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 © VICTOR SAILER/PHOTO RUN © 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 ...........................