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

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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[edit]

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

Results[edit]

Final[edit]

12 July

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Walter Henning  United States 76.14 x 74.23 76.13 70.18 76.92 76.92
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Conor McCullough  United States 67.74 70.73 75.88 74.07 74.24 73.50 75.88
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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[edit]

10 July

Group A[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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