This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main event during this season were the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the final of the men's competition was held on Saturday August 12, 2006. The women had their final four days earlier, on Tuesday August 8, 2006.

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Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field
World Record   Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 m August 30, 1986   Stuttgart, West Germany

2006 World Year Ranking

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Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
1 82.95 m   Vadim Devyatovski (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 22.07.2006
2 82.45 m   Krisztián Pars (HUN) Celje, Slovenia 13.09.2006 PB
3 82.31 m   Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) Nikiti, Greece 15.07.2006
4 82.01 m   Koji Murofushi (JPN) Athens, Greece 16.09.2006
5 81.49 m   Valeriy Sviatokha (BLR) Brest, Belarus 27.05.2006 PB
6 81.12 m   Ivan Tikhon (BLR) Stuttgart, Germany 10.09.2006
7 81.10 m   Markus Esser (GER) Leverkusen, Germany 28.07.2006 PB
8 80.84 m   Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) Göteborg, Sweden 12.08.2006
9 80.82 m   Karsten Kobs (GER) Cercy-la-Tour, France 18.06.2006
10 80.54 m   Andrey Vorontsov (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 23.06.2006
11 80.38 m   Primož Kozmus (SLO) Thessaloniki, Greece 17.06.2006
12 79.80 m   Eşref Apak (TUR) Ankara, Turkey 11.06.2006
13 78.80 m   Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 22.07.2006
14 78.71 m   Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) Málaga, Spain 28.06.2006
15 78.62 m   Pavel Kryvitski (BLR) Brest, Belarus 06.07.2006 PB
16 78.54 m   Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) Tel Aviv, Israel 19.03.2006
17 78.54 m   Aliaksandr Kazulka (BLR) Brest, Belarus 06.07.2006 PB
18 78.52 m   A.G. Kruger (USA) Walnut, United States 15.04.2006
19 78.25 m   Miloslav Konopka (SVK) Albertville, Canada 12.07.2006
20 78.23 m   Ilya Konovalov (RUS) Tula, Russia 15.07.2006
21 78.18 m   Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) Moscow, Russia 31.05.2006
22 78.04 m   Libor Charfreitag (SVK) Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 17.06.2006
23 77.92 m   Dzmitry Shako (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 22.07.2006
24 77.91 m   Lukáš Melich (CZE) Prague, Czech Republic 05.06.2006
25 77.66 m   Marco Lingua (ITA) Savona, Italy 11.05.2006

Women

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Records

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Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field
World Record   Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.06 m July 15, 2005   Moscow, Russia
Standing records after the 2006 season in track and field
World Record   Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) 77.26 m June 12, 2006   Tula, Russia
World Record   Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.41 m June 24, 2006   Zhukovskiy, Russia
World Record   Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) 77.80 m August 15, 2006   Tallinn, Estonia

2006 World Year Ranking

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Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note
1 77.80 m   Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) Tallinn, Estonia 15.08.2006 WR
2 77.26 m   Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) Tula, Russia 12.06.2006 WR
3 76.86 m   Aksana Miankova (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 23.06.2006 PB
4 76.63 m   Yekaterina Khoroshikh (RUS) Zhukovskiy, Russia 24.06.2006 PB
5 76.55 m   Betty Heidler (GER) Leverkusen, Germany 28.07.2006
6 75.29 m   Kamila Skolimowska (POL) Athens, Greece 17.09.2006
7 75.07 m   Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) Zhukovskiy, Russia 24.06.2006 PB
8 74.69 m   Yipsi Moreno (CUB) Ostrava, Czech Republic 29.05.2006
9 74.54 m   Olga Tsander (BLR) Ostrava, Czech Republic 29.05.2006
10 74.31 m   Iryna Sekachova (UKR) Kyiv, Ukraine 22.07.2006
11 74.15 m   Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) Doha, Qatar 08.12.2006
12 73.84 m   Martina Hrasnová (SVK) Trnava, Slovakia 01.07.2006
13 72.75 m   Maryia Smaliachkova (BLR) Stayki, Belarus 22.07.2006
14 72.13 m   Manuela Montebrun (FRA) Nice, France 23.04.2006
15 72.11 m   Ester Balassini (ITA) Ascoli Piceno, Italy 05.03.2006
16 72.01 m   Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) Greensboro, North Carolina, United States 27.05.2006
17 71.98 m   Clarissa Claretti (ITA) Ascoli Piceno, Italy 05.03.2006
18 71.92 m   Yunaika Crawford (CUB) Havana, Cuba 25.03.2006
19 71.67 m   Kathrin Klaas (GER) Schönebeck, Germany 16.06.2006
20 71.38 m   Amélie Perrin (FRA) Sotteville-les-Rouen, France 02.07.2006 PB
21 71.34 m   Ivana Brkljacic (CRO) Varaždin, Croatia 01.07.2006
22 71.20 m   Erin Gilreath (USA) Clermont, Florida, United States 02.07.2006
23 70.78 m   Jessica Cosby (USA) Indianapolis, United States 23.06.2006
24 70.72 m   Brooke Billett (AUS) Sydney, Australia 05.02.2006 PB
25 70.68 m   Mihaela Melinte (ROM) Bucharest, Romania 10.06.2006

References

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