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

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

GoldSilverBronze
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.

NameNationalityDistanceLocationDate
World junior recordJavier Cienfuegos Spain82.97MadridJune 17, 2009
Championship recordYevgeniy Aydamirov Russia78.42BeijingAugust 28, 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

DateRoundNameNationalityDistanceWJRCR
July 25FinalConor McCullough United States80.79CR

Results

Final

25 July

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Conor McCullough  United States77.5980.7980.1878.0580.69x80.79(CR), (NJR)
Ákos Hudi  Hungary78.37x74.1577.2876.5675.3378.37
Alaa El-Din El-Ashry  Egypt76.3876.6674.7075.2376.5476.0576.66(PB)
4Bartłomiej Krupa  Poland74.4368.56x69.0572.36x74.43(PB)
5Dániel Szabó  Hungaryx71.1674.41x70.85x74.41
6Pavel Bareisha  Belarus72.41xx73.23x71.9973.23(PB)
7Quentin Bigot  France70.2268.4569.4070.1869.0271.5171.51
8Paul Hützen  Germanyx67.0367.2264.07xx67.22
9Marcin Pastuszko  Polandx67.22x67.22
10Justin Welch  United States67.20xx67.20
11Edgards Gailis  Latvia67.0266.46x67.02
12Tomáš Kružliak  Slovakia66.02x66.5466.54

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

Qualifications

23 July

Group A

RankNameNationalityAttemptsResultNotes
123
1Conor McCullough  United States76.05--76.05Q
2Bartłomiej Krupa  Polandx71.55-71.55Q
3Dániel Szabó  Hungary60.24xx70.89q
4Edgars Gailis  Latvia68.13x67.3468.13q
5Tomáš Kružliak  Slovakiax64.5467.5067.50q
6Harinder Singh  India63.8266.5765.5166.57
7Serghei Marghiev  Moldova63.78x66.5666.56
8Tristan Schwandke  Germanyxx66.1266.12
9Servando Rivas  Spain62.3665.7164.4265.71
10Pedro Martín  Spain65.5465.3861.8065.54
11Mikko Koskiranta  Finland60.8063.7164.9964.99
12Zdravko Dimitrov  Bulgariax63.9864.7564.75
13Simone Falloni  Italy64.4963.3560.2464.49
14Abdulhamed Mohammad  Kuwait62.98x64.3664.36
15Elias Håkansson  Sweden-62.72x62.72
16Cheng Tzu-Chi  Chinese Taipei60.4960.18x60.49
17Enrique Gaitán  Guatemalaxx54.1254.12

Group B

RankNameNationalityAttemptsResultNotes
123
1Ákos Hudi  Hungary76.62--76.62Q
2Alaa El-Din El-Ashry  Egypt73.23--73.23Q
3Pavel Bareisha  Belarus68.3372.35-72.35Q
4Quentin Bigot  France69.0169.2570.4170.41q
5Marcin Pastuszko  Polandx68.5267.2968.52q
6Justin Welch  United States67.46xx67.46q
7Paul Hützen  Germany66.82x63.9766.82q
8Joelvis Hernández  Cubaxx66.3266.32
9Alexandru Mehes  Romania62.0662.0365.3565.35
10Juho Saarikoski  Finland63.76x63.1063.76
11Özkan Baltaci  Turkeyx61.95x61.95
12Anastas Papazov  Bulgaria61.5258.65x61.52
13Demetris Elia  Cyprus70.1770.8969.9560.24
14Ryota Kashimura  Japanxx58.9158.91
15Kevin Bowman  Canadaxx54.5154.51
Martin Lehemets  EstoniaxxxNM
Pezhman Ghalehnoei  IranxxxNM

Participation

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

References