title: 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
text: # 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.
  
  ## 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Ashraf Amgad Elseify | Qatar | 77.23 | 78.61 | 81.84 | 81.60 | 85.57 | X | 85.57 | WJ |
  | | Bence Pásztor | Hungary | X | 76.74 | 75.57 | 72.94 | 72.58 | 74.85 | 76.74 | |
  | | 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.
  
  * Argentina (1)
  * Australia (1)
  * Belarus (2)
  * Bulgaria (1)
  * Canada (2)
  * Chile (1)
  * Colombia (1)
  * Cyprus (1)
  * Egypt (1)
  * Finland (2)
  * France (1)
  * Germany (2)
  * Guatemala (1)
  * Hungary (2)
  * India (1)
  * Ireland (2)
  * Italy (2)
  * Kuwait (1)
  * Lithuania (1)
  * Mexico (2)
  * Norway (2)
  * Poland (1)
  * Qatar (1)
  * Russia (2)
  * Spain (2)
  * Sweden (2)
  * Turkey (2)
  * Ukraine (2)
  * United Kingdom (2)
  * United States (2)
  * Uzbekistan (1)
  