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 Silver Conor McCullough Bronze Aleh Dubitski

Results Final 12 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Walter Henning 76.14 x 74.23 76.13 70.18 76.92 76.92 Conor McCullough 67.74 70.73 75.88 74.07 74.24 73.50 75.88 Aleh Dubitski x 71.82 75.42 x x x 75.42 4 Paweł Fajdek 71.78 75.31 x 72.76 x 75.24 75.31 5 Siarhei Kalamoets 74.22 x x 72.72 x 71.46 74.22 6 Dániel Szabó 72.04 73.34 73.56 72.03 x x 73.56 7 Ákos Hudi 72.58 x 73.31 71.56 72.03 72.55 73.31 8 Markus Johansson 69.57 72.97 72.95 72.16 72.75 x 72.97 9 Andrey Martynyuk 70.37 72.26 x 72.26 10 Denis Lukyanov x 65.11 70.77 70.77 11 Mirko Micuda 69.23 x 70.41 70.41 12 Javier Cienfuegos x 65.93 x 65.93

Qualifications 10 July

Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Ákos Hudi 72.22 72.86 70.70 72.86 q 2 Andrey Martynyuk x x 72.83 72.83 q 3 Markus Johansson 68.37 71.69 71.99 71.99 q 4 Siarhei Kalamoets 71.90 70.89 x 71.90 q 5 Walter Henning x 66.10 71.43 71.43 q 6 Paweł Fajdek x 70.84 x 70.84 q 7 Mirko Micuda 69.94 x 68.17 69.94 q 8 Khaled Shawki Wanis 65.77 68.17 69.42 69.42 9 Tomaž Bogovic x 66.93 68.55 68.55 10 Ignacio López x 64.08 66.46 66.46 11 Erwan Cassier 65.18 63.44 x 65.18 12 Harri Santala 64.04 64.84 65.04 65.04 13 Mart Olman x 61.67 x 61.67 14 Amanmurad Hommadov x 61.11 x 61.11 Eivind Henriksen x x x NM

Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Conor McCullough 72.82 x 69.04 72.82 q 2 Aleh Dubitski x x 71.84 71.84 q 3 Dániel Szabó 71.27 68.99 67.15 71.27 q 4 Javier Cienfuegos 70.42 x x 70.42 q 5 Denis Lukyanov 70.04 69.75 66.83 70.04 q 6 Alaa El-Din 67.59 69.19 66.69 69.19 7 Richard Olbrich 69.02 x 68.32 69.02 8 Kai Räsänen x 68.07 64.98 68.07 9 Sergey Kravchenko x 66.94 x 66.94 10 Norbert Rauhut x 66.75 61.14 66.75 11 Park Yeong-Sik x 64.76 62.06 64.76 12 Maxime Rolnin 62.04 59.53 64.68 64.68 13 Michael Kolokotronis 63.18 x 60.42 63.18 14 Alisher Eshbekov x 55.31 59.06 59.06 15 Indrek Masing x 55.33 x 55.33

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

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