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

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
v t

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 6 kg (junior implement) hammer was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	United States
Silver	Conor McCullough  United States
Bronze	Belarus

Results[]

Final[]

12 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
		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
		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		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		Sweden	69.57	72.97	72.95	72.16	72.75	x	72.97
9		Ukraine	70.37	72.26	x				72.26
10	Denis Lukyanov	Russia	x	65.11	70.77				70.77
11		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		Ukraine	x	x	72.83	72.83	q
3		Sweden	68.37	71.69	71.99	71.99	q
4	Siarhei Kalamoets	Belarus	71.90	70.89	x	71.90	q
5		United States	x	66.10	71.43	71.43	q
6	Paweł Fajdek	Poland	x	70.84	x	70.84	q
7		Croatia	69.94	x	68.17	69.94	q
8		Egypt	65.77	68.17	69.42	69.42
9		Slovenia	x	66.93	68.55	68.55
10		Spain	x	64.08	66.46	66.46
11		France	65.18	63.44	x	65.18
12		Finland	64.04	64.84	65.04	65.04
13		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		Belarus	x	x	71.84	71.84	q
3		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		Egypt	67.59	69.19	66.69	69.19
7		Germany	69.02	x	68.32	69.02
8		Finland	x	68.07	64.98	68.07
9		Ukraine	x	66.94	x	66.94
10		Poland	x	66.75	61.14	66.75
11		South Korea	x	64.76	62.06	64.76
12		France	62.04	59.53	64.68	64.68
13		Cyprus	63.18	x	60.42	63.18
14		Tajikistan	x	55.31	59.06	59.06
15		Estonia	x	55.33	x	55.33

Participation[]

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

References[]