World and Area Throws Records

Mens Javelin
 98.48              W, E         Jan Zeleznà                   CZE    Jena                          25 May 96
 88.75              Afr          Marius Corbett                RSA    Kuala Lumpur                  21 Sep 98
 87.60              Asi          Kazuhiro Mizoguchi            JPN    San Josò CA                   27 May 89
 84.20              CAC          Emeterio Gonz lez             CUB    Santiago de Cuba              20 Mar 98
 87.12              NAm          Tom Pukstys                   USA    Jena                          25 May 97
 88.20              Oce          Gavin Lovegrove               NZL    Oslo                          5 Jul 96
 81.28              SAm          Nery Kennedy                  PAR    College Station TX            9 May 98
 82.52              WJ           Harri Haatainen               FIN    Lepp›virta                    25 May 96

Mens Hammer
 86.74              W, E         Yuriy Sedykh                  UKR    Stuttgart                     30 Aug 86
 76.09A             Afr          Chris Harmse                  RSA    Roodepoort                    19 Mar 99
 83.36              Asi          Andrey Abduvaliyev            TJK    Budapest                      3 Jun 94
 77.78              CAC          Alberto S nchez               CUB    La Habana                     15 May 98
 82.52              NAm          Lance Deal                    USA    Milano                        7 Sep 96
 77.58              Oce          Sean Carlin                   AUS    Adelaide                      11 Feb 94
 74.66              SAm          Andres Charadia               ARG    C—rdoba                       9 Oct 94
 78.33              WJ           Olli-Pekka Karjalainen        FIN    Sein›joki                     5 Aug 99

Mens Discus
 74.08              W, E         JŸrgen Schult                 GDR    Neubrandenburg                6 Jun 86
 67.80              Afr          Adewale Olukoju               NGR    Modesto CA                    11 May 91
 65.16              Asi          Li Shaojie                    CHN    Nanjing                       7 May 96
 71.06              CAC          Luis Del’s                    CUB    La Habana                     21 May 83
 72.34              NAm          Ben Plucknett                 USA    Stockholm                     7 Jul 81
 65.06              Oce          Wayne Martin                  AUS    Newcastle                     3 Jan 79
 64.30              SAm          Ram—n Jimònez-Gaona           PAR    Eugene OR                     23 May 92
 63.64              WJ           Werner Hartmann               FRG    Strasbourg                    25 Jun 78
 
 Mens Shot Put
 23.12              W, NAm       Randy Barnes                  USA    Westwood CA                   20 May 90
 20.76              Afr          Ahmed Kamel Shatta            EGY    Cairo                         24 Mar 88
 20.45              Asi          Sergey Rubtsov                KZK    Almaty                        15 Jun 96
 20.28              CAC          Paul Ruiz                     CUB    Rostock                       29 May 88
 23.06              E            Ulf Timmermann                GDR    Hani                          22 May 88
 19.80              Oce          Les Mills                     NZL    Honolulu HI                   3 Jul 67
 20.90              SAm          Gert Weil                     CHI    Winges                        17 Aug 86
 20.39A             WJ           Janus Robberts                RSA    Germiston                     7 Mar 98

Women's Shot Put
 22.63              W, E         Natalya Lisovskaya            RUS    Moskva                        7 Jun 87
 16.86              Afr          Grace Apiafi                  NGR    Santa Barbara CA              19 May 90
 21.76              Asi          Li Meisu                      CHN    Shijiazhuang                  23 Apr 88
 20.96              CAC          Belsis Laza                   CUB    Ciudad Mòxico                 2 May 92
 20.18              NAm          Ramona Pagel                  USA    San Diego CA                  25 Jun 88
 19.74              Oce          Gael Martin                   AUS    Berkeley CA                   14 Jul 84
 19.02A             SAm          Elis‰ngela Adriano            BRA    Bogot                         26 Jun 99
 20.54              WJ           Astrid Kumbernu§              GDR    Orimattila                    1 Jul 89

Women's Discus
 76.80              W, E         Gabriele Reinsch              GDR    Neubrandenburg                9 Jul 88
 61.74              Afr          Monia Kari                    TUN    Tunis                         1 May 96
 71.68              Asi          Xiao Yanling                  CHN    Beijing                       14 Mar 92
 70.88              CAC          Hilda Ramos                   CUB    La Habana                     8 May 92
 66.10              NAm          Carol Cady                    USA    San Josò CA                   31 May 86
 68.72              Oce          Daniela Costian               AUS    Auckland                      22 Jan 94
 62.23              SAm          Elis‰ngela Adriano            BRA    Palma de Mallorca             12 Jul 99
 74.40              WJ           Ilke Wyludda                  GDR    Berlin                        13 Sep 88
 
Women's Hammer
 75.97              W, E         Mihaela Melinte               ROM    Clermont-Ferrand              13 May 99
 62.06              Afr          Caroline Fournier             MRI    Montgeron                     30 Jun 96
 63.75              Asi          Gu Yuan                       CHN    Shenyang                      19 Jun 99
 66.34A             CAC          Yipsi Moreno                  CUB    Ciudad de Mòxico              29 May 99
 70.16A             NAm          Dawn Ellerbe                  USA    Laramie WY                    15 May 99
 67.16              Oce          Debbie Sosimenko              AUS    Sydney                        10 Aug 98
 61.85              SAm          Carina Moya                   ARG    Santa Fe                      13 Jun 98
 66.81              WJ           Bianca Achilles               GER    Riga                          7 Aug 99

Women's Javelin
 80.00              W, E         Petra Felke                   GDR    Potsdam                       9 Sep 88
 68.19              W, E         Trine Hattestad               NOR    Fana                          28 Jul 99
 48.32              Afr          Adam Sellam                   TUN    Palafrugell                   18 May 99
 62.16              Afr          Samia Djòmaa                  ALG    Algiers                       19 Jun 87
 70.42              Asi          Zhang Li                      CHN    Tianjin                       6 Aug 90
 60.33              Asi          Wei Jianhua                   CHN    Shanghai                      6 Jun 99
 66.45              CAC          Osleidis Menòndez             CUB    Lausanne                      2 Jul 99
 71.82              CAC          Ivonne Leal                   CUB    Kobe                          30 Aug 85
 69.32              NAm          Kate Schmidt                  USA    FŸrth                         11 Jul 77
 57.14              NAm          Lynda Lipson-Blutreich        USA    Atlanta GA                    21 May 99
 66.03              Oce          Louise Currey                 AUS    Linz                          26 Jul 99
 69.85A             Oce          Joanna Stone                  AUS    Johannesburg                  11 Sep 98
 65.96              SAm          Sueli dos Santos              BRA    Mar del Plata                 28 Oct 94
 58.81A             SAm          Sabina Moya                   COL    Bogot                         25 Jun 99
 71.88              WJ           Antoanata Todorova            BUL    Zagreb                        15 Aug 81