This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2004 hammer throw Olympic Games in Athens, Greece , where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 2004. The women had their second ever Olympic final five days later, on August 25, 2004 in the Olympic Stadium .
2004 World Year Ranking [ edit ] Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note 1 84.46 m Ivan Tikhon (BLR ) Minsk, Belarus 2004-05-07 PB 2 83.65 m Adrián Annus (HUN ) Debrecen , Hungary2004-07-11 3 83.30 m Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN ) Lahti, Finland 2004-07-14 NR 4 83.15 m Koji Murofushi (JPN ) Yokohama, Japan 2004-09-24 5 82.91 m Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR ) Minsk, Belarus 2004-07-10 PB 6 82.23 m Igor Astapkovich (BLR ) Minsk, Belarus 2004-07-10 7 81.66 m Oleksandr Krykun (UKR ) Kyiv , Ukraine 2004-05-29 PB 8 81.33 m Miloslav Konopka (SVK ) Banská Bystrica , Slovakia 2004-05-29 PB 9 81.27 m Eşref Apak (TUR ) Ankara, Turkey 2004-08-03 PB 10 80.90 m Krisztián Pars (HUN ) Zalaegerszeg , Hungary2004-06-13 PB 11 80.44 m Artem Rubanko (UKR ) Kyiv , Ukraine 2004-05-29 PB 12 80.37 m Péter Botfa (HUN ) Budapest, Hungary 2004-02-28 13 80.36 m Ilya Konovalov (RUS ) Tula, Russia 2004-06-24 14 80.35 m Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE ) Nikiti , Greece 2004-08-01 15 80.21 m Chris Harmse (RSA ) Potchefstroom , South Africa 2004-04-20 PB 16 79.84 m Libor Charfreitag (SVK ) Nikiti , Greece 2004-08-01 17 79.41 m Szymon Ziółkowski (POL ) Warsaw, Poland 2004-06-13 18 79.36 m Holger Klose (GER ) Cercy-la-Tour 2004-09-12 19 79.34 m Primož Kozmus (SLO ) Split, Croatia 2004-08-02 20 79.26 m A. G. Kruger (USA ) Berea, Ohio , United States2004-08-05 PB 21 79.20 m James Parker (USA ) Provo, Utah , United States2004-06-24 PB 22 79.11 m Karsten Kobs (GER ) Nikiti , Greece 2004-08-01 23 79.01 m Markus Esser (GER ) Rehlingen , Germany2004-05-31 PB 24 78.87 m Vladimír Maška (CZE ) Jablonec nad Nisou , Czech Republic 2004-09-15 25 78.84 m Sergey Kirmasov (RUS ) Tula, Russia 2004-07-31
2004 World Year Ranking [ edit ] Rank Mark Athlete Venue Date Note 1 75.18 m Yipsi Moreno (CUB ) Havana, Cuba 2004-04-23 PB 2 75.02 m Olga Kuzenkova (RUS ) Athens, Greece 2004-08-25 3 74.72 m Olga Tsander (BLR ) Minsk, Belarus 2004-07-10 PB 4 74.16 m Iryna Sekachova (UKR ) Kyiv , Ukraine 2004-06-12 PB 5 73.68 m Yelena Konevtseva (RUS ) Tula, Russia 2004-07-25 PB 6 73.16 m Yunaika Crawford (CUB ) Athens, Greece 2004-08-25 PB 7 72.73 m Manuela Montebrun (FRA ) Aunay-sur-Odon , France2004-06-30 Betty Heidler (GER ) Athens, Greece 2004-08-25 PB 9 72.71 m Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS ) Kazan , Russia2004-07-09 PB 10 72.57 m Kamila Skolimowska (POL ) Athens, Greece 2004-08-25 11 72.42 m Zhang Wenxiu (CHN ) Chengdu , PR China 2004-04-03 PB 12 72.36 m Gu Yuan (CHN ) Padua , Italy2004-07-04 PB 13 72.12 m Erin Gilreath (USA ) Tempe, Arizona , United States2004-04-10 PB 14 71.54 m Tatyana Lysenko (RUS ) Kazan , Russia2004-07-09 PB 15 71.28 m Ester Balassini (ITA ) Rome, Italy 2004-06-26 16 71.26 m Mihaela Melinte (ROM ) Bucharest, Romania 2004-08-07 17 70.88 m Anna Mahon (USA ) Provo, Utah , United States2004-06-25 18 70.73 m Andrea Bunjes (GER ) Athens, Greece 2004-08-23 PB 19 70.39 m Mariya Smolyachkova (BLR ) Stayki , Belarus 2004-06-26 PB 20 70.23 m Aksana Miankova (BLR ) Minsk, Belarus 2004-05-23 PB 21 69.94 m Candice Scott (TRI ) Athens, Greece 2004-08-25 PB Katalin Divós (HUN ) Szombathely , Hungary2004-09-05 23 69.73 m Nataliya Zolotukhina (UKR ) Kyiv , Ukraine 2004-07-24 PB 24 69.59 m Svetlana Sudak (BLR ) Minsk, Belarus 2004-07-10 PB 25 69.40 m Clarissa Claretti (ITA ) Ancona, Italy 2004-07-03 PB
Yuriy Sedykh (URS)
Stuttgart, West Germany 
Ivan Tikhon (BLR)
Adrián Annus (HUN)
Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)
Koji Murofushi (JPN)
Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)
Miloslav Konopka (SVK)
Eşref Apak (TUR)
Ilya Konovalov (RUS)
Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)
Chris Harmse (RSA)
Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)
Primož Kozmus (SLO)
A. G. Kruger (USA)
Vladimír Maška (CZE)
Mihaela Melinte (ROM)
Rüdlingen, Switzerland 
Yipsi Moreno (CUB)
Manuela Montebrun (FRA)
Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)
Ester Balassini (ITA)
Candice Scott (TRI)