2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the
2008 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 women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
10,000 m walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.[1][2] A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

Gold Gordon Wolf
 Germany
Silver Marin Premeru
 Croatia
Bronze Mykyta Nesterenko
 Ukraine

Results

Final

9 July

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
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1st Gordon Wolf  Germany 55.90 60.75 55.59 61.82 62.00 x 62.00
2nd Marin Premeru  Croatia 57.25 x 56.70 60.19 61.85 58.72 61.85
3rd Mykyta Nesterenko  Ukraine x 61.01 x x x 59.54 61.01
4 Victor Hogan  South Africa x 57.56 59.08 x 60.64 60.64 60.64
5 Mikhail Dvornikov  Russia 58.77 58.96 58.99 59.89 59.44 59.67 59.89
6 Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania x 55.95 x 53.48 58.63 x 58.63
7 Fredrik Amundgård  Norway x 53.41 55.43 56.75 56.48 x 56.75
8 Tibor Petrovszki  Hungary 56.41 54.52 53.46 55.62 x 54.95 56.41
9 Mateusz Suchocki  Poland 48.31 54.65 49.40 54.65
10 Hamed Mansour  Syria x 54.14 x 54.14
11 Alan Moreno  Mexico 52.69 x 52.50 52.69
12 Johnny Karlsson  Sweden x x x NM

Qualifications

8 July

Group A

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
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1 Mikhail Dvornikov  Russia 57.71 52.78 58.53 58.53 q
2 Victor Hogan  South Africa 58.18 x 58.16 58.18 q
3 Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania 54.76 57.32 x 57.32 q
4 Mateusz Suchocki  Poland 51.43 50.58 55.80 55.80 q
5 Fredrik Amundgård  Norway x 55.33 54.28 55.33 q
6 Johnny Karlsson  Sweden x 53.62 52.52 53.62 q
7 Eduardo Albertazzi  Italy 53.06 46.58 50.22 53.06
8 Curtis Griffith-Parker  United Kingdom 51.49 52.64 44.96 52.64
9 Andrew Peska  Australia 48.21 52.29 50.70 52.29
10 Claudiu Rusu  Romania 51.85 51.95 52.18 52.18
11 Jérémy Baillard  France 49.91 35.61 51.00 51.00
12 Daniel Jasinski  Germany 48.71 50.36 45.72 50.36
13 Yeóryios Tremos  Greece 50.24 x x 50.24
14 Mario Cota  Mexico 49.43 x - 49.43
15 Geoffrey Tabor  United States x 49.22 x 49.22
16 George Bedoshvili  Georgia x 48.91 46.15 48.91

Group B

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
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1 Mykyta Nesterenko  Ukraine 61.77 - - 61.77 Q
2 Marin Premeru  Croatia 59.29 - - 59.29 Q
3 Gordon Wolf  Germany 56.18 58.60 57.04 58.60 q
4 Alan Moreno  Mexico 55.80 x 56.19 56.19 q
5 Hamed Mansour  Syria x 53.97 55.17 55.17 q
6 Tibor Petrovszki  Hungary 51.26 51.92 54.74 54.74 q
7 Pyry Niskala  Finland 50.91 50.21 53.04 53.04
8 Andrew Welch  Australia 51.67 52.88 51.20 52.88
9 Priidu Niit  Estonia 48.79 48.34 51.88 51.88
10 Quincy Wilson  Trinidad and Tobago 51.67 43.71 50.10 51.67
11 Robert Tracz  Poland x 49.77 51.49 51.49
12 Brian Bishop  United States 49.48 51.22 51.05 51.22
13 Magnus Røsholm Berntsen  Norway x x 48.75 48.75
14 Andrei Gag  Romania x 46.98 x 46.98
15 Brett Morse  United Kingdom x x x NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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