2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 8 and 9 July.[1][2] A 1.75kg (junior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

GoldGordon Wolf
 Germany
SilverMarin Premeru
 Croatia
BronzeMykyta Nesterenko
 Ukraine

Results

Final

9 July

RankNameNationalityAttemptsResultNotes
123456
Gordon Wolf Germany55.9060.7555.5961.8262.00x62.00
Marin Premeru Croatia57.25x56.7060.1961.8558.7261.85
Mykyta Nesterenko Ukrainex61.01xxx59.5461.01
4Victor Hogan South Africax57.5659.08x60.6460.6460.64
5Mikhail Dvornikov Russia58.7758.9658.9959.8959.4459.6759.89
6Andrius Gudžius Lithuaniax55.95x53.4858.63x58.63
7Fredrik Amundgård Norwayx53.4155.4356.7556.48x56.75
8Tibor Petrovszki Hungary56.4154.5253.4655.62x54.9556.41
9Mateusz Suchocki Poland48.3154.6549.4054.65
10Hamed Mansour Syriax54.14x54.14
11Alan Moreno Mexico52.69x52.5052.69
Johnny Karlsson SwedenxxxNM

Qualifications

8 July

Group A

RankNameNationalityAttemptsResultNotes
123
1Mikhail Dvornikov Russia57.7152.7858.5358.53q
2Victor Hogan South Africa58.18x58.1658.18q
3Andrius Gudžius Lithuania54.7657.32x57.32q
4Mateusz Suchocki Poland51.4350.5855.8055.80q
5Fredrik Amundgård Norwayx55.3354.2855.33q
6Johnny Karlsson Swedenx53.6252.5253.62q
7Eduardo Albertazzi Italy53.0646.5850.2253.06
8Curtis Griffith-Parker United Kingdom51.4952.6444.9652.64
9Andrew Peska Australia48.2152.2950.7052.29
10Claudiu Rusu Romania51.8551.9552.1852.18
11Jérémy Baillard France49.9135.6151.0051.00
12Daniel Jasinski Germany48.7150.3645.7250.36
13Yeóryios Tremos Greece50.24xx50.24
14Mario Cota Mexico49.43x-49.43
15Geoffrey Tabor United Statesx49.22x49.22
16George Bedoshvili Georgiax48.9146.1548.91

Group B

RankNameNationalityAttemptsResultNotes
123
1Mykyta Nesterenko Ukraine61.77--61.77Q
2Marin Premeru Croatia59.29--59.29Q
3Gordon Wolf Germany56.1858.6057.0458.60q
4Alan Moreno Mexico55.80x56.1956.19q
5Hamed Mansour Syriax53.9755.1755.17q
6Tibor Petrovszki Hungary51.2651.9254.7454.74q
7Pyry Niskala Finland50.9150.2153.0453.04
8Andrew Welch Australia51.6752.8851.2052.88
9Priidu Niit Estonia48.7948.3451.8851.88
10Quincy Wilson Trinidad and Tobago51.6743.7150.1051.67
11Robert Tracz Polandx49.7751.4951.49
12Brian Bishop United States49.4851.2251.0551.22
13Magnus Røsholm Berntsen Norwayxx48.7548.75
14Andrei Gag Romaniax46.98x46.98
Brett Morse United KingdomxxxNM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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