1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

1988 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
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Road events
20 km	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's hammer throw event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July.^[1][2] A 7257g (senior implement) hammer was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Vadim Kolesnik  Soviet Union
Silver	Soviet Union
Bronze	East Germany

Results[]

Final[]

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Vadim Kolesnik	Soviet Union	69.52	68.54	68.80	67.24	66.26	67.44	69.52
		Soviet Union	69.00	x	x	x	x	x	69.00
		East Germany	65.44	62.98	62.88	64.34	64.04	66.06	66.06
4		West Germany	64.48	64.02	64.58	64.04	65.48	x	65.48
5		Hungary	62.88	63.70	62.74	65.08	64.78	61.86	65.08
6		Hungary	64.78	64.34	x	x	63.56	x	64.78
7		United Kingdom	59.46	61.84	62.40	60.06	x	62.58	62.58
8		France	x	62.14	x	61.94	x	62.04	62.14
9		Romania	x	x	61.86				61.86
10		Spain	59.46	61.00	59.54				61.00
11	Marko Wahlman	Finland	x	58.58	60.20				60.20
		Italy	x	x	x				NM

Qualifications[]

29 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Vadim Kolesnik	Soviet Union	67.62	-	-	67.62	Q
2		Soviet Union	65.50	-	-	65.50	Q
3		Hungary	64.76	-	-	64.76	Q
4		Hungary	64.08	-	-	64.08	Q
5		West Germany	63.76	-	-	63.76	Q
6		France	x	63.26	-	63.26	Q
7		Italy	62.96	-	-	62.96	Q
7		Romania	62.96	-	-	62.96	Q
9		East Germany	62.28	-	-	62.28	Q
10		United Kingdom	59.92	60.60	62.12	62.12	Q
11	Marko Wahlman	Finland	62.04	-	-	62.04	Q
12		Spain	57.94	61.46	-	61.46	Q
13		United States	x	x	60.66	60.66
14		Finland	58.02	58.18	59.44	59.44
15		Canada	55.24	54.68	54.92	55.24
		Egypt	x	x	x	NM

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

References[]