2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

2002 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
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 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 18 July.^[1][2] A 1.75 kg (junior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

Gold	Wu Tao  China
Silver	Dmitriy Sivakov  Belarus
Bronze	Michał Hodun  Poland

Results

Final

18 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Wu Tao	China	x	59.68	64.51	x	62.95	x	64.51
	Dmitriy Sivakov	Belarus	x	59.54	62.00	61.62	60.52	x	62.00
	Michał Hodun	Poland	60.60	61.74	60.79	61.35	x	58.49	61.74
4	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi	Qatar	60.02	60.56	61.21	x	x	x	61.21
5	Daniel Vanek	Slovakia	x	53.87	60.86	x	58.12	x	60.86
6	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	58.16	60.46	x	57.03	57.12	57.78	60.46
7	Märt Israel	Estonia	57.58	59.43	58.54	57.99	55.68	x	59.43
8	Sean Shields	United States	53.79	x	59.21	x	x	x	59.21
9	Kris Coene	Belgium	57.89	59.18	58.66				59.18
10	Omar El-Ghazaly	Egypt	58.20	56.28	57.88				58.20
11	Bertrand Vili	France	x	57.87	57.17				57.87
12	Vikas Gowda	India	50.46	54.46	x				54.46

Qualifications

17 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Wu Tao	China	x	x	61.03	61.03	Q
2	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi	Qatar	59.90	-	-	59.90	Q
3	Omar El-Ghazaly	Egypt	54.84	58.81	x	58.81	q
4	Daniel Vanek	Slovakia	52.64	58.38	58.50	58.50	q
5	Sean Shields	United States	55.81	57.74	x	57.74	q
6	Kris Coene	Belgium	57.31	x	x	57.31	q
7	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	56.15	56.68	57.18	57.18	q
8	Robert Harting	Germany	x	56.23	55.86	56.23
9	Edis Elkasević	Croatia	x	55.22	x	55.22
10	Timothy Driesen	Australia	51.29	54.85	54.75	54.85
11	Taavi Peetre	Estonia	53.56	53.90	x	53.90
12	Gunnar Åsvenstad	Norway	51.29	48.74	49.68	51.29
13	Norbert Gulyás	Hungary	x	50.58	x	50.58
14	Pedro Cuesta	Spain	47.81	50.28	48.73	50.28
15	Justin Andre	Guam	46.69	43.86	43.83	46.69
16	Kimani Kirton	Jamaica	x	x	46.52	46.52
17	Eric Matthias	British Virgin Islands	44.23	x	x	44.23

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Michał Hodun	Poland	53.07	60.84	-	60.84	Q
2	Dmitriy Sivakov	Belarus	56.55	56.37	58.07	58.07	q
3	Bertrand Vili	France	57.81	x	56.64	57.81	q
4	Vikas Gowda	India	55.97	56.93	52.38	56.93	q
5	Märt Israel	Estonia	55.16	49.37	56.47	56.47	q
6	Gustavo de Mendonça	Brazil	51.63	x	55.39	55.39
7	Tobias Obermaier	Germany	54.36	x	52.70	54.36
8	Germán Lauro	Argentina	53.15	53.69	49.29	53.69
9	Michael Robertson	United States	53.28	51.46	53.58	53.58
10	Martin Marić	Croatia	52.41	53.03	51.91	53.03
11	Erik Cadée	Netherlands	52.95	x	x	52.95
12	Lajos Tóth	Hungary	x	x	51.71	51.71
13	Felipe Silva	Portugal	x	45.71	51.12	51.12
14	Vasilios Katsohirákis	Greece	50.74	x	x	50.74
15	Sultan Al-Dawoodi	Saudi Arabia	50.27	x	x	50.27
16	Andrey Semenov	Ukraine	44.21	x	48.38	48.38
17	Kerim Begliyev	Turkmenistan	x	41.89	42.31	42.31

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References