1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Road events
20 km road run		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's discus throw event at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, at Deveti Septemvri Stadium on 8 and 9 August.^[1][2] A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

Gold	Ivan Iliev  Bulgaria
Silver	Frank Bicet  Cuba
Bronze	Jan Engelmann  East Germany

Results

Final

9 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ivan Iliev	Bulgaria	52.34	56.26	57.64	x	58.28	57.84	58.28
	Frank Bicet	Cuba	55.30	x	x	57.10	55.88	53.30	57.10
	Jan Engelmann	East Germany	54.20	56.02	x	56.82	55.32	56.56	56.82
4	Anton Ellanskiy	Soviet Union	56.04	55.86	56.56	55.56	52.52	55.86	56.56
5	Gennadiy Barsegyan	Soviet Union	x	53.78	52.48	54.90	x	x	54.90
6	Jaroslav Žitnanský	Czechoslovakia	x	52.22	51.04	52.82	51.96	54.40	54.40
7	Miroslav Menc	Czechoslovakia	51.40	52.32	51.12	49.96	53.28	x	53.28
8	Alessandro Urlando	Italy	44.94	43.72	51.84	x	50.34	51.78	51.84
9	Johannes Kerälä	Finland	49.86	x	50.02				50.02
10	Markus Tschiers	West Germany	47.74	48.00	48.86				48.86
11	Courtney Ireland	New Zealand	48.22	48.82	x				48.82
12	Jörg Herwig	East Germany	48.46	x	x				48.46

Qualifications

8 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ivan Iliev	Bulgaria	54.62	-	-	54.62	Q
2	Gennadiy Barsegyan	Soviet Union	54.34	-	-	54.34	Q
3	Jan Engelmann	East Germany	54.14	-	-	54.14	Q
4	Frank Bicet	Cuba	53.90	-	-	53.90	Q
5	Anton Ellanskiy	Soviet Union	48.18	52.80	-	52.80	Q
6	Jaroslav Žitnanský	Czechoslovakia	52.28	-	-	52.58	Q
7	Miroslav Menc	Czechoslovakia	43.46	50.86	50.02	50.86	q
8	Jörg Herwig	East Germany	50.26	x	48.24	50.23	q
9	Courtney Ireland	New Zealand	49.04	48.62	50.06	50.06	q
10	Johannes Kerälä	Finland	50.00	48.78	x	50.00	q
11	Markus Tschiers	West Germany	49.72	43.28	x	49.72	q
12	Alessandro Urlando	Italy	39.94	47.70	49.62	49.62	q
13	Lee Andrews	Canada	x	49.16	46.44	49.16
14	Jo Van Daele	Belgium	49.12	47.68	48.42	49.12
15	Arpad Konyi	Hungary	x	x	48.54	48.54
16	Christophe Dutournier	France	47.58	48.06	x	48.06
17	Glen Smith	United Kingdom	47.56	47.68	47.02	47.68
18	Stephen Dwight	Australia	44.92	47.00	47.34	47.34
19	Nikola Georgiev	Bulgaria	x	x	47.16	47.16
20	John Godina	United States	x	40.88	x	40.88
21	Bahadur Singh Sagoo	India	x	40.12	39.24	40.12

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (1)
•  Belgium (1)
•  Bulgaria (2)
•  Canada (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czechoslovakia (2)
•  East Germany (2)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (1)
•  Italy (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Soviet Union (2)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (1)
•  West Germany (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1990 Plovdiv BUL Aug 8-12, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015