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

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
	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

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

•  Argentina (1)
•  Australia (1)
•  Brazil (1)
•  Canada (1)
•  Colombia (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Denmark (2)
•  Germany (2)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (1)
•  Iran (1)
•  Italy (2)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Russia (1)
•  Serbia (1)
•  Slovenia (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  Sweden (1)
•  Turkey (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)

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 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
3. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links

• WJC12 discus throw schedule