2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men'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 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]

Gold	Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica
Silver	Wojciech Praczyk  Poland
Bronze	Gerhard de Beer  South Africa

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

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, NU20R
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	Viktor 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

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	Viktor 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

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

• WJC12 discus throw schedule