# 2008 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2008 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Beijing, PR China, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 17, 2008. The women had their final three days later, on August 20, 2008 in the Beijing National Stadium.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2008 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 2008 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 84.51 m | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | Hrodna, Belarus | 2008-07-09 | |
| 2 | 82.02 m | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | Beijing, PR China | 2008-08-17 | |
| 3 | 81.96 m | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | Lahti, Finland | 2008-07-09 | |
| 4 | 81.87 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Toyota, Japan | 2008-07-21 | |
| 5 | 81.70 m | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2008-07-19 | |
| 6 | 81.39 m | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | Zhukovskiy, Russia | 2008-06-15 | |
| 7 | 81.37 m | Valeriy Sviatokha (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2008-07-27 | |
| 8 | 81.31 m | Andrey Vorontsov (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2008-06-29 | |
| 9 | 80.80 m | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | Bryansk, Russia | 2008-05-30 | |
| 10 | 80.73 m | Vyacheslav Svyatokho (BLR) | Hrodna, Belarus | 2008-07-09 | |
| 11 | 80.58 m | Yevgeniy Vinogradov (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2008-07-02 | |
| 12 | 80.45 m | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | 2008-05-25 | |
| 13 | 80.36 m | Eşref Apak (TUR) | Izmir, Turkey | 2008-06-04 | |
| 14 | 80.12 m | Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2008-06-07 | |
| 15 | 80.02 m | Pavel Krivitskiy (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2008-07-19 | |
| 16 | 79.97 m | Marco Lingua (ITA) | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 2008-07-01 | PB |
| 16 | 79.97 m | Markus Esser (GER) | Leverkusen, Germany | 2008-02-03 | |
| 18 | 79.95 m | Igor Vinichenko (RUS) | Podolsk, Russia | 2008-06-20 | |
| 18 | 79.75 m | Artem Rubanko (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2008-07-02 | |
| 20 | 79.59 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | Beijing, PR China | 2008-08-17 | |
| 21 | 79.55 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Beijing, PR China | 2008-08-15 | |
| 22 | 79.46 m | Ihor Tuhay (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2008-07-02 | PB |
| 23 | 79.20 m | Kirill Ikonnikov (RUS) | Zhukovskiy, Russia | 2008-06-15 | PB |
| 24 | 79.13 m | James Steacy (CAN) | Lethbridge, Canada | 2008-05-16 | PB |
| 25 | 79.05 m | Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 2008-06-08 | PB |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2008 season in track and field :
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.80 m | August 15, 2006 | Tallinn, Estonia |

### 2008 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 77.32 m | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2008-06-29 | PB |
| 2 | 76.82 m | Martina Hrašnová (SVK) | Reims, France | 2008-07-08 | |
| 3 | 76.62 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Zagreb, Croatia | 2008-09-09 | |
| 4 | 76.33 m | Darya Pchelnik (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2008-06-29 | |
| 5 | 74.89 m | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | Villeneuve d'Ascq, France | 2008-06-27 | |
| 6 | 74.81 m | Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) | Kazan, Russia | 2008-07-19 | |
| 7 | 74.75 m | Olga Tsander (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2008-07-19 | |
| 8 | 74.65 m | Mariya Smolyachkova (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2008-07-19 | PB |
| 9 | 74.52 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2008-07-02 | PB |
| 10 | 74.40 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Castres, France | 2008-07-15 | |
| 11 | 74.32 m | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | Beijing, PR China | 2008-08-20 | |
| 12 | 74.11 m | Betty Heidler (GER) | Wiesbaden, Germany | 2008-06-01 | |
| 13 | 73.83 m | Yelena Matoshko (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2008-07-19 | |
| 14 | 73.79 m | Anna Bulgakova (RUS) | Krasnodar, Russia | 2008-06-05 | PB |
| 15 | 73.50 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Warsaw, Poland | 2008-06-15 | |
| 16 | 73.40 m | Stéphanie Falzon (FRA) | Albi, France | 2008-07-26 | |
| 17 | 72.80 m | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | Biberach, Germany | 2008-06-28 | |
| 18 | 72.75 m | Eileen O'Keefe (IRL) | Dublin, Ireland | 2008-07-19 | |
| 19 | 72.46 m | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | Cagliari, Italy | 2008-07-19 | PB |
| 20 | 72.10 m | Stiliani Papadopoulou (GRE) | Sithonia, Greece | 2008-07-20 | |
| 21 | 71.92 m | Yelena Priyma (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 2008-07-05 | |
| 22 | 71.82 m | Iryna Novozhylova (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2008-07-02 | |
| 23 | 71.56 m | Inna Sayenko (UKR) | Mykolaiv, Ukraine | 2008-06-17 | PB |
| 24 | 71.36 m | Amélie Perrin (FRA) | Strasbourg, France | 2008-07-02 | |
| 25 | 70.94 m | Sultana Frizell (CAN) | Windsor, Canada | 2008-07-05 | PB |