2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women'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 women's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.^[1][2]

Medalists[]

Gold	China
Silver	Julia Fischer  Germany
Bronze	Sandra Perković  Croatia

Results[]

Final[]

13 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
		China	48.23	51.58	54.96	54.50	x	53.15	54.96
	Julia Fischer	Germany	51.29	54.69	50.78	53.42	x	x	54.69
	Sandra Perković	Croatia	50.98	53.60	52.91	53.62	54.24	51.22	54.24
4		Germany	52.07	52.34	x	x	x	x	52.34
5		Ukraine	x	49.21	51.26	50.96	48.91	49.43	51.26
6	Anita Márton	Hungary	39.15	45.30	51.16	45.97	50.12	48.48	51.16
7	Anna Jelmini	United States	49.10	49.46	39.11	42.80	44.98	45.82	49.46
8		Belarus	45.53	49.31	x	x	44.80	47.99	49.31
9		China	x	48.92	48.35				48.92
10		Ukraine	48.50	x	43.62				48.50
11		United States	48.45	47.16	46.23				48.45
12	Li Wen-Hua	Chinese Taipei	47.08	x	42.70				47.08

Qualifications[]

11 July

Group A[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1		Germany	x	51.97	x	51.97	q
2		China	44.40	50.50	x	50.50	q
3	Anita Márton	Hungary	50.20	x	48.08	50.20	q
4	Anna Jelmini	United States	46.86	50.13	x	50.13	q
5		Ukraine	x	46.47	49.95	49.95	q
6	Kimberley Mulhall	Australia	46.48	45.18	48.32	48.32
7	Irina Rodrigues	Portugal	46.62	48.15	45.35	48.15
8	Yekaterina Strokova	Russia	48.13	x	46.23	48.13
9		France	46.95	48.12	x	48.12
10	Andressa de Morais	Brazil	47.44	x	44.30	47.44
11		Finland	44.18	44.07	45.45	45.45
12		Czech Republic	44.72	42.04	x	44.72
13		South Korea	44.42	x	x	44.42
14		Poland	44.32	43.25	42.64	44.32
15		Lithuania	x	41.30	x	41.30
16		Sweden	39.95	x	40.77	40.77
	Stefania Strumillo	Italy	x	x	x	NM

Group B[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1		China	x	49.09	54.02	54.02	Q
2	Li Wen-Hua	Chinese Taipei	49.51	52.71	46.42	52.71	q
3	Sandra Perković	Croatia	51.95	x	51.42	51.95	q
4	Julia Fischer	Germany	51.56	x	x	51.56	q
5		Belarus	51.33	44.43	40.72	51.33	q
6		Ukraine	x	51.30	49.41	51.30	q
7		United States	x	46.68	50.01	50.01	q
8		France	46.58	48.13	48.13	48.13
9	Te Rina Keenan	New Zealand	46.22	47.62	x	47.62
10		Finland	43.76	47.46	x	47.46
11		Georgia	47.06	46.68	45.84	47.06
12	Jenny Ozorai	Hungary	38.63	40.49	47.02	47.02
13	Shaunagh Brown	United Kingdom	35.51	42.93	45.62	45.62
14	Tamara Apostolico	Italy	45.09	44.90	x	45.09
15		Australia	43.90	x	41.28	43.90
16		Sweden	41.48	43.53	x	43.53
	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	x	x	x	NM

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 24 countries participated in the event.

References[]