title: 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's discus throw
text: # 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships – Men's discus throw
  
  The men's discus throw at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 14 and 15 July.
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Athletics :
  
  | 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 | Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT) | 66.47 | Cape Town, South Africa | 3 February 2018 |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  The qualification round took place on 14 July in two groups, with Group A starting at 09:25 and Group B starting at 10:48. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 60.00 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 | B | Yauheni Bahutski | Belarus | 54.80 | 58.19 | 61.72 | 61.72 | Q |
  | 2 | B | Wang Yuhan | China | x | 60.38 | | 60.38 | Q, PB |
  | 3 | B | Mohamed Ibrahim Moaaz | Qatar | 55.53 | x | 59.46 | 59.46 | q |
  | 4 | B | Jakub Forejt | Czech Republic | 53.90 | 58.72 | x | 58.72 | q |
  | 5 | A | Kai Chang | Jamaica | 54.96 | x | 59.27 | 59.27 | q |
  | 6 | A | Giorgos Koniarakis | Cyprus | 58.64 | x | 58.07 | 58.64 | q |
  | 7 | B | Tim Ader | Germany | 58.38 | x | x | 58.38 | q |
  | 8 | A | Korbinian Häßler | Germany | x | 58.35 | x | 58.35 | q, PB |
  | 9 | B | Emanuel Sousa | Portugal | 57.43 | x | x | 57.43 | q |
  | 10 | A | Elijah Mason | United States | 56.86 | x | 54.61 | 56.86 | q |
  | 11 | A | Martynas Alekna | Lithuania | 56.78 | x | X | 56.78 | q |
  | 12 | A | Claudio Romero | Chile | 54.16 | 56.71 | 56.62 | 56.71 | q |
  | 13 | B | Conor McLaughlin | Australia | 56.57 | x | x | 56.57 | |
  | 14 | B | Gabriel Oladipo | United States | 56.53 | 56.19 | 54.39 | 56.53 | |
  | 15 | A | Kristjan Čeh | Slovenia | 51.77 | 56.47 | 54.38 | 56.47 | |
  | 16 | A | Jakub Lewoszewski | Poland | 56.42 | x | x | 56.42 | |
  | 17 | B | Triston Gibbons | Barbados | x | x | 56.31 | 56.31 | |
  | 18 | B | Dabirac Pérez | Cuba | x | x | 56.20 | 56.20 | |
  | 19 | B | Casper Jørgensen | Denmark | 52.70 | 56.02 | x | 56.02 | |
  | 20 | A | Michal Forejt | Czech Republic | 55.64 | 55.71 | 55.71 | 55.71 | |
  | 21 | A | James Tomlinson | Great Britain | 46.61 | 54.95 | 53.53 | 54.95 | |
  | 22 | B | Víctor Faus | Spain | 52.86 | 54.85 | x | 54.85 | |
  | 23 | B | Marawan Medany | Bahrain | 54.83 | 54.74 | 52.40 | 54.83 | |
  | 24 | A | Ignatius Marais | South Africa | 54.56 | x | x | 54.56 | |
  | 25 | B | Mahmoud Mansouri | Iran | 49.74 | 54.52 | 54.32 | 54.52 | |
  | 26 | B | Tom Reux | France | 54.12 | x | x | 54.12 | |
  | 27 | A | Kosei Yamashita | Japan | 52.35 | 53.72 | x | 53.72 | |
  | 28 | B | Shaquille Emanuelson | Netherlands | x | 50.12 | 53.53 | 53.53 | |
  | 29 | A | Aarón Solà | Spain | 53.41 | 51.72 | x | 53.41 | |
  | 30 | B | Aleks Hristov | Bulgaria | 52.45 | x | x | 52.45 | |
  | 31 | A | Hossein Rasouli | Iran | 51.60 | x | x | 51.60 | |
  | 32 | A | Alexander Kolesnikoff | Australia | 48.33 | 48.88 | 50.75 | 50.75 | |
  | 33 | A | Badri Kimadze | Georgia | 48.26 | X | 50.31 | 50.31 | |
  | 34 | A | Eero Ahola | Finland | x | 47.74 | x | 47.74 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  The final was held on 15 July at 13:41.
  
  | 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 |
  | | Kai Chang | Jamaica | 56.96 | 62.36 | 58.26 | x | x | x | 62.36 | PB |
  | | Yauheni Bahutski | Belarus | 60.17 | 61.31 | 60.76 | 61.75 | x | x | 61.75 | |
  | | Claudio Romero | Chile | 60.81 | x | 58.66 | x | x | x | 60.81 | SB |
  | 4 | Tim Ader | Germany | 57.14 | 58.47 | 60.09 | 58.01 | 58.80 | x | 60.09 | PB |
  | 5 | Mohamed Ibrahim Moaaz | Qatar | x | x | 59.87 | 59.12 | 58.71 | 59.57 | 59.87 | |
  | 6 | Wang Yuhan | China | 55.14 | 59.29 | 58.86 | x | x | x | 59.29 | |
  | 7 | Giorgos Koniarakis | Cyprus | 58.04 | 56.92 | x | x | 57.89 | x | 58.04 | |
  | 8 | Elijah Mason | United States | x | 57.96 | x | x | x | 56.77 | 57.96 | |
  | 9 | Jakub Forejt | Czech Republic | 57.95 | 55.88 | 56.72 | | | | 57.95 | |
  | 10 | Martynas Alekna | Lithuania | x | 57.30 | 56.33 | | | | 57.30 | |
  | 11 | Korbinian Häßler | Germany | x | x | 55.42 | | | | 55.42 | |
  | | Emanuel Sousa | Portugal | x | x | x | | | | NM | |
  