# 1995 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1995 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the IAAF World Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, where the men's final was held on Sunday August 6, 1995.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 1995 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 83.10 m | Andrey Abduvaliyev (TJK) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 07.09.1995 | |
| 2 | 82.60 m | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | Szombathely, Hungary | 29.05.1995 | |
| 3 | 82.56 m | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | Veszprém, Hungary | 23.08.1995 | PB |
| 4 | 81.46 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | Volgograd, Russia | 27.05.1995 | |
| 5 | 80.98 m | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | Göteborg, Sweden | 06.08.1995 | |
| 6 | 80.20 m | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 1995-07-09 | |
| 7 | 80.02 m | Sergey Gavrilov (RUS) | Togliatti, Russia | 14.05.1995 | PB |
| 8 | 79.94 m | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | Paris, France | 23.07.1995 | |
| 9 | 79.70 m | Andrey Budykin (RUS) | Bryansk, Russia | 14.07.1995 | PB |
| 10 | 79.66 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | Villeneuve d'Ascq, France | 25.06.1995 | PB |
| 11 | 79.50 m | Aleksandr Seleznyov (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 20.02.1995 | |
| 12 | 79.48 m | Yuriy Sedykh (RUS) | Sotteville-les-Rouen, France | 21.05.1995 | |
| 13 | 79.40 m | Sergey Alay (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 19.05.1995 | |
| 14 | 78.70 m | Marko Wahlman (FIN) | Kotka, Finland | 06.07.1995 | PB |
| 15 | 78.66 m | Lance Deal (USA) | Göteborg, Sweden | 06.08.1995 | |
| 16 | 78.42 m | Heinz Weis (GER) | Chemnitz, Germany | 25.05.1995 | |
| 16 | 78.42 m | Konstantin Astapkovich (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 22.07.1995 | PB |
| 18 | 78.18 m | Tore Gustafsson (SWE) | Rimbo, Sweden | 19.07.1995 | |
| 19 | 78.00 m | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | Lausanne, Switzerland | 05.07.1995 | |
| 20 | 77.90 m | Nikolay Davydov (KGZ) | Moscow, Russia | 22.07.1995 | PB |
| 21 | 77.78 m | Vitaliy Alisevich (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 19.05.1995 | |
| 22 | 77.74 m | Alberto Sánchez (CUB) | Constantine, Algeria | 25.05.1995 | PB |
| 23 | 77.64 m | Pavel Sedláček (CZE) | Prague, Czech Republic | 20.05.1995 | PB |
| 23 | 77.64 m | Zoltán Fábián (HUN) | Tapolca, Hungary | 01.07.1995 | PB |
| 25 | 77.50 m | Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) | Dreux, France | 29.06.1995 | |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1995 season in track and field :
| World Record | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 66.84 m | February 23, 1994 | Adler, Russia |
| Broken records during the 1995 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 66.86 m | March 4, 1995 | Bucharest, Romania |
| World Record | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 67.00 m | May 24, 1995 | Moscow, Russia |
| World Record | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 68.14 m | June 5, 1995 | Moscow, Russia |
| World Record | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 68.16 m | June 18, 1995 | Moscow, Russia |

### 1995 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 68.16 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 18.06.1995 | WR |
| 2 | 66.86 m | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | Bucharest, Romania | 04.03.1995 | WR |
| 3 | 65.24 m | Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 15.07.1995 | PB |
| 4 | 64.96 m | Sviatlana Sudak (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 19.05.1995 | |
| 5 | 64.90 m | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | Bedford, United Kingdom | 10.06.1995 | PB |
| 6 | 64.58 m | Simone Mathes (GER) | Chemnitz, Germany | 25.05.1995 | PB |
| 7 | 63.20 m | Alla Davydova (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 30.06.1995 | |
| 8 | 62.16 m | Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 24.05.1995 | PB |
| 9 | 61.36 m | Olga Kuznetsova (RUS) | Sochi, Russia | 14.09.1995 | PB |
| 10 | 61.06 m | Viktoria Polyanskaya (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 24.05.1995 | |
| 11 | 60.90 m | Olga Malakhova (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 17.05.1995 | PB |
| 12 | 60.80 m | Natalya Kunitska (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 14.06.1995 | PB |
| 13 | 60.78 m | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | Gomel, Belarus | 07.07.1995 | PB |
| 14 | 60.12 m | Inga Beyer (GER) | Bremen, Germany | 30.06.1995 | PB |
| 15 | 59.56 m | Caroline Fournier (MRI) | Bondoufle, France | 08.07.1995 | PB |
| 16 | 58.92 m | Alexandra Earl-Givan (USA) | Mar del Plata, Argentina | 17.03.1995 | PB |
| 17 | 58.70 m | Sonja Fitts (USA) | Jamaica, United States | 16.05.1995 | PB |
| 17 | 58.70 m | Irina Martynenko (UKR) | Chernigov, Ukraine | 16.09.1995 | PB |
| 19 | 58.48 m | Kirsten Münchow (GER) | Schwabisch Gmünd, Germany | 19.08.1995 | PB |
| 20 | 58.28 m | Aya Suzuki (JPN) | Tokyo, Japan | 11.06.1995 | |
| 21 | 58.12 m | Oksana Lobzova (RUS) | Adler, Russia | 20.02.1995 | PB |
| 22 | 58.00 m | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | Sacramento, United States | 16.06.1995 | PB |
| 23 | 57.60 m | Tatyana Lishchun (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 14.06.1995 | PB |
| 24 | 57.54 m | Irina Kuznetsova (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 09.02.1995 | PB |
| 25 | 57.54 m | Crystal Corbeil (USA) | Dedham, United States | 10.06.1995 | PB |