2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Events at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
10,000 m walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's discus throw event at the 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Beijing, China, at Chaoyang Sports Centre on 18 and 20 August.^[1][2]

Medalists

Gold	Dani Samuels  Australia
Silver	Pan Saili  China
Bronze	Tan Jian  China

Results

Final

20 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Dani Samuels	Australia	60.22	58.99	60.63	51.81	60.32	59.04	60.63
	Pan Saili	China	55.32	52.70	54.24	57.40	x	56.21	57.40
	Tan Jian	China	x	54.07	x	56.09	x	54.47	56.09
4	Annelies Peetroons	Belgium	52.05	51.15	52.10	x	54.42	52.09	54.42
5	Rocío Comba	Argentina	43.48	46.25	52.42	50.74	x	x	52.42
6	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	51.00	x	48.62	42.81	52.39	50.50	52.39
7	Ionela Vartolomei	Romania	49.26	x	49.67	46.03	x	48.98	49.67
8	Yueh-Ching Chou	Chinese Taipei	x	46.06	49.61	47.04	x	46.85	49.61
9	Alesia Flaryanovich	Belarus	40.25	47.44	48.64				48.64
10	Kristina Gehrig	Germany	x	47.81	48.36				48.36
11	Ivana Banacká	Czech Republic	x	48.18	x				48.18
12	Anita Márton	Hungary	46.76	42.27	45.06				46.76

Qualifications

18 August

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Dani Samuels	Australia	57.67	-	-	57.67	Q
2	Annelies Peetroons	Belgium	52.01	-	-	52.01	Q
3	Pan Saili	China	x	51.77	-	51.77	Q
4	Simoné du Toit	South Africa	46.92	50.32	-	50.32	Q
5	Anita Márton	Hungary	49.65	-	-	49.65	Q
6	Anna-Katharina Weller	Germany	x	45.95	41.75	45.95
7	Jere Summers	United States	40.59	x	45.95	45.95
8	Sakong Ga-Eun	South Korea	45.90	45.18	45.63	45.90
9	Alena Kopets	Belarus	41.40	44.77	x	44.77
10	Sandra Perković	Croatia	44.11	42.86	42.64	44.11
11	Li Wen-Hua	Chinese Taipei	43.33	x	38.92	43.33
12	Elina Mattila	Finland	42.28	41.76	43.20	43.20
13	Melissa Boekelman	Netherlands	x	x	x	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Tan Jian	China	52.04	-	-	52.04	Q
2	Rocío Comba	Argentina	49.31	47.55	49.13	49.31	q
3	Ionela Vartolomei	Romania	45.81	48.38	x	48.38	q
4	Kristina Gehrig	Germany	x	x	48.19	48.19	q
5	Alesia Flaryanovich	Belarus	39.98	47.89	x	47.89	q
6	Yueh-Ching Chou	Chinese Taipei	43.89	46.79	47.47	47.47	q
7	Ivana Banacká	Czech Republic	46.80	42.64	46.08	46.80	q
8	Katalin Császár	Hungary	46.66	46.58	46.21	46.66
9	Emily Pendleton	United States	38.10	43.38	46.48	46.48
10	Oksana Kot	Uzbekistan	x	46.22	46.16	46.22
11	Diana Ozolina	Latvia	40.27	42.36	43.97	43.97
12	Annabel Thomson	Australia	x	42.32	41.73	42.32
13	Eléni Diamadí	Greece	41.50	42.04	x	42.04
14	Irais Estrada	Mexico	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.

•  Argentina (1)
•  Australia (2)
•  Belarus (2)
•  Belgium (1)
•  China (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (2)
•  Croatia (1)
•  Czech Republic (1)
•  Finland (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (2)
•  Latvia (1)
•  Mexico (1)
•  Netherlands (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  South Africa (1)
•  South Korea (1)
•  United States (2)
•  Uzbekistan (1)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2006 Beijing CHN Aug 15-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 12 March 2013, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015