1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

1998 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	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
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The men's discus throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 29 and 30 July.^[1][2] A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary
Silver	Emeka Udechuku  United Kingdom
Bronze	Gábor Máté  Hungary

Results[]

Final[]

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	x	57.35	53.90	55.93	56.80	59.36	59.36
	Emeka Udechuku	United Kingdom	56.10	x	55.91	55.44	57.99	57.39	57.99
	Gábor Máté	Hungary	55.71	56.96	55.95	56.09	56.29	51.91	56.96
4		United States	55.19	x	55.82	55.10	55.60	56.55	56.55
5		South Africa	54.54	55.35	55.78	55.96	x	54.44	55.96
6	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	48.06	55.43	51.27	55.75	53.37	55.60	55.75
7	Janus Robberts	South Africa	55.57	55.19	x	53.74	x	55.63	55.63
8	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	53.30	52.21	51.64	51.90	52.24	x	53.30
9		China	x	52.75	x				52.75
10		United States	x	50.54	52.69				52.69
11	Peter Elvy	Australia	x	45.47	50.41				50.41
12		Finland	48.51	x	49.23				49.23

Qualifications[]

29 Jul

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	55.93	-	-	55.93	Q
2	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	55.48	-	-	55.48	Q
3		United States	55.27	-	-	55.27	Q
4		China	x	53.42	-	53.42	Q
5	Peter Elvy	Australia	50.87	x	53.28	53.28	Q
6	Janus Robberts	South Africa	53.05	-	-	53.05	Q
7		Finland	52.15	52.48	x	52.48	q
8	Antonín Žalský	Czech Republic	48.53	44.51	x	48.53
9		Qatar	46.75	45.08	48.23	48.23
10		Poland	47.47	46.35	48.20	48.20
11		Italy	46.34	47.65	45.15	47.65
12	Loy Martínez	Cuba	45.88	47.59	x	47.59
13		Portugal	46.90	47.00	46.73	47.00
14		Greece	38.92	43.26	44.60	44.60

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Emeka Udechuku	United Kingdom	57.39	-	-	57.39	Q
2		United States	57.12	-	-	57.12	Q
3	Gábor Máté	Hungary	49.21	50.42	56.80	56.80	Q
4		South Africa	52.87	53.47	-	53.47	Q
5	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	50.74	49.94	52.05	52.05	q
6		Russia	51.91	x	51.80	51.91
7		China	50.80	47.04	49.53	50.80
8		Colombia	49.66	x	46.42	49.66
9		Croatia	49.59	47.29	45.93	49.59
10	Scott Russell	Canada	41.05	49.14	47.71	49.14
11		Australia	47.03	47.76	x	47.76
12		Cyprus	x	47.12	x	47.12
13		Romania	46.65	45.87	45.90	46.65
14		Poland	x	46.07	x	46.07

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References[]