This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2004 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. The main event during this season were the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, where the final of the men's competition was held on Sunday August 22, 2004. The women had their second ever Olympic final five days later, on August 25, 2004 in the Olympic Stadium.

Standing records prior to the 2004 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	84.46 m	Ivan Tikhon (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	2004-05-07	PB
2	83.65 m	Adrián Annus (HUN)	Debrecen, Hungary	2004-07-11
3	83.30 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	Lahti, Finland	2004-07-14	NR
4	83.15 m	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	Yokohama, Japan	2004-09-24
5	82.91 m	Vadim Devyatovskiy (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	2004-07-10	PB
6	82.23 m	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	2004-07-10
7	81.66 m	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	2004-05-29	PB
8	81.33 m	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	Banská Bystrica, Slovakia	2004-05-29	PB
9	81.27 m	Eşref Apak (TUR)	Ankara, Turkey	2004-08-03	PB
10	80.90 m	Krisztián Pars (HUN)	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary	2004-06-13	PB
11	80.44 m	Artem Rubanko (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	2004-05-29	PB
12	80.37 m	Péter Botfa (HUN)	Budapest, Hungary	2004-02-28
13	80.36 m	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	Tula, Russia	2004-06-24
14	80.35 m	Alexandros Papadimitriou (GRE)	Nikiti, Greece	2004-08-01
15	80.21 m	Chris Harmse (RSA)	Potchefstroom, South Africa	2004-04-20	PB
16	79.84 m	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	Nikiti, Greece	2004-08-01
17	79.41 m	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	Warsaw, Poland	2004-06-13
18	79.36 m	Holger Klose (GER)	Cercy-la-Tour	2004-09-12
19	79.34 m	Primož Kozmus (SLO)	Split, Croatia	2004-08-02
20	79.26 m	A. G. Kruger (USA)	Berea, Ohio, United States	2004-08-05	PB
21	79.20 m	James Parker (USA)	Provo, Utah, United States	2004-06-24	PB
22	79.11 m	Karsten Kobs (GER)	Nikiti, Greece	2004-08-01
23	79.01 m	Markus Esser (GER)	Rehlingen, Germany	2004-05-31	PB
24	78.87 m	Vladimír Maška (CZE)	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic	2004-09-15
25	78.84 m	Sergey Kirmasov (RUS)	Tula, Russia	2004-07-31

Standing records prior to the 2004 season in track and field
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	76.07 m	August 29, 1999	Rüdlingen, Switzerland

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	75.18 m	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Havana, Cuba	2004-04-23	PB
2	75.02 m	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Athens, Greece	2004-08-25
3	74.72 m	Olga Tsander (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	2004-07-10	PB
4	74.16 m	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	2004-06-12	PB
5	73.68 m	Yelena Konevtseva (RUS)	Tula, Russia	2004-07-25	PB
6	73.16 m	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)	Athens, Greece	2004-08-25	PB
7	72.73 m	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	Aunay-sur-Odon, France	2004-06-30
		Betty Heidler (GER)	Athens, Greece	2004-08-25	PB
9	72.71 m	Gulfiya Khanafeyeva (RUS)	Kazan, Russia	2004-07-09	PB
10	72.57 m	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Athens, Greece	2004-08-25
11	72.42 m	Zhang Wenxiu (CHN)	Chengdu, PR China	2004-04-03	PB
12	72.36 m	Gu Yuan (CHN)	Padua, Italy	2004-07-04	PB
13	72.12 m	Erin Gilreath (USA)	Tempe, Arizona, United States	2004-04-10	PB
14	71.54 m	Tatyana Lysenko (RUS)	Kazan, Russia	2004-07-09	PB
15	71.28 m	Ester Balassini (ITA)	Rome, Italy	2004-06-26
16	71.26 m	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	Bucharest, Romania	2004-08-07
17	70.88 m	Anna Mahon (USA)	Provo, Utah, United States	2004-06-25
18	70.73 m	Andrea Bunjes (GER)	Athens, Greece	2004-08-23	PB
19	70.39 m	Mariya Smolyachkova (BLR)	Stayki, Belarus	2004-06-26	PB
20	70.23 m	Aksana Miankova (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	2004-05-23	PB
21	69.94 m	Candice Scott (TRI)	Athens, Greece	2004-08-25	PB
		Katalin Divós (HUN)	Szombathely, Hungary	2004-09-05
23	69.73 m	Nataliya Zolotukhina (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	2004-07-24	PB
24	69.59 m	Svetlana Sudak (BLR)	Minsk, Belarus	2004-07-10	PB
25	69.40 m	Clarissa Claretti (ITA)	Ancona, Italy	2004-07-03	PB

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