2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

The men's hammer throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 14 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Ashraf Amgad Elseify
 Qatar
Bence Pásztor
 Hungary
Suhrob Khodjaev
 Uzbekistan

Records

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

World Junior Record  Javier Cienfuegos (ESP) 82.97 Madrid, Spain 17 June 2009
Championship Record  Conor McCullough (USA) 80.79 Moncton, Canada 21 July 2010
World Junior Leading  Ashraf Amgad Elseify (QAT) 80.85 Colombo, Sri Lanka 11 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Record  Ashraf Amgad Elseify (QAT) 85.57 Barcelona, Spain 14 July 2012

Qualification

Qual. rule: qualification standard 72.50 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Note
1 A Ashraf Amgad Elseify  Qatar 79.98 79.98 Q
2 B Alexandros Poursanidis  Cyprus 75.16 75.16 Q
3 B Serhii Reheda  Ukraine 69.75 74.40 74.40 Q
4 B Juho Saarikoski  Finland 66.75 72.20 73.85 73.85 Q
5 B Suhrob Khodjaev  Uzbekistan 73.56 73.56 Q, PB
6 A Igor Buryi  Russia 70.21 73.45 73.45 Q
7 A Bence Pásztor  Hungary 73.33 73.33 Q
8 A Ilmari Lahtinen  Finland 71.62 68.52 73.30 73.30 Q, SB
9 A Rudy Winkler  United States 73.18 73.18 Q, PB
10 A Özkan Baltaci  Turkey 70.58 71.38 72.84 72.84 Q
11 B Valeriy Pronkin  Russia 70.94 72.77 72.77 Q
12 B Jørgen Olsen Austnes  Norway 67.28 X 71.88 71.88 q, PB
13 A Anders Eriksson  Sweden X 64.98 70.70 70.70 PB
14 B Marco Bortolato  Italy 65.34 65.49 70.32 70.32
15 B Oscar Vestlund  Sweden X 69.81 X 69.81
16 B Balázs Töreky  Hungary 67.95 69.75 68.80 69.75
17 A Diego del Real  Mexico 69.56 65.26 X 69.56
18 B James McCabe  Ireland 69.49 X 65.14 69.49 PB
19 A Antoine Nabialek  France 66.70 68.32 69.43 69.43 PB
20 A Dempsey McGuigan  Ireland 68.33 67.08 69.27 69.27
21 A Eslam Ahmed Ibrahim  Egypt 65.87 68.80 X 68.80
22 B Matthias Tayala  United States 68.70 X X 68.70
23 B Bastian Abend  Germany 67.24 67.83 X 67.83
24 A Siarhei Salianik  Belarus 67.51 67.64 X 67.64
25 B Nick Miller  Great Britain X X 67.46 67.46
26 B Ayhan Apti  Bulgaria 67.16 X X 67.16
27 A Michael Painter  Great Britain 67.00 X X 67.00
28 B Adam Keenan  Canada 66.56 64.50 X 66.56
29 A Kjetil Røste Ringen  Norway 64.18 66.23 66.39 66.39
30 B Robert Johnston  Australia 62.21 66.15 66.33 66.33
31 A Sergio Guijo  Spain 62.57 X 65.95 65.95
32 A Patrizio Di Blasio  Italy 64.43 65.29 X 65.29
33 B Sukhdev Singh  India 64.90 X 65.21 65.21
34 B Abraham Parra  Mexico 63.55 64.79 65.16 65.16
35 A Simon Lang  Germany 63.82 64.98 64.56 64.98
36 A Hevertt Álvarez  Chile 63.87 64.67 X 64.67
37 A Sebastian Nowicki  Poland X 63.16 X 63.16
38 A Mobarak Al-Hendal  Kuwait X 61.88 X 61.88
39 B Yury Vasilchanka  Belarus 59.86 X 61.82 61.82
40 B Jonathan Gras  Argentina 61.57 59.19 59.92 61.57
41 B Pablo González  Spain 59.37 59.09 61.26 61.26
42 B Fabián Serna  Colombia X X 60.63 60.63
43 A Artem Poleshko  Ukraine X X 60.16 60.16
44 B Martynas Šedys  Lithuania X 59.30 X 59.30
45 A Enrique Gaitán  Guatemala X 58.57 55.89 58.57
A Jordan Young  Canada X X X NM
B Tolgahan Yavuz  Turkey X X X NM

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ashraf Amgad Elseify  Qatar 77.23 78.61 81.84 81.60 85.57 X 85.57 WJ
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bence Pásztor  Hungary X 76.74 75.57 72.94 72.58 74.85 76.74
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Suhrob Khodjaev  Uzbekistan X 73.25 75.11 76.16 70.28 X 76.16 PB
4 Alexandros Poursanidis  Cyprus X X 76.05 74.20 X 75.74 76.05
5 Igor Buryi  Russia 73.88 75.45 73.87 74.13 74.28 75.83 75.83 PB
6 Ilmari Lahtinen  Finland 72.57 73.82 75.26 X X 70.56 75.26 NJ
7 Juho Saarikoski  Finland 69.81 74.47 74.89 X 73.87 X 74.89 PB
8 Valeriy Pronkin  Russia 69.64 73.01 X 69.41 74.51 X 74.51
9 Serhii Reheda  Ukraine 69.84 X 72.37 72.37
10 Özkan Baltaci  Turkey X 67.91 70.98 70.98
11 Rudy Winkler  United States 63.88 X 69.35 69.35
12 Jørgen Olsen Austnes  Norway 64.05 69.01 X 69.01

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 47 athletes from 31 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=HTJ/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015