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

None 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 2008. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2008 Bydgoszcz POL Jul 8-13 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140224202727/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2008.html 24 February 2014 dead WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/1b820a45-e3d7-40f4-9d5d-7a3abea7f433.pdf IAAF 13 June 2015 A 1.75 kg (junior implement) discus was used. Medalists Gold Gordon Wolf GERSilver Marin Premeru CROBronze Mykyta Nesterenko UKR Results Final 9 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Gordon Wolf GER 55.90 60.75 55.59 61.82 62.00 x 62.00 Marin Premeru CRO 57.25 x 56.70 60.19 61.85 58.72 61.85 Mykyta Nesterenko UKR x 61.01 x x x 59.54 61.01 4 Victor Hogan RSA x 57.56 59.08 x 60.64 60.64 60.64 5 Mikhail Dvornikov RUS 58.77 58.96 58.99 59.89 59.44 59.67 59.89 6 Andrius Gudžius LTU x 55.95 x 53.48 58.63 x 58.63 7 Fredrik Amundgård NOR x 53.41 55.43 56.75 56.48 x 56.75 8 Tibor Petrovszki HUN 56.41 54.52 53.46 55.62 x 54.95 56.41 9 Mateusz Suchocki POL 48.31 54.65 49.40 54.65 10 Hamed Mansour SYR 1980 x 54.14 x 54.14 11 Alan Moreno MEX 52.69 x 52.50 52.69 12 Johnny Karlsson SWE x x x NM Qualifications 8 July Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Mikhail Dvornikov RUS 57.71 52.78 58.53 58.53 q 2 Victor Hogan RSA 58.18 x 58.16 58.18 q 3 Andrius Gudžius LTU 54.76 57.32 x 57.32 q 4 Mateusz Suchocki POL 51.43 50.58 55.80 55.80 q 5 Fredrik Amundgård NOR x 55.33 54.28 55.33 q 6 Johnny Karlsson SWE x 53.62 52.52 53.62 q 7 Eduardo Albertazzi ITA 53.06 46.58 50.22 53.06 8 Curtis Griffith-Parker UK 51.49 52.64 44.96 52.64 9 Andrew Peska AUS 48.21 52.29 50.70 52.29 10 Claudiu Rusu ROU 51.85 51.95 52.18 52.18 11 Jérémy Baillard FRA 49.91 35.61 51.00 51.00 12 Daniel Jasinski GER 48.71 50.36 45.72 50.36 13 Yeóryios Tremos GRE 50.24 x x 50.24 14 Mario Cota MEX 49.43 x - 49.43 15 Geoffrey Tabor USA x 49.22 x 49.22 16 George Bedoshvili GEO x 48.91 46.15 48.91 Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Mykyta Nesterenko UKR 61.77 - - 61.77 Q 2 Marin Premeru CRO 59.29 - - 59.29 Q 3 Gordon Wolf GER 56.18 58.60 57.04 58.60 q 4 Alan Moreno MEX 55.80 x 56.19 56.19 q 5 Hamed Mansour SYR 1980 x 53.97 55.17 55.17 q 6 Tibor Petrovszki HUN 51.26 51.92 54.74 54.74 q 7 Pyry Niskala FIN 50.91 50.21 53.04 53.04 8 Andrew Welch AUS 51.67 52.88 51.20 52.88 9 Priidu Niit EST 48.79 48.34 51.88 51.88 10 Quincy Wilson TRI 51.67 43.71 50.10 51.67 11 Robert Tracz POL x 49.77 51.49 51.49 12 Brian Bishop USA 49.48 51.22 51.05 51.22 13 Magnus Røsholm Berntsen NOR x x 48.75 48.75 14 Andrei Gag ROU x 46.98 x 46.98 15 Brett Morse UK x x x NM Participation According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (2) CRO (1) EST (1) FIN (1) FRA (1) GEO (1) GER (2) GRE (1) HUN (1) ITA (1) LTU (1) MEX (2) NOR (2) POL (2) ROU (2) RUS (1) RSA (1) SWE (1) SYR 1980 (1) TRI (1) UKR (1) UK (2) USA (2) References Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics