2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's hammer throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 10 and 12 July.^[1][2] A 6kg (junior implement) hammer was used.

Medalists

Gold	Walter Henning  United States
Silver	Conor McCullough  United States
Bronze	Aleh Dubitski  Belarus

Results

Final

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Walter Henning	United States	76.14	x	74.23	76.13	70.18	76.92	76.92
02 !	Conor McCullough	United States	67.74	70.73	75.88	74.07	74.24	73.50	75.88
03 !	Aleh Dubitski	Belarus	x	71.82	75.42	x	x	x	75.42
4	Paweł Fajdek	Poland	71.78	75.31	x	72.76	x	75.24	75.31
5	Siarhei Kalamoets	Belarus	74.22	x	x	72.72	x	71.46	74.22
6	Dániel Szabó	Hungary	72.04	73.34	73.56	72.03	x	x	73.56
7	Ákos Hudi	Hungary	72.58	x	73.31	71.56	72.03	72.55	73.31
8	Markus Johansson	Sweden	69.57	72.97	72.95	72.16	72.75	x	72.97
9	Andrey Martynyuk	Ukraine	70.37	72.26	x				72.26
10	Denis Lukyanov	Russia	x	65.11	70.77				70.77
11	Mirko Micuda	Croatia	69.23	x	70.41				70.41
12	Javier Cienfuegos	Spain	x	65.93	x				65.93

Qualifications

10 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ákos Hudi	Hungary	72.22	72.86	70.70	72.86	q
2	Andrey Martynyuk	Ukraine	x	x	72.83	72.83	q
3	Markus Johansson	Sweden	68.37	71.69	71.99	71.99	q
4	Siarhei Kalamoets	Belarus	71.90	70.89	x	71.90	q
5	Walter Henning	United States	x	66.10	71.43	71.43	q
6	Paweł Fajdek	Poland	x	70.84	x	70.84	q
7	Mirko Micuda	Croatia	69.94	x	68.17	69.94	q
8	Khaled Shawki Wanis	Egypt	65.77	68.17	69.42	69.42
9	Tomaž Bogovic	Slovenia	x	66.93	68.55	68.55
10	Ignacio López	Spain	x	64.08	66.46	66.46
11	Erwan Cassier	France	65.18	63.44	x	65.18
12	Harri Santala	Finland	64.04	64.84	65.04	65.04
13	Mart Olman	Estonia	x	61.67	x	61.67
14	Amanmurad Hommadov	Turkmenistan	x	61.11	x	61.11
15	Eivind Henriksen	Norway	x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Conor McCullough	United States	72.82	x	69.04	72.82	q
2	Aleh Dubitski	Belarus	x	x	71.84	71.84	q
3	Dániel Szabó	Hungary	71.27	68.99	67.15	71.27	q
4	Javier Cienfuegos	Spain	70.42	x	x	70.42	q
5	Denis Lukyanov	Russia	70.04	69.75	66.83	70.04	q
6	Alaa El-Din	Egypt	67.59	69.19	66.69	69.19
7	Richard Olbrich	Germany	69.02	x	68.32	69.02
8	Kai Räsänen	Finland	x	68.07	64.98	68.07
9	Sergey Kravchenko	Ukraine	x	66.94	x	66.94
10	Norbert Rauhut	Poland	x	66.75	61.14	66.75
11	Park Yeong-Sik	South Korea	x	64.76	62.06	64.76
12	Maxime Rolnin	France	62.04	59.53	64.68	64.68
13	Michael Kolokotronis	Cyprus	63.18	x	60.42	63.18
14	Alisher Eshbekov	Tajikistan	x	55.31	59.06	59.06
15	Indrek Masing	Estonia	x	55.33	x	55.33

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References