# 2009 in hammer throw

This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2009 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 17, 2009. The women had their final five days later, on August 22, 2009.

## Men
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2009 season in track and field :
| World Record | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | 86.74 m | August 30, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |

### 2009 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 82.58 m | Primož Kozmus (SLO) | Celje, Slovenia | 2009-09-02 | NR |
| 2 | 81.43 m | Krisztián Pars (HUN) | Veszprém, Hungary | 2009-04-25 | |
| 3 | 80.72 m | Yury Shayunou (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2009-06-06 | PB |
| 4 | 80.14 m | Igors Sokolovs (LAT) | Riga, Latvia | 2009-05-30 | PB |
| 5 | 80.10 m | Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS) | Bogatyr Adler, Russia | 2009-02-20 | |
| 6 | 79.74 m | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) | Campi Bisenzio, Italy | 2009-05-17 | |
| 7 | 79.74 m | Ali Al-Zinkawi (KUW) | Celje, Slovenia | 2009-09-02 | PB |
| 8 | 79.69 m | Artem Rubanko (UKR) | Yalta, Ukraine | 2009-07-22 | |
| 9 | 79.66 m | Marco Lingua (ITA) | Puerto de la Cruz, Spain | 2009-03-15 | |
| 10 | 79.48 m | Pavel Kryvitski (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2009-06-06 | |
| 11 | 79.43 m | Markus Esser (GER) | Leichlingen, Germany | 2009-07-26 | |
| 12 | 79.30 m | Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) | Berlin, Germany | 2009-08-17 | |
| 13 | 79.28 m | Dilshod Nazarov (TJK) | Uberlândia, Brazil | 2009-05-20 | |
| 14 | 78.91 m | Lukáš Melich (CZE) | Castres, France | 2009-08-05 | |
| 15 | 78.81 m | Libor Charfreitag (SVK) | Castres, France | 2009-08-05 | |
| 16 | 78.70 m | Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN) | Göteborg, Sweden | 2009-08-29 | |
| 17 | 78.36 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Portland, Oregon, USA | 2009-09-06 | |
| 18 | 78.19 m | Igor Vinichenko (RUS) | Tula, Russia | 2009-08-01 | |
| 19 | 77.88 m | Sergej Litvinov (GER) | Sofia, Bulgaria | 2009-06-09 | PB |
| 20 | 77.65 m | András Haklits (CRO) | Zagreb, Croatia | 2009-08-31 | |
| 21 | 77.35 m | Dzmitry Shako (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2009-07-25 | |
| 22 | 77.11 m | Eşref Apak (TUR) | Izmir, Turkey | 2009-06-06 | |
| 23 | 76.86 m | Jake Freeman (USA) | Princeton, New Jersey, United States | 2009-04-18 | |
| 24 | 76.81 m | Frédérick Pouzy (FRA) | Amnéville, France | 2009-05-13 | |
| 25 | 76.80 m | Aliaksandr Kazulka (BLR) | Brest, Belarus | 2009-05-23 | |

## Women
### Records

Standing records prior to the 2009 season in track and field :
| World Record | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | 77.80 m | August 15, 2006 | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Standing records after the 2009 season in track and field |||||
| World Record | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | 77.96 m | August 22, 2009 | Berlin, Germany |

### 2009 World Year Ranking

| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
| 1 | 77.96 m | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | Berlin, Germany | 2009-08-22 | WR |
| 2 | 77.12 m | Betty Heidler (GER) | Berlin, Germany | 2009-08-22 | PB |
| 3 | 76.90 m | Martina Hrašnová (SVK) | Trnava, Slovakia | 2009-05-16 | PB |
| 4 | 76.41 m | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | Cheboksary, Russia | 2009-07-25 | |
| 5 | 76.32 m | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | Stayki, Belarus | 2009-08-01 | |
| 6 | 74.25 m | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | Jinan, PR China | 2009-10-21 | |
| 7 | 74.23 m | Kathrin Klaas (GER) | Berlin, Germany | 2009-08-22 | PB |
| 8 | 73.98 m | Darya Pchelnik (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2009-07-25 | |
| 9 | 73.90 m | Arasay Thondike (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 2009-06-18 | PB |
| 10 | 73.07 m | Iryna Sekachova (UKR) | Kyiv, Ukraine | 2009-04-28 | |
| 11 | 72.86 m | Mariya Smolyachkova (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2009-06-06 | |
| 12 | 72.79 m | Jennifer Dahlgren (ARG) | Buenos Aires, Argentina | 2009-02-14 | |
| 13 | 72.71 m | Manuela Montebrun (FRA) | Compiègne, France | 2009-02-28 | |
| 14 | 72.54 m | Stéphanie Falzon (FRA) | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 2009-06-16 | |
| 15 | 72.53 m | Marina Marghieva (MDA) | Chişinău, Moldova | 2009-05-05 | |
| 16 | 72.21 m | Jessica Cosby (USA) | Berlin, Germany | 2009-08-20 | PB |
| 17 | 72.07 m | Sultana Frizell (CAN) | Eugene, Oregon, USA | 2009-06-07 | |
| 18 | 71.67 m | Silvia Salis (ITA) | Los Realejos, Spain | 2009-03-14 | PB |
| 19 | 71.66 m | Clarissa Claretti (ITA) | Havana, Cuba | 2009-03-06 | |
| 20 | 71.56 m | Zalina Marghieva (MDA) | Chişinău, Moldova | 2009-01-31 | |
| 21 | 71.54 m | Stiliani Papadopoulou (GRE) | Athens, Greece | 2009-06-13 | |
| 22 | 71.43 m | Olga Tsander (BLR) | Minsk, Belarus | 2009-06-06 | |
| 23 | 70.82 m | Yelena Matoshko (BLR) | Brest, Belarus | 2009-05-23 | |
| 24 | 70.73 m | Alexandra Papayeoryiou (GRE) | Thessaloniki, Greece | 2009-08-01 | PB |
| 25 | 70.66 m | Yunaika Crawford (CUB) | Havana, Cuba | 2009-04-25 | |