All-Time Top 10
Men’s All-Time Top 10 Throwers
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 86.74 m | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) | Stuttgart | 30 August 1986 |
| 2 | 86.73 m | Ivan Tsikhan (BLR) | Brest | 3 July 2005 |
| 3 | 86.04 m | Sergey Litvinov (URS) | Dresden | 3 July 1986 |
| 4 | 84.90 m | Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR) | Minsk | 21 July 2005 |
| 5 | 84.86 m | Koji Murofushi (JPN) | Prague | 29 June 2003 |
| 6 | 84.62 m | Igor Astapkovich (BLR) | Seville | 6 June 1992 |
| 7 | 84.48 m | Igor Nikulin (URS) | Lausanne | 12 July 1990 |
| 8 | 84.40 m | Jüri Tamm (URS) | Banská Bystrica | 9 September 1984 |
| 9 | 84.19 m | Adrián Annus (HUN) | Szombathely | 10 August 2003 |
| 10 | 83.93 m | Pawel Fajdek (POL) | Szczecin | 9 August 2015 |
Women’s All-Time Top 10 Throwers
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 81.08 m | Anita Włodarczyk (POL) | Cetniewo | 1 August 2015 |
| 2 | 79.42 m | Betty Heidler (GER) | Halle | 21 May 2011 |
| 3 | 78.80 m | Tatyana Lysenko (RUS) | Moscow | 16 August 2013 |
| 4 | 78.69 m | Aksana Miankova (BLR) | Minsk | 18 July 2012 |
| 5 | 77.68 m | Wang Zheng (CHN) | Chengdu | 29 March 2014 |
| 6 | 77.33 m | Zhang Wenxiu (CHN) | Incheon | 28 Sept 2014 |
| 7 | 77.26 m | Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS) | Tula | 12 June 2006 |
| 8 | 77.13 m | Oksana Kondrateva (RUS) | Zhukovskiy | 30 June 2013 |
| 9 | 76.90 m | Martina Hrašnová (SVK) | Trnava | 16 May 2009 |
| 10 | 76.83 m | Kamila Skolimowska (POL) | Doha | 11 May 2007 |
As the last American to win Olympic gold in the hammer throw, Harold Connolly dedicated his life to the event. It was his goal to see America once again among the world's best in the event.