1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the 1998 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
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
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

The men's discus throw event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 29 and 30 July.^[1][2] A 2kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

Gold	Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary
Silver	Emeka Udechuku  United Kingdom
Bronze	Gábor Máté  Hungary

Results

Final

30 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	x	57.35	53.90	55.93	56.80	59.36	59.36
	Emeka Udechuku	United Kingdom	56.10	x	55.91	55.44	57.99	57.39	57.99
	Gábor Máté	Hungary	55.71	56.96	55.95	56.09	56.29	51.91	56.96
4	Jeremy Allen	United States	55.19	x	55.82	55.10	55.60	56.55	56.55
5	Johannes van Wyk	South Africa	54.54	55.35	55.78	55.96	x	54.44	55.96
6	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	48.06	55.43	51.27	55.75	53.37	55.60	55.75
7	Janus Robberts	South Africa	55.57	55.19	x	53.74	x	55.63	55.63
8	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	53.30	52.21	51.64	51.90	52.24	x	53.30
9	Yan Xiaoming	China	x	52.75	x				52.75
10	Scott Moser	United States	x	50.54	52.69				52.69
11	Peter Elvy	Australia	x	45.47	50.41				50.41
12	Petri Hakala	Finland	48.51	x	49.23				49.23

Qualifications

29 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Carl Myerscough	United Kingdom	55.93	-	-	55.93	Q
2	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	55.48	-	-	55.48	Q
3	Scott Moser	United States	55.27	-	-	55.27	Q
4	Yan Xiaoming	China	x	53.42	-	53.42	Q
5	Peter Elvy	Australia	50.87	x	53.28	53.28	Q
6	Janus Robberts	South Africa	53.05	-	-	53.05	Q
7	Petri Hakala	Finland	52.15	52.48	x	52.48	q
8	Antonín Žalský	Czech Republic	48.53	44.51	x	48.53
9	Wael Mohd	Qatar	46.75	45.08	48.23	48.23
10	Marcin Szeszula	Poland	47.47	46.35	48.20	48.20
11	Tommaso Mattei	Italy	46.34	47.65	45.15	47.65
12	Loy Martínez	Cuba	45.88	47.59	x	47.59
13	Juan Rosete	Portugal	46.90	47.00	46.73	47.00
14	Stefanos Hatzinikolaou	Greece	38.92	43.26	44.60	44.60

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Emeka Udechuku	United Kingdom	57.39	-	-	57.39	Q
2	Jeremy Allen	United States	57.12	-	-	57.12	Q
3	Gábor Máté	Hungary	49.21	50.42	56.80	56.80	Q
4	Johannes van Wyk	South Africa	52.87	53.47	-	53.47	Q
5	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	50.74	49.94	52.05	52.05	q
6	Ilya Kostin	Russia	51.91	x	51.80	51.91
7	Lai Chaohui	China	50.80	47.04	49.53	50.80
8	Julián Angulo	Colombia	49.66	x	46.42	49.66
9	Matija Jakopovic	Croatia	49.59	47.29	45.93	49.59
10	Scott Russell	Canada	41.05	49.14	47.71	49.14
11	John Ledbrook	Australia	47.03	47.76	x	47.76
12	Demetris Toumbas	Cyprus	x	47.12	x	47.12
13	Mihai Timaru	Romania	46.65	45.87	45.90	46.65
14	Łukasz Wenta	Poland	x	46.07	x	46.07

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Australia (2)
•  Canada (1)
•  China (2)
•  Colombia (1)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Cuba (1)
•  Cyprus (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Italy (1)
•  Poland (2)
•  Portugal (1)
•  Qatar (2)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  South Africa (2)
•  United Kingdom (2)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1998 Annecy FRA Jul 28-Aug 2, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 3 Dec 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015