2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

Events at the
2008 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 women
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 javelin throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 9 and 11 July.[1][2]

Medalists

Gold Robert Szpak
 Poland
Silver Ihab El-Sayed
 Egypt
Bronze Ansis Brūns
 Latvia

Results

Final

11 July

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
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1st, gold medalist(s) Robert Szpak  Poland 71.47 73.67 78.01 76.67 75.47 71.02 78.01
2nd, silver medalist(s) Ihab El-Sayed  Egypt 76.20 69.88 70.10 75.72 x 73.40 76.20
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ansis Brūns  Latvia 59.97 72.23 70.15 x x 75.31 75.31
4 Jaakko Talvitie  Finland 67.43 69.37 70.25 68.10 71.80 74.47 74.47
5 Hamish Peacock  Australia 68.99 71.71 x 72.81 72.00 74.44 74.44
6 Bobur Shokirjonov  Uzbekistan 63.50 x 68.98 67.07 71.66 70.29 71.66
7 Dmitriy Kosynskyy  Ukraine 62.05 66.49 69.59 66.70 64.98 65.79 69.59
8 Tuomas Laaksonen  Finland 69.07 x x 65.82 x 68.38 69.07
9 Tanel Laanmäe  Estonia 68.88 68.35 68.09 68.88
10 Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic 66.97 65.02 68.79 68.79
11 Ugis Svaza  Latvia 67.49 67.16 65.45 67.49
12 Emanuele Sabbio  Italy 65.21 x 62.19 65.21

Qualifications

9 July

Group A

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
123
1 Ihab El-Sayed  Egypt 67.94 71.06 69.31 71.06 q
2 Ansis Brūns  Latvia 67.06 70.61 66.05 70.61 q
3 Emanuele Sabbio  Italy 69.29 66.17 x 69.29 q
4 Jakub Vadlejch  Czech Republic 69.27 x 66.16 69.27 q
5 Tuomas Laaksonen  Finland 68.03 68.92 67.12 68.92 q
6 Maik Dolch  Germany 65.32 67.51 66.66 67.51
7 Park Won-Kil  South Korea x 65.63 64.46 65.63
8 Nerijus Luckauskas  Lithuania 60.44 62.35 60.48 62.35
9 Luke Laird  United States 60.28 61.73 x 61.73
10 Piotr Frackiewicz  Poland 60.22 60.18 61.53 61.53
11 Ranno Koorep  Estonia 60.13 59.80 59.67 60.13
12 Lo Hung-Chang  Chinese Taipei 57.79 x 55.32 57.79
13 Makoto Yamazaki  Japan x x x NM

Group B

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
123
1 Robert Szpak  Poland 72.29 - - 72.29 Q
2 Hamish Peacock  Australia 71.05 x 65.52 71.05 q
3 Ugis Svaza  Latvia 65.16 x 68.93 68.93 q
4 Bobur Shokirjonov  Uzbekistan 67.65 63.83 68.92 68.92 q
5 Tanel Laanmäe  Estonia 64.37 68.40 65.54 68.40 q
6 Jaakko Talvitie  Finland 65.19 67.79 - 67.79 q
7 Dmitriy Kosynskyy  Ukraine 67.69 66.69 65.74 67.69 q
8 Kim Amb  Sweden 65.20 67.59 63.14 67.59
9 Franz Burghagen  Germany x 67.42 66.96 67.42
10 Mustafa Tan  Turkey 64.58 63.94 60.78 64.58
11 Stipe Žunić  Croatia 62.36 62.38 62.44 62.44
12 Alexandru Craescu  Romania 58.69 60.83 x 60.83
13 Joni Kaartinen  Sweden 60.66 x x 60.66

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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