Hammer throw
Rank Mark Athlete Date Location
1 82.98 m ( 272 ft 2 ⁄ 4 in ) Anita Włodarczyk ( POL ) 28 August 2016 Warsaw
2 79.42 m ( 260 ft 6 ⁄ 4 in ) Betty Heidler ( GER ) 21 May 2011 Halle
3 78.51 m ( 257 ft 6 ⁄ 4 in ) Tatyana Lysenko ( RUS ) 05 July 2012 Cheboksary
4 78.24 m ( 256 ft 8 ⁄ 4 in ) DeAnna Price ( USA ) 27 July 2019 Des Moines
5 77.78 m ( 255 ft 2 in ) Gwen Berry ( USA ) 8 June 2018 Chorzów
6 77.68 m ( 254 ft 10 ⁄ 4 in ) Wang Zheng ( CHN ) 29 March 2014 Chengdu
7 77.33 m ( 253 ft 8 ⁄ 4 in ) Zhang Wenxiu ( CHN ) 28 September 2014 Incheon
8 77.32 m ( 253 ft 8 in ) Aksana Miankova ( BLR ) 29 June 2008 Minsk
9 77.26 m ( 253 ft 5 ⁄ 2 in ) Gulfiya Agafonova ( RUS ) 12 June 2006 Tula
10 77.13 m ( 253 ft ⁄ 2 in ) Oksana Kondratyeva ( RUS ) 30 June 2013 Zhukovskiy
11 76.90 m ( 252 ft 3 ⁄ 2 in ) Martina Hrašnová ( SVK ) 16 May 2009 Trnava
12 76.85 m ( 252 ft 1 ⁄ 2 in ) Malwina Kopron ( POL ) 26 August 2017 Taipei
13 76.83 m ( 252 ft ⁄ 4 in ) Kamila Skolimowska ( POL ) 11 May 2007 Doha
14 76.75 m ( 251 ft 9 ⁄ 2 in ) Brooke Andersen ( USA ) 2 June 2019 Rathdrum
15 76.72 m ( 251 ft 8 ⁄ 4 in ) Mariya Bespalova ( RUS ) 23 June 2012 Zhukovsky
16 76.66 m ( 251 ft 6 in ) Volha Tsander ( BLR ) 23 June 2006 Minsk
17 76.63 m ( 251 ft 4 ⁄ 4 in ) Yekaterina Khoroshikh ( RUS ) 23 June 2006 Zhukovsky
18 76.62 m ( 251 ft 4 ⁄ 2 in ) Yipsi Moreno ( CUB ) 9 September 2008 Zagreb
19 76.56 m ( 251 ft 2 in ) Alena Matoshka ( BLR ) 12 June 2012 Minsk
20 76.35 m ( 250 ft 5 ⁄ 4 in ) Joanna Fiodorow ( POL ) 28 September 2019 Doha
All-time top 25 hammer throwers -- Women
Correct as of September 2019 . [ 3 ]
The hammer throw is one of the four throwing events in regular track and field competitions, along with the discus throw, shot put and javelin. The hammer used in this sport is not like any of the tools also called by that name. It consists of a metal ball attached by a steel wire to a grip. The size of the ball varies between men's and women's competitions (see Competition section below for details).