# 1997 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1997 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 1997 World Athletics Championships in Athens, Greece, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 3, 1997.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 1997 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 83.04 m | Heinz Weis (GER) | Frankfurt, Germany | 29.06.1997 | PB |
| 2 | 82.90 m | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | Veszprém, Hungary | 10.07.1997 | PB |
| 3 | 82.66 m | Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) | Tula, Russia | 09.07.1997 | NR |
| 4 | 82.44 m | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | Gomel, Belarus | 02.07.1997 | |
| 5 | 81.64 m | Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) | Ostia, Italy | 09.03.1997 | NR |
| 6 | 81.46 m | Andriy Skvaruk (RUS) | Athens, Greece | 03.08.1997 | |
| 7 | 80.76 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | Athens, Greece | 03.08.1997 | |
| 8 | 79.86 m | Aleksandr Krasko (BLR) | Gomel, Belarus | 02.07.1997 | |
| 9 | 79.34 m | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 17.08.1997 | |
| 10 | 79.14 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Poznań, Poland | 24.05.1997 | |
| 11 | 79.08 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) | Stendal, Germany | 30.08.1997 | PB |
| 12 | 78.92 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 08.06.1997 | |
| 13 | 78.70 m | Konstantin Astapkovich (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 16.05.1997 | PB |
| 14 | 78.58 m | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 01.06.1997 | |
| 15 | 78.44 m | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | Bari, Italy | 16.06.1997 | |
| 16 | 78.18 m | Vitaliy Alisevich (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 04.06.1997 | |
| 16 | 78.18 m | Holger Klose (GER) | Ewersbach, Germany | 13.06.1997 | PB |
| 18 | 77.96 m | Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) | Mérignac, France | 07.06.1997 | |
| 19 | 77.92 m | Andrey Yevgenyev (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 12.05.1997 | PB |
| 20 | 77.46 m | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | Turku, Finland | 11.07.1997 | PB |
| 21 | 77.42 m | Kevin McMahon (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 14.06.1997 | PB |
| 22 | 77.24 m | David Chaussinand (FRA) | Mérignac, France | 07.06.1997 | PB |
| 22 | 77.24 m | Pavel Sedláček (CZE) | Třinec, Czech Republic | 06.07.1997 | |
| 24 | 77.16 m | Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) | Catania, Italy | 26.08.1997 | |
| 25 | 77.10 m | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | San Marino | 18.05.1997 | PB |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1997 season in track and field :
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 69.42 m | May 12, 1996 | Bucharest, Romania |
| Broken records during the 1997 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 69.58 m | March 8, 1997 | Bucharest, Romania |
| World Record | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 71.22 m | June 22, 1997 | Munich, Germany |
| World Record | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 73.10 m | June 22, 1997 | Munich, Germany |

### 1997 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 73.10 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Munich, Germany | 22.06.1997 | WR |
| 2 | 71.24 m | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 17.08.1997 | PB |
| 3 | 68.24 m | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | Munich, Germany | 22.06.1997 | PB |
| 4 | 67.58 m | Sviatlana Sudak (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 16.06.1997 | PB |
| 5 | 66.60 m | Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) | Nivelles, Belgium | 16.08.1997 | PB |
| 6 | 64.54 m | Simone Mathes (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 01.05.1997 | |
| 7 | 64.22 m | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | Walnut, United States | 19.04.1997 | PB |
| 8 | 63.88 m | Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA) | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 04.06.1997 | PB |
| 9 | 63.78 m | Marina Grin (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 31.05.1997 | PB |
| 10 | 63.48 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 20.06.1997 | PB |
| 11 | 63.24 m | Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | Atlanta, United States | 24.05.1997 | PB |
| 12 | 63.06 m | Kirsten Münchow (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 03.09.1997 | PB |
| 13 | 62.30 m | Renetta Seiler (USA) | Lincoln, United States | 09.05.1997 | PB |
| 14 | 62.00 m | Norbi Balantén (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 14.06.1997 | PB |
| 15 | 61.96 m | Amy Palmer (USA) | Provo, United States | 25.04.1997 | PB |
| 15 | 61.96 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 14.06.1997 | PB |
| 17 | 61.74 m | Inga Beyer (GER) | Hesel, Germany | 09.09.1997 | PB |
| 18 | 61.70 m | Lyn Sprules (GBR) | Turku, Finland | 12.07.1997 | PB |
| 18 | 61.70 m | Bianca Achilles (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 03.09.1997 | PB |
| 20 | 61.52 m | Svetlana Sherina (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 05.09.1997 | PB |
| 21 | 61.36 m | Veronika Ushakova (RUS) | Sochi, Russia | 23.02.1997 | PB |
| 22 | 61.20 m | Windy Dean (USA) | Bloomington, United States | 07.06.1997 | PB |
| 23 | 60.96 m | Oksana Lobzova (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 14.06.1997 | |
| 24 | 60.94 m | Susanne Keil (GER) | Bad Köstritz, Germany | 20.09.1997 | PB |
| 25 | 60.88 m | Cristina Buzau (ROU) | Turku, Finland | 12.07.1997 | PB |