The men's hammer throw event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 18 and 19 July.

Medalists Gold Yury Shayunou Silver Anatoliy Pozdnyakov Bronze Alexander Ziegler

Results Final 19 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Yury Shayunou 75.78 x 76.86 78.16 x x 78.16 Anatoliy Pozdnyakov x x 68.70 71.35 72.42 70.05 72.42 Alexander Ziegler x 70.62 70.87 68.88 72.32 70.46 72.32 4 Kristóf Németh 69.92 71.85 70.57 69.37 69.95 70.66 71.85 5 Dmytro Mykolaychuk 68.84 69.47 70.65 68.97 69.77 x 70.65 6 Marcel Lomnický 69.86 69.05 67.53 68.24 69.94 70.59 70.59 7 Alex Smith 64.53 65.80 68.75 66.47 63.32 66.20 68.75 8 Paweł Fajdek x 68.70 65.94 x x x 68.70 9 Pavel Bukvic 65.93 68.61 x 68.61 10 Yevgeniy Aydamirov 68.47 x x 68.47 11 Siarhei Kalamoyets 65.62 x x 65.62 12 Lorenzo Rocchi 63.69 65.57 x 65.57

Qualifications 18 July Qualifying 69.50 or 12 best to the Final

Group A Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Yury Shayunou 74.87 Q 2 Marcel Lomnický 70.73 Q 3 Alex Smith 68.53 q 4 Anatoliy Pozdnyakov 68.53 q 5 Lorenzo Rocchi 67.24 q 6 Matt Lambley 65.22 7 Joachim Koivu 64.91 8 Bartłomiej Molenda 63.71 9 Dimitrios Filladitakis 63.24 10 Benjamin Hedermann 61.64 11 Máté Dobos 61.2 12 Adrian Pop 60.17 Matej Muža NM

Group B Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Alexander Ziegler 71..10 Q 2 Kristóf Németh 67.80 q 3 Yevgeniy Aydamirov 66.88 q 4 Paweł Fajdek 66.50 q 5 Pavel Bukvic 66.45 q 6 Siarhei Kalamoyets 66.44 q 7 Dmytro Mykolaychuk 65.42 q 8 Mark Dry 65.05 9 Konstadinos Stathelakos 64.99 10 Isaac Vicente 64.29 11 Mirko Mičuda 62.93 12 Andrei Alestar 62.29

Participation According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

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