2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
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The men's discus throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.[1][2][3]
Medalists[edit]
Gold | Fedrick Dacres Jamaica |
Silver | Wojciech Praczyk Poland |
Bronze | Gerhard de Beer South Africa |
Records[edit]
Prior to the competition[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
World Junior Record | Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) | 70.13 m | Halle, Germany | 24 May 2008 |
Championship Record | Margus Hunt (EST) | 67.32 m | Beijing, China | 16 August 2006 |
World Junior Leading | Wojciech Praczyk (POL) | 64.22 m | Bialystok, Poland | 24 June 2012 |
Results[edit]
Qualification[edit]
Qualification: Standard 59.40 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | A | Wojciech Praczyk | Poland | 59.32 | 60.72 | 60.72 | Q | |
2 | A | Mauricio Ortega | Colombia | 59.84 | 59.84 | Q, NJ | ||
3 | B | Jordan Young | Canada | 51.53 | 59.54 | 59.54 | Q | |
4 | B | Gerhard de Beer | South Africa | X | 56.74 | 59.01 | 59.01 | q |
5 | B | Victor Butenko | Russia | 58.98 | 58.55 | X | 58.98 | q |
6 | A | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica | 13.31 | 57.48 | 58.90 | 58.90 | q |
7 | A | Behnam Shiri | Iran | 58.23 | X | 57.56 | 58.23 | q |
8 | B | Dalton Rowan | United States | 56.48 | 55.48 | 57.65 | 57.65 | q, PB |
9 | A | Arjun Arjun | India | 47.51 | 56.00 | 57.60 | 57.60 | q, PB |
10 | B | Nicholas Percy | Great Britain | 56.89 | 51.67 | 53.32 | 56.89 | q |
11 | A | Sebastian Scheffel | Germany | X | 53.84 | 56.85 | 56.85 | q |
12 | A | Felipe Lorenzon | Brazil | X | 56.78 | X | 56.78 | q |
13 | A | Róbert Szikszai | Hungary | 55.68 | 52.65 | 56.51 | 56.51 | |
14 | B | Mitchell Cooper | Australia | 56.25 | 53.61 | 52.91 | 56.25 | |
15 | A | Jan-Louw Kotze | South Africa | 53.60 | 55.59 | 54.31 | 55.59 | |
16 | A | Giacomo Grotti | Italy | 51.88 | 54.59 | 55.25 | 55.25 | |
17 | B | Jaromír Mazgal | Czech Republic | 54.72 | 52.46 | 53.49 | 54.72 | |
18 | A | Rodney Brown | United States | 54.66 | X | 53.03 | 54.66 | |
19 | B | Damian Kamiński | Poland | 53.87 | 54.50 | 54.31 | 54.50 | |
20 | B | Philipp van Dijck | Germany | X | 53.49 | 54.42 | 54.42 | |
21 | A | Jaka Žulic | Slovenia | 52.71 | X | X | 52.71 | |
22 | A | Søren Børsting | Denmark | 51.71 | 51.37 | X | 51.71 | |
23 | A | Nikola Cankovic | Serbia | X | X | 49.39 | 49.39 | |
24 | B | Juan Ignacio Solito | Argentina | 53.41 | 53.10 | 49.60 | 53.41 | |
25 | B | Viktor Gardenkrans | Sweden | 53.24 | 51.74 | X | 53.24 | |
26 | B | Stefano Petrei | Italy | 50.64 | X | 52.48 | 52.48 | |
27 | B | Andreas Ellegaard | Denmark | X | 51.98 | 50.61 | 51.98 | |
– | B | Murat Gündüz | Turkey | X | X | NM |
Final[edit]
Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica | 60.46 | 62.80 | X | 61.20 | X | 61.29 | 62.80 | PB | |
Wojciech Praczyk | Poland | 62.66 | X | X | X | 59.61 | 62.75 | 62.75 | ||
Gerhard de Beer | South Africa | 56.56 | 60.13 | 61.25 | 61.57 | X | X | 61.57 | ||
4 | Victor Butenko | Russia | 58.96 | 59.96 | X | 59.12 | 59.04 | 61.48 | 61.48 | |
5 | Felipe Lorenzon | Brazil | X | X | 61.18 | 57.39 | X | X | 61.18 | PB |
6 | Jordan Young | Canada | 57.45 | X | 57.68 | 60.44 | 59.89 | X | 60.44 | |
7 | Dalton Rowan | United States | 58.75 | 57.55 | X | X | X | 59.31 | 59.31 | PB |
8 | Nicholas Percy | Great Britain | 56.47 | 54.83 | 57.79 | X | X | 56.98 | 57.79 | |
9 | Mauricio Ortega | Colombia | 51.29 | 57.41 | 57.50 | 57.50 | ||||
10 | Sebastian Scheffel | Germany | X | 56.71 | 56.77 | 56.77 | ||||
11 | Arjun Arjun | India | 54.56 | X | 52.75 | 54.56 | ||||
Behnam Shiri Jabilou | Iran | X | X | X | NM |
Participation[edit]
According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.
References[edit]
- ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
- ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015