2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the
2012 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 at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists

Gold Fedrick Dacres
 Jamaica
Silver Wojciech Praczyk
 Poland
Bronze Gerhard de Beer
 South Africa

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) 70.13 m Halle, Germany 24 May 2008
Championship Record  Margus Hunt (EST) 67.32 m Beijing, China 16 August 2006
World Junior Leading  Wojciech Praczyk (POL) 64.22 m Bialystok, Poland 24 June 2012

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Standard 59.40 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Note
1 A Wojciech Praczyk  Poland 59.32 60.72 60.72 Q
2 A Mauricio Ortega  Colombia 59.84 59.84 Q, NJ
3 B Jordan Young  Canada 51.53 59.54 59.54 Q
4 B Gerhard de Beer  South Africa X 56.74 59.01 59.01 q
5 B Victor Butenko  Russia 58.98 58.55 X 58.98 q
6 A Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica 13.31 57.48 58.90 58.90 q
7 A Behnam Shiri  Iran 58.23 X 57.56 58.23 q
8 B Dalton Rowan  United States 56.48 55.48 57.65 57.65 q, PB
9 A Arjun Arjun  India 47.51 56.00 57.60 57.60 q, PB
10 B Nicholas Percy  Great Britain 56.89 51.67 53.32 56.89 q
11 A Sebastian Scheffel  Germany X 53.84 56.85 56.85 q
12 A Felipe Lorenzon  Brazil X 56.78 X 56.78 q
13 A Róbert Szikszai  Hungary 55.68 52.65 56.51 56.51
14 B Mitchell Cooper  Australia 56.25 53.61 52.91 56.25
15 A Jan-Louw Kotze  South Africa 53.60 55.59 54.31 55.59
16 A Giacomo Grotti  Italy 51.88 54.59 55.25 55.25
17 B Jaromír Mazgal  Czech Republic 54.72 52.46 53.49 54.72
18 A Rodney Brown  United States 54.66 X 53.03 54.66
19 B Damian Kamiński  Poland 53.87 54.50 54.31 54.50
20 B Philipp van Dijck  Germany X 53.49 54.42 54.42
21 A Jaka Žulic  Slovenia 52.71 X X 52.71
22 A Søren Børsting  Denmark 51.71 51.37 X 51.71
23 A Nikola Cankovic  Serbia X X 49.39 49.39
24 B Juan Ignacio Solito  Argentina 53.41 53.10 49.60 53.41
25 B Viktor Gardenkrans  Sweden 53.24 51.74 X 53.24
26 B Stefano Petrei  Italy 50.64 X 52.48 52.48
27 B Andreas Ellegaard  Denmark X 51.98 50.61 51.98
– B Murat Gündüz  Turkey X X NM

Final

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Note
1st Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica 60.46 62.80 X 61.20 X 61.29 62.80 PB
2nd Wojciech Praczyk  Poland 62.66 X X X 59.61 62.75 62.75
3rd Gerhard de Beer  South Africa 56.56 60.13 61.25 61.57 X X 61.57
4 Victor Butenko  Russia 58.96 59.96 X 59.12 59.04 61.48 61.48
5 Felipe Lorenzon  Brazil X X 61.18 57.39 X X 61.18 PB
6 Jordan Young  Canada 57.45 X 57.68 60.44 59.89 X 60.44
7 Dalton Rowan  United States 58.75 57.55 X X X 59.31 59.31 PB
8 Nicholas Percy  Great Britain 56.47 54.83 57.79 X X 56.98 57.79
9 Mauricio Ortega  Colombia 51.29 57.41 57.50 57.50
10 Sebastian Scheffel  Germany X 56.71 56.77 56.77
11 Arjun Arjun  India 54.56 X 52.75 54.56
Behnam Shiri Jabilou  Iran X X X NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/timetable.html
  2. ↑ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ↑ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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