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

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.

Medalists

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

Records

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

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

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Anna Rüh	Germany	55.25	57.87	X	X	58.48	62.38	62.38
	Shanice Craft	Germany	58.44	X	58.51	54.67	51.86	60.42	60.42
	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

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

• Argentina (1)
• Australia (2)
• Canada (2)
• China (1)
• Cuba (1)
• Estonia (1)
• Germany (2)
• Hungary (1)
• Jamaica (1)
• Lithuania (1)
• Namibia (1)
• New Zealand (2)
• Nigeria (1)
• Portugal (1)
• Puerto Rico (1)
• Russia (1)
• South Africa (2)
• Spain (2)
• Sweden (2)
• Thailand (1)
• Turkey (2)
• Ukraine (2)
• United Kingdom (1)
• United States (2)
• Venezuela (1)

External links

• WJC12 Discus throw schedule