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 6 kg (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)