1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 1988 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
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's hammer throw event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 29 and 30 July. A 7257g (senior implement) hammer was used.

Medalists

Gold	Vadim Kolesnik Soviet Union
Silver	Oleg Polyushik Soviet Union
Bronze	Thomas Hommel East Germany

Results

Final

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Vadim Kolesnik	Soviet Union	69.52	68.54	68.80	67.24	66.26	67.44	69.52
	Oleg Polyushik	Soviet Union	69.00	x	x	x	x	x	69.00
	Thomas Hommel	East Germany	65.44	62.98	62.88	64.34	64.04	66.06	66.06
4	Stefan Fischer	West Germany	64.48	64.02	64.58	64.04	65.48	x	65.48
5	László Redei	Hungary	62.88	63.70	62.74	65.08	64.78	61.86	65.08
6	János Verebes	Hungary	64.78	64.34	x	x	63.56	x	64.78
7	Gareth Cook	United Kingdom	59.46	61.84	62.40	60.06	x	62.58	62.58
8	Christoph Épalle	France	x	62.14	x	61.94	x	62.04	62.14
9	Eleodor Rosca	Romania	x	x	61.86				61.86
10	Alex Marfull	Spain	59.46	61.00	59.54				61.00
11	Marko Wahlman	Finland	x	58.58	60.20				60.20
	Emilio Calabrò	Italy	x	x	x				NM

Qualifications

29 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Vadim Kolesnik	Soviet Union	67.62	-	-	67.62	Q
2	Oleg Polyushik	Soviet Union	65.50	-	-	65.50	Q
3	László Redei	Hungary	64.76	-	-	64.76	Q
4	János Verebes	Hungary	64.08	-	-	64.08	Q
5	Stefan Fischer	West Germany	63.76	-	-	63.76	Q
6	Christoph Épalle	France	x	63.26	-	63.26	Q
7	Emilio Calabrò	Italy	62.96	-	-	62.96	Q
7	Eleodor Rosca	Romania	62.96	-	-	62.96	Q
9	Thomas Hommel	East Germany	62.28	-	-	62.28	Q
10	Gareth Cook	United Kingdom	59.92	60.60	62.12	62.12	Q
11	Marko Wahlman	Finland	62.04	-	-	62.04	Q
12	Alex Marfull	Spain	57.94	61.46	-	61.46	Q
13	Steve Dering	United States	x	x	60.66	60.66
14	Juha Paasonen	Finland	58.02	58.18	59.44	59.44
15	Scott Bucyk	Canada	55.24	54.68	54.92	55.24
	Sherif El-Hennawi	Egypt	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

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