# 2001 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2001 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2001 World Athletics Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 5, 2001. The women had their final two days later, on Tuesday August 7, 2001.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 2001 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 83.47 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Toyota, Japan | 2001-07-14 | PB |
| 2 | 83.39 m | Adrián Annus (HUN) | Zalaegerszeg, Hungary | 2001-06-09 | PB |
| 3 | 83.38 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Edmonton, Canada | 2001-08-05 | NR |
| 4 | 82.76 m | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2001-07-13 | |
| 5 | 82.34 m | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2001-07-02 | PB |
| 6 | 81.76 m | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | Szombathely, Hungary | 2001-05-17 | |
| 7 | 81.36 m | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | Cottbus, Germany | 2001-07-18 | |
| 8 | 81.26 m | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | Bryansk, Russia | 2001-07-03 | PB |
| 9 | 80.99 m | David Chaussinand (FRA) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 2001-08-19 | PB |
| 10 | 80.88 m | Nicolas Figère (FRA) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2001-07-15 | PB |
| 11 | 80.80 m | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | Bryansk, Russia | 2001-07-03 | PB |
| 12 | 80.54 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2001-07-15 | |
| 13 | 80.50 m | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | Formia, Italy | 2001-07-14 | PB |
| 14 | 80.38 m | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2001-07-02 | PB |
| 15 | 80.27 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | Edmonton, Canada | 2001-08-05 | |
| 16 | 80.09 m | Vladimír Maška (CZE) | Turnov, Czech Republic | 2001-05-12 | |
| 17 | 80.07 m | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 2001-07-14 | |
| 18 | 80.03 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 2001-07-14 | |
| 19 | 79.60 m | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine | 2001-04-28 | |
| 20 | 79.52 m | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | Tripoli, Libya | 2001-04-28 | |
| 21 | 79.40 m | Chris Harmse (RSA) | Pretoria, South Africa | 2001-11-03 | PB |
| 22 | 79.29 m | Maciej Pałyszko (POL) | Formia, Italy | 2001-07-14 | |
| 23 | 79.18 m | Pavel Sedláček (CZE) | Prague, Czech Republic | 2001-06-18 | |
| 24 | 79.15 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 2001-06-08 | |
| 25 | 78.99 m | Stuart Rendell (AUS) | Calgary, Canada | 2001-07-30 | PB |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 season in track and field :
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 76.07 m | August 29, 1999 | Rüdlingen, Switzerland |

### 2001 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 73.62 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 2001-02-24 | |
| 2 | 71.71 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Melbourne, Australia | 2001-09-09 | PB |
| 3 | 70.79 m | Katalin Divós (HUN) | Doha, Qatar | 2001-05-18 | NR |
| 4 | 70.65 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Edmonton, Canada | 2001-08-07 | PB |
| 5 | 70.62 m | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | Philadelphia, United States | 2001-04-28 | PB |
| 6 | 70.28 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Seville, Spain | 2001-06-08 | |
| 7 | 70.19 m | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 2001-07-30 | PB |
| 8 | 69.63 m | Mia Strömmer (FIN) | Potchefstroom, South Africa | 2001-03-24 | NR |
| 9 | 68.94 m | Olga Tsander (BLR) | Seville, Spain | 2001-06-08 | |
| 10 | 68.50 m | Martina Hrasnová (SVK) | Kladno, Czech Republic | 2001-06-16 | PB |
| 10 | 68.50 m | Ester Balassini (ITA) | Ancona, Italy | 2001-07-15 | PB |
| 12 | 68.15 m | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | Nice, France | 2001-03-17 | PB |
| 13 | 68.09 m | Kirsten Klose (GER) | Bremen, Germany | 2001-06-24 | |
| 14 | 68.07 m | Susanne Keil (GER) | Baunatal, Germany | 2001-06-23 | PB |
| 15 | 67.98 m | Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL) | Poznan, Poland | 2001-06-08 | PB |
| 16 | 67.97 m | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | Beijing, PR China | 2001-08-30 | |
| 17 | 67.46 m | Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 2001-08-18 | |
| 18 | 67.00 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Yalta, Ukraine | 2001-02-11 | |
| 19 | 66.97 m | Gu Yuan (CHN) | Guangzhou, PR China | 2001-11-22 | PB |
| 20 | 66.88 m | Anna Mahon (USA) | Knoxville, United States | 2001-04-13 | PB |
| 21 | 66.85 m | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | Eugene, United States | 2001-06-02 | PB |
| 22 | 66.58 m | Marina Grin (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2001-06-30 | PB |
| 23 | 66.49 m | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | Zagreb, Croatia | 2001-07-02 | |
| 24 | 66.40 m | Nataliya Kunytska (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2001-05-17 | PB |
| 25 | 66.31 m | Sini Pöyry (FIN) | Uppsala, Finland | 2001-06-12 | PB |