Walter Henning placed eight on Friday at the World Junior (U20) Championships in Beijing. Henning opened up with a throw of 70.28m and was consistent throughout the competition. Five of his throws surpassed 70 meters and his best measured 71.90m (235'11") in the third round. The throwers threw the 6 kilogram (13.2 lb) international junior implement.

Henning was also the youngest athlete to participate in the finals on Friday. Just one year ago, Henning placed eight at the World Youth (U18) Championships in Marrakech, Morocco. Henning best throw in Marrakech measured 70.90m. At that meet the atheltes threw the 5 kilogram (11 lb) hammer. Just one year later he maintained his position in the older age group and improved his distance by one meter while throwing a heavier implement.

IAAF World Junior Championships
Beijing Choayang Sports Fitness and Leisure Park, Beijing, China
August 18, 2006

Pos		Bib		Athlete		Country		Mark
1		619		Aydamirov Yevgeniy		RUS		78.42						(CR)
2		366		Németh Kristóf		HUN		78.39
3		687		Lomnický Marcel		SVK		77.06						(NJ)
4		71		Shayunou Yury		BLR		76.95						(NJ)
5		632		Pozdnyakov Anatoliy		RUS		76.09
6		143		Qi Dakai		CHN		75.97						(NJ)
7		319		Hedermann Benjamin		GER		73.80						(PB)
8		769		Henning Walter		USA		71.90
9		340		Ziegler Alexander		GER		71.22
10		302		Smith Alexander		GBR		70.77
11		117		Shan Changcheng		CHN		67.86
12		405		Rocchi Lorenzo		ITA		65.77

Athlete	1st		2nd		3rd		4th		5th		6th
Aydamirov Yevgeniy	X		78.42		X		X		X		75.72
Németh Kristóf	76.35		78.39		78.33		77.16		77.00		75.32
Lomnický Marcel	71.71		75.01		70.60		76.83		77.06		X
Shayunou Yury	74.98		75.81		X		X		76.95		X
Pozdnyakov Anatoliy	75.74		X		X		75.64		X		76.09
Qi Dakai	74.98		71.68		75.11		74.79		75.97		75.65
Hedermann Benjamin	X		X		73.80		70.17		X		68.04
Henning Walter	70.28		71.52		71.90		68.33		71.33		71.55
Ziegler Alexander	71.22		X		66.77		NM		NM		NM
Smith Alexander	69.69		68.65		70.77		NM		NM		NM
Shan Changcheng	X		67.86		X		NM		NM		NM
Rocchi Lorenzo	65.77		X		X		NM		NM		NM