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

None 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. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2002.html https://web.archive.org/web/20140224150347/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2002.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 Wu Tao CHNSilver Dmitriy Sivakov BLR 1995Bronze Michał Hodun POL Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Wu Tao CHN x 59.68 64.51 x 62.95 x 64.51 Dmitriy Sivakov BLR 1995 x 59.54 62.00 61.62 60.52 x 62.00 Michał Hodun POL 60.60 61.74 60.79 61.35 x 58.49 61.74 4 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi QAT 60.02 60.56 61.21 x x x 61.21 5 Daniel Vanek SVK x 53.87 60.86 x 58.12 x 60.86 6 Piotr Małachowski POL 58.16 60.46 x 57.03 57.12 57.78 60.46 7 Märt Israel EST 57.58 59.43 58.54 57.99 55.68 x 59.43 8 Sean Shields USA 53.79 x 59.21 x x x 59.21 9 Kris Coene BEL 57.89 59.18 58.66 59.18 10 Omar El-Ghazaly EGY 58.20 56.28 57.88 58.20 11 Bertrand Vili FRA x 57.87 57.17 57.87 12 Vikas Gowda IND 50.46 54.46 x 54.46 Qualifications 17 Jul Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Wu Tao CHN x x 61.03 61.03 Q 2 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi QAT 59.90 - - 59.90 Q 3 Omar El-Ghazaly EGY 54.84 58.81 x 58.81 q 4 Daniel Vanek SVK 52.64 58.38 58.50 58.50 q 5 Sean Shields USA 55.81 57.74 x 57.74 q 6 Kris Coene BEL 57.31 x x 57.31 q 7 Piotr Małachowski POL 56.15 56.68 57.18 57.18 q 8 Robert Harting GER x 56.23 55.86 56.23 9 Edis Elkasević CRO x 55.22 x 55.22 10 Timothy Driesen AUS 51.29 54.85 54.75 54.85 11 Taavi Peetre EST 53.56 53.90 x 53.90 12 Gunnar Åsvenstad NOR 51.29 48.74 49.68 51.29 13 Norbert Gulyás HUN x 50.58 x 50.58 14 Pedro Cuesta ESP 47.81 50.28 48.73 50.28 15 Justin Andre GUM 46.69 43.86 43.83 46.69 16 Kimani Kirton JAM x x 46.52 46.52 17 Eric Matthias IVB 44.23 x x 44.23 Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Michał Hodun POL 53.07 60.84 - 60.84 Q 2 Dmitriy Sivakov BLR 1995 56.55 56.37 58.07 58.07 q 3 Bertrand Vili FRA 57.81 x 56.64 57.81 q 4 Vikas Gowda IND 55.97 56.93 52.38 56.93 q 5 Märt Israel EST 55.16 49.37 56.47 56.47 q 6 Gustavo de Mendonça BRA 51.63 x 55.39 55.39 7 Tobias Obermaier GER 54.36 x 52.70 54.36 8 Germán Lauro ARG 53.15 53.69 49.29 53.69 9 Michael Robertson USA 53.28 51.46 53.58 53.58 10 Martin Marić CRO 52.41 53.03 51.91 53.03 11 Erik Cadée NED 52.95 x x 52.95 12 Lajos Tóth HUN x x 51.71 51.71 13 Felipe Silva POR x 45.71 51.12 51.12 14 Vasilios Katsohirákis GRE 50.74 x x 50.74 15 Sultan Al-Dawoodi KSA 50.27 x x 50.27 16 Andrey Semenov UKR 44.21 x 48.38 48.38 17 Kerim Begliyev TKM x 41.89 42.31 42.31 Participation According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event. 22em ARG (1) AUS (1) BLR 1995 (1) BEL (1) BRA (1) IVB (1) CHN (1) CRO (2) EGY (1) EST (2) FRA (1) GER (2) GRE (1) GUM (1) HUN (2) IND (1) JAM (1) NED (1) NOR (1) POL (2) POR (1) QAT (1) KSA (1) SVK (1) ESP (1) TKM (1) UKR (1) USA (2) References Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics