2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women'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 women's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Xi Shangxue  China
Silver	Julia Fischer  Germany
Bronze	Sandra Perković  Croatia

Results

Final

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Xi Shangxue	China	48.23	51.58	54.96	54.50	x	53.15	54.96
	Julia Fischer	Germany	51.29	54.69	50.78	53.42	x	x	54.69
	Sandra Perković	Croatia	50.98	53.60	52.91	53.62	54.24	51.22	54.24
4	Anna-Katharina Weller	Germany	52.07	52.34	x	x	x	x	52.34
5	Viktoriya Bolbat	Ukraine	x	49.21	51.26	50.96	48.91	49.43	51.26
6	Anita Márton	Hungary	39.15	45.30	51.16	45.97	50.12	48.48	51.16
7	Anna Jelmini	United States	49.10	49.46	39.11	42.80	44.98	45.82	49.46
8	Nastassia Kashtanava	Belarus	45.53	49.31	x	x	44.80	47.99	49.31
9	Jin Yuanyuan	China	x	48.92	48.35				48.92
10	Mariya Koshkaryova	Ukraine	48.50	x	43.62				48.50
11	Erin Pendleton	United States	48.45	47.16	46.23				48.45
12	Li Wen-Hua	Chinese Taipei	47.08	x	42.70				47.08

Qualifications

11 July

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Anna-Katharina Weller	Germany	x	51.97	x	51.97	q
2	Jin Yuanyuan	China	44.40	50.50	x	50.50	q
3	Anita Márton	Hungary	50.20	x	48.08	50.20	q
4	Anna Jelmini	United States	46.86	50.13	x	50.13	q
5	Mariya Koshkaryova	Ukraine	x	46.47	49.95	49.95	q
6	Kimberley Mulhall	Australia	46.48	45.18	48.32	48.32
7	Irina Rodrigues	Portugal	46.62	48.15	45.35	48.15
8	Yekaterina Strokova	Russia	48.13	x	46.23	48.13
9	Anaïs Marcadet	France	46.95	48.12	x	48.12
10	Andressa de Morais	Brazil	47.44	x	44.30	47.44
11	Elina Mattila	Finland	44.18	44.07	45.45	45.45
12	Katerina Klausová	Czech Republic	44.72	42.04	x	44.72
13	Sakong Ga-Eun	South Korea	44.42	x	x	44.42
14	Izabela Ogórek	Poland	44.32	43.25	42.64	44.32
15	Simona Rupeikaite	Lithuania	x	41.30	x	41.30
16	Hanna Erlandsson	Sweden	39.95	x	40.77	40.77
17	Stefania Strumillo	Italy	x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Xi Shangxue	China	x	49.09	54.02	54.02	Q
2	Li Wen-Hua	Chinese Taipei	49.51	52.71	46.42	52.71	q
3	Sandra Perković	Croatia	51.95	x	51.42	51.95	q
4	Julia Fischer	Germany	51.56	x	x	51.56	q
5	Nastassia Kashtanava	Belarus	51.33	44.43	40.72	51.33	q
6	Viktoriya Bolbat	Ukraine	x	51.30	49.41	51.30	q
7	Erin Pendleton	United States	x	46.68	50.01	50.01	q
8	Coralie Glatre	France	46.58	48.13	48.13	48.13
9	Te Rina Keenan	New Zealand	46.22	47.62	x	47.62
10	Katri Hirvonen	Finland	43.76	47.46	x	47.46
11	Salome Rigishvili	Georgia	47.06	46.68	45.84	47.06
12	Jenny Ozorai	Hungary	38.63	40.49	47.02	47.02
13	Shaunagh Brown	United Kingdom	35.51	42.93	45.62	45.62
14	Tamara Apostolico	Italy	45.09	44.90	x	45.09
15	Lomana Fagatuai	Australia	43.90	x	41.28	43.90
16	Matilda Gunnarsson	Sweden	41.48	43.53	x	43.53
17	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Belarus (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  China (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Finland (2)
•  France (2)
•  Georgia (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (2)
•  Lithuania (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Poland (1)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  South Korea (1)
•  Sweden (2)
•  Ukraine (2)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)

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