This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1985 in the Men's hammer throw. The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s. Soviet Union's Yuriy Sedykh had set the world record in the previous (1984) season.

Records

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Standing records prior to the 1985 season in track and field
World Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.34 m July 3, 1984   Cork, Ireland


1985 World Year Ranking

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Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
1 84.08 m   Jüri Tamm (URS) Budapest, Hungary 04.08.1985
2 82.70 m   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) London, United Kingdom 19.07.1985
3 82.64 m   Günther Rodehau (GDR) Dresden, East Germany 03.08.1985 PB
4 81.56 m   Christoph Sahner (FRG) Rehlingen, West Germany 27.05.1985 PB
5 80.92 m   Matthias Moder (GDR) Halle, East Germany 11.06.1985 PB
6 80.64 m   Benjaminas Viluckis (URS) Baku, Soviet Union 22.09.1985 PB
7 80.40 m   Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS) Volgograd, Soviet Union 13.07.1985 PB
8 80.38 m   Frantisek Vrbka (TCH) Moscow, Soviet Union 18.08.1985 PB
9 80.22 m   Yuriy Tarasyuk (URS) Minsk, Soviet Union 04.09.1985
10 80.20 m   Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) Leverkusen, West Germany 27.07.1985
11 80.16 m   Igor Astapkovich (URS) Novopolotsk, Soviet Union 07.09.1985 PB
12 79.28 m   Johann Lindner (AUT) Hainfeld, Austria 27.05.1985 PB
13 79.26 m   Igor Grigorash (URS) Krivoy Rog, Soviet Union 06.07.1985
14 79.22 m   Igor Kuprishchenkov (URS) Smolensk, Soviet Union 20.07.1985 PB
15 79.08 m   Donatas Plungė (URS) Vilnius, Soviet Union 17.08.1985 PB
16 78.90 m   Jörg Schäfer (FRG) Kamp-Lintfort, West Germany 17.08.1985 PB
17 78.88 m   Igor Nikulin (URS) Rehlingen, West Germany 27.05.1985
18 78.68 m   Ralf Haber (GDR) Dresden, East Germany 30.07.1985
19 78.62 m   József Vida (HUN) Szombathely, Hungary 24.08.1985
20 78.54 m   Vladimir Gudilin (URS) Rovno, Soviet Union 07.09.1985 PB
21 78.50 m   Walter Ciofani (FRA) Bourg-en-Bresse, France 25.05.1985 PB
78.50 m   Imre Szitás (HUN) Szombathely, Hungary 25.09.1985
23 78.46 m   Igor Shchegolyev (URS) Poltava, Soviet Union 02.07.1985 PB
78.46 m   Plamen Minev (BUL) Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 02.08.1985 PB
25 78.20 m   Viktor Litvinyenko (URS) Poltava, Soviet Union 20.07.1985


References

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