# 2011 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2011 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2011 World Championships in Athletics in Daegu, South Korea, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 29, 2011. The women had their final six days later, on September 4, 2011.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 2011 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 81.89 m | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | Szombathely, Hungary | September 23, 2011 |
| 2 | 81.73 m | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | Yurino, Russia | June 4, 2011 |
| 3 | 81.24 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Daegu, South Korea | August 29, 2011 |
| 4 | 80.67 m | Pavel Kryvitski (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | August 11, 2011 |
| 5 | 80.31 m | Kibwe Johnson (USA) | Eugene, Oregon, United States | June 23, 2011 |
| 6 | 80.30 m | Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) | Zagreb, Croatia | September 13, 2011 |
| 7 | 80.29 m | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | Florence, Italy | June 4, 2011 |
| 8 | 80.28 m | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | Zagreb, Croatia | September 13, 2011 |
| 9 | 79.69 m | Markus Esser (GER) | Leichlingen, Germany | April 9, 2011 |
| 10 | 79.27 m | Ali Mohamed Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | Al Ain, United Arab Emirates | October 27, 2011 |
| 11 | 79.04 m | Kirill Ikonnikov (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | July 24, 2011 |
| 12 | 79.02 m | Szymon Ziolkowski (POL) | Castres, France | July 19, 2011 |
| 13 | 78.90 m | Sergej Litvinov (RUS) | Adler, Russia | February 23, 2011 |
| 14 | 78.70 m | Yury Shayunou (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | July 28, 2011 |
| 15 | 78.54 m | Pawel Fajdek (POL) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | July 17, 2011 |
| 16 | 78.33 m | Aleksei Sokirskiy (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | July 20, 2011 |
| 17 | 78.04 m | Esref Apak (TUR) | İzmir, Turkey | July 9, 2011 |
| 18 | 78.02 m | Valery Sviatokha (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | July 28, 2011 |
| 19 | 77.69 m | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | Novi Sad, Serbia | June 18, 2011 |
| 20 | 77.52 m | Siarhei Kalamoyets (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | June 4, 2011 |
| 21 | 77.34 m | David Söderberg (FIN) | Kaustinen, Finland | July 2, 2011 |
| 22 | 77.01 m | Igor Vinichenko (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | July 10, 2011 |
| 23 | 76.96 m | Lorenzo Povegliano (ITA) | Pordenone, Italy | September 18, 2011 |
| 24 | 76.64 m | A. G. Kruger (USA) | Ashland, Ohio, United States | June 17, 2011 |
| 25 | 76.60 m | Matt Dibuono (USA) | West Point, New York, United States | June 1, 2011 |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2011 season in track and field :
| World Record | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 78.30 m | June 6, 2010 | Bydgoszcz, Poland |
| Standing records after the 2011 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Betty Heidler (GER) | 79.42 m | May 21, 2011 | Halle, Germany |

### 2011 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 79.42 m | Betty Heidler (GER) | Halle, Germany | May 21, 2011 | WR |
| 2 | 77.13 m | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | Daegu, South Korea | September 4, 2011 | |
| 3 | 75.65 m | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | Fränkisch-Crumbach, Germany | June 12, 2011 | |
| 4 | 75.62 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Guadalajara, Mexico | October 24, 2011 | |
| 5 | 75.48 m | Kathrin Klaas (GER) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | May 30, 2011 | |
| 6 | 75.33 m | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | Elztal, Germany | September 9, 2011 | |
| 7 | 73.44 m | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | Berlin, Germany | September 11, 2011 | |
| 8 | 72.86 m | Alena Matoshka (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | August 11, 2011 | |
| 9 | 72.65 m | Jessica Cosby (USA) | Los Angeles, California, United States | May 7, 2011 | |
| 10 | 72.59 m | Amber Campbell (USA) | Walnut, California, United States | April 16, 2011 | |
| 11 | 72.47 m | Martina Hrašnová (SVK) | Athens, Georgia, United States | April 8, 2011 | |
| 12 | 72.22 m | Nataliya Zolotukhina (UKR) | Uman, Ukraine | May 22, 2011 | |
| 13 | 72.04 m | Bianca Perie (ROU) | Daegu, South Korea | September 4, 2011 | |
| 14 | 71.93 m | Silvia Salis (ITA) | Savona, Italy | May 18, 2011 | |
| 14 | 71.93 m | Mariya Bespalova (RUS) | Zhukovsky, Russia | July 6, 2011 | |
| 16 | 71.86 m | Arasay Thondike (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | June 3, 2011 | |
| 17 | 71.58 m | Marina Marghieva (MDA) | Chișinău, Moldova | May 4, 2011 | |
| 18 | 71.53 m | Stéphanie Falzon (FRA) | Forbach, France | May 29, 2011 | |
| 19 | 71.46 m | Sultana Frizell (CAN) | Edmonton, Canada | July 23, 2011 | |
| 20 | 71.33 m | Éva Orbán (HUN) | Shenzhen, China | August 19, 2011 | |
| 21 | 71.11 m | Gulfiya Agafonova (RUS) | Zhukovsky, Russia | July 6, 2011 | |
| 22 | 70.98 m | Heather Steacy (CAN) | Lethbridge, Canada | May 22, 2011 | |
| 23 | 70.54 m | Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE) | Athens, Greece | July 29, 2011 | |
| 24 | 70.52 m | Gwen Berry (USA) | Des Moines, Iowa, United States | April 30, 2011 | |
| 25 | 70.43 m | Mona Christine Holm Soderberg (NOR) | Byrkjelo, Norway | August 13, 2011 | |