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
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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	Belarus
Bronze	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
		Belarus	x	59.54	62.00	61.62	60.52	x	62.00
		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		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		United States	53.79	x	59.21	x	x	x	59.21
9		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		Slovakia	52.64	58.38	58.50	58.50	q
5		United States	55.81	57.74	x	57.74	q
6		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		Australia	51.29	54.85	54.75	54.85
11	Taavi Peetre	Estonia	53.56	53.90	x	53.90
12		Norway	51.29	48.74	49.68	51.29
13		Hungary	x	50.58	x	50.58
14		Spain	47.81	50.28	48.73	50.28
15		Guam	46.69	43.86	43.83	46.69
16		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		Poland	53.07	60.84	-	60.84	Q
2		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		Brazil	51.63	x	55.39	55.39
7		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		Portugal	x	45.71	51.12	51.12
14		Greece	50.74	x	x	50.74
15	Sultan Al-Dawoodi	Saudi Arabia	50.27	x	x	50.27
16		Ukraine	44.21	x	48.38	48.38
17		Turkmenistan	x	41.89	42.31	42.31

Participation[]

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

References[]