title: 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's discus throw
text: # 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships – Men's discus throw
  
  The men's discus throw at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at the Kasarani Stadium on 21 and 22 August.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships :
  
  | World U20 Record | Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) | 70.13 | Halle, Germany | 24 May 2008 |
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  | Championship Record | Margus Hunt (EST) | 67.32 | Beijing, China | 16 August 2006 |
  | World U20 Leading | Mykolas Alekna (LTU) | 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.
  
  | Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
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  | Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Mark | Notes |
  | 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.
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Round | Mark | Notes |
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  | Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Mark | Notes |
  | | 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 | |
  