1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1996 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		women
10,000 m		men
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
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
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 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August.^[1][2] A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

Gold	Casey Malone  United States
Silver	Roland Várga  Hungary
Bronze	Frank Casañas  Cuba

Results

Final

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Casey Malone	United States	53.36	56.22	x	x	x	49.42	56.22
	Roland Várga	Hungary	53.14	52.66	55.20	51.68	47.62	54.56	55.20
	Frank Casañas	Cuba	54.82	52.06	54.08	54.04	51.76	54.86	54.86
4	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	49.82	49.52	x	52.64	53.72	52.94	53.72
5	Ian Waltz	United States	x	51.84	x	52.02	53.16	49.58	53.16
6	Nikolai Kovalenko	Ukraine	50.54	49.74	49.76	51.32	51.18	51.94	51.94
7	Patrick Stang	Germany	50.52	51.14	48.68	x	51.86	x	51.86
8	Sergey Pavliy	Russia	51.56	x	x	x	49.40	x	51.56
9	Gjøran Sørli	Norway	47.54	46.08	48.44				48.44
10	Stefan Kulla	Finland	x	47.74	43.08				47.74
11	Marius Vornicu	Romania	47.54	x	47.26				47.54
12	Yves Niaré	France	46.40	47.18	x				47.18

Qualifications

21 Aug

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Casey Malone	United States	x	52.88	-	52.88	Q
2	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	49.46	52.30	-	52.30	Q
3	Frank Casañas	Cuba	52.22	-	-	52.22	Q
4	Nikolai Kovalenko	Ukraine	50.80	49.74	x	50.80	q
5	Marius Vornicu	Romania	49.82	49.88	49.00	49.88	q
6	Gjøran Sørli	Norway	48.84	48.00	44.34	48.84	q
7	Justin Anlezark	Australia	47.62	48.70	x	48.70
8	Csaba Gulyas	Yugoslavia	48.52	47.60	x	48.52
9	Miran Vodovnik	Slovenia	47.90	x	x	47.90
10	Igor Tuchak	Russia	x	x	47.04	47.04
11	Ion Emilianov	Moldova	46.30	x	x	46.30
12	Joachim B. Olsen	Denmark	46.26	45.92	45.72	46.26
13	Tarek Abderrahman Mahmoud	Egypt	43.10	x	x	43.10

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ian Waltz	United States	45.52	53.32	-	53.32	Q
2	Roland Várga	Hungary	53.32	-	-	53.32	Q
3	Sergey Pavliy	Russia	x	47.46	50.26	50.26	q
4	Yves Niaré	France	48.82	50.24	49.24	50.24	q
5	Stefan Kulla	Finland	49.16	47.86	46.84	49.16	q
6	Patrick Stang	Germany	46.64	48.84	45.02	48.84	q
7	Dariusz Slowik	Denmark	44.28	48.44	48.54	48.54
8	Stéfanos Kónstas	Greece	48.00	48.46	x	48.46
9	Christopher Gaviglio	Australia	x	48.32	x	48.32
10	Erwin Simpelaar	Netherlands	44.26	x	48.30	48.30
11	Aleksandr Malashevich	Belarus	43.42	46.40	43.48	46.40
12	Petr Stehlík	Czech Republic	x	x	45.84	45.84
13	Charles Winchester	Cook Islands	38.06	x	38.86	38.86

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Cook Islands (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Denmark (2)
•  Egypt (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (1)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Moldova (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (2)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  Ukraine (1)
•  United States (2)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1996 Sydney AUS Aug 20-25, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 31 Oct 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015