU | Bucharest, Romania | 8 Mar 1997 | 106 d |
| 69.42 | Mihaela Melinte | ROU | Bucharest, Romania | 12 May 1996 | 300 d |
| 68.16 | Olga Kuzenkova | RUS | Moscow, Russia | 18 Jun 1995 | 329 d |
| 68.14 | Olga Kuzenkova | RUS | Moscow, Russia | 5 Jun 1995 | 13 d |
| 67.00 | Olga Kuzenkova | RUS | Moscow, Russia | 24 May 1995 | 12 d |
| 66.86 | Mihaela Melinte | ROU | Bucharest, Romania | 4 Mar 1995 | 81 d |
| 66.84 | Olga Kuzenkova | RUS | Adler, Russia | 23 Feb 1994 | 1 yr |
Rows link to a profile only where the athlete appears on a published list. Struck marks were rescinded or never ratified, and A marks a performance at altitude; both come from the source article's own key and markers, and eras are kept as it lists them. Nothing is inferred.