# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 23 and 24 August. A 7257g (senior implement) hammer was used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Maciej Pałyszko Poland |
| Silver | Vadim Devyatovskiy Belarus |
| Bronze | Roman Konevtsov Russia |

## Results
### Final

24 August
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Maciej Pałyszko | Poland | 69.54 | 70.90 | 70.58 | 70.46 | 70.22 | 71.24 | 71.24 | |
| | Vadim Devyatovskiy | Belarus | 68.26 | 70.88 | 65.56 | 67.66 | 68.40 | 69.24 | 70.88 | |
| | Roman Konevtsov | Russia | x | 69.44 | x | 70.32 | x | 68.84 | 70.32 | |
| 4 | Sergey Martemyanov | Belarus | 66.42 | x | x | 68.22 | x | x | 68.22 | |
| 5 | Mikko Dannbäck | Finland | 63.80 | 66.70 | 66.06 | 67.68 | 67.34 | 63.70 | 67.68 | |
| 6 | Yosmel Montes | Cuba | x | 67.34 | x | x | 64.90 | 65.70 | 67.34 | |
| 7 | Oleg Sergeyev | Russia | 65.90 | 67.12 | 63.64 | x | 64.78 | 63.04 | 67.12 | |
| 8 | Ioánnis Barlís | Greece | x | 65.38 | 65.10 | 66.14 | 65.02 | 66.52 | 66.52 | |
| 9 | Samu-Petri Simo | Finland | 64.88 | x | 65.18 | | | | 65.18 | |
| 10 | Xavier Tison | France | 64.12 | 62.82 | x | | | | 64.12 | |
| 11 | Roman Tcherkachine | Ukraine | 58.82 | 60.90 | x | | | | 60.90 | |
| | Frank Caspers | Germany | x | x | x | | | | NM | |

### Qualifications

23 Aug

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Maciej Pałyszko | Poland | 67.14 | - | - | 67.14 | Q |
| 2 | Mikko Dannbäck | Finland | 66.20 | - | - | 66.20 | Q |
| 3 | Xavier Tison | France | x | 63.18 | 64.74 | 64.74 | Q |
| 4 | Ioánnis Barlís | Greece | x | 64.06 | - | 64.06 | Q |
| 5 | Sergey Martemyanov | Belarus | x | 64.04 | - | 64.04 | Q |
| 6 | Yosmel Montes | Cuba | 62.28 | 63.70 | 63.76 | 63.76 | q |
| 7 | Frank Caspers | Germany | 62.76 | 61.48 | 60.02 | 62.76 | q |
| 8 | Oleg Sergeyev | Russia | 61.88 | x | x | 61.88 | q |
| 9 | Libor Charfreitag | Slovakia | 61.52 | 59.22 | x | 61.52 | |
| 10 | Cameron Grant | Australia | x | 57.64 | 58.32 | 58.32 | |
| 11 | Patric Suter | Switzerland | 56.36 | x | x | 56.36 | |
| 12 | David Spitz | United States | x | x | 53.48 | 53.48 | |
| 13 | Hamoud Al-Anzi | Kuwait | x | x | 42.00 | 42.00 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Vadim Devyatovskiy | Belarus | 65.38 | - | - | 65.38 | Q |
| 2 | Roman Konevtsov | Russia | 64.72 | - | - | 64.72 | Q |
| 3 | Samu-Petri Simo | Finland | 64.44 | - | - | 64.44 | Q |
| 4 | Roman Tcherkachine | Ukraine | 58.72 | 60.72 | 61.78 | 61.78 | q |
| 5 | Thomas Bourgeois | France | 60.14 | 61.18 | x | 61.18 | |
| 6 | András Haklits | Hungary | 60.30 | x | x | 60.30 | |
| 7 | Patrick Hiemer | Germany | 56.10 | 60.14 | 58.54 | 60.14 | |
| 8 | Dorian Çollaku | Albania | 59.58 | 59.08 | 59.72 | 59.72 | |
| 9 | Anscar Salgado | Spain | 59.24 | 58.92 | x | 59.24 | |
| 10 | Nuno Coelho | Portugal | x | 53.88 | 57.68 | 57.68 | |
| 11 | Theoharis Hatziadamidis | Greece | 52.92 | 54.30 | 57.06 | 57.06 | |
| 12 | Yamine Hussein | Egypt | 50.34 | 52.20 | 56.30 | 56.30 | |
| 13 | Alexandre Kojokar | Moldova | x | 53.04 | 53.14 | 53.14 | |
| 14 | Oleg Toulaev | Tajikistan | x | 44.30 | x | 44.30 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (1)
* Australia (1)
* Belarus (2)
* Cuba (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (2)
* Greece (2)
* Hungary (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Moldova (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Russia (2)
* Slovakia (1)
* Spain (1)
* Switzerland (1)
* Tajikistan (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United States (1)