2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

2002 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
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The men's discus throw event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 18 July.[1][2] A 1.75 kg (junior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

Gold Wu Tao
 China
Silver Dmitriy Sivakov
 Belarus
Bronze Michał Hodun
 Poland

Results

Final

18 July

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Wu Tao  China x 59.68 64.51 x 62.95 x 64.51
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dmitriy Sivakov  Belarus x 59.54 62.00 61.62 60.52 x 62.00
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Michał Hodun  Poland 60.60 61.74 60.79 61.35 x 58.49 61.74
4 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi  Qatar 60.02 60.56 61.21 x x x 61.21
5 Daniel Vanek  Slovakia x 53.87 60.86 x 58.12 x 60.86
6 Piotr Małachowski  Poland 58.16 60.46 x 57.03 57.12 57.78 60.46
7 Märt Israel  Estonia 57.58 59.43 58.54 57.99 55.68 x 59.43
8 Sean Shields  United States 53.79 x 59.21 x x x 59.21
9 Kris Coene  Belgium 57.89 59.18 58.66 59.18
10 Omar El-Ghazaly  Egypt 58.20 56.28 57.88 58.20
11 Bertrand Vili  France x 57.87 57.17 57.87
12 Vikas Gowda  India 50.46 54.46 x 54.46

Qualifications

17 Jul

Group A

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3
1 Wu Tao  China x x 61.03 61.03 Q
2 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi  Qatar 59.90 - - 59.90 Q
3 Omar El-Ghazaly  Egypt 54.84 58.81 x 58.81 q
4 Daniel Vanek  Slovakia 52.64 58.38 58.50 58.50 q
5 Sean Shields  United States 55.81 57.74 x 57.74 q
6 Kris Coene  Belgium 57.31 x x 57.31 q
7 Piotr Małachowski  Poland 56.15 56.68 57.18 57.18 q
8 Robert Harting  Germany x 56.23 55.86 56.23
9 Edis Elkasević  Croatia x 55.22 x 55.22
10 Timothy Driesen  Australia 51.29 54.85 54.75 54.85
11 Taavi Peetre  Estonia 53.56 53.90 x 53.90
12 Gunnar Åsvenstad  Norway 51.29 48.74 49.68 51.29
13 Norbert Gulyás  Hungary x 50.58 x 50.58
14 Pedro Cuesta  Spain 47.81 50.28 48.73 50.28
15 Justin Andre  Guam 46.69 43.86 43.83 46.69
16 Kimani Kirton  Jamaica x x 46.52 46.52
17 Eric Matthias  British Virgin Islands 44.23 x x 44.23

Group B

Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes
1 2 3
1 Michał Hodun  Poland 53.07 60.84 - 60.84 Q
2 Dmitriy Sivakov  Belarus 56.55 56.37 58.07 58.07 q
3 Bertrand Vili  France 57.81 x 56.64 57.81 q
4 Vikas Gowda  India 55.97 56.93 52.38 56.93 q
5 Märt Israel  Estonia 55.16 49.37 56.47 56.47 q
6 Gustavo de Mendonça  Brazil 51.63 x 55.39 55.39
7 Tobias Obermaier  Germany 54.36 x 52.70 54.36
8 Germán Lauro  Argentina 53.15 53.69 49.29 53.69
9 Michael Robertson  United States 53.28 51.46 53.58 53.58
10 Martin Marić  Croatia 52.41 53.03 51.91 53.03
11 Erik Cadée  Netherlands 52.95 x x 52.95
12 Lajos Tóth  Hungary x x 51.71 51.71
13 Felipe Silva  Portugal x 45.71 51.12 51.12
14 Vasilios Katsohirákis  Greece 50.74 x x 50.74
15 Sultan Al-Dawoodi  Saudi Arabia 50.27 x x 50.27
16 Andrey Semenov  Ukraine 44.21 x 48.38 48.38
17 Kerim Begliyev  Turkmenistan x 41.89 42.31 42.31

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, 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