# 2000 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2000 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday September 24, 2000. The women had their first ever Olympic final five days later, on Friday September 29, 2000 in the Olympic Stadium.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 2000 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 82.58 m | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2000-08-18 | |
| 2 | 82.38 m | Gilles Dupray (FRA) | Chelles, France | 2000-06-21 | NR |
| 3 | 81.93 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | Rostov-on-Don, Russia | 2000-06-26 | |
| 4 | 81.92 m | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | Szombathely, Hungary | 2000-06-04 | |
| 5 | 81.79 m | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 2000-06-30 | |
| 6 | 81.75 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 2000-07-24 | |
| 7 | 81.56 m | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | Yalta, Ukraine | 2000-03-25 | |
| 8 | 81.43 m | Andriy Skvaruk (UKR) | Doha, Qatar | 2000-10-05 | |
| 9 | 81.42 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Warsaw, Poland | 2000-08-20 | |
| 10 | 81.36 m | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | Brest, Belarus | 2000-08-01 | |
| 11 | 81.08 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Yokohama, Japan | 2000-09-09 | |
| 12 | 80.99 m | Lance Deal (USA) | Nice, France | 2000-07-08 | |
| 13 | 80.98 m | Vladimír Maška (CZE) | Plzeň, Czech Republic | 2000-07-16 | |
| 14 | 80.55 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | Tampere, Finland | 2000-07-19 | |
| 15 | 80.51 m | Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 2000-08-17 | |
| 16 | 80.45 m | Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE) | Athens, Greece | 2000-07-09 | NR |
| 17 | 80.25 m | Maciej Palyszko (POL) | Gold Coast, Australia | 2000-09-17 | |
| 18 | 80.21 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) | Braunschweig, Germany | 2000-07-29 | |
| 19 | 80.13 m | Heinz Weis (GER) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 2000-08-13 | |
| 20 | 80.02 m | Zsolt Németh (HUN) | Budapest, Hungary | 2000-07-22 | |
| 21 | 79.85 m | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2000-06-27 | |
| 22 | 79.68 m | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 2000-07-01 | |
| 23 | 79.64 m | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | Sydney, Australia | 2000-09-24 | |
| 24 | 79.57 m | Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) | Iraklion, Greece | 2000-06-25 | |
| 25 | 79.52 m | Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2000-08-05 | |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2000 season in track and field :
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 76.07 m | August 29, 1999 | Rüdlingen, Switzerland |

### 2000 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date |
| 1 | 75.68 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 2000-06-04 |
| 2 | 72.19 m | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | Mersin, Turkey | 2000-03-29 |
| 3 | 71.18 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Vittel, France | 2000-09-02 |
| 4 | 71.16 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Sydney, Australia | 2000-09-29 |
| 5 | 70.46 m | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | Philadelphia, United States | 2000-04-29 |
| 6 | 69.81 m | Olga Tsander (BLR) | Sochi, Russia | 2000-02-26 |
| 7 | 69.73 m | Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS) | Tolyatti, Russia | 2000-05-14 |
| 8 | 69.53 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2000-06-16 |
| 9 | 69.36 m | Yipsi Moreno (CUB) | Rhede | 2000-06-23 |
| 10 | 69.28 m | Kirsten Klose (GER) | Sydney, Australia | 2000-09-29 |
| 11 | 68.98 m | Katalin Divós (HUN) | Szombathely, Hungary | 2000-06-24 |
| 12 | 68.47 m | Alla Davydova (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 2000-07-11 |
| 13 | 68.28 m | Amy Palmer (USA) | Philadelphia, United States | 2000-04-29 |
| 14 | 68.18 m | Ivana Brkljačić (CRO) | Pula, Croatia | 2000-04-28 |
| 15 | 67.95 m | Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) | Sydney, Australia | 2000-09-29 |
| 16 | 67.73 m | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | Brest, Belarus | 2000-08-01 |
| 17 | 67.55 m | Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 2000-08-13 |
| 18 | 67.44 m | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | Gateshead, United Kingdom | 2000-07-15 |
| 19 | 67.15 m | Svetlana Sudak (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2000-06-27 |
| 20 | 66.58 m | Bianca Achilles (GER) | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 2000-06-30 |
| 21 | 66.54 m | Bronwyn Eagles (AUS) | Bankstown, Australia | 2000-12-03 |
| 22 | 66.52 m | Jesseca Cross (USA) | Logan, Utah, United States | 2000-07-01 |
| 23 | 66.37 m | Mia Strömmer (FIN) | Lapinlahti, Finland | 2000-07-16 |
| 24 | 66.17 m | Ester Balassini (ITA) | Pescara, Italy | 2000-07-22 |
| 25 | 65.90 m | Simone Mathes (GER) | Stendal, Germany | 2000-06-10 |