This page lists the World Best Year Performance in the year 2003 in both the men's and the women's hammer throw. One of the main event during this season were the 2002 European Athletics Championships in Munich, Germany, where the final of the men's competition was held on August 7, 2002. The women had their final two days later, on August 9, 2002.

Men

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field
World Record	Yuriy Sedykh (URS)	86.74 m	August 30, 1986	Stuttgart, West Germany

2002 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	83.43 m	Aleksey Zagornyi (RUS)	Adler, Russia	2002-02-10	PB
2	83.33 m	Koji Murofushi (JPN)	Doha, Qatar	2002-05-15
3	82.97 m	Adrián Annus (HUN)	Szombathely, Hungary	2002-07-14
4	82.62 m	Andriy Skvaruk (UKR)	Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine	2002-04-27	PB
5	82.45 m	Tibor Gécsek (HUN)	Szombathely, Hungary	2002-07-14
6	82.23 m	Vladyslav Piskunov (UKR)	Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine	2002-04-27	PB
7	81.97 m	Igor Astapkovich (BLR)	Gomel, Belarus	2002-05-25
8	81.81 m	Ilya Konovalov (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	2002-07-13
9	81.70 m	Olli-Pekka Karjalainen (FIN)	Lahti, Finland	2002-06-16	PB
10	81.59 m	Oleksandr Krykun (UKR)	Szombathely, Hungary	2002-07-14	PB
11	81.49 m	Karsten Kobs (GER)	Dortmund, Germany	2002-06-08
12	81.05 m	Christophe Épalle (FRA)	L'Aigle, France	2002-04-28
13	80.78 m	Balázs Kiss (HUN)	Yokohama, Japan	2002-09-16
14	80.68 m	David Chaussinand (FRA)	Réduit, Mauritius	2002-04-21
15	80.41 m	Nicolas Figère (FRA)	Saint-Étienne, France	2002-07-13
16	80.21 m	Alexandra Papageorgiou (GRE)	Munich, Germany	2002-08-07
17	80.19 m	Chris Harmse (RSA)	Pretoria, South Africa	2002-04-12	PB
18	80.18 m	Artem Rubanko (UKR)	Kyiv, Ukraine	2002-03-29	PB
19	80.08 m	Hristos Polihroniou (GRE)	Athens, Greece	2002-04-29	PB
20	79.98 m	Miloslav Konopka (SVK)	Pretoria, South Africa	2002-04-12	PB
21	79.82 m	Vadym Hrabovoyy (UKR)	Bila Tserkva, Ukraine	2002-05-15	PB
22	79.78 m	Szymon Ziółkowski (POL)	Athens, Greece	2002-06-10
23	79.30 m	András Haklits (CRO)	Athens, Georgia, USA	2002-06-08	PB
24	79.29 m	Stuart Rendell (AUS)	Varaždin, Croatia	2002-07-06	NR
25	79.20 m	Libor Charfreitag (SVK)	Munich, Germany	2002-08-07	PB

Women

Records

Standing records prior to the 2002 season in track and field
World Record	Mihaela Melinte (ROM)	76.07 m	August 29, 1999	Rüdlingen, Switzerland

2002 World Year Ranking

Rank	Mark	Athlete	Venue	Date	Note
1	73.07 m	Olga Kuzenkova (RUS)	Annecy, France	2002-06-23
2	72.60 m	Kamila Skolimowska (POL)	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2002-06-08	PB
3	72.54 m	Manuela Montebrun (FRA)	Aunay-sur-Odon, France	2002-06-15	PB
4	72.01 m	Anna Mahon (USA)	Walnut, United States	2002-07-27	PB
5	71.47 m	Yipsi Moreno (CUB)	Madrid, Spain	2002-07-03	PB
6	71.10 m	Gu Yuan (CHN)	Colombo, Sri Lanka	2002-08-09	PB
7	70.62 m	Yunaika Crawford (CUB)	Madrid, Spain	2002-07-03	PB
8	70.11 m	Olga Tsander (BLR)	Bydgoszcz, Poland	2002-06-08	PB
9	69.65 m	Bronwyn Eagles (AUS)	Adelaide, Australia	2002-03-23
10	68.70 m	Iryna Sekachova (UKR)	Koncha-Zaspa, Ukraine	2002-05-23
11	68.54 m	Ester Balassini (ITA)	Ancona, Italy	2002-07-10	PB
12	68.43 m	Vânia Silva (POR)	Madrid, Spain	2002-07-03	PB
13	68.28 m	Sini Pöyry (FIN)	Helsinki, Finland	2002-06-12	PB
14	68.23 m	Clarissa Claretti (ITA)	Macareta, Italy	2002-07-28	PB
15	68.22 m	Martina Hrašnová (SVK)	Schwechat, Austria	2002-05-19
16	68.17 m	Susanne Keil (GER)	Bad Köstritz, Germany	2002-09-08	PB
17	68.06 m	Liu Yinghui (CHN)	Shanghai, PR China	2002-05-18	PB
18	68.05 m	Dawn Ellerbe (USA)	Philadelphia, United States	2002-04-27
19	68.03 m	Florence Ezeh (FRA)	Munich, Germany	2002-08-09	PB
20	67.87 m	Brooke Krueger (AUS)	Szombathely, Hungary	2002-07-14	PB
21	67.57 m	Andrea Bunjes (GER)	Stadsteinach, Germany	2002-07-27	PB
22	67.40 m	Alla Davydova (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	2002-07-13
23	67.36 m	Aldenay Vasallo (CUB)	Madrid, Spain	2002-07-03	PB
24	67.35 m	Yelena Konevtseva (RUS)	Cheboksary, Russia	2002-07-13	PB
25	67.31 m	Agnieszka Pogroszewska (POL)	Gdańsk, Poland	2002-07-27