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

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. ^{[1] [2]} 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.

•   Canada (1)
•   East Germany (1)
•   Egypt (1)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (1)
•   Hungary (2)
•   Italy (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   United Kingdom (1)
•   United States (1)
•   West Germany (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 April 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF , retrieved 13 June 2015