1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

1988 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
Track events
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800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
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3000 m
steeplechase		men
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The men's discus throw event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 and 28 July.[1][2] A 2 kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

Gold Andreas Seelig
 East Germany
Silver Kamy Keshmiri
 United States
Bronze Yuriy Nesteryets
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

28 July

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Andreas Seelig  East Germany 54.06 56.96 56.90 57.90 58.60 56.20 58.60
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kamy Keshmiri  United States 48.38 48.60 53.18 50.86 54.68 54.36 54.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Yuriy Nesteryets  Soviet Union 51.26 x x 51.96 53.70 52.72 53.70
4 Vitaliy Sidorov  Soviet Union 53.00 x x x x 52.08 53.00
5 Tapani Alentola  Finland 45.78 46.68 49.70 48.90 51.40 x 51.44
6 Pedro Acosta  Cuba x 49.66 49.24 49.62 49.98 50.98 50.98
7 Jaroslav Žitnanský  Czechoslovakia 49.66 48.30 49.26 x x 50.16 50.16
8 Ma Wei  China x 50.16 x x x x 50.16
9 Michael Möllenbeck  West Germany 44.74 x 49.30 49.30
10 Dariusz Kosinski  Poland 48.74 x x 48.74
11 Joachim Tidow  West Germany 47.92 x 46.22 47.92
12 Ramón Jiménez Gaona  Paraguay 44.26 x 45.46 45.46

Qualifications

27 Jul

Group A

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3
1 Andreas Seelig  East Germany 55.94 - - 55.94 Q
2 Vitaliy Sidorov  Soviet Union 49.32 52.88 - 52.88 Q
3 Yuriy Nesteryets  Soviet Union 50.82 52.80 - 52.80 Q
4 Michael Möllenbeck  West Germany 52.68 - - 52.68 Q
5 Pedro Acosta  Cuba x 52.44 - 52.44 Q
6 Kamy Keshmiri  United States 48.50 45.78 51.28 51.28 Q
7 Tapani Alentola  Finland 50.60 x 47.38 50.60 q
8 Jaroslav Žitnanský  Czechoslovakia 47.68 50.18 x 50.18 q
9 Dariusz Kosinski  Poland 49.88 x x 49.88 q
10 Joachim Tidow  West Germany 49.56 47.98 x 49.56 q
11 Ramón Jiménez Gaona  Paraguay 49.30 48.88 47.92 49.30 q
12 Ma Wei  China 47.36 48.78 48.84 48.84 q
13 Jean Pons  France 45.02 48.48 48.38 48.48
14 John Nichols  United States 44.90 48.14 x 48.14
15 Paolo Dal Soglio  Italy 44.84 46.58 48.12 48.12
16 Janne Sandvik  Finland 46.88 x 47.80 47.80
17 Hussein Ali Al-Sayed  Kuwait 32.96 x 32.82 32.96
Lee Andrews  Canada x x x NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1988 Sudbury CAN Jul 27-31, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 7 April 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015