# 2007 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2007 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2007 World Athletics Championships in Osaka, Japan, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 27, 2007. The women had their final three days later, on August 30, 2007.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 2007 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 83.63 m | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | Osaka, Japan | 27.08.2007 | |
| 2 | 82.94 m | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 28.07.2007 | |
| 3 | 82.62 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Rieti, Italy | 09.09.2007 | |
| 4 | 82.30 m | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 10.06.2007 | NR |
| 5 | 81.60 m | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | Osaka, Japan | 27.08.2007 | |
| 6 | 81.40 m | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 10.06.2007 | |
| 7 | 80.70 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 10.06.2007 | |
| 8 | 80.68 m | Markus Esser (GER) | Leverkusen, Germany | 10.08.2007 | |
| 9 | 80.31 m | Eşref Apak (TUR) | Minsk, Belarus | 28.07.2007 | |
| 10 | 80.00 m | Igor Vinichenko (RUS) | Bogatyr Adler, Russia | 11.02.2007 | PB |
| 11 | 79.83 m | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | Osaka, Japan | 25.08.2007 | |
| 12 | 79.12 m | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 03.07.2007 | |
| 13 | 78.89 m | Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) | Dushanbe, Tajikistan | 16.06.2007 | |
| 14 | 78.61 m | Pavel Kryvitski (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 28.07.2007 | |
| 15 | 78.60 m | Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 28.07.2007 | |
| 16 | 78.35 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | Osaka, Japan | 27.08.2007 | |
| 17 | 78.21 m | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | Albufeira, Portugal | 26.05.2007 | |
| 18 | 78.10 m | A. G. Kruger (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 22.06.2007 | |
| 19 | 78.03 m | Kirill Ikonnikov (RUS) | Sochi, Russia | 26.05.2007 | |
| 20 | 77.92 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) | Schönebeck, Germany | 10.06.2007 | |
| 21 | 77.65 m | Marco Lingua (ITA) | Nice, France | 28.04.2007 | |
| 22 | 77.60 m | Artem Rubanko (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 25.05.2007 | |
| 23 | 77.60 m | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | Reims, France | 17.07.2007 | |
| 24 | 77.57 m | András Haklits (CRO) | Varaždin, Croatia | 07.07.2007 | |
| 25 | 77.38 m | James Steacy (CAN) | Calgary, Canada | 16.06.2007 | |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2007 season in track and field :
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.80 m | August 15, 2006 | Tallinn, Estonia |

### 2007 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 77.30 m | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | Bogatyr Adler, Russia | 22.04.2007 | |
| 2 | 76.83 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Doha, Qatar | 11.05.2007 | NR |
| 3 | 76.36 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Warsaw, Poland | 17.06.2007 | AR |
| 4 | 76.21 m | Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) | Sochi, Russia | 26.05.2007 | PB |
| 5 | 75.77 m | Betty Heidler (GER) | Halle, Germany | 19.05.2007 | |
| 6 | 75.08 m | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | Warsaw, Poland | 17.06.2007 | NR |
| 7 | 74.86 m | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | Shijiazhuang, PR China | 03.08.2007 | AR |
| 8 | 73.94 m | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 01.06.2007 | |
| 9 | 73.71 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Castres, France | 11.08.2007 | |
| 10 | 73.45 m | Kathrin Klaas (GER) | Halle, Germany | 19.05.2007 | |
| 11 | 73.21 m | Eileen O'Keeffe (IRL) | Dublin, Ireland | 21.07.2007 | NR |
| 12 | 72.94 m | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | Athens, Georgia, United States | 13.04.2007 | AR |
| 13 | 72.51 m | Brittany Riley (USA) | Des Moines, United States | 28.04.2007 | PB |
| 14 | 72.36 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 02.08.2007 | |
| 15 | 72.28 m | Yekaterina Khoroshikh (RUS) | Bogatyr Adler, Russia | 22.04.2007 | |
| 16 | 72.10 m | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) | Bogatyr Adler, Russia | 22.04.2007 | |
| 17 | 71.96 m | Ester Balassini (ITA) | Abuja, Nigeria | 05.05.2007 | |
| 18 | 71.83 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 20.04.2007 | |
| 19 | 71.78 m | Yelena Priyma (RUS) | Sochi, Russia | 26.05.2007 | PB |
| 20 | 71.74 m | Maryia Smaliachkova (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 01.06.2007 | |
| 21 | 71.43 m | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | Palermo, Italy | 29.09.2007 | |
| 22 | 71.29 m | Darya Pchelnik (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 28.07.2007 | |
| 23 | 71.14 m | Arasay Thondike (CUB) | Warsaw, Poland | 17.06.2007 | |
| 24 | 71.11 m | Stéphanie Falzon (FRA) | Sasolburg, South Africa | 23.01.2007 | |
| 25 | 71.08 m | Amélie Perrin (FRA) | Strasbourg, France | 28.06.2007 | |