1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1992 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
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
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 1992 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Seoul, Korea, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 September.^[1][2] A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

Gold	Brian Milne  United States
Silver	Frits Potgieter  South Africa
Bronze	Marek Bílek  Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

17 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Brian Milne	United States	57.68	58.28	58.16	x	53.76	x	58.28
	Frits Potgieter	South Africa	53.58	53.40	53.66	56.28	54.18	x	56.28
	Marek Bílek	Czechoslovakia	52.88	52.42	54.60	53.30	54.86	x	54.86
4	Nikolay Orekhov	Commonwealth of Independent States	53.26	52.96	51.28	x	51.88	54.74	54.74
5	Libor Malina	Czechoslovakia	50.82	53.04	54.06	53.82	x	x	54.06
6	Andy Bloom	United States	50.96	52.26	44.06	50.86	50.48	51.98	52.26
7	Evággelos Alatsatianos	Greece	x	47.24	51.28	51.54	x	x	51.54
8	Mika Loikkanen	Finland	51.52	x	49.24	51.08	x	x	51.52
9	Dejan Klajić	Yugoslavia	49.58	47.62	51.04				51.04
10	Ian Winchester	New Zealand	x	47.86	50.70				50.70
11	Matthias Rink	Germany	48.84	50.42	49.84				50.42
12	Michel Hemmings	Cuba	45.04	49.76	45.60				49.76

Qualifications

16 Sep

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Brian Milne	United States	56.34	-	-	56.34	Q
2	Frits Potgieter	South Africa	52.90	-	-	52.90	Q
3	Libor Malina	Czechoslovakia	51.12	-	-	51.12	Q
4	Matthias Rink	Germany	47.48	49.02	50.72	50.72	q
5	Dejan Klajić	Yugoslavia	47.22	50.10	49.70	50.10	q
6	Ian Winchester	New Zealand	49.52	x	x	49.52	q
7	Yann Etienvre	France	x	48.28	49.48	49.48
8	Yoger Enrique Medina	Venezuela	x	48.94	48.38	48.94
9	Lee Newman	United Kingdom	48.56	48.78	x	48.78
10	Samson Ahmadu	Nigeria	40.22	38.90	x	40.22

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Nikolay Orekhov	Commonwealth of Independent States	53.60	-	-	53.60	Q
2	Evággelos Alatsatianos	Greece	49.88	49.20	52.58	52.58	Q
3	Marek Bílek	Czechoslovakia	50.68	52.08	-	52.08	Q
4	Michel Hemmings	Cuba	48.86	49.24	51.84	51.84	Q
5	Andy Bloom	United States	50.00	x	x	50.00	q
6	Mika Loikkanen	Finland	48.28	49.42	49.80	49.80	q
7	Jamie Murphy	United Kingdom	44.60	49.36	48.50	49.36
8	Julio Piñero	Argentina	48.50	48.78	48.38	48.78
9	Einar Kristian Tveitå	Norway	48.32	46.86	46.30	48.32
10	Marc Roos	Germany	x	48.24	x	48.24
11	David Miquelez	Spain	46.20	x	45.76	46.20

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

•  Argentina (1)
•  Commonwealth of Independent States (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Czechoslovakia (2)
•  Finland (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  New Zealand (1)
•  Nigeria (1)
•  Norway (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  Spain (1)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)
•  Venezuela (1)
•  Yugoslavia (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1992 Seoul KOR Sep 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 5 Mar 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015