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

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. 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
	Walter Henning	United States	76.14	x	74.23	76.13	70.18	76.92	76.92
	Conor McCullough	United States	67.74	70.73	75.88	74.07	74.24	73.50	75.88
	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
	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.

• Belarus (2)
• Croatia (1)
• Cyprus (1)
• Egypt (2)
• Estonia (2)
• Finland (2)
• France (2)
• Germany (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (2)
• Russia (1)
• Slovenia (1)
• South Korea (1)
• Spain (2)
• Sweden (1)
• Tajikistan (1)
• Turkmenistan (1)
• Ukraine (2)
• United States (2)