2000 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	women
10,000 m	men
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
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's discus throw event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 20 and 21 October.^[1][2] A 2 kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Gold	Hannes Hopley  South Africa
Silver	Niklas Arrhenius  Sweden
Bronze	Rutger Smith  Netherlands

21 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Hannes Hopley	South Africa	58.01	56.82	x	52.93	59.51	56.52	59.51
	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	53.48	53.63	51.57	56.32	59.19	x	59.19
	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	56.39	58.70	x	x	x	x	58.70
4	Michał Hodun	Poland	54.86	56.58	55.73	x	58.62	57.86	58.62
5	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	56.28	58.29	56.71	x	x	55.82	58.29
6	Loy Martínez	Cuba	54.93	56.94	55.37	55.51	x	x	56.94
7	Pavel Lyzhin	Belarus	56.24	x	54.20	54.95	x	x	56.24
8	Krishnakumar Sharma	India	51.65	x	51.55	x	x	52.01	52.01
9	Julian Ames	United States	51.09	x	51.61				51.61
10	Manuel Florido	Spain	51.01	51.61	x				51.61
11	Ivan Napreyenko	Ukraine	50.56	x	49.86				50.56
12	Nicolas Deldycke	France	x	x	50.47				50.47

20 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Hannes Hopley	South Africa	57.12	-	-	57.12	Q
2	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	x	53.84	54.84	54.84	q
3	Julian Ames	United States	50.70	53.63	45.27	53.63	q
4	Pavel Lyzhin	Belarus	49.46	51.09	52.85	52.85	q
5	Michał Hodun	Poland	x	52.69	x	52.69	q
6	Krishnakumar Sharma	India	50.41	52.06	51.70	52.06	q
7	Nicolas Deldycke	France	x	50.91	47.22	50.91	q
8	Matej Gasaj	Slovakia	50.48	x	50.19	50.48
9	Dylan Armstrong	Canada	49.53	48.75	x	49.53
10	Georgios Arestis	Cyprus	x	48.10	44.36	48.10
11	Nedžad Mulabegović	Croatia	47.48	46.09	46.90	47.48
12	Marco Fortes	Portugal	x	46.32	x	46.32
13	Christian Nordgård	Norway	41.20	45.58	x	45.58
14	Staffan Jönsson	Sweden	45.51	x	43.25	45.51

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	56.14	-	-	56.14	Q
2	Loy Martínez	Cuba	x	54.40	54.37	54.40	q
3	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	x	51.61	54.38	54.38	q
4	Manuel Florido	Spain	x	51.24	x	51.24	q
5	Ivan Napreyenko	Ukraine	49.44	50.84	x	50.84	q
6	Peter Jahn	Germany	50.80	50.52	x	50.80
7	Māris Urtāns	Latvia	50.63	50.54	47.43	50.63
8	Scott Martin	Australia	x	44.59	50.56	50.56
9	Omar El-Ghazaly	Egypt	50.43	48.24	47.11	50.43
10	Edis Elkasević	Croatia	x	48.94	47.02	48.94
11	Encho Shterev	Bulgaria	46.79	48.31	x	48.31
12	Ömer Inan	United States	x	48.09	45.98	48.09
13	Chang Ming-Huang	Chinese Taipei	47.55	47.45	48.07	48.07
14	Jean-François Aurokiom	France	45.52	47.77	x	47.77
15	Adam Major	United Kingdom	x	45.34	x	45.34
16	Dmitriy Kondratenko	Kazakhstan	x	43.53	45.03	45.03

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.