2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 2010 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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's hammer throw at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Moncton 2010 Stadium on 23 & 25 July.^[1][2] The final was won by American Conor McCullough. A six-kilogram ball was used throughout the competition.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Conor McCullough  United States	Ákos Hudi  Hungary	Alaa El-Din El-Ashry  Egypt

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

	Name	Nationality	Distance	Location	Date
World junior record	Javier Cienfuegos	Spain	82.97	Madrid	June 17, 2009
Championship record	Yevgeniy Aydamirov	Russia	78.42	Beijing	August 28, 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Distance	WJR	CR
July 25	Final	Conor McCullough	United States	80.79		CR

Results

Final

25 July

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Conor McCullough	United States	77.59	80.79	80.18	78.05	80.69	x	80.79	(CR), (NJR)
	Ákos Hudi	Hungary	78.37	x	74.15	77.28	76.56	75.33	78.37
	Alaa El-Din El-Ashry	Egypt	76.38	76.66	74.70	75.23	76.54	76.05	76.66	(PB)
4	Bartlomiej Krupa	Poland	74.43	68.56	x	69.05	72.36	x	74.43	(PB)
5	Dániel Szabó	Hungary	x	71.16	74.41	x	70.85	x	74.41
6	Pavel Bareisha	Belarus	72.41	x	x	73.23	x	71.99	73.23	(PB)
7	Quentin Bigot	France	70.22	68.45	69.40	70.18	69.02	71.51	71.51
8	Paul Hützen	Germany	x	67.03	67.22	64.07	x	x	67.22
9	Marcin Pastuszko	Poland	x	67.22	x				67.22
10	Justin Welch	United States	67.20	x	x				67.20
11	Edgards Gailis	Latvia	67.02	66.46	x				67.02
12	Tomáš Kružliak	Slovakia	66.02	x	66.54				66.54

Key: CR = Championship record, NJR = National junior record, PB = Personal best

Qualifications

23 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Conor McCullough	United States	76.05	-	-	76.05	Q
2	Bartlomiej Krupa	Poland	x	71.55	-	71.55	Q
3	Dániel Szabó	Hungary	60.24	x	x	70.89	q
4	Edgars Gailis	Latvia	68.13	x	67.34	68.13	q
5	Tomáš Kružliak	Slovakia	x	64.54	67.50	67.50	q
6	Harinder Singh	India	63.82	66.57	65.51	66.57
7	Serghei Marghiev	Moldova	63.78	x	66.56	66.56
8	Tristan Schwandke	Germany	x	x	66.12	66.12
9	Servando Rivas	Spain	62.36	65.71	64.42	65.71
10	Pedro Martín	Spain	65.54	65.38	61.80	65.54
11	Mikko Koskiranta	Finland	60.80	63.71	64.99	64.99
12	Zdravko Dimitrov	Bulgaria	x	63.98	64.75	64.75
13	Simone Falloni	Italy	64.49	63.35	60.24	64.49
14	Abdulhamed Mohammad	Kuwait	62.98	x	64.36	64.36
15	Elias Håkansson	Sweden	-	62.72	x	62.72
16	Cheng Tzu-Chi	Chinese Taipei	60.49	60.18	x	60.49
17	Enrique Gaitán	Guatemala	x	x	54.12	54.12

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ákos Hudi	Hungary	76.62	-	-	76.62	Q
2	Alaa El-Din El-Ashry	Egypt	73.23	-	-	73.23	Q
3	Pavel Bareisha	Belarus	68.33	72.35	-	72.35	Q
4	Quentin Bigot	France	69.01	69.25	70.41	70.41	q
5	Marcin Pastuszko	Poland	x	68.52	67.29	68.52	q
6	Justin Welch	United States	67.46	x	x	67.46	q
7	Paul Hützen	Germany	66.82	x	63.97	66.82	q
8	Joelvis Hernández	Cuba	x	x	66.32	66.32
9	Alexandru Mehes	Romania	62.06	62.03	65.35	65.35
10	Juho Saarikoski	Finland	63.76	x	63.10	63.76
11	Özkan Baltaci	Turkey	x	61.95	x	61.95
12	Anastas Papazov	Bulgaria	61.52	58.65	x	61.52
13	Demetris Elia	Cyprus	70.17	70.89	69.95	60.24
14	Ryota Kashimura	Japan	x	x	58.91	58.91
15	Kevin Bowman	Canada	x	x	54.51	54.51
16	Martin Lehemets	Estonia	x	x	x	NM
17	Pezhman Ghalehnoei	Iran	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event.

•  Belarus (1)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  Canada (1)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Estonia (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Guatemala (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  India (1)
•  Iran (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  Japan (1)
•  Kuwait (1)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Moldova (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Slovakia (1)
•  Spain (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2010 Moncton CAN Jul 19-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 9 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links

• 2010 World Junior Championships - Men's hammer throw (qualification). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.
• 2010 World Junior Championships - Men's hammer throw (final). IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.
• 13th IAAF World Junior Championships Facts & Figures. IAAF. Retrieved on 2010-07-25.