2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

2006 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	women
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
v t

The men's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August.^[1][2] A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Margus Hunt  Estonia
Silver	Mahmoud Samimi  Iran
Bronze	Martin Wierig  Germany

Results[]

Final[]

16 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Margus Hunt	Estonia	64.96	56.60	x	66.68	66.40	67.32	67.32
	Mahmoud Samimi	Iran	52.55	60.42	59.44	60.82	x	63.00	63.00
	Martin Wierig	Germany	58.26	60.11	59.26	62.02	62.17	61.86	62.17
4		Russia	60.38	61.09	57.20	59.01	55.13	62.00	62.00
5	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	56.22	58.82	59.55	59.01	58.43	x	59.55
6	Mihai Grasu	Romania	57.23	59.39	56.24	58.96	58.97	x	59.39
7		Germany	54.57	x	56.73	53.56	56.26	x	56.73
8		Lithuania	56.65	55.53	x	x	56.18	x	56.65
9		Lithuania	55.47	52.72	53.06				55.47
10		United States	55.22	51.18	51.48				55.22
11		Australia	51.54	54.14	52.22				54.14
12	Marin Premeru	Croatia	51.96	51.22	53.50				53.50

Qualifications[]

15 August

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Margus Hunt	Estonia	66.35	-	-	66.35	Q
2		Russia	x	60.43	-	60.43	Q
3	Mahmoud Samimi	Iran	58.91	-	-	58.91	Q
4	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	58.42	-	-	58.42	Q
5		Lithuania	54.20	51.92	57.85	57.85	Q
6		Germany	56.54	55.71	55.82	56.54	q
7	Axel Härstedt	Sweden	53.85	55.12	54.02	55.12
8		Czech Republic	x	x	54.46	54.46
9		Portugal	x	54.04	x	54.04
10		Italy	50.38	53.97	49.71	53.97
11		United States	x	51.29	52.96	52.96
12		Cyprus	x	44.91	51.56	51.56
13		China	46.56	50.78	x	50.78
14		Samoa	x	39.34	41.10	41.10

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Mihai Grasu	Romania	55.72	58.38	-	58.38	Q
2	Marin Premeru	Croatia	54.92	57.88	-	57.88	Q
3	Martin Wierig	Germany	57.78	-	-	57.78	Q
4		United States	55.20	56.06	50.68	56.06	q
5		Australia	50.62	54.03	55.58	55.58	q
6		Lithuania	x	55.01	55.45	55.45	q
7		Italy	55.40	54.87	54.98	55.40
8		China	54.24	55.02	51.06	55.02
9		Netherlands	51.44	x	53.07	53.07
10		Ukraine	52.86	53.06	x	53.06
11		Turkey	50.50	50.95	48.81	50.95
12		Sweden	50.46	x	50.53	50.53

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References[]