2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

2008 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 men's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.^[1][2] A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.

Medalists[]

Gold	Germany
Silver	Marin Premeru  Croatia
Bronze	Mykyta Nesterenko  Ukraine

Results[]

Final[]

9 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
		Germany	55.90	60.75	55.59	61.82	62.00	x	62.00
	Marin Premeru	Croatia	57.25	x	56.70	60.19	61.85	58.72	61.85
	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	x	61.01	x	x	x	59.54	61.01
4	Victor Hogan	South Africa	x	57.56	59.08	x	60.64	60.64	60.64
5		Russia	58.77	58.96	58.99	59.89	59.44	59.67	59.89
6	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	x	55.95	x	53.48	58.63	x	58.63
7		Norway	x	53.41	55.43	56.75	56.48	x	56.75
8		Hungary	56.41	54.52	53.46	55.62	x	54.95	56.41
9		Poland	48.31	54.65	49.40				54.65
10		Syria	x	54.14	x				54.14
11	Alan Moreno	Mexico	52.69	x	52.50				52.69
		Sweden	x	x	x				NM

Qualifications[]

8 July

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1		Russia	57.71	52.78	58.53	58.53	q
2	Victor Hogan	South Africa	58.18	x	58.16	58.18	q
3	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	54.76	57.32	x	57.32	q
4		Poland	51.43	50.58	55.80	55.80	q
5		Norway	x	55.33	54.28	55.33	q
6		Sweden	x	53.62	52.52	53.62	q
7		Italy	53.06	46.58	50.22	53.06
8		United Kingdom	51.49	52.64	44.96	52.64
9		Australia	48.21	52.29	50.70	52.29
10	Claudiu Rusu	Romania	51.85	51.95	52.18	52.18
11	Jérémy Baillard	France	49.91	35.61	51.00	51.00
12	Daniel Jasinski	Germany	48.71	50.36	45.72	50.36
13		Greece	50.24	x	x	50.24
14	Mario Cota	Mexico	49.43	x	-	49.43
15		United States	x	49.22	x	49.22
16		Georgia	x	48.91	46.15	48.91

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Mykyta Nesterenko	Ukraine	61.77	-	-	61.77	Q
2	Marin Premeru	Croatia	59.29	-	-	59.29	Q
3		Germany	56.18	58.60	57.04	58.60	q
4	Alan Moreno	Mexico	55.80	x	56.19	56.19	q
5		Syria	x	53.97	55.17	55.17	q
6		Hungary	51.26	51.92	54.74	54.74	q
7		Finland	50.91	50.21	53.04	53.04
8		Australia	51.67	52.88	51.20	52.88
9		Estonia	48.79	48.34	51.88	51.88
10		Trinidad and Tobago	51.67	43.71	50.10	51.67
11		Poland	x	49.77	51.49	51.49
12		United States	49.48	51.22	51.05	51.22
13		Norway	x	x	48.75	48.75
14	Andrei Gag	Romania	x	46.98	x	46.98
	Brett Morse	United Kingdom	x	x	x	NM

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References[]