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The men's hammer throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 11 August. A 7257g (senior implement) hammer was used.

Medalists

Gold	Andrey Debeliy Soviet Union
Silver	Savvas Saritzoglou Greece
Bronze	Andrey Budykin Soviet Union

Results

Final

11 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Andrey Debeliy	Soviet Union	67.62	68.02	x	63.60	65.72	70.60	70.60
	Savvas Saritzoglou	Greece	67.68	69.44	x	68.84	70.32	x	70.32
	Andrey Budykin	Soviet Union	66.40	x	68.08	68.94	69.10	69.36	69.36
4	Karsten Kobs	West Germany	65.54	x	x	65.64	60.54	67.66	67.66
5	Kai Maybach	West Germany	65.10	65.52	62.88	x	66.32	67.24	67.24
6	Zsolt Németh	Hungary	64.00	x	x	63.02	62.12	63.22	64.00
7	Jürgen Rückborn	East Germany	61.22	62.60	x	58.46	59.80	x	62.60
8	David Chaussinand	France	x	59.58	62.38	x	62.16	x	62.38
9	Hristos Polyhroníou	Greece	61.42	57.88	60.74				61.42
10	Sherif El-Hennawi	Egypt	58.42	x	60.00				60.00
11	José Almudi	Spain	56.62	x	56.20				56.62
12	Altin Bello	Albania	x	56.34	x				56.34
13	Alban Shehri	Albania	51.36	55.72	x				55.72

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 13 athletes from 9 countries participated in the event.

• Albania (2)
• East Germany (1)
• Egypt (1)
• France (1)
• Greece (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Soviet Union (2)
• Spain (1)
• West Germany (2)