2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

None The men's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 15 and 16 August. Peters Lionel Magnusson Tomas WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20 http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2006.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20130312025231/http://www.wjah.co.uk/wojc/WJC/WJC2006.html 12 March 2013 WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH") 13 June 2015 IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES https://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 Margus Hunt ESTSilver Mahmoud Samimi IRIBronze Martin Wierig GER Results Final 16 August Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Margus Hunt EST 64.96 56.60 x 66.68 66.40 67.32 67.32 Mahmoud Samimi IRI 52.55 60.42 59.44 60.82 x 63.00 63.00 Martin Wierig GER 58.26 60.11 59.26 62.02 62.17 61.86 62.17 4 Nikolay Sedyuk RUS 60.38 61.09 57.20 59.01 55.13 62.00 62.00 5 Jorge Fernández CUB 56.22 58.82 59.55 59.01 58.43 x 59.55 6 Mihai Grasu ROU 57.23 59.39 56.24 58.96 58.97 x 59.39 7 Martin Wischer GER 54.57 x 56.73 53.56 56.26 x 56.73 8 Egidijus Petrauskas LTU 56.65 55.53 x x 56.18 x 56.65 9 Giedrius Šakinis LTU 55.47 52.72 53.06 55.47 10 Nicholas Robinson USA 55.22 51.18 51.48 55.22 11 Andrew Welch AUS 51.54 54.14 52.22 54.14 12 Marin Premeru CRO 51.96 51.22 53.50 53.50 Qualifications 15 August Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Margus Hunt EST 66.35 - - 66.35 Q 2 Nikolay Sedyuk RUS x 60.43 - 60.43 Q 3 Mahmoud Samimi IRI 58.91 - - 58.91 Q 4 Jorge Fernández CUB 58.42 - - 58.42 Q 5 Egidijus Petrauskas LTU 54.20 51.92 57.85 57.85 Q 6 Martin Wischer GER 56.54 55.71 55.82 56.54 q 7 Axel Härstedt SWE 53.85 55.12 54.02 55.12 8 Vladislav Tulácek CZE x x 54.46 54.46 9 António Silva POR x 54.04 x 54.04 10 Federico Apolloni ITA 50.38 53.97 49.71 53.97 11 Bo Taylor USA x 51.29 52.96 52.96 12 Savvas Arestis CYP x 44.91 51.56 51.56 13 Hou Wei CHN 46.56 50.78 x 50.78 14 Stephen Lasei SAM x 39.34 41.10 41.10 Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Mihai Grasu ROU 55.72 58.38 - 58.38 Q 2 Marin Premeru CRO 54.92 57.88 - 57.88 Q 3 Martin Wierig GER 57.78 - - 57.78 Q 4 Nicholas Robinson USA 55.20 56.06 50.68 56.06 q 5 Andrew Welch AUS 50.62 54.03 55.58 55.58 q 6 Giedrius Šakinis LTU x 55.01 55.45 55.45 q 7 Alessandro Botti ITA 55.40 54.87 54.98 55.40 8 Hu Tai CHN 54.24 55.02 51.06 55.02 9 Maarten Persoon NED 51.44 x 53.07 53.07 10 Pavlo Karsak UKR 52.86 53.06 x 53.06 11 Talat Erdogan TUR 50.50 50.95 48.81 50.95 12 Per Rosell SWE 50.46 x 50.53 50.53 Participation According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event. 22em AUS (1) CHN (2) CRO (1) CUB (1) CYP (1) CZE (1) EST (1) GER (2) IRI (1) ITA (2) LTU (2) NED (1) POR (1) ROU (1) RUS (1) SAM (1) SWE (2) TUR (1) UKR (1) USA (2) References Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics U20 Championships Category:Men's events at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics