2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

The women's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.

Medalists

Gold	Dani Samuels Australia
Silver	Pan Saili China
Bronze	Tan Jian China

Results

Final

20 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Dani Samuels	Australia	60.22	58.99	60.63	51.81	60.32	59.04	60.63
	Pan Saili	China	55.32	52.70	54.24	57.40	x	56.21	57.40
	Tan Jian	China	x	54.07	x	56.09	x	54.47	56.09
4	Annelies Peetroons	Belgium	52.05	51.15	52.10	x	54.42	52.09	54.42
5	Rocío Comba	Argentina	43.48	46.25	52.42	50.74	x	x	52.42
6	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	51.00	x	48.62	42.81	52.39	50.50	52.39
7	Ionela Vartolomei	Romania	49.26	x	49.67	46.03	x	48.98	49.67
8	Yueh-Ching Chou	Chinese Taipei	x	46.06	49.61	47.04	x	46.85	49.61
9	Alesia Flaryanovich	Belarus	40.25	47.44	48.64				48.64
10	Kristina Gehrig	Germany	x	47.81	48.36				48.36
11	Ivana Banacká	Czech Republic	x	48.18	x				48.18
12	Anita Márton	Hungary	46.76	42.27	45.06				46.76

Qualifications

18 August

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Dani Samuels	Australia	57.67	-	-	57.67	Q
2	Annelies Peetroons	Belgium	52.01	-	-	52.01	Q
3	Pan Saili	China	x	51.77	-	51.77	Q
4	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	46.92	50.32	-	50.32	Q
5	Anita Márton	Hungary	49.65	-	-	49.65	Q
6	Anna-Katharina Weller	Germany	x	45.95	41.75	45.95
7	Jere Summers	United States	40.59	x	45.95	45.95
8	Sakong Ga-Eun	South Korea	45.90	45.18	45.63	45.90
9	Alena Kopets	Belarus	41.40	44.77	x	44.77
10	Sandra Perković	Croatia	44.11	42.86	42.64	44.11
11	Li Wen-Hua	Chinese Taipei	43.33	x	38.92	43.33
12	Elina Mattila	Finland	42.28	41.76	43.20	43.20
	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Tan Jian	China	52.04	-	-	52.04	Q
2	Rocío Comba	Argentina	49.31	47.55	49.13	49.31	q
3	Ionela Vartolomei	Romania	45.81	48.38	x	48.38	q
4	Kristina Gehrig	Germany	x	x	48.19	48.19	q
5	Alesia Flaryanovich	Belarus	39.98	47.89	x	47.89	q
6	Yueh-Ching Chou	Chinese Taipei	43.89	46.79	47.47	47.47	q
7	Ivana Banacká	Czech Republic	46.80	42.64	46.08	46.80	q
8	Katalin Császár	Hungary	46.66	46.58	46.21	46.66
9	Emily Pendleton	United States	38.10	43.38	46.48	46.48
10	Oksana Kot	Uzbekistan	x	46.22	46.16	46.22
11	Diana Ozolina	Latvia	40.27	42.36	43.97	43.97
12	Annabel Thomson	Australia	x	42.32	41.73	42.32
13	Eléni Diamadí	Greece	41.50	42.04	x	42.04
	Irais Estrada	Mexico	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

• Argentina (1)
• Australia (2)
• Belarus (2)
• Belgium (1)
• China (2)
• Chinese Taipei (2)
• Croatia (1)
• Czech Republic (1)
• Finland (1)
• Germany (2)
• Greece (1)
• Hungary (2)
• Latvia (1)
• Mexico (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Romania (1)
• South Africa (1)
• South Korea (1)
• United States (2)
• Uzbekistan (1)