Men
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1988 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany
|
1988 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 85.14 m | Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
Moscow, Soviet Union | 04.09.1988 | |
| 2 | 84.80 m | Sergey Litvinov (URS) |
Seoul, South Korea | 26.09.1988 | |
| 3 | 84.16 m | Jüri Tamm (URS) |
Kharkov, Soviet Union | 19.06.1988 | |
| 4 | 83.78 m | Igor Nikulin (URS) |
Leningrad, Soviet Union | 18.06.1988 | PB |
| 5 | 83.44 m | Igor Astapkovich (URS) |
Stayki, Soviet Union | 31.07.1988 | PB |
| 6 | 83.40 m |  Ralf Haber (GDR) |
Athens, Greece | 16.05.1988 | PB |
| 7 | 82.52 m | Heinz Weis (FRG) |
Leverkusen, West Germany | 28.06.1988 | PB |
| 8 | 82.16 m | Vitaliy Alisevich (URS) |
Pärnu, Soviet Union | 13.07.1988 | PB |
| 9 | 82.08 m |  Ivan Tanev (BUL) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 03.09.1988 | PB |
| 10 | 81.88 m |  Jud Logan (USA) |
State College, Pennsylvania, USA | 22.04.1988 | PB |
| 11 | 81.82 m | Günther Rodehau (GDR) |
Berlin, East Germany | 13.09.1988 | |
| 12 | 81.78 m | Christoph Sahner (FRG) |
Wemmetsweiler, West Germany | 11.09.1988 | PB |
| 13 | 81.70 m | Plamen Minev (BUL) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 04.06.1988 | PB |
| 14 | 81.68 m |  Tibor Gécsek (HUN) |
Szombathely, Hungary | 13.09.1988 | PB |
| 15 | 81.52 m | Sergey Alay (URS) |
Šiauliai, Soviet Union | 22.05.1988 | PB |
| 16 | 81.18 m | Albert Sinka (HUN) |
Székesfehérvár, Hungary | 07.08.1988 | PB |
| 17 | 80.60 m | Imre Szitás (HUN) |
Szombathely, Hungary | 11.07.1988 | PB |
| 18 | 80.54 m | Viktor Apostolov (BUL) |
Sofia, Bulgaria | 03.09.1988 | PB |
| 19 | 80.52 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (URS) |
Adler, Soviet Union | 24.04.1988 | |
| 20 | 80.38 m | Andrey Abduvaliyev (URS) |
Chelyabinsk, Soviet Union | 16.07.1988 | PB |
| 21 | 80.32 m | Nikolay Lysenko (URS) |
Ordzhonikidze, Soviet Union | 25.09.1988 | PB |
| 22 | 80.04 m | Benjaminas Viluckis (URS) |
Leningrad, Soviet Union | 12.06.1988 | |
| 23 | 80.02 m | Ken Flax (USA) |
Modesto, California, USA | 07.05.1988 | PB |
| 24 | 79.24 m | Vyacheslav Korovin (URS) |
Leselidze, Soviet Union | 15.05.1988 | |
| 25 | 78.94 m | Sergey Dorozhon (URS) |
Alushta, Soviet Union | 24.01.1988 | PB |