2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's discus throw
| Men's discus throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Kasarani Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 21 August (qualification) 22 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 15 from 11 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 69.81 m | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's discus throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 21 and 22 August.[1]
Records
| Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World U20 Record |  Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR)
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70.13 | Halle, Germany | 24 May 2008 |
| Championship Record |  Margus Hunt (EST)
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67.32 | Beijing, China | 16 August 2006 |
| World U20 Leading |  Mykolas Alekna (LTU)
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69.77 | Vilnius, Lithuania | 29 June 2021 |
Results
Qualification
The qualification took place on 21 August, in two groups, with Group A starting at 10:46 and Group B starting at 11:35. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 58.00 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[2][3]
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 1 | A | Mykolas Alekna | Lithuania |
64.04 | 64.04 | Q | ||
| 2 | B | Ralford Mullings |  Jamaica |
55.01 | 62.49 | 62.49 | Q | |
| 3 | A | Uladzislau Puchko |  Belarus |
61.08 | 61.08 | Q | ||
| 4 | B | Sadegh Samimishalamzari |  Iran |
61.01 | 61.01 | Q | ||
| 5 | B | Raman Khartanovich | Belarus |
57.21 | 58.37 | 58.37 | Q | |
| 6 | A | Semen Borodayev |  Authorised Neutral Athletes |
58.18 | 58.18 | Q, PB | ||
| 7 | B | Marcos Moreno |  Spain |
58.04 | 58.04 | Q | ||
| 8 | A | Mohammadreza Rahmanifar | Iran |
53.35 | x | 57.93 | 57.93 | q |
| 9 | A | Enes Çankaya |  Turkey |
47.04 | 55.49 | 57.28 | 57.28 | q |
| 10 | B | Dimitrios Pavlidis |  Greece |
x | 52.64 | x | 52.64 | q |
| 11 | A | Trevor Gunzell | Jamaica |
51.37 | x | x | 51.37 | q |
| 12 | B | Juan Oosthuizen |  South Africa |
x | x | 50.19 | 50.19 | q |
| 13 | B | Titus Kiptoo Limo |  Kenya |
43.83 | 45.05 | 41.01 | 45.05 | |
| A | Konstantinos Bouzakis | Greece |
x | x | x | NM | ||
| B | Zalán Strigencz |  Hungary |
x | x | x | NM | ||
Final
The final was held on 22 August at 16:00.[4]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||
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Mykolas Alekna | Lithuania |
69.81 | x | 68.52 | 67.67 | 67.10 | 66.46 | 69.81 | CR |
 |
Ralford Mullings | Jamaica |
64.74 | 66.68 | 63.75 | 60.90 | x | 64.90 | 66.68 | PB |
 |
Raman Khartanovich | Belarus |
54.61 | 58.08 | 62.19 | 59.25 | x | 58.41 | 62.19 | PB |
| 4 | Sadegh Samimishalamzari | Iran |
59.65 | 59.91 | 58.09 | x | 58.06 | 61.07 | 61.07 | |
| 5 | Mohammadreza Rahmanifar | Iran |
49.65 | 51.32 | 59.13 | 56.81 | 58.84 | 58.80 | 59.13 | PB |
| 6 | Trevor Gunzell | Jamaica |
56.30 | X | 57.76 | 58.32 | 57.83 | 57.12 | 58.32 | |
| 7 | Enes Çankaya | Turkey |
56.14 | 56.62 | x | x | 58.10 | 57.80 | 58.10 | |
| 8 | Semen Borodayev | Authorised Neutral Athletes |
56.42 | 55.05 | x | 58.03 | 57.51 | 56.97 | 58.03 | |
| 9 | Marcos Moreno | Spain |
x | 54.49 | x | 54.49 | ||||
| 10 | Dimitrios Pavlidis | Greece |
x | 52.83 | x | 52.83 | ||||
| 11 | Juan Oosthuizen | South Africa |
x | 50.45 | 51.01 | 51.01 | ||||
| Uladzislau Puchko | Belarus |
x | x | x | NM | |||||
References
- ^ "2021 World U20 Championships Nairobi Timetable". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Discus Throw (1.750kg) Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Discus Throw (1.750kg) Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ "Discus Throw (1.750kg) Men − Final − Results" (PDF). World Athletics. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.