The men's discus throw event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 17 and 18 July. A 1.75 kg (junior implement) discus was used.

Medalists Gold Wu Tao Silver Dmitriy Sivakov Bronze Michał Hodun

Results Final 18 July Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123456 Wu Tao x 59.68 64.51 x 62.95 x 64.51 Dmitriy Sivakov x 59.54 62.00 61.62 60.52 x 62.00 Michał Hodun 60.60 61.74 60.79 61.35 x 58.49 61.74 4 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi 60.02 60.56 61.21 x x x 61.21 5 Daniel Vanek x 53.87 60.86 x 58.12 x 60.86 6 Piotr Małachowski 58.16 60.46 x 57.03 57.12 57.78 60.46 7 Märt Israel 57.58 59.43 58.54 57.99 55.68 x 59.43 8 Sean Shields 53.79 x 59.21 x x x 59.21 9 Kris Coene 57.89 59.18 58.66 59.18 10 Omar El-Ghazaly 58.20 56.28 57.88 58.20 11 Bertrand Vili x 57.87 57.17 57.87 12 Vikas Gowda 50.46 54.46 x 54.46

Qualifications 17 Jul

Group A Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Wu Tao x x 61.03 61.03 Q 2 Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi 59.90 - - 59.90 Q 3 Omar El-Ghazaly 54.84 58.81 x 58.81 q 4 Daniel Vanek 52.64 58.38 58.50 58.50 q 5 Sean Shields 55.81 57.74 x 57.74 q 6 Kris Coene 57.31 x x 57.31 q 7 Piotr Małachowski 56.15 56.68 57.18 57.18 q 8 Robert Harting x 56.23 55.86 56.23 9 Edis Elkasević x 55.22 x 55.22 10 Timothy Driesen 51.29 54.85 54.75 54.85 11 Taavi Peetre 53.56 53.90 x 53.90 12 Gunnar Åsvenstad 51.29 48.74 49.68 51.29 13 Norbert Gulyás x 50.58 x 50.58 14 Pedro Cuesta 47.81 50.28 48.73 50.28 15 Justin Andre 46.69 43.86 43.83 46.69 16 Kimani Kirton x x 46.52 46.52 17 Eric Matthias 44.23 x x 44.23

Group B Rank Name Nationality Attempts Result Notes123 1 Michał Hodun 53.07 60.84 - 60.84 Q 2 Dmitriy Sivakov 56.55 56.37 58.07 58.07 q 3 Bertrand Vili 57.81 x 56.64 57.81 q 4 Vikas Gowda 55.97 56.93 52.38 56.93 q 5 Märt Israel 55.16 49.37 56.47 56.47 q 6 Gustavo de Mendonça 51.63 x 55.39 55.39 7 Tobias Obermaier 54.36 x 52.70 54.36 8 Germán Lauro 53.15 53.69 49.29 53.69 9 Michael Robertson 53.28 51.46 53.58 53.58 10 Martin Marić 52.41 53.03 51.91 53.03 11 Erik Cadée 52.95 x x 52.95 12 Lajos Tóth x x 51.71 51.71 13 Felipe Silva x 45.71 51.12 51.12 14 Vasilios Katsohirákis 50.74 x x 50.74 15 Sultan Al-Dawoodi 50.27 x x 50.27 16 Andrey Semenov 44.21 x 48.38 48.38 17 Kerim Begliyev x 41.89 42.31 42.31

Participation According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 28 countries participated in the event.

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