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2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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2012 World Junior
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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

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

Records

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Prior to the competition, 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

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Qualification

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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

Final

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Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica 60.46 62.80 X 61.20 X 61.29 62.80 PB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wojciech Praczyk  Poland 62.66 X X X 59.61 62.75 62.75
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

Participation

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

References

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  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/timetable.html [dead link]
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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