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 edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Conor McCullough
  United States
Ákos Hudi
  Hungary
Alaa El-Din El-Ashry
  Egypt

Records edit

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

Name Nationality Distance Location Date
World junior record Javier Cienfuegos   Spain 82.97 Madrid June 17, 2009
Championship record Yevgeniy Aydamirov   Russia 78.42 Beijing August 28, 2006

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Round Name Nationality Distance WJR CR
July 25 Final Conor McCullough   United States 80.79 CR

Results edit

Final edit

25 July

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
  Conor McCullough   United States 77.59 80.79 80.18 78.05 80.69 x 80.79 (CR), (NJR)
  Ákos Hudi   Hungary 78.37 x 74.15 77.28 76.56 75.33 78.37
  Alaa El-Din El-Ashry   Egypt 76.38 76.66 74.70 75.23 76.54 76.05 76.66 (PB)
4 Bartłomiej Krupa   Poland 74.43 68.56 x 69.05 72.36 x 74.43 (PB)
5 Dániel Szabó   Hungary x 71.16 74.41 x 70.85 x 74.41
6 Pavel Bareisha   Belarus 72.41 x x 73.23 x 71.99 73.23 (PB)
7 Quentin Bigot   France 70.22 68.45 69.40 70.18 69.02 71.51 71.51
8 Paul Hützen   Germany x 67.03 67.22 64.07 x x 67.22
9 Marcin Pastuszko   Poland x 67.22 x 67.22
10 Justin Welch   United States 67.20 x x 67.20
11 Edgards Gailis   Latvia 67.02 66.46 x 67.02
12 Tomáš Kružliak   Slovakia 66.02 x 66.54 66.54

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

Qualifications edit

23 July

Group A edit

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3
1 Conor McCullough   United States 76.05 - - 76.05 Q
2 Bartłomiej Krupa   Poland x 71.55 - 71.55 Q
3 Dániel Szabó   Hungary 60.24 x x 70.89 q
4 Edgars Gailis   Latvia 68.13 x 67.34 68.13 q
5 Tomáš Kružliak   Slovakia x 64.54 67.50 67.50 q
6 Harinder Singh   India 63.82 66.57 65.51 66.57
7 Serghei Marghiev   Moldova 63.78 x 66.56 66.56
8 Tristan Schwandke   Germany x x 66.12 66.12
9 Servando Rivas   Spain 62.36 65.71 64.42 65.71
10 Pedro Martín   Spain 65.54 65.38 61.80 65.54
11 Mikko Koskiranta   Finland 60.80 63.71 64.99 64.99
12 Zdravko Dimitrov   Bulgaria x 63.98 64.75 64.75
13 Simone Falloni   Italy 64.49 63.35 60.24 64.49
14 Abdulhamed Mohammad   Kuwait 62.98 x 64.36 64.36
15 Elias Håkansson   Sweden - 62.72 x 62.72
16 Cheng Tzu-Chi   Chinese Taipei 60.49 60.18 x 60.49
17 Enrique Gaitán   Guatemala x x 54.12 54.12

Group B edit

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3
1 Ákos Hudi   Hungary 76.62 - - 76.62 Q
2 Alaa El-Din El-Ashry   Egypt 73.23 - - 73.23 Q
3 Pavel Bareisha   Belarus 68.33 72.35 - 72.35 Q
4 Quentin Bigot   France 69.01 69.25 70.41 70.41 q
5 Marcin Pastuszko   Poland x 68.52 67.29 68.52 q
6 Justin Welch   United States 67.46 x x 67.46 q
7 Paul Hützen   Germany 66.82 x 63.97 66.82 q
8 Joelvis Hernández   Cuba x x 66.32 66.32
9 Alexandru Mehes   Romania 62.06 62.03 65.35 65.35
10 Juho Saarikoski   Finland 63.76 x 63.10 63.76
11 Özkan Baltaci   Turkey x 61.95 x 61.95
12 Anastas Papazov   Bulgaria 61.52 58.65 x 61.52
13 Demetris Elia   Cyprus 70.17 70.89 69.95 60.24
14 Ryota Kashimura   Japan x x 58.91 58.91
15 Kevin Bowman   Canada x x 54.51 54.51
Martin Lehemets   Estonia x x x NM
Pezhman Ghalehnoei   Iran x x x NM

Participation edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2010 Moncton CAN Jul 19-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 9 March 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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