# 2006 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2006 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main event during this season were the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the final of the men's competition was held on Saturday August 12, 2006. The women had their final four days earlier, on Tuesday August 8, 2006.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 2006 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 82.95 m | Vadim Devyatovski (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 22.07.2006 | |
| 2 | 82.45 m | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | Celje, Slovenia | 13.09.2006 | PB |
| 3 | 82.31 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Nikiti, Greece | 15.07.2006 | |
| 4 | 82.01 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Athens, Greece | 16.09.2006 | |
| 5 | 81.49 m | Valeriy Sviatokha (BLR) | Brest, Belarus | 27.05.2006 | PB |
| 6 | 81.12 m | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | Stuttgart, Germany | 10.09.2006 | |
| 7 | 81.10 m | Markus Esser (GER) | Leverkusen, Germany | 28.07.2006 | PB |
| 8 | 80.84 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | Göteborg, Sweden | 12.08.2006 | |
| 9 | 80.82 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) | Cercy-la-Tour, France | 18.06.2006 | |
| 10 | 80.54 m | Andrey Vorontsov (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 23.06.2006 | |
| 11 | 80.38 m | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | Thessaloniki, Greece | 17.06.2006 | |
| 12 | 79.80 m | Eşref Apak (TUR) | Ankara, Turkey | 11.06.2006 | |
| 13 | 78.80 m | Aleksandr Vashchyla (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 22.07.2006 | |
| 14 | 78.71 m | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | Málaga, Spain | 28.06.2006 | |
| 15 | 78.62 m | Pavel Kryvitski (BLR) | Brest, Belarus | 06.07.2006 | PB |
| 16 | 78.54 m | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | Tel Aviv, Israel | 19.03.2006 | |
| 17 | 78.54 m | Aliaksandr Kazulka (BLR) | Brest, Belarus | 06.07.2006 | PB |
| 18 | 78.52 m | A.G. Kruger (USA) | Walnut, United States | 15.04.2006 | |
| 19 | 78.25 m | Miloslav Konopka (SVK) | Albertville, Canada | 12.07.2006 | |
| 20 | 78.23 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 15.07.2006 | |
| 21 | 78.18 m | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 31.05.2006 | |
| 22 | 78.04 m | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | Banská Bystrica, Slovakia | 17.06.2006 | |
| 23 | 77.92 m | Dzmitry Shako (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 22.07.2006 | |
| 24 | 77.91 m | Lukáš Melich (CZE) | Prague, Czech Republic | 05.06.2006 | |
| 25 | 77.66 m | Marco Lingua (ITA) | Savona, Italy | 11.05.2006 | |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2006 season in track and field :
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.06 m | July 15, 2005 | Moscow, Russia |
| Standing records after the 2006 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) | 77.26 m | June 12, 2006 | Tula, Russia |
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.41 m | June 24, 2006 | Zhukovskiy, Russia |
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.80 m | August 15, 2006 | Tallinn, Estonia |

### 2006 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 77.80 m | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | Tallinn, Estonia | 15.08.2006 | WR |
| 2 | 77.26 m | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 12.06.2006 | WR |
| 3 | 76.86 m | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 23.06.2006 | PB |
| 4 | 76.63 m | Yekaterina Khoroshikh (RUS) | Zhukovskiy, Russia | 24.06.2006 | PB |
| 5 | 76.55 m | Betty Heidler (GER) | Leverkusen, Germany | 28.07.2006 | |
| 6 | 75.29 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Athens, Greece | 17.09.2006 | |
| 7 | 75.07 m | Yelena Konevtseva (RUS) | Zhukovskiy, Russia | 24.06.2006 | PB |
| 8 | 74.69 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 29.05.2006 | |
| 9 | 74.54 m | Olga Tsander (BLR) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 29.05.2006 | |
| 10 | 74.31 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 22.07.2006 | |
| 11 | 74.15 m | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | Doha, Qatar | 08.12.2006 | |
| 12 | 73.84 m | Martina Hrasnová (SVK) | Trnava, Slovakia | 01.07.2006 | |
| 13 | 72.75 m | Maryia Smaliachkova (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 22.07.2006 | |
| 14 | 72.13 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Nice, France | 23.04.2006 | |
| 15 | 72.11 m | Ester Balassini (ITA) | Ascoli Piceno, Italy | 05.03.2006 | |
| 16 | 72.01 m | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | Greensboro, North Carolina, United States | 27.05.2006 | |
| 17 | 71.98 m | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | Ascoli Piceno, Italy | 05.03.2006 | |
| 18 | 71.92 m | Yunaika Crawford (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 25.03.2006 | |
| 19 | 71.67 m | Kathrin Klaas (GER) | Schönebeck, Germany | 16.06.2006 | |
| 20 | 71.38 m | Amélie Perrin (FRA) | Sotteville-les-Rouen, France | 02.07.2006 | PB |
| 21 | 71.34 m | Ivana Brkljacic (CRO) | Varaždin, Croatia | 01.07.2006 | |
| 22 | 71.20 m | Erin Gilreath (USA) | Clermont, Florida, United States | 02.07.2006 | |
| 23 | 70.78 m | Jessica Cosby (USA) | Indianapolis, United States | 23.06.2006 | |
| 24 | 70.72 m | Brooke Billett (AUS) | Sydney, Australia | 05.02.2006 | PB |
| 25 | 70.68 m | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | Bucharest, Romania | 10.06.2006 | |