2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

2012 World Junior
Championships in Athletics
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The women's discus throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 13 and 15 July.[1][2][3]

Medalists[edit]

Gold Anna Rüh
 Germany
Silver Shanice Craft
 Germany
Bronze Shelbi Vaughan
 United States

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Ilke Wyludda (GDR) 74.40 m East Berlin, East Germany 13 September 1988
Championship Record  Ilke Wyludda (GDR) 68.24 m Sudbury, Canada 31 July 1988
World Junior Leading  Anna Rüh (GER) 63.14 m Bochum, Germany 16 June 2012

Qualification[edit]

Qual. rule: qualification standard 53.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Note
1 B Shanice Craft  Germany 55.75 55.75 Q
2 A Anna Rüh  Germany 51.62 55.25 55.25 Q
3 A Shelbi Vaughan  United States 54.78 54.78 Q
4 A Subenrat Insaeng  Thailand X 51.93 54.46 54.46 Q
5 A Sositina Hakeai  New Zealand 53.38 53.38 Q, PB
6 B Alex Collatz  United States 52.55 52.28 51.39 52.55 q
7 B Gu Siyu  China 51.66 X X 51.66 q
8 B Krisztina Váradi  Hungary 50.26 51.13 50.53 51.13 q
9 B Natalya Shirobokova  Russia 50.74 X 49.51 50.74 q
10 B Heidi Schmidt  Sweden X 43.38 49.77 49.77 q
11 B Merewarihi Vaka  New Zealand 46.17 49.59 46.93 49.59 q
12 A Tetiana Yuryeva  Ukraine X X 49.46 49.46 q
13 A Elizabeth Álvarez  Venezuela 40.92 49.17 43.85 49.17 PB
14 B Ieva Zarankaité  Lithuania 45.45 43.84 49.06 49.06
15 B Rosalía Vázquez  Cuba 48.07 48.77 X 48.77
16 A Kätlin Tõllasson  Estonia 48.50 48.49 48.34 48.50
17 B Zehra Uzunbilek  Turkey X 47.48 46.64 47.48
18 A Keshia McGrath-Volau  Australia 43.26 X 46.59 46.59
19 B Taylah Sengul  Australia X 43.96 45.87 45.87
20 A Simoné Meyer  South Africa 45.84 X X 45.84
21 A María Belén Toimil  Spain X 42.32 45.83 45.83
22 A Shadine Duquemin  Great Britain 45.51 X X 45.51
23 A Emma Ljungberg  Sweden 39.26 45.36 44.40 45.36
24 B Ischke Senekal  South Africa 41.56 45.33 43.93 45.33
25 B Rayann Chin  Canada 44.50 X 45.24 45.24
26 B Charlene Engelbrecht  Namibia X X 44.97 44.97
27 A Ashley Arroyo  Puerto Rico 44.91 X X 44.91
28 B Chukwunonso Judith Okwelogu  Nigeria 44.87 X X 44.87
29 A Elçin Kaya  Turkey X 42.86 44.19 44.19
30 B Viktoriya Savytska  Ukraine 38.73 X 43.33 43.33
31 B June Kintana  Spain 43.30 X X 43.30
32 B Maia Varela  Argentina X 42.50 X 42.50
33 A Tarasue Barnett  Jamaica 42.06 40.92 X 42.06
34 A Asianna C. Covington  Canada 35.36 40.63 X 40.63
35 A Juliana Pereira  Portugal 40.12 X X 40.12

Final[edit]

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anna Rüh  Germany 55.25 57.87 X X 58.48 62.38 62.38
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Shanice Craft  Germany 58.44 X 58.51 54.67 51.86 60.42 60.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shelbi Vaughan  United States X 58.46 X 60.07 X 58.72 60.07
4 Sositina Hakeai  New Zealand X 47.50 53.82 54.89 X 56.17 56.17 NJ
5 Gu Siyu  China 54.81 54.86 X 54.46 54.77 55.78 55.78
6 Subenrat Insaeng  Thailand 54.47 52.60 53.01 53.17 X X 54.47
7 Krisztina Váradi  Hungary 51.44 X 49.23 50.47 49.48 X 51.44 SB
8 Alex Collatz  United States 48.74 X 47.42 49.28 X X 49.28
9 Tetiana Yuryeva  Ukraine 46.73 48.73 47.60 48.73
10 Merewarihi Vaka  New Zealand 48.48 47.92 X 48.48
11 Natalya Shirobokova  Russia X 47.96 10.14 47.96
12 Heidi Schmidt  Sweden 45.54 X X 45.54

Participation[edit]

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "iaaf.org - International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 2012-07-27.
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 Feb 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

External links[edit]

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