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
			1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Robert Szpak	Poland	71.47	73.67	78.01	76.67	75.47	71.02	78.01
02 !	Ihab El-Sayed	Egypt	76.20	69.88	70.10	75.72	x	73.40	76.20
03 !	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
			1	2	3
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
			1	2	3
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