# 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 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 | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 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)