Mens season best

Year

Distance

Athlete

Place

1971

90.68

Jnis Lsis (URS)

Helsinki

1972

93.80

Jnis Lsis (URS)

Stockholm

1973

94.08

Klaus Wolfermann (FRG)

Leverkusen

1974

89.58

Hannu Siitonen (FIN)

Rome

1975

91.38

Mikls Nmeth (HUN)

Budapest

1976

94.58

Mikls Nmeth (HUN)

Montreal

1977

94.10

Mikls Nmeth (HUN)

Stockholm

1978

94.22

Michael Wessing (FRG)

Oslo

1979

93.84

Pentti Sinersaari (FIN)

Auckland

1980

96.72

Ferenc Paragi (HUN)

Tata

1981

92.48

Detlef Michel (GDR)

Berlin

1982

95.80

Bob Roggy (USA)

Stuttgart

1983

99.72

Tom Petranoff (USA)

Westwood

Year

Distance

Athlete

Place

1984

104.80

Uwe Hohn (GDR)

Berlin

1985

96.96

Uwe Hohn (GDR)

Canberra

A new model was introduced in 1986, and all records started fresh.

Year

Distance

Athlete

Place

1986

85.74

Klaus Tafelmeier (FRG)

Como

1987

87.66

Jan elezn (TCH)

Nitra

1988

86.88

Jan elezn (TCH)

Leverkusen

1989

87.60

Kazuhiro Mizoguchi (JPN)

San Jos

1990

89.58

Steve Backley (GBR)

Stockholm

1991

89.16

Tom Petranoff (USA)

Potchefstroom

1992

91.46

Steve Backley (GBR)

Auckland

1993

95.66

Jan elezn (CZE)

Sheffield

1994

91.82

Jan elezn (CZE)

Sheffield

1995

92.60

Raymond Hecht (GER)

Oslo

1996

98.48 (WR)

Jan elezn (CZE)

Jena

Year

Distance

Athlete

Place

1997

94.02

Jan elezn (CZE)

Stellenbosch

1998

90.88

Aki Parviainen (FIN)

Tartu

1999

93.09

Aki Parviainen (FIN)

Kuortane

2000

91.69

Konstadins Gatsiodis (GRE)

Kuortane

2001

92.80

Jan elezn (CZE)

Edmonton

2002

92.61

Sergey Makarov (RUS)

Sheffield

2003

90.11

Sergey Makarov (RUS)

Dessau

2004

87.73

Aleksandr Ivanov (RUS)

Ostrava

2005

91.53

Tero Pitkmki (FIN)

Kuortane

2006

91.59

Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

Oslo

2007

91.29

Breaux Greer (USA)

Indianapolis

2008

90.57 (OR)

Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

Beijing

2009

91.28

Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

Zrich

2010

90.37

Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

Flor

Year

Distance

Athlete

Place

2011

90.61

Andreas Thorkildsen (NOR)

Byrkjelo

2012

88.34

Vtzslav Vesel (CZE)

London