The men's hammer throw event at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak Stadium on 20 and 22 July.

Medalists Gold Bence Halász Silver Hlib Piskunov Bronze Aleksi Jaakkola

Records Standing records prior to the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in AthleticsWorld Junior Record85.57Barcelona, Spain14 July 2012Championship Record85.57Barcelona, Spain14 July 2012World Junior Leading82.64Szombathely, Hungary25 June 2016

Results Qualification Qualification: 72.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Note 1 A Bence Halász 77.86 77.86 Q 2 A Hlib Piskunov 76.15 76.15 Q 3 B Aliaksandr Shymanovich 75.81 75.81 Q, PB 4 B Dániel Rába 75.09 75.09 Q 5 B Aleksi Jaakkola 75.06 75.06 Q 6 A Alberto González x 69.19 74.29 74.29 Q, PB 7 B Ahmed Tarek Ismail x x 72.69 72.69 Q 8 B Adam Patrick King 71.60 x 70.03 71.60 q, NU20R 9 B Ned Weatherly 71.08 71.18 x 71.18 q 10 A Robert Colantonio Jr. 64.74 67.81 71.00 71.00 q 11 B Adam Kelly 69.75 70.98 67.43 70.98 q 12 A Aaron Kangas 70.64 x x 70.64 q 13 A Owen Russell 68.14 66.52 70.34 70.34 14 A Tomas Vasiliauskas 66.81 65.86 68.98 68.98 15 A Mihaita Andrei Micu 66.25 67.38 66.77 67.38 16 A Alexios Prodanas 66.75 64.91 64.68 66.75 17 B Ashish Jakhar 65.92 66.73 x 66.73 18 B Florin Constantin Coman x x 65.92 65.92 19 A Nathan Wilkins x 65.32 x 65.32 20 B Josef Egrt 63.00 64.81 x 64.81 21 A Alejandro Medina 62.18 63.13 x 63.13 22 B Xavier Colmenarez x 62.12 63.05 63.05 23 A Patrik Hájek 58.49 x 59.63 59.63 24 B Hussein Al-Bayati 56.20 x x 56.20

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 Result Note Bence Halász 73.12 78.74 80.93 x 80.93 Hlib Piskunov 78.77 79.58 x 75.83 79.58 PB Aleksi Jaakkola x 77.88 76.39 75.79 77.88 Dániel Rába 73.31 76.71 x 74.72 76.71 Alberto González 75.52 x x x 75.52 PB Ahmed Tarek Ismail x x 74.42 x 74.42 Ned Weatherly x 73.75 x 73.75 PB Adam Kelly 70.74 71.82 73.17 73.17 PB Aaron Kangas 67.78 70.55 72.64 72.64 10 Aliaksandr Shymanovich 70.82 72.29 x 72.29 11 Adam Patrick King x 71.70 70.69 71.70 NU20R 12 Robert Colantonio Jr. x 69.23 66.64 69.23

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