title: 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
text: # 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
  
  The men's discus throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Fedrick Dacres Jamaica |
  | - | - |
  | Silver | Wojciech Praczyk Poland |
  | Bronze | Gerhard de Beer South Africa |
  
  ## Records
  
  Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
  
  | World Junior Record | Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) | 70.13 m | Halle, Germany | 24 May 2008 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship Record | Margus Hunt (EST) | 67.32 m | Beijing, China | 16 August 2006 |
  | World Junior Leading | Wojciech Praczyk (POL) | 64.22 m | Bialystok, Poland | 24 June 2012 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  Qualification: Standard 59.40 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
  
  | Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | A | Wojciech Praczyk | Poland | 59.32 | 60.72 | | 60.72 | Q |
  | 2 | A | Mauricio Ortega | Colombia | 59.84 | | | 59.84 | Q, NJ |
  | 3 | B | Jordan Young | Canada | 51.53 | 59.54 | | 59.54 | Q |
  | 4 | B | Gerhard de Beer | South Africa | X | 56.74 | 59.01 | 59.01 | q |
  | 5 | B | Victor Butenko | Russia | 58.98 | 58.55 | X | 58.98 | q |
  | 6 | A | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica | 13.31 | 57.48 | 58.90 | 58.90 | q |
  | 7 | A | Behnam Shiri | Iran | 58.23 | X | 57.56 | 58.23 | q |
  | 8 | B | Dalton Rowan | United States | 56.48 | 55.48 | 57.65 | 57.65 | q, PB |
  | 9 | A | Arjun Arjun | India | 47.51 | 56.00 | 57.60 | 57.60 | q, PB |
  | 10 | B | Nicholas Percy | Great Britain | 56.89 | 51.67 | 53.32 | 56.89 | q |
  | 11 | A | Sebastian Scheffel | Germany | X | 53.84 | 56.85 | 56.85 | q |
  | 12 | A | Felipe Lorenzon | Brazil | X | 56.78 | X | 56.78 | q |
  | 13 | A | Róbert Szikszai | Hungary | 55.68 | 52.65 | 56.51 | 56.51 | |
  | 14 | B | Mitchell Cooper | Australia | 56.25 | 53.61 | 52.91 | 56.25 | |
  | 15 | A | Jan-Louw Kotze | South Africa | 53.60 | 55.59 | 54.31 | 55.59 | |
  | 16 | A | Giacomo Grotti | Italy | 51.88 | 54.59 | 55.25 | 55.25 | |
  | 17 | B | Jaromír Mazgal | Czech Republic | 54.72 | 52.46 | 53.49 | 54.72 | |
  | 18 | A | Rodney Brown | United States | 54.66 | X | 53.03 | 54.66 | |
  | 19 | B | Damian Kamiński | Poland | 53.87 | 54.50 | 54.31 | 54.50 | |
  | 20 | B | Philipp van Dijck | Germany | X | 53.49 | 54.42 | 54.42 | |
  | 21 | A | Jaka Žulic | Slovenia | 52.71 | X | X | 52.71 | |
  | 22 | A | Søren Børsting | Denmark | 51.71 | 51.37 | X | 51.71 | |
  | 23 | A | Nikola Cankovic | Serbia | X | X | 49.39 | 49.39 | |
  | 24 | B | Juan Ignacio Solito | Argentina | 53.41 | 53.10 | 49.60 | 53.41 | |
  | 25 | B | Viktor Gardenkrans | Sweden | 53.24 | 51.74 | X | 53.24 | |
  | 26 | B | Stefano Petrei | Italy | 50.64 | X | 52.48 | 52.48 | |
  | 27 | B | Andreas Ellegaard | Denmark | X | 51.98 | 50.61 | 51.98 | |
  | – | B | Murat Gündüz | Turkey | X | X | | NM | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica | 60.46 | 62.80 | X | 61.20 | X | 61.29 | 62.80 | PB |
  | | Wojciech Praczyk | Poland | 62.66 | X | X | X | 59.61 | 62.75 | 62.75 | |
  | | Gerhard de Beer | South Africa | 56.56 | 60.13 | 61.25 | 61.57 | X | X | 61.57 | |
  | 4 | Victor Butenko | Russia | 58.96 | 59.96 | X | 59.12 | 59.04 | 61.48 | 61.48 | |
  | 5 | Felipe Lorenzon | Brazil | X | X | 61.18 | 57.39 | X | X | 61.18 | PB |
  | 6 | Jordan Young | Canada | 57.45 | X | 57.68 | 60.44 | 59.89 | X | 60.44 | |
  | 7 | Dalton Rowan | United States | 58.75 | 57.55 | X | X | X | 59.31 | 59.31 | PB |
  | 8 | Nicholas Percy | Great Britain | 56.47 | 54.83 | 57.79 | X | X | 56.98 | 57.79 | |
  | 9 | Mauricio Ortega | Colombia | 51.29 | 57.41 | 57.50 | | | | 57.50 | |
  | 10 | Sebastian Scheffel | Germany | X | 56.71 | 56.77 | | | | 56.77 | |
  | 11 | Arjun Arjun | India | 54.56 | X | 52.75 | | | | 54.56 | |
  | | Behnam Shiri Jabilou | Iran | X | X | X | | | | NM | |
  
  ## Participation
  
  According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.
  
  * Argentina (1)
  * Australia (1)
  * Brazil (1)
  * Canada (1)
  * Colombia (1)
  * Czech Republic (1)
  * Denmark (2)
  * Germany (2)
  * Hungary (1)
  * India (1)
  * Iran (1)
  * Italy (2)
  * Jamaica (1)
  * Poland (2)
  * Russia (1)
  * Serbia (1)
  * Slovenia (1)
  * South Africa (2)
  * Sweden (1)
  * Turkey (1)
  * United Kingdom (1)
  * United States (2)
  