1980 in hammer throw
This page lists the World Best Year Performances in the year 1980 in the Men's Hammer Throw. One of the main events during this season were the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union, where the final of the men's competition was held on July 31, 1980. The women did not compete in the hammer throw until the early 1990s. The world record was broken five times during the 1980 season.
Records
[edit]| Standing records prior to the 1980 season in track and field | ||||
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| World Record |  Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) |
80.32 m | August 6, 1978 | Heidenheim, West Germany
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| Standing records after to the 1980 season in track and field | ||||
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
80.38 m | May 16, 1980 | Leselidze, Soviet Union
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| Jüri Tamm (URS) |
80.46 m | |||
| Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
80.64 m | |||
| Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
81.66 m | May 24, 1980 | Sochi, Soviet Union
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| Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
81.80 m | July 31, 1980 | Moscow, Soviet Union
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1980 World Year Ranking
[edit]| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
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| 1 | 81.80 m | Yuriy Syedikh (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 1980-07-31 | WR |
| 2 | 81.66 m | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
Sochi, Soviet Union | 1980-05-24 | WR |
| 3 | 80.80 m | Karl-Hans Riehm (FRG) |
Rhede, West Germany | 1980-07-30 | 
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| 4 | 80.48 m | Boris Zaychuk (URS) |
Sochi, Soviet Union | 1980-05-24 |
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| 5 | 80.46 m | Jüri Tamm (URS) |
Leselidze, Soviet Union | 1980-05-16 |
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| 6 | 80.34 m | Igor Nikulin (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 1980-06-21 |
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| 7 | 78.94 m |  Detlef Gerstenberg (GDR) |
Erfurt, East Germany | 1980-05-18 |
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| 8 | 78.58 m | Aleksandr Kozlov (URS) |
Adler, Soviet Union | 1980-05-24 |
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| 9 | 78.52 m | Aleksey Malyukov (URS) |
Adler, Soviet Union | 1980-05-24 |
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| 10 | 77.96 m | Manfred Hüning (FRG) |
Rhede, West Germany | 1980-07-30 | |
| 11 | 77.84 m |  Giampaolo Urlando (ITA) |
Pescara, Italy | 1980-06-07 |
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| 12 | 77.80 m | Aleksandr Bunyeyev (URS) |
Cheboksary, Soviet Union | 1980-05-31 |
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| 13 | 77.72 m | Roland Steuk (GDR) |
Cottbus, East Germany | 1980-07-18 | |
| 14 | 77.60 m | Klaus Ploghaus (FRG) |
Rome, Italy | 1980-08-05 |
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| 15 | 77.42 m | Pavel Ryepin (URS) |
Leselidze, Soviet Union | 1980-04-24 |
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| 16 | 77.16 m | Grigoriy Shevtsov (URS) |
Cheboksary, Soviet Union | 1980-05-31 |
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| 17 | 77.02 m | Orlando Bianchini (ITA) |
Pescara, Italy | 1980-06-07 |
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| 18 | 76.98 m | Olyeg Dyatlov (URS) |
Pyatigorsk, Soviet Union | 1980-08-30 |
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| 19 | 76.58 m |  Ireneusz Golda (POL) |
Poznan, Poland | 1980-08-16 |
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| 20 | 76.02 m | Valentin Dmitryenko (URS) |
Nikolayev, Soviet Union | 1980-06-13 | |
| Tobias Stopat (GDR) |
Dresden, East Germany | 1980-07-05 |
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| 22 | 75.94 m |  Harri Huhtala (FIN) |
Karhula, Finland | 1980-08-19 |
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| 23 | 75.88 m | Juha Tiainen (FIN) |
Helsinki, Finland | 1980-08-30 |
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| 24 | 75.74 m |  Emanuil Dyulgerov (BUL) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 1980-06-07 |
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| 25 | 75.68 m | Anatoliy Chyuzhas (URS) |
Gomel, Soviet Union | 1980-05-22 |
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