2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' discus throw

Boys' discus throw
at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics
VenueRSC Olimpiyskiy
Dates13 July (qualification & final)
Competitors35
Winning distance67.54 WYL
Medalists
gold medal    Australia
silver medal    Germany
bronze medal    China
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The boys' discus throw at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 13 July.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Matthew Denny
 Australia
Henning Prüfer
 Germany
Cheng Yulong
 China

Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best  Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) 77.50 Kyiv, Ukraine 19 May 2008
Championship Record  Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) 70.67 Ostrava, Czech Republic 13 July 2007
World Youth Leading  Matthew Denny (AUS) 67.28 Brisbane, Australia 23 February 2013

Qualification

Qualification rule: 58.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified.[1]

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Matthew Denny  Australia 65.66 65.66 Q
2 A Domantas Poška  Lithuania 60.85 60.85 Q
3 B Bartłomiej Stój  Poland x 60.26 60.26 Q
4 B Cheng Yulong  China 59.61 59.61 Q
5 A Henning Prüfer  Germany x x 59.54 59.54 Q
6 A Chen Liangyu  China x 59.48 59.48 Q
7 B Martin Marković  Croatia 58.81 58.81 Q
8 A Bence Halász  Hungary 57.25 57.79 x 57.79 q
9 B Giulio Anesa  Italy 54.96 x 57.61 57.61 q, PB
10 B Reno Tuufuli  United States 56.04 x 57.35 57.35 q
11 A Oskari Perälampi  Finland 56.93 x x 56.93 q
12 A Kyriakos Zotos  Greece x 55.96 56.76 56.76 q
13 B Johan Scholtz  South Africa x 56.31 56.41 56.41 PB
14 B Marko Perić  Serbia 55.56 53.33 52.61 55.56 PB
15 A Evgeniy Kozyrev  Russia x x 55.01 55.01
16 A Amir Patterson  United States 54.53 54.67 x 54.67
17 B Ahmed Sherif Adel Salem  Egypt 54.62 52.78 x 54.62
18 B Samiuela Ulufonua  New Zealand x 52.58 54.15 54.15
19 A Artjom Nikitin  Estonia 53.86 x 51.62 53.86
20 B Thor Olav Rosvold  Norway 51.42 53.34 x 53.34
21 B Eduardo Espín  Ecuador 52.13 52.73 53.25 53.25
22 A Charles Gamble  New Zealand 53.11 x x 53.11
23 A Sven van Niekerk  South Africa 52.78 x 51.52 52.78
24 A Mohamed Magdi Hamza  Egypt 49.03 52.56 x 52.56
25 B Bohdan Myronenko  Ukraine 50.97 46.80 52.21 52.21
26 A Pavol Žencár  Slovakia 51.68 50.13 51.96 51.96
27 A Vladyslav Podavalov  Ukraine 50.89 50.94 51.70 51.70
28 A Jakob Gardenkrans  Sweden 49.94 51.12 x 51.12
29 B Douglas Borges  Brazil 50.32 49.03 50.34 50.34
30 A Davi Ferreira Junior  Brazil 45.25 x 39.10 45.25
A Drexel Maycock  Bahamas x x x NM
A Marco Primaveri  Italy x x x NM
B Nace Pleško  Slovenia x x x NM
B Tony Zeuke  Germany x x x NM
B Viktar Trus  Belarus x x x NM

Final

[2]

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Matthew Denny  Australia 64.63 59.10 x 67.54 65.38 64.80 67.54 WYL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Henning Prüfer  Germany 65.62 64.35 x x 63.35 x 65.62
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Cheng Yulong  China 62.29 57.53 x 61.04 62.80 61.63 62.80 PB
4 Chen Liangyu  China 59.63 60.75 60.15 61.11 59.59 56.57 61.11
5 Bartłomiej Stój  Poland x 59.57 x x 60.74 x 60.74
6 Domantas Poška  Lithuania 54.85 57.81 x 54.67 56.58 60.73 60.73
7 Reno Tuufuli  United States 53.75 59.90 x 54.89 57.37 56.85 59.90 PB
8 Bence Halász  Hungary x 55.71 57.83 x x x 57.83
9 Martin Marković  Croatia x 56.32 56.52 56.52
10 Kyriakos Zotos  Greece 48.55 49.07 55.22 55.22
11 Giulio Anesa  Italy x 52.91 x 52.91
Oskari Perälampi  Finland DNS

References

  1. ^ "Discus Throw (1.500kg) Boys - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics. 13 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Discus Throw (1.500kg) Boys - Final" (PDF). World Athletics. 13 July 2013.