# 1998 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 1998 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1998 European Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 19, 1998.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 1998 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 83.68 m | Tibor Gécsek (HUN) | Zalaegerszeg, Hungary | 1998-09-19 | PB |
| 2 | 83.62 m | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 1998-06-20 | |
| 3 | 83.00 m | Balázs Kiss (HUN) | Saint-Denis, France | 1998-06-04 | PB |
| 4 | 82.62 m | Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) | Bryansk, Russia | 1998-05-30 | PB |
| 5 | 82.22 m | Holger Klose (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 1998-05-02 | PB |
| 6 | 81.27 m | Heinz Weis (GER) | Bad Köstritz, Germany | 1998-09-19 | |
| 7 | 81.22 m | Adrián Annus (HUN) | Szombathely, Hungary | 1998-04-25 | |
| 8 | 81.21 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 1998-07-25 | |
| 9 | 80.89 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) | Uniondale, Indiana, United States | 1998-07-22 | |
| 10 | 80.88 m | Lance Deal (USA) | Eugene, Oregon, United States | 1998-05-31 | |
| 11 | 80.71 m | Gilles Dupray (FRA) | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 1998-05-21 | |
| 12 | 80.70 m | Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) | Turin, Italy | 1998-06-24 | |
| 13 | 80.19 m | Zsolt Németh (HUN) | Veszprém, Hungary | 1998-09-10 | PB |
| 14 | 79.82 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) | Togliattigrad, Russia | 1998-05-15 | |
| 15 | 79.64 m | Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) | Rome, Italy | 1998-05-24 | |
| 16 | 79.58 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Białystok, Poland | 1998-08-25 | |
| 17 | 79.10 m | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) | Sankt Peterburg, Russia | 1998-06-16 | |
| 18 | 79.04 m | Christophe Épalle (FRA) | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 1998-05-10 | |
| 19 | 79.02 m | Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) | Tirrenia, Italy | 1998-08-08 | |
| 20 | 78.96 m | Andrey Skvaruk (UKR) | Königs Wusterhausen, Germany | 1998-08-30 | |
| 21 | 78.92 m | Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) | Athens, Greece | 1998-07-18 | |
| 22 | 78.78 m | Andrey Budykin (RUS) | Bryansk, Russia | 1998-05-30 | |
| 23 | 78.76 m | Aleksandr Seleznyov (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 1998-06-08 | |
| 24 | 78.66 m | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 1998-08-02 | |
| 25 | 78.57 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Bangkok, Thailand | 1998-12-13 | |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field :
| World Record | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | 73.10 m | June 22, 1997 | Munich, Germany |
| Standing records after to the 1998 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | 73.14 m | July 16, 1998 | Poiana Brasov, Romania |

### 1998 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 73.80 m | Olga Kuzenkova (RUS) | Togliattigrad, Russia | 1998-05-15 | |
| 2 | 73.14 m | Mihaela Melinte (ROM) | Poiana Brasov, Romania | 1998-07-16 | WR |
| 3 | 67.83 m | Lyudmila Gubkina (BLR) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 1998-08-23 | |
| 4 | 67.16 m | Deborah Sosimenko (AUS) | Sydney, Australia | 1998-08-10 | |
| 5 | 67.08 m | Amy Palmer (USA) | Austin, United States | 1998-04-02 | |
| 6 | 66.82 m | Kirsten Münchow (GER) | Wiesau, Germany | 1998-04-25 | |
| 7 | 66.17 m | Simone Mathes (GER) | Dortmund, Germany | 1998-05-02 | |
| 8 | 65.77 m | Tatyana Konstantinova (RUS) | Togliattigrad, Russia | 1998-05-15 | |
| 9 | 65.00 m | Lisa Misipeka (ASA) | Gainesville, United States | 1998-05-24 | |
| 10 | 64.61 m | Alla Davydova (RUS) | Togliattigrad, Russia | 1998-05-15 | |
| 11 | 64.50 m | Susanne Keil (GER) | Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 1998-08-23 | |
| 12 | 64.23 m | Sviatlana Sudak (BLR) | Nitra, Slovakia | 1998-08-25 | |
| 13 | 64.18 m | Manuela Priemer (GER) | Erfurt, Germany | 1998-05-21 | |
| 14 | 64.15 m | Cécile Lignot-Maubert (FRA) | Clermont-Ferrand, France | 1998-04-25 | |
| 15 | 64.12 m | Windy Dean (USA) | New Orleans, United States | 1998-06-19 |
| 16 | 63.95 m | Katalin Divós (HUN) | Veszprém, Hungary | 1998-09-10 | |
| 17 | 63.80 m | Renetta Seiler (USA) | Columbia, United States | 1998-05-15 | PB |
| 18 | 63.64 m | Anna Mahon (USA) | Philadelphia, United States | 1998-04-25 | |
| 19 | 63.55 m | Dawn Ellerbe (USA) | Provo, United States | 1998-04-10 | |
| 20 | 63.30 m | Lorraine Shaw (GBR) | Bedford, United Kingdom | 1998-08-29 | |
| 21 | 63.20 m | Norbi Balantén (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 1998-08-01 | |
| 22 | 62.83 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Bila Tserkva, Ukraine | 1998-06-26 | |
| 23 | 62.79 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Dreux, France | 1998-07-11 | |
| 24 | 62.78 m | Viktoriya Polyanskaya (RUS) | Moscow, Russia | 1998-08-03 | PB |
| 25 | 62.72 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Budapest, Hungary | 1998-08-21 | |