1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

1996 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
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's discus throw event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 21 and 22 August.^[1][2] A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Casey Malone  United States
Silver	Roland Várga  Hungary
Bronze	Frank Casañas  Cuba

Results[]

Final[]

22 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Casey Malone	United States	53.36	56.22	x	x	x	49.42	56.22
	Roland Várga	Hungary	53.14	52.66	55.20	51.68	47.62	54.56	55.20
	Frank Casañas	Cuba	54.82	52.06	54.08	54.04	51.76	54.86	54.86
4	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	49.82	49.52	x	52.64	53.72	52.94	53.72
5	Ian Waltz	United States	x	51.84	x	52.02	53.16	49.58	53.16
6	Nikolai Kovalenko	Ukraine	50.54	49.74	49.76	51.32	51.18	51.94	51.94
7		Germany	50.52	51.14	48.68	x	51.86	x	51.86
8		Russia	51.56	x	x	x	49.40	x	51.56
9		Norway	47.54	46.08	48.44				48.44
10		Finland	x	47.74	43.08				47.74
11		Romania	47.54	x	47.26				47.54
12	Yves Niaré	France	46.40	47.18	x				47.18

Qualifications[]

21 Aug

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Casey Malone	United States	x	52.88	-	52.88	Q
2	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	49.46	52.30	-	52.30	Q
3	Frank Casañas	Cuba	52.22	-	-	52.22	Q
4	Nikolai Kovalenko	Ukraine	50.80	49.74	x	50.80	q
5		Romania	49.82	49.88	49.00	49.88	q
6		Norway	48.84	48.00	44.34	48.84	q
7	Justin Anlezark	Australia	47.62	48.70	x	48.70
8		FR Yugoslavia	48.52	47.60	x	48.52
9	Miran Vodovnik	Slovenia	47.90	x	x	47.90
10		Russia	x	x	47.04	47.04
11		Moldova	46.30	x	x	46.30
12	Joachim B. Olsen	Denmark	46.26	45.92	45.72	46.26
13		Egypt	43.10	x	x	43.10

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ian Waltz	United States	45.52	53.32	-	53.32	Q
2	Roland Várga	Hungary	53.32	-	-	53.32	Q
3		Russia	x	47.46	50.26	50.26	q
4	Yves Niaré	France	48.82	50.24	49.24	50.24	q
5		Finland	49.16	47.86	46.84	49.16	q
6		Germany	46.64	48.84	45.02	48.84	q
7	Dariusz Slowik	Denmark	44.28	48.44	48.54	48.54
8		Greece	48.00	48.46	x	48.46
9		Australia	x	48.32	x	48.32
10		Netherlands	44.26	x	48.30	48.30
11	Aleksandr Malashevich	Belarus	43.42	46.40	43.48	46.40
12	Petr Stehlík	Czech Republic	x	x	45.84	45.84
13		Cook Islands	38.06	x	38.86	38.86

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

References[]