2002 in hammer throw
# 2002 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2003 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main event during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 7, 2002. The women had their final two days later, on August 9, 2002.

## Men

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field :

| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
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### 2002 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 83.43 m | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 2002-02-10 | PB |
| 2 | 83.33 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Doha, Qatar | 2002-05-15 | |
| 3 | 82.97 m | Adrián Annus (HUN) | Szombathely, Hungary | 2002-07-14 | |
| 4 | 82.62 m | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine | 2002-04-27 | PB |
| 5 | 82.45 m | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | Szombathely, Hungary | 2002-07-14 | |
| 6 | 82.23 m | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine | 2002-04-27 | PB |
| 7 | 81.97 m | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | Gomel, Belarus | 2002-05-25 | |
| 8 | 81.81 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 2002-07-13 | |
| 9 | 81.70 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | Lahti, Finland | 2002-06-16 | PB |
| 10 | 81.59 m | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | Szombathely, Hungary | 2002-07-14 | PB |
| 11 | 81.49 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 2002-06-08 | |
| 12 | 81.05 m | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | L'Aigle, France | 2002-04-28 | |
| 13 | 80.78 m | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | Yokohama, Japan | 2002-09-16 | |
| 14 | 80.68 m | David Chaussinand (FRA) | Réduit, Mauritius | 2002-04-21 | |
| 15 | 80.41 m | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | Saint-Étienne, France | 2002-07-13 | |
| 16 | 80.21 m | Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE) | Munich, Germany | 2002-08-07 |
| 17 | 80.19 m | Chris Harmse (RSA) | Pretoria, South Africa | 2002-04-12 | PB |
| 18 | 80.18 m | Artem Rubanko (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2002-03-29 | PB |
| 19 | 80.08 m | Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) | Athens, Greece | 2002-04-29 | PB |
| 20 | 79.98 m | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | Pretoria, South Africa | 2002-04-12 | PB |
| 21 | 79.82 m | Vadym Hrabovoyy (UKR) | Bila Tserkva, Ukraine | 2002-05-15 | PB |
| 22 | 79.78 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Athens, Greece | 2002-06-10 | |
| 23 | 79.30 m | András Haklits (CRO) | Athens, Georgia, USA | 2002-06-08 | PB |
| 24 | 79.29 m | Stuart Rendell (AUS) | Varaždin, Croatia | 2002-07-06 | NR |
| 25 | 79.20 m | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | Munich, Germany | 2002-08-07 | PB |

## Women

### Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field :

| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 76.07 m | August 29, 1999 | Rüdlingen, Switzerland |
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### 2002 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 73.07 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Annecy, France | 2002-06-23 | |
| 2 | 72.60 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2002-06-08 | PB |
| 3 | 72.54 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Aunay-sur-Odon, France | 2002-06-15 | PB |
| 4 | 72.01 m | Anna Mahon (USA) | Walnut, United States | 2002-07-27 | PB |
| 5 | 71.47 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Madrid, Spain | 2002-07-03 | PB |
| 6 | 71.10 m | Gu Yuan (CHN) | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 2002-08-09 | PB |
| 7 | 70.62 m | Yunaika Crawford (CUB) | Madrid, Spain | 2002-07-03 | PB |
| 8 | 70.11 m | Olga Tsander (BLR) | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2002-06-08 | PB |
| 9 | 69.65 m | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | Adelaide, Australia | 2002-03-23 | |
| 10 | 68.70 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine | 2002-05-23 | |
| 11 | 68.54 m | Ester Balassini (ITA) | Ancona, Italy | 2002-07-10 | PB |
| 12 | 68.43 m | Vânia Silva (POR) | Madrid, Spain | 2002-07-03 | PB |
| 13 | 68.28 m | Sini Pöyry (FIN) | Helsinki, Finland | 2002-06-12 | PB |
| 14 | 68.23 m | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | Macareta, Italy | 2002-07-28 | PB |
| 15 | 68.22 m | Martina Hrašnová (SVK) | Schwechat, Austria | 2002-05-19 | |
| 16 | 68.17 m | Susanne Keil (GER) | Bad Köstritz, Germany | 2002-09-08 | PB |
| 17 | 68.06 m | Liu Yinghui (CHN) | Shanghai, PR China | 2002-05-18 | PB |
| 18 | 68.05 m | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | Philadelphia, United States | 2002-04-27 | |
| 19 | 68.03 m | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | Munich, Germany | 2002-08-09 | PB |
| 20 | 67.87 m | Brooke Krueger (AUS) | Szombathely, Hungary | 2002-07-14 | PB |
| 21 | 67.57 m | Andrea Bunjes (GER) | Stadsteinach, Germany | 2002-07-27 | PB |
| 22 | 67.40 m | Alla Davydova (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 2002-07-13 | |
| 23 | 67.36 m | Aldenay Vasallo (CUB) | Madrid, Spain | 2002-07-03 | PB |
| 24 | 67.35 m | Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 2002-07-13 | PB |
| 25 | 67.31 m | Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) | Gdańsk, Poland | 2002-07-27 | |
