2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2018 World U20 Championships
Venue	Ratina Stadium
Dates	14 July (qualification) 15 July (final)
Competitors	34 from 28 nations
Winning distance	62.36 m
Medalists
Kai Chang    Jamaica   Yauheni Bahutski    Belarus   Claudio Romero    Chile
← 2016 2021 →

Events at the 2018 World Championships
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
10000 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 at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 and 15 July.^[1]

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics
World U20 Record	Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR)	70.13	Halle, Germany	24 May 2008
Championship Record	Margus Hunt (EST)	67.32	Beijing, China	16 August 2006
World U20 Leading	Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT)	66.47	Cape Town, South Africa	3 February 2018

Results[]

Qualification[]

The qualification round took place on 14 July in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:25 and Group B starting at 10:48. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 60.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.^[2][3]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B	Yauheni Bahutski	Belarus	54.80	58.19	61.72	61.72	Q
2	B		China	x	60.38		60.38	Q, PB
3	B	Mohamed Ibrahim Moaaz	Qatar	55.53	x	59.46	59.46	q
4	B		Czech Republic	53.90	58.72	x	58.72	q
5	A	Kai Chang	Jamaica	54.96	x	59.27	59.27	q
6	A		Cyprus	58.64	x	58.07	58.64	q
7	B		Germany	58.38	x	x	58.38	q
8	A		Germany	x	58.35	x	58.35	q, PB
9	B		Portugal	57.43	x	x	57.43	q
10	A		United States	56.86	x	54.61	56.86	q
11	A		Lithuania	56.78	x	X	56.78	q
12	A	Claudio Romero	Chile	54.16	56.71	56.62	56.71	q
13	B		Australia	56.57	x	x	56.57
14	B		United States	56.53	56.19	54.39	56.53
15	A	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia	51.77	56.47	54.38	56.47
16	A		Poland	56.42	x	x	56.42
17	B		Barbados	x	x	56.31	56.31
18	B		Cuba	x	x	56.20	56.20
19	B		Denmark	52.70	56.02	x	56.02
20	A		Czech Republic	55.64	55.71	55.71	55.71
21	A		Great Britain	46.61	54.95	53.53	54.95
22	B		Spain	52.86	54.85	x	54.85
23	B		Bahrain	54.83	54.74	52.40	54.83
24	A		South Africa	54.56	x	x	54.56
25	B		Iran	49.74	54.52	54.32	54.52
26	B		France	54.12	x	x	54.12
27	A		Japan	52.35	53.72	x	53.72
28	B		Netherlands	x	50.12	53.53	53.53
29	A		Spain	53.41	51.72	x	53.41
30	B		Bulgaria	52.45	x	x	52.45
31	A		Iran	51.60	x	x	51.60
32	A		Australia	48.33	48.88	50.75	50.75
33	A		Georgia	48.26	X	50.31	50.31
34	A		Finland	x	47.74	x	47.74

Final[]

The final was held on 15 July at 13:41.^[4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Kai Chang	Jamaica	56.96	62.36	58.26	x	x	x	62.36	PB
	Yauheni Bahutski	Belarus	60.17	61.31	60.76	61.75	x	x	61.75
	Claudio Romero	Chile	60.81	x	58.66	x	x	x	60.81	SB
4		Germany	57.14	58.47	60.09	58.01	58.80	x	60.09	PB
5	Mohamed Ibrahim Moaaz	Qatar	x	x	59.87	59.12	58.71	59.57	59.87
6		China	55.14	59.29	58.86	x	x	x	59.29
7		Cyprus	58.04	56.92	x	x	57.89	x	58.04
8		United States	x	57.96	x	x	x	56.77	57.96
9		Czech Republic	57.95	55.88	56.72				57.95
10		Lithuania	x	57.30	56.33				57.30
11		Germany	x	x	55.42				55.42
		Portugal	x	x	x				NM

References[]