# 1999 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1999 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 1999 World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 1999. The women had their final two days later, on Tuesday August 24, 1999.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 1999 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 82.78 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 1999-06-26 | PB |
| 2 | 82.57 m | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 1999-05-13 | |
| 3 | 81.73 m | Adrián Annus (HUN) | Nitra, Slovakia | 1999-08-07 | |
| 4 | 81.56 m | Zsolt Németh (HUN) | Veszprém, Hungary | 1999-08-14 | PB |
| 5 | 81.28 m | Vladimír Maška (CZE) | Pacov, Czech Republic | 1999-09-25 | NR |
| 6 | 80.98 m | Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) | Pescara, Italy | 1999-07-04 | PB |
| 7 | 80.87 m | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | Veszprém, Hungary | 1999-08-14 | |
| 8 | 80.75 m | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | Bila Tserkva, Ukraine | 1999-07-25 | |
| 9 | 80.51 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 1999-07-31 | |
| 10 | 80.35 m | Lance Deal (USA) | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 1999-06-25 | |
| 11 | 80.12 m | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 1999-08-03 | |
| 12 | 80.00 m | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 1999-05-14 | |
| 13 | 79.95 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | Togliattigrad, Russia | 1999-05-15 | |
| 14 | 79.83 m | Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1999-07-10 | |
| 15 | 79.81 m | David Chaussinand (FRA) | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 1999-09-19 | |
| 16 | 79.59 m | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | Padua, Italy | 1999-06-26 | |
| 17 | 79.55 m | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 1999-06-04 | |
| 18 | 79.48 m | Heinz Weis (GER) | Königs Wusterhausen, Germany | 1999-09-05 | |
| 19 | 79.26 m | Kevin McMahon (USA) | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 1999-05-30 | PB |
| 20 | 79.17 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Kumamoto, Japan | 1999-10-24 | |
| 21 | 79.08 m | Konstantin Astapkovich (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 1999-05-26 | PB |
| 22 | 79.01 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Skórcz, Poland | 1999-10-02 | |
| 23 | 78.88 m | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | Patras, Greece | 1999-08-01 | |
| 24 | 78.82 m | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 1999-08-28 | |
| 25 | 78.70 m | Roman Konevtsov (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 1999-02-08 | PB |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1999 season in track and field :
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 73.14 m | July 16, 1998 | Poiana Brasov, Romania |
| Standing records after to the 1999 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 76.07 m | August 29, 1999 | Rüdlingen, Switzerland |

### 1999 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 76.07 m | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 1999-08-29 | WR |
| 2 | 74.30 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 1999-06-04 | |
| 3 | 72.09 m | Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 1999-06-04 | PB |
| 4 | 70.16 m | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | Laramie, Wyoming, United States | 1999-05-15 | |
| 5 | 68.40 m | Bianca Achilles (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 1999-09-25 | PB |
| 6 | 68.27 m | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1999-07-09 | PB |
| 7 | 68.21 m | Svetlana Sudak (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 1999-07-16 | |
| 8 | 68.11 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Palma de Mallorca, Spain | 1999-07-09 | |
| 9 | 67.64 m | Katalin Divós (HUN) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 1999-08-28 | |
| 10 | 67.24 m | Amy Palmer (USA) | Logan, Utah, United States | 1999-05-29 | |
| 11 | 67.13 m | Simone Mathes (GER) | Halle, Germany | 1999-05-15 | |
| 12 | 67.10 m | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | Wrexham, Wales | 1999-08-09 | |
| 13 | 67.00 m | Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | Philadelphia, United States | 1999-04-24 | |
| 14 | 66.78 m | Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) | Brisbane, Australia | 1999-03-13 | |
| 15 | 66.62 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Warsaw, Poland | 1999-06-12 | |
| 16 | 66.30 m | Manuela Priemer (GER) | Mannheim, Germany | 1999-06-18 | |
| 17 | 66.13 m | Florence Ezeh (FRA) | Denton, Texas, United States | 1999-05-08 | |
| 18 | 66.08 m | Kirsten Münchow (GER) | Nuremberg, Germany | 1999-06-13 | |
| 19 | 66.06 m | Alla Davydova (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 1999-06-04 | |
| 20 | 65.93 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine | 1999-05-02 | |
| 21 | 65.39 m | Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA) | Castres, France | 1999-08-08 | PB |
| 22 | 65.10 m | Anelia Yordanova (BUL) | Sofia, Bulgaria | 1999-06-19 | |
| 23 | 64.94 m | Melissa Price (USA) | Seward, NE, United States | 1999-05-12 | |
| 24 | 64.81 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 1999-05-14 | |
| 25 | 64.72 m | Anna Norgren (USA) | Princeton, United States | 1999-05-08 | |