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

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 edit

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

Records edit

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 edit

Qualification edit

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 edit

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Note
  Fedrick Dacres   Jamaica 60.46 62.80 X 61.20 X 61.29 62.80 PB
  Wojciech Praczyk   Poland 62.66 X X X 59.61 62.75 62.75
  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 edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  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 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links edit

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