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

Events at the
1988 World Junior
Championships in Athletics

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m women
5000 m men
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
5000 m walk women
10,000 m walk men
Road events
20 km road run men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

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 2kg (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
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1st, gold medalist(s) Andreas Seelig  East Germany 54.06 56.96 56.90 57.90 58.60 56.20 58.60
2nd, silver medalist(s) Kamy Keshmiri  United States 48.38 48.60 53.18 50.86 54.68 54.36 54.68
3rd, 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
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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
18 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 Apr 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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