The men's discus throw event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 16 and 17 July. A 2 kg (senior implement) discus was used.
Medalists Gold Vasil Baklarov Silver Werner Reiterer Bronze Vasiliy Kaptyukh
Results Final 17 July Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Vasil Baklarov 60.60 Werner Reiterer 58.64 Vasiliy Kaptyukh 58.22 4 Lars Riedel 58.16 5 Attila Horváth 58.04 6 Rosen Velinov 56.16 7 Adewale Olukoju 54.00 8 Tomáš Panácek 53.82 9 Bentley Laidler 53.70 10 Andrey Kokhanovskiy 53.66 11 Zdenek Kohout 53.12 12 David Martínez 52.32
Qualifications 16 Jul
Group A
Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Andrey Kokhanovskiy 59.00 Q 2 Lars Riedel 52.92 Q 3 Adewale Olukoju 52.90 Q 4 Zdenek Kohout 51.46 Q 5 Rosen Velinov 51.44 Q 6 Bentley Laidler 51.36 Q 7 David Martínez 49.68 q 8 Rolando Ribalta 47.68 9 Simon Williams 46.95 10 Thomas Rosvold 46.76 11 Steve Yates 46.02 12 Offer Gershon 45.42 13 Ramón Jiménez Gaona 43.42 14 Dave Stackin 40.72 15 Yasser Farag 31.70 Alpheus Potter NM Khalid Al-Khalidi NM
Group B
Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Attila Horváth 57.18 Q 2 Vasiliy Kaptyukh 54.02 Q 3 Werner Reiterer 52.22 Q 4 Vasil Baklarov 52.20 Q 5 Tomáš Panácek 51.10 Q 6 Karsten Nuelken 49.66 7 Brent Patera 48.82 8 Alexis Elizalde 47.78 9 Joachim Tidow 47.14 10 Lars Ola Sundt 45.48 11 Michel Leroux 43.12 12 Gerardo Piñero 42.78 13 Troy Patterson 40.98 14 Mahmoud Mustapha Jalal 39.04 15 Robert Pilo 38.12 16 Nicos Anastasiades 37.78 17 Jaime Comandari 37.14 18 James Wong Tuck Yim 35.42
Participation According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
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