2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women'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
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The women's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	Dani Samuels  Australia
Silver	China
Bronze	Tan Jian  China

Results[]

Final[]

20 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Dani Samuels	Australia	60.22	58.99	60.63	51.81	60.32	59.04	60.63
		China	55.32	52.70	54.24	57.40	x	56.21	57.40
	Tan Jian	China	x	54.07	x	56.09	x	54.47	56.09
4		Belgium	52.05	51.15	52.10	x	54.42	52.09	54.42
5	Rocío Comba	Argentina	43.48	46.25	52.42	50.74	x	x	52.42
6	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	51.00	x	48.62	42.81	52.39	50.50	52.39
7		Romania	49.26	x	49.67	46.03	x	48.98	49.67
8		Chinese Taipei	x	46.06	49.61	47.04	x	46.85	49.61
9		Belarus	40.25	47.44	48.64				48.64
10		Germany	x	47.81	48.36				48.36
11		Czech Republic	x	48.18	x				48.18
12	Anita Márton	Hungary	46.76	42.27	45.06				46.76

Qualifications[]

18 August

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Dani Samuels	Australia	57.67	-	-	57.67	Q
2		Belgium	52.01	-	-	52.01	Q
3		China	x	51.77	-	51.77	Q
4	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	46.92	50.32	-	50.32	Q
5	Anita Márton	Hungary	49.65	-	-	49.65	Q
6		Germany	x	45.95	41.75	45.95
7		United States	40.59	x	45.95	45.95
8		South Korea	45.90	45.18	45.63	45.90
9	Alena Kopets	Belarus	41.40	44.77	x	44.77
10	Sandra Perković	Croatia	44.11	42.86	42.64	44.11
11	Li Wen-Hua	Chinese Taipei	43.33	x	38.92	43.33
12		Finland	42.28	41.76	43.20	43.20
	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	x	x	x	NM

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Tan Jian	China	52.04	-	-	52.04	Q
2	Rocío Comba	Argentina	49.31	47.55	49.13	49.31	q
3		Romania	45.81	48.38	x	48.38	q
4		Germany	x	x	48.19	48.19	q
5		Belarus	39.98	47.89	x	47.89	q
6		Chinese Taipei	43.89	46.79	47.47	47.47	q
7		Czech Republic	46.80	42.64	46.08	46.80	q
8		Hungary	46.66	46.58	46.21	46.66
9		United States	38.10	43.38	46.48	46.48
10		Uzbekistan	x	46.22	46.16	46.22
11		Latvia	40.27	42.36	43.97	43.97
12		Australia	x	42.32	41.73	42.32
13		Greece	41.50	42.04	x	42.04
		Mexico	x	x	x	NM

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

References[]