2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 20 and 21 October. A 2 kg (senior implement) discus was used.

Medalists

Gold	Hannes Hopley South Africa
Silver	Niklas Arrhenius Sweden
Bronze	Rutger Smith Netherlands

Results

Final

21 October

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Hannes Hopley	South Africa	58.01	56.82	x	52.93	59.51	56.52	59.51
	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	53.48	53.63	51.57	56.32	59.19	x	59.19
	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	56.39	58.70	x	x	x	x	58.70
4	Michał Hodun	Poland	54.86	56.58	55.73	x	58.62	57.86	58.62
5	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	56.28	58.29	56.71	x	x	55.82	58.29
6	Loy Martínez	Cuba	54.93	56.94	55.37	55.51	x	x	56.94
7	Pavel Lyzhin	Belarus	56.24	x	54.20	54.95	x	x	56.24
8	Krishnakumar Sharma	India	51.65	x	51.55	x	x	52.01	52.01
9	Julian Ames	United States	51.09	x	51.61				51.61
10	Manuel Florido	Spain	51.01	51.61	x				51.61
11	Ivan Napreyenko	Ukraine	50.56	x	49.86				50.56
12	Nicolas Deldycke	France	x	x	50.47				50.47

Qualifications

20 October

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Hannes Hopley	South Africa	57.12	-	-	57.12	Q
2	Rashid Al-Dosari	Qatar	x	53.84	54.84	54.84	q
3	Julian Ames	United States	50.70	53.63	45.27	53.63	q
4	Pavel Lyzhin	Belarus	49.46	51.09	52.85	52.85	q
5	Michał Hodun	Poland	x	52.69	x	52.69	q
6	Krishnakumar Sharma	India	50.41	52.06	51.70	52.06	q
7	Nicolas Deldycke	France	x	50.91	47.22	50.91	q
8	Matej Gasaj	Slovakia	50.48	x	50.19	50.48
9	Dylan Armstrong	Canada	49.53	48.75	x	49.53
10	Georgios Arestis	Cyprus	x	48.10	44.36	48.10
11	Nedžad Mulabegović	Croatia	47.48	46.09	46.90	47.48
12	Marco Fortes	Portugal	x	46.32	x	46.32
13	Christian Nordgård	Norway	41.20	45.58	x	45.58
14	Staffan Jönsson	Sweden	45.51	x	43.25	45.51

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	56.14	-	-	56.14	Q
2	Loy Martínez	Cuba	x	54.40	54.37	54.40	q
3	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	x	51.61	54.38	54.38	q
4	Manuel Florido	Spain	x	51.24	x	51.24	q
5	Ivan Napreyenko	Ukraine	49.44	50.84	x	50.84	q
6	Peter Jahn	Germany	50.80	50.52	x	50.80
7	Māris Urtāns	Latvia	50.63	50.54	47.43	50.63
8	Scott Martin	Australia	x	44.59	50.56	50.56
9	Omar El-Ghazaly	Egypt	50.43	48.24	47.11	50.43
10	Edis Elkasević	Croatia	x	48.94	47.02	48.94
11	Encho Shterev	Bulgaria	46.79	48.31	x	48.31
12	Ömer Inan	United States	x	48.09	45.98	48.09
13	Chang Ming-Huang	Chinese Taipei	47.55	47.45	48.07	48.07
14	Jean-François Aurokiom	France	45.52	47.77	x	47.77
15	Adam Major	United Kingdom	x	45.34	x	45.34
16	Dmitriy Kondratenko	Kazakhstan	x	43.53	45.03	45.03

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

• Australia (1)
• Belarus (1)
• Bulgaria (1)
• Canada (1)
• Chinese Taipei (1)
• Croatia (2)
• Cuba (1)
• Cyprus (1)
• Egypt (1)
• France (2)
• Germany (1)
• India (1)
• Kazakhstan (1)
• Latvia (1)
• Netherlands (1)
• Norway (1)
• Poland (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Qatar (1)
• Slovakia (1)
• South Africa (1)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (2)
• Ukraine (1)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (2)