The men's discus throw event at the 2009 European Athletics U23 Championships was held in Kaunas, Lithuania, at S. Dariaus ir S. Girėno stadionas (Darius and Girėnas Stadium) on 17 and 18 July.
Medalists Gold Nikolay Sedyuk Silver Ivan Hryshyn Bronze Martin Wierig
Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Nikolay Sedyuk 57.67 58.72 x 58.82 60.80 57.60 60.80 Ivan Hryshyn 57.14 x 55.99 57.60 x 59.61 59.61 Martin Wierig 56.65 59.12 57.26 x 58.94 x 59.12 4 Boudewijn Luijten 56.43 x 53.61 x 53.11 58.13 58.13 5 Przemysław Czajkowski 56.47 57.58 x x x x 57.58 6 Fredrik Amundgård 56.87 57.38 56.30 x x x 57.38 7 Robert Urbanek 56.81 54.09 56.05 54.57 57.38 54.30 57.38 8 Per Rosell 56.82 54.57 x 56.21 54.95 56.10 56.82 9 Margus Hunt x x 56.09 56.09 10 Rosen Karamfilov 52.09 55.13 53.95 55.13 11 Savvas Aresti 52.79 x 53.35 53.35 12 Pavlo Karsak 50.80 x x 50.80
Qualifications 17 July Qualifying 57.00 or 12 best to the Final
Group A Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Martin Wierig 59.49 Q 2 Nikolay Sedyuk 57.46 Q 3 Przemysław Czajkowski 56.55 q 4 Pavlo Karsak 56.17 q 5 Savvas Aresti 54.36 q 6 Giedrius Šakinis 53.36 7 Federico Apolloni 52.93 8 Mihai Grasu 52.76 9 Joni Mattila 52.76 10 Maarten Persoon 52.71 11 Péter Savanyú 50.47 12 Martin Stašek 49.61
Group B Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Fredrik Amundgård 58.47 Q 2 Ivan Hryshyn 57.67 Q 3 Robert Urbanek 56.58 q 4 Per Rosell 56.40 q 5 Margus Hunt 56.39 q 6 Rosen Karamfilov 56.07 q 7 Boudewijn Luijten 54.65 q 8 Brett Morse 54.16 9 Mateusz Mikos 53.30 10 Igor Mišljenović 53.10 11 Diego Centi 52.21 12 Ulf Ankarling 52.05
Participation According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.
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