Farthest hammer throw (men)

According to Official Guinness Records,

The farthest hammer throw by a male athlete is 86.74 m (284 ft 6.9 in), by Yuriy Sedykh (USSR) at the European Athletics Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, on 30 August 1986. It was his sixth world record in the hammer.

For a complete list of 1986 records, please visit 1986 Guinness Records in Germany.

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