World Rankings — Men’s Hammer Oft-injured Koji Murofushi really spread out his 4 No. 1s, topping the charts in ’01, ’04, ’06 & ’10 © JIRO MOCHIZUKI/PHOTO RUN 1947 1949 1 ........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 1 ........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 2 ............................ Bo Ericson (Sweden) 2 .........Aleksandr Kanaki (Soviet Union) 3 .................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 3 ................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 4 ....................Karl Hein (West Germany) 4 .................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 5 ................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 5 .................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 6 .................................. Bob Bennett (US) 6 ...............................Teseo Taddia (Italy) 7 ...... Jaroslav Knotek (Czechoslovakia) 7 .................................... Sam Felton (US) 8 ....Aleksandr Shekhtyel (Soviet Union) 8 ................................. Henry Dreyer (US) 9 .................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 9 ...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 10 ................. Reino Kuivamäki (Finland) 10 .......................... Bo Ericson (Sweden) 1948 1950 1 ........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 1 ........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 2 ................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 2 ...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 3 .........Aleksandr Kanaki (Soviet Union) 3 ...............................Teseo Taddia (Italy) 4 ............................ Bo Ericson (Sweden) 4 ................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 5 .................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 5 .........Aleksandr Kanaki (Soviet Union) 6 .................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 6 .................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 7 ....................Karl Hein (West Germany) 7 .................................... Sam Felton (US) 8 ....Aleksandr Shekhtyel (Soviet Union) 8 .................Jiří Dadák (Czechoslovakia) 9 .................................... Sam Felton (US) 9 ................Duncan Clark (Great Britain) 10 ................................ Bob Bennett (US) 10 .... Jaroslav Knotek (Czechoslovakia) © Track & Field News 2020 — 1 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1951 1955 1 ...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 1 ...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 2 ........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 2 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 3 .................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 3 ...................József Csermák (Hungary) 4 ................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 4 ........... Nikolay Ryedkin (Soviet Union) 5 .................Jiří Dadák (Czechoslovakia) 5 ...............Miloš Máca (Czechoslovakia) 6 .................... Danilo Žerjal (Yugoslavia) 6 ............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 7 .................................... Sam Felton (US) 7 ...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 8 ...............................Teseo Taddia (Italy) 8 ........... Fyodor Tkachev (Soviet Union) 9 ...................József Csermák (Hungary) 9 ... Stanislav Nyenashev (Soviet Union) 10 ....... Georgiy Dybenko (Soviet Union) 10 Vladimir Plyechenkov (Soviet Union) 1952 1956 1 ................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 1 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 2 ........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 2 ...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 3 ...................József Csermák (Hungary) 3 Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 4 ...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 4 ............................................ Al Hall (US) 5 ...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 5 ........... Dmitriy Yegorov (Soviet Union) 6 .................... Karl Wolf (West Germany) 6 ............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 7 .................Jiří Dadák (Czechoslovakia) 7 ...................József Csermák (Hungary) 8 ........... Nikolay Ryedkin (Soviet Union) 8 ...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 9 ............................. Danilo Cereali (Italy) 9 .................Krešimir Račić (Yugoslavia) 10 ....... Georgiy Dybenko (Soviet Union) 10 ..................................... Cliff Blair (US) 1953 1957 1 ...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 1 ...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 2 ...................József Csermák (Hungary) 2 ............................................ Al Hall (US) 3 ...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 3 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 4 .................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 4 .................Zvonko Bezjak (Yugoslavia) 5 ...............Miloš Máca (Czechoslovakia) 5 .......................Mike Ellis (Great Britain) 6 ........................ Imre Németh (Hungary) 6 Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 7 ... Stanislav Nyenashev (Soviet Union) 7 ............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 8 ................................... Marty Engel (US) 8 ........... Fyodor Tkachev (Soviet Union) 9 ................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 9 ........................ Olgierd Ciepły (Poland) 10 ......... Constantin Spiridon (Romania) 10 .................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 1954 1958 1 ...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 1 ............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 2 ...................... Sverre Strandli (Norway) 2 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 3 ...................József Csermák (Hungary) 3 ............................................ Al Hall (US) 4 ............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 4 ...... Mikhail Krivonosov (Soviet Union) 5 ........... Nikolay Ryedkin (Soviet Union) 5 Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 6 ................ Karl Storch (West Germany) 6 ......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 7 ...............Miloš Máca (Czechoslovakia) 7 ................. Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 8 ... Stanislav Nyenashev (Soviet Union) 8 ...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 9 .................... Ivan Gubijan (Yugoslavia) 9 ........................ Olgierd Ciepły (Poland) 10 ...............Muhammad Iqbal (Pakistan) 10 ...............Zvonko Bezjak (Yugoslavia) © Track & Field News 2020 — 2 — World Rankings — Men’s Hammer 1959 1963 1 ......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 1 ...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 2 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 2 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 3 ..................... Birger Asplund (Sweden) 3 ........................ Heinrich Thun (Austria) 4 ...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 4 .Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 5 ............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 5 ....... Josef Matoušek (Czechoslovakia) 6 Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 6 ............Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 7 ................. Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 7 ...................... Takeo Sugawara (Japan) 8 ........................ Olgierd Ciepły (Poland) 8 ........................ Olgierd Ciepły (Poland) 9 .......................Mike Ellis (Great Britain) 9 ...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 10 ..........................John Lawlor (Ireland) 10 ............... Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 1960 1964 1 ......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 1 ...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 2 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 2 ...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 3 ...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 3 ............Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 4 ............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 4 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 5 Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 5 ........................ Heinrich Thun (Austria) 6 ................. Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 6 ................. Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 7 ...... Aleksey Baltovskiy (Soviet Union) 7 ................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 8 ............................John Lawlor (Ireland) 8 .............Sándor Eckschmidt (Hungary) 9 .................Zvonko Bezjak (Yugoslavia) 9 .Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 10 ..........Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 10 ....... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 1961 1965 1 ......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 1 ...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 2 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 2 ...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 3 ........................ Heinrich Thun (Austria) 3 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 4 ............Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 4 ........................................Ed Burke (US) 5 ..................... Birger Asplund (Sweden) 5 .Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 6 ...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 6 ................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 7 ............................Tadeusz Rut (Poland) 7 ................. Yuriy Nikulin (Soviet Union) 8 ...... Aleksey Baltovskiy (Soviet Union) 8 ...... Aleksey Baltovskiy (Soviet Union) 9 Anatoliy Samotsvyetov (Soviet Union) 9 ....... Josef Matoušek (Czechoslovakia) 10 ................... Noboru Okamoto (Japan) 10 ................Martin Lotz (East Germany) 1962 1966 1 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 1 ...............Romuald Klim (Soviet Union) 2 ...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 2 ...................Gyula Zsivótzky (Hungary) 3 ...... Aleksey Baltovskiy (Soviet Union) 3 ..................................Hal Connolly (US) 4 ............Yuriy Bakarinov (Soviet Union) 4 ........................................Ed Burke (US) 5 ........................ Heinrich Thun (Austria) 5 ................. Uwe Beyer (West Germany) 6 ......... Vasiliy Rudenkov (Soviet Union) 6 .Gennadiy Kondrashov (Soviet Union) 7 ....... Josef Matoušek (Czechoslovakia) 7 .........................Enrique Samuel (Cuba) 8