2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Events at the 2002 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		women
10,000 m		men
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
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's hammer throw event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 16 and 17 July. A 6kg (junior implement) hammer was used.

Medalists

Gold	Werner Smit South Africa
Silver	Ali Al-Zinkawi Kuwait
Bronze	Aleksandr Kazulka Belarus

Results

Final

17 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Werner Smit	South Africa	74.63	x	76.43	73.74	73.39	76.03	76.43
	Ali Al-Zinkawi	Kuwait	73.69	x	x	x	70.02	x	73.69
	Aleksandr Kazulka	Belarus	x	72.72	x	x	x	x	72.72
4	Fabián Di Paolo	Argentina	71.48	71.22	71.26	x	69.48	x	71.48
5	Kirill Ikonnikov	Russia	71.26	x	x	61.87	x	70.23	71.26
6	Mohamed Al-Kaabi	Qatar	x	x	71.22	x	x	64.60	71.22
7	Lasse Luotonen	Finland	65.95	70.47	69.33	69.69	x	50.63	70.47
8	Frédéric Pouzy	France	x	70.42	66.49	70.38	66.38	70.03	70.42
9	Guram Feroyev	Russia	69.65	65.42	x				69.65
10	Timothy Driesen	Australia	67.07	x	68.34				68.34
11	Kamilius Bethke	Germany	66.44	66.10	64.99				66.44
12	Oleg Sinkevich	Belarus	x	x	66.07				66.07

Qualifications

16 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ali Al-Zinkawi	Kuwait	73.42	-	-	73.42	Q
2	Fabián Di Paolo	Argentina	70.47	-	-	70.47	Q
3	Timothy Driesen	Australia	68.34	x	69.59	69.59	q
4	Guram Feroyev	Russia	69.49	68.74	68.37	69.49	q
5	Kamilius Bethke	Germany	67.52	x	66.09	67.52	q
6	Oleg Sinkevich	Belarus	66.40	x	x	66.40	q
7	Jacques Koen	South Africa	x	63.90	x	63.90
8	Jaroslaw Zabrocki	Poland	60.41	x	62.45	62.45
9	Laslo Eperjesi	Yugoslavia	62.05	x	x	62.05
10	Matko Tesija	Croatia	x	x	58.42	58.42
	Mohsen Anany	Egypt	x	x	x	NM
	Stamatis Papantoniou	Greece	x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Aleksandr Kazulka	Belarus	x	75.01	-	75.01	Q
2	Werner Smit	South Africa	73.95	-	-	73.95	Q
3	Kirill Ikonnikov	Russia	71.82	-	-	71.82	Q
4	Lasse Luotonen	Finland	71.44	-	-	71.44	Q
5	Frédéric Pouzy	France	x	x	71.10	71.10	Q
6	Mohamed Al-Kaabi	Qatar	70.63	-	-	70.63	Q
7	Mohamad Al-Jowhar	Kuwait	x	63.75	65.74	65.74
8	Massimo Marussi	Italy	x	63.27	65.37	65.37
9	Paul Peulich	Australia	x	64.43	x	64.43
10	Mark Newton	Germany	63.63	62.79	61.42	63.63
11	Benjamin Siart	Austria	x	x	61.95	61.95
	Roberto Sáez	Chile	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

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