Men
Records
| Standing records prior to the 1998 season in track and field | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) |
86.74 m | August 30, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany
|
1998 World Year Ranking
| Rank | Mark | Athlete | Venue | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 83.68 m |  Tibor Gécsek (HUN) |
Zalaegerszeg, Hungary | 1998-09-19 | PB |
| 2 | 83.62 m |  Igor Astapkovich (BLR) |
Stayki, Belarus | 1998-06-20 | |
| 3 | 83.00 m | Balázs Kiss (HUN) |
Saint-Denis, France | 1998-06-04 | PB |
| 4 | 82.62 m |  Sergey Kirmasov (RUS) |
Bryansk, Russia | 1998-05-30 | PB |
| 5 | 82.22 m | Holger Klose (GER) |
Dortmund, Germany | 1998-05-02 | PB |
| 6 | 81.27 m | Heinz Weis (GER) |
Bad Köstritz, Germany | 1998-09-19 | |
| 7 | 81.22 m | Adrián Annus (HUN) |
Szombathely, Hungary | 1998-04-25 | |
| 8 | 81.21 m | Karsten Kobs (GER) |
Dortmund, Germany | 1998-07-25 | |
| 9 | 80.89 m | Vasiliy Sidorenko (RUS) |
Uniondale, Indiana, United States | 1998-07-22 | |
| 10 | 80.88 m |  Lance Deal (USA) |
Eugene, Oregon, United States | 1998-05-31 | |
| 11 | 80.71 m |  Gilles Dupray (FRA) |
Clermont-Ferrand, France | 1998-05-21 | |
| 12 | 80.70 m |  Andrey Abduvaliyev (UZB) |
Turin, Italy | 1998-06-24 | |
| 13 | 80.19 m | Zsolt Németh (HUN) |
Veszprém, Hungary | 1998-09-10 | PB |
| 14 | 79.82 m | Ilya Konovalov (RUS) |
Togliattigrad, Russia | 1998-05-15 | |
| 15 | 79.64 m |  Enrico Sgrulletti (ITA) |
Rome, Italy | 1998-05-24 | |
| 16 | 79.58 m |  Szymon Ziółkowski (POL) |
Białystok, Poland | 1998-08-25 | |
| 17 | 79.10 m | Vadim Khersontsev (RUS) |
Sankt Peterburg, Russia | 1998-06-16 | |
| 18 | 79.04 m | Christophe Épalle (FRA) |
Clermont-Ferrand, France | 1998-05-10 | |
| 19 | 79.02 m | Loris Paoluzzi (ITA) |
Tirrenia, Italy | 1998-08-08 | |
| 20 | 78.96 m |  Andrey Skvaruk (UKR) |
Königs Wusterhausen, Germany | 1998-08-30 | |
| 21 | 78.92 m |  Hristos Polihroniou (GRE) |
Athens, Greece | 1998-07-18 | |
| 22 | 78.78 m | Andrey Budykin (RUS) |
Bryansk, Russia | 1998-05-30 | |
| 23 | 78.76 m | Aleksandr Seleznyov (RUS) |
Moscow, Russia | 1998-06-08 | |
| 24 | 78.66 m | Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR) |
Kyiv, Ukraine | 1998-08-02 | |
| 25 | 78.57 m |  Koji Murofushi (JPN) |
Bangkok, Thailand | 1998-12-13 |
