2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

2012 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 at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 15 July.^[1][2][3]

Medalists[]

Gold	Anna Rüh  Germany
Silver	Shanice Craft  Germany
Bronze	Shelbi Vaughan  United States

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	Ilke Wyludda (GDR)	74.40 m	East Berlin, East Germany	13 September 1988
Championship Record	Ilke Wyludda (GDR)	68.24 m	Sudbury, Canada	31 July 1988
World Junior Leading	Anna Rüh (GER)	63.14 m	Bochum, Germany	16 June 2012

Qualification[]

Qual. rule: qualification standard 53.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	B	Shanice Craft	Germany	55.75			55.75	Q
2	A	Anna Rüh	Germany	51.62	55.25		55.25	Q
3	A	Shelbi Vaughan	United States	54.78			54.78	Q
4	A	Subenrat Insaeng	Thailand	X	51.93	54.46	54.46	Q
5	A	Sositina Hakeai	New Zealand	53.38			53.38	Q, PB
6	B		United States	52.55	52.28	51.39	52.55	q
7	B	Gu Siyu	China	51.66	X	X	51.66	q
8	B		Hungary	50.26	51.13	50.53	51.13	q
9	B		Russia	50.74	X	49.51	50.74	q
10	B		Sweden	X	43.38	49.77	49.77	q
11	B		New Zealand	46.17	49.59	46.93	49.59	q
12	A		Ukraine	X	X	49.46	49.46	q
13	A		Venezuela	40.92	49.17	43.85	49.17	PB
14	B		Lithuania	45.45	43.84	49.06	49.06
15	B	Rosalía Vázquez	Cuba	48.07	48.77	X	48.77
16	A		Estonia	48.50	48.49	48.34	48.50
17	B		Turkey	X	47.48	46.64	47.48
18	A		Australia	43.26	X	46.59	46.59
19	B		Australia	X	43.96	45.87	45.87
20	A		South Africa	45.84	X	X	45.84
21	A	María Belén Toimil	Spain	X	42.32	45.83	45.83
22	A		Great Britain	45.51	X	X	45.51
23	A		Sweden	39.26	45.36	44.40	45.36
24	B	Ischke Senekal	South Africa	41.56	45.33	43.93	45.33
25	B		Canada	44.50	X	45.24	45.24
26	B		Namibia	X	X	44.97	44.97
27	A		Puerto Rico	44.91	X	X	44.91
28	B		Nigeria	44.87	X	X	44.87
29	A	Elçin Kaya	Turkey	X	42.86	44.19	44.19
30	B		Ukraine	38.73	X	43.33	43.33
31	B		Spain	43.30	X	X	43.30
32	B		Argentina	X	42.50	X	42.50
33	A	Tarasue Barnett	Jamaica	42.06	40.92	X	42.06
34	A		Canada	35.36	40.63	X	40.63
35	A		Portugal	40.12	X	X	40.12

Final[]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Anna Rüh	Germany	55.25	57.87	X	X	58.48	62.38	62.38
	Shanice Craft	Germany	58.44	X	58.51	54.67	51.86	60.42	60.42
	Shelbi Vaughan	United States	X	58.46	X	60.07	X	58.72	60.07
4	Sositina Hakeai	New Zealand	X	47.50	53.82	54.89	X	56.17	56.17	NJ
5	Gu Siyu	China	54.81	54.86	X	54.46	54.77	55.78	55.78
6	Subenrat Insaeng	Thailand	54.47	52.60	53.01	53.17	X	X	54.47
7		Hungary	51.44	X	49.23	50.47	49.48	X	51.44	SB
8		United States	48.74	X	47.42	49.28	X	X	49.28
9		Ukraine	46.73	48.73	47.60				48.73
10		New Zealand	48.48	47.92	X				48.48
11		Russia	X	47.96	10.14				47.96
12		Sweden	45.54	X	X				45.54

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

References[]

External links[]

• WJC12 Discus throw schedule