Men
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1997 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany
|
1997 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 83.04 m | Heinz Weis (GER) |
Frankfurt, Germany | 29.06.1997 | PB |
| 2 | 82.90 m |  Balázs Kiss (HUN) |
Veszprém, Hungary | 10.07.1997 | PB |
| 3 | 82.66 m |  Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) |
Tula, Russia | 09.07.1997 | NR |
| 4 | 82.44 m |  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) |
Gomel, Belarus | 02.07.1997 | |
| 5 | 81.64 m |  Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) |
Ostia, Italy | 09.03.1997 | NR |
| 6 | 81.46 m |  Andriy Skvaruk (RUS) |
Athens, Greece | 03.08.1997 | |
| 7 | 80.76 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) |
Athens, Greece | 03.08.1997 | |
| 8 | 79.86 m | Aleksandr Krasko (BLR) |
Gomel, Belarus | 02.07.1997 | |
| 9 | 79.34 m |  Oleksandr Krykun (UKR) |
Rüdlingen, Switzerland | 17.08.1997 | |
| 10 | 79.14 m |  Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
Poznań, Poland | 24.05.1997 | |
| 11 | 79.08 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) |
Stendal, Germany | 30.08.1997 | PB |
| 12 | 78.92 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) |
Moscow, Russia | 08.06.1997 | |
| 13 | 78.70 m | Konstantin Astapkovich (BLR) |
Minsk, Belarus | 16.05.1997 | PB |
| 14 | 78.58 m | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) |
Moscow, Russia | 01.06.1997 | |
| 15 | 78.44 m |  Christophe Épalle (FRA) |
Bari, Italy | 16.06.1997 | |
| 16 | 78.18 m | Vitaliy Alisevich (BLR) |
Minsk, Belarus | 04.06.1997 | |
| 78.18 m | Holger Klose (GER) |
Ewersbach, Germany | 13.06.1997 | PB | |
| 18 | 77.96 m | Raphaël Piolanti (FRA) |
Mérignac, France | 07.06.1997 | |
| 19 | 77.92 m | Andrey Yevgenyev (RUS) |
Moscow, Russia | 12.05.1997 | PB |
| 20 | 77.46 m | Ivan Tikhon (BLR) |
Turku, Finland | 11.07.1997 | PB |
| 21 | 77.42 m |  Kevin McMahon (USA) |
Indianapolis, United States | 14.06.1997 | PB |
| 22 | 77.24 m | David Chaussinand (FRA) |
Mérignac, France | 07.06.1997 | PB |
| 77.24 m |  Pavel Sedláček (CZE) |
Třinec, Czech Republic | 06.07.1997 | ||
| 24 | 77.16 m | Vadim Kolesnik (UKR) |
Catania, Italy | 26.08.1997 | |
| 25 | 77.10 m | Nicola Vizzoni (ITA) |
San Marino | 18.05.1997 | PB |
