World Rankings — Women's Hammer

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World Rankings — Women’s Hammer 1956–1993 1995 (no rankings done) 1...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 2...... Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) (1994–1997 rankings done 5-deep) 3...... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 4...... Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 1994 5...... Lorraine Shaw (Great Britain) 1...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 2...... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) Poland’s WR holder Anita 3...... Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) 4...... Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) Włodarczyk earned No. 1 for 5...... Marina Rezakova (Ukraine) 6 years in a row

© Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Women’s Hammer 1996 2000 1...... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 1...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 2...... Alla Davydova (Russia) 2...... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 3...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 3...... Kirsten Münchow (Germany) 4...... Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 4...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 5...... Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) 5...... Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 6...... Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 1997 7...... Dawn Ellerbe (US) 1...... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 8...... Amy Palmer (US) 2...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 9...... Lorraine Shaw (Great Britain) 3...... Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 10...... Katalin Divós (Hungary) 4...... Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 5...... Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) 2001 1...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 1998 2...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 1...... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 3...... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 2...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 4...... Bronwyn Eagles (Australia) 3...... Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 5...... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 4...... Amy Palmer (US) 6...... Lorraine Shaw (Great Britain) 5...... Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 7...... Dawn Ellerbe (US) 6...... Kirsten Münchow (Germany) 8...... Olga Tsander (Belarus) 7...... Simone Mathes (Germany) 9...... Kirsten Münchow (Germany) 8...... Tatyana Kostantinova (Russia) 10...... Florence Ezeh (France) 9...... Alla Davydova (Russia) 10...... Lisa Misipeka (American Samoa) 2002 1...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 1999 2...... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 1...... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 3...... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 2...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 4...... Yuan Gu (China) 3...... Lisa Misipeka (American Samoa) 5...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 4...... Katalin Divós (Hungary) 6...... Anna Mahon (US) 5...... Lyudmila Gubkina (Belarus) 7...... Yunaika Crawford (Cuba) 6...... Debbie Sosimenko (Australia) 8...... Bronwyn Eagles (Australia) 7...... Dawn Ellerbe (US) 9...... Olga Tsander (Belarus) 8...... Simone Mathes (Germany) 10...... Florence Ezeh (France) 9...... Kirsten Münchow (Germany) 10...... Svetlana Sudak (Belarus) 2003 1...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 2...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 3...... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 4...... Mihaela Melinte (Romania) 5...... Susanne Keil (Germany) 6...... Yuan Gu (China) 7...... Anna Mahon (US) 8...... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 9...... Ester Balassini (Italy) 10...... Yunaika Crawford (Cuba)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Women’s Hammer 2004 2008¶ 1...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 1...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 2...... Olga Kuzenkova (Russia) 2...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 3...... Olga Tsander (Belarus) 3...... Martina Hrašnová (Slovakia) 4...... Iryna Sekachyova (Ukraine) 4...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 5...... Yelena Konevtsova (Russia) 5...... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 6...... Yunaika Crawford (Cuba) 6...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 7...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 7...... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 8...... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 8...... Ivana Brkljačić (Croatia) 9...... Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (Russia) 9...... Clarissa Claretti (Italy) 10...... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 10...... Stéphanie Falzon (France) 2005¶ 2009¶ 1...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 1...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2...... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 2...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 3...... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 3...... Martina Hrašnová (Slovakia) 4...... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 4...... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 5...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 5...... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 6...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 6...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 7...... Ester Balassini (Italy) 7...... Clarissa Claretti (Italy) 8...... Yekaterina Khoroshikh (Russia) 8...... Stéphanie Falzon (France) 9...... Erin Gilreath (US) 9...... Jessica Cosby Toruga (US) 10...... Iryna Sekachyova (Ukraine) 10...... Sultana Frizell (Canada) 2006 2010¶ 1...... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 1...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 2...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 2...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 3...... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 3...... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 4...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 4...... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 5...... Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (Russia) 5...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 6...... Yekaterina Khoroshikh (Russia) 6...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 7...... Yelena Konevtsova (Russia) 7...... Sultana Frizell (Canada) 8...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 8...... Bianca Perie (Romania) 9...... Marina Smolyachova (Belarus) 9...... Jenny Dahlgren (Argentina) 10...... Clarissa Claretti (Italy) 10...... Amber Campbell (US) 2007 2011¶ 1...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 1...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 2...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 2...... Tatyana Lysenko (Russia) 3...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 3...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 4...... Ivana Brkljačić (Croatia) 4...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 5...... Kamila Skolimowska (Poland) 5...... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 6...... Yelena Konevtsova (Russia) 6...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 7...... Clarissa Claretti (Italy) 7...... Jenny Dahlgren (Argentina) 8...... Manuèla Montebrun (France) 8...... Bianca Perie (Romania) 9...... Eileen O’Keefe (Ireland) 9...... Jessica Cosby Toruga (US) 10...... Arasay Thondike (Cuba) 10...... Sultana Frizell (Canada)

© Track & Field News 2020 — 3 — World Rankings — Women’s Hammer 2012¶ 2016 1...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 1...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 3...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 3...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 4...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 4...... Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) 5...... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 5...... Zalina Marghieva (Moldova) 6...... Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) 6...... Amber Campbell (US) 7...... Anna Bulgakova (Russia) 7...... Zheng Wang (China) 8...... Martina Hrašnová (Slovakia) 8...... Hanna Skydan (Azerbaijan) 9...... Stéphanie Falzon (France) 9...... Hanna Malyshik (Belarus) 10...... Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) 10...... DeAnna Price (US) 2013¶ 2017 1...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 1...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 2...... Zheng Wang (China) 3...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 3...... Malwina Kopron (Poland) 4...... Zheng Wang (China) 4...... Hanna Skydan (Azerbaijan) 5...... Yipsi Moreno (Cuba) 5...... Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) 6...... Oksana Kondratyeva (Russia) 6...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 7...... Jeneva Stevens (US) 7...... Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) 8...... Éva Orbán (Hungary) 8...... Hanna Malyshik (Belarus) 9...... Amanda Bingson (US) 9...... Gwen Berry (US) 10...... Jessica Cosby Toruga (US) 10...... DeAnna Price (US) 2014 2018 1...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 1...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 2...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 2...... DeAnna Price (US) 3...... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 3...... Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) 4...... Zheng Wang (China) 4...... Gwen Berry (US) 5...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 5...... Alexandra Tavernier (France) 6...... Martina Hrašnová (Slovakia) 6...... Na Luo (China) 7...... Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) 7...... Malwina Kopron (Poland) 8...... Sultana Frizell (Canada) 8...... Hanna Malyshik (Belarus) 9...... Amanda Bingson (US) 9...... Zheng Wang (China) 10...... Éva Orbán (Hungary) 10...... Hanna Skydan (Azerbaijan) 2015 2019 1...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 1...... DeAnna Price (US) 2...... Wenxiu Zhang (China) 2...... Zheng Wang (China) 3...... Betty Heidler (Germany) 3...... Gwen Berry (US) 4...... Alexandra Tavernier (France 4...... Joanna Fiodorow (Poland) 5...... Zheng Wang (China) 5...... Anita Włodarczyk (Poland) 6...... Sophie Hitchon (Great Britain) 6...... Alexandra Tavernier (France) 7...... Kathrin Klaas (Germany) 7...... Zalina Petrivskaya (Moldova) 8...... Amanda Bingson (US) 8...... Iryna Klymets (Ukraine) 9...... Rosa Rodríguez (Venezuela) 9...... Brooke Andersen (US) 10...... Amber Campbell (US) 10...... Na Luo (China)