This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1999 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 1999. The women had their final two days later, on Tuesday August 24, 1999.

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Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany

1999 World Year Ranking

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Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
1 82.78 m   Karsten Kobs (GER) Dortmund, Germany 1999-06-26 PB
2 82.57 m   Tibor Gécsek (HUN) Clermont-Ferrand, France 1999-05-13
3 81.73 m   Adrián Annus (HUN) Nitra, Slovakia 1999-08-07
4 81.56 m   Zsolt Németh (HUN) Veszprém, Hungary 1999-08-14 PB
5 81.28 m   Vladimír Maška (CZE) Pacov, Czech Republic 1999-09-25 NR
6 80.98 m   Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) Pescara, Italy 1999-07-04 PB
7 80.87 m   Balázs Kiss (HUN) Veszprém, Hungary 1999-08-14
8 80.75 m   Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) Bila Tserkva, Ukraine 1999-07-25
9 80.51 m   Ilya Konovalov (RUS) Tula, Russia 1999-07-31
10 80.35 m   Lance Deal (USA) Eugene, Oregon, United States 1999-06-25
11 80.12 m   Igor Astapkovich (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 1999-08-03
12 80.00 m   Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) Kyiv, Ukraine 1999-05-14
13 79.95 m   Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) Togliattigrad, Russia 1999-05-15
14 79.83 m   Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1999-07-10
15 79.81 m   David Chaussinand (FRA) Clermont-Ferrand, France 1999-09-19
16 79.59 m   Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) Padua, Italy 1999-06-26
17 79.55 m   Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) Moscow, Russia 1999-06-04
18 79.48 m   Heinz Weis (GER) Königs Wusterhausen, Germany 1999-09-05
19 79.26 m   Kevin McMahon (USA) Eugene, Oregon, United States 1999-05-30 PB
20 79.17 m   Koji Murofushi (JPN) Kumamoto, Japan 1999-10-24
21 79.08 m   Konstantin Astapkovich (BLR) Minsk, Belarus 1999-05-26 PB
22 79.01 m   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) Skórcz, Poland 1999-10-02
23 78.88 m   Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) Patras, Greece 1999-08-01
24 78.82 m   Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) Rüdlingen, Switzerland 1999-08-28
25 78.70 m   Roman Konevtsov (RUS) Adler, Russia 1999-02-08 PB

Women

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Records

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Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record   Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 73.14 m July 16, 1998   Poiana Brasov, Romania
Standing records after to the 1999 season in track and field
World Record   Mihaela Melinte (ROM) 76.07 m August 29, 1999   Rüdlingen, Switzerland

1999 World Year Ranking

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Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
1 76.07 m   Mihaela Melinte (ROM) Rüdlingen, Switzerland 1999-08-29 WR
2 74.30 m   Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) Moscow, Russia 1999-06-04
3 72.09 m   Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS) Moscow, Russia 1999-06-04 PB
4 70.16 m   Dawn Ellerbe (USA) Laramie, Wyoming, United States 1999-05-15
5 68.40 m   Bianca Achilles (GER) Dortmund, Germany 1999-09-25 PB
6 68.27 m   Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1999-07-09 PB
7 68.21 m   Svetlana Sudak (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 1999-07-16
8 68.11 m   Manuela Montebrun (FRA) Palma de Mallorca, Spain 1999-07-09
9 67.64 m   Katalin Divós (HUN) Rüdlingen, Switzerland 1999-08-28
10 67.24 m   Amy Palmer (USA) Logan, Utah, United States 1999-05-29
11 67.13 m   Simone Mathes (GER) Halle, Germany 1999-05-15
12 67.10 m   Lorraine Shaw (GBR) Wrexham, Wales 1999-08-09
13 67.00 m   Lisa Misipeka (ASA) Philadelphia, United States 1999-04-24
14 66.78 m   Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) Brisbane, Australia 1999-03-13
15 66.62 m   Kamila Skolimowska (POL) Warsaw, Poland 1999-06-12
16 66.30 m   Manuela Priemer (GER) Mannheim, Germany 1999-06-18
17 66.13 m   Florence Ezeh (FRA) Denton, Texas, United States 1999-05-08
18 66.08 m   Kirsten Münchow (GER) Nuremberg, Germany 1999-06-13
19 66.06 m   Alla Davydova (RUS) Moscow, Russia 1999-06-04
20 65.93 m   Iryna Sekachova (UKR) Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine 1999-05-02
21 65.39 m   Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA) Castres, France 1999-08-08 PB
22 65.10 m   Anelia Yordanova (BUL) Sofia, Bulgaria 1999-06-19
23 64.94 m   Melissa Price (USA) Seward, NE, United States 1999-05-12
24 64.81 m   Yipsi Moreno (CUB) Havana, Cuba 1999-05-14
25 64.72 m   Anna Norgren (USA) Princeton, United States 1999-05-08

References

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