# 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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 Bulgaria |
| Silver | Werner Reiterer Australia |
| Bronze | Vasiliy Kaptyukh Soviet Union |

## Results
### Final

17 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| | Vasil Baklarov | Bulgaria | 60.60 |
| | Werner Reiterer | Australia | 58.64 |
| | Vasiliy Kaptyukh | Soviet Union | 58.22 |
| 4 | Lars Riedel | East Germany | 58.16 |
| 5 | Attila Horváth | Hungary | 58.04 |
| 6 | Rosen Velinov | Bulgaria | 56.16 |
| 7 | Adewale Olukoju | Nigeria | 54.00 |
| 8 | Tomáš Panácek | Czechoslovakia | 53.82 |
| 9 | Bentley Laidler | Australia | 53.70 |
| 10 | Andrey Kokhanovskiy | Soviet Union | 53.66 |
| 11 | Zdenek Kohout | Czechoslovakia | 53.12 |
| 12 | David Martínez | Spain | 52.32 |

### Qualifications

16 Jul

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Andrey Kokhanovskiy | Soviet Union | 59.00 | Q |
| 2 | Lars Riedel | East Germany | 52.92 | Q |
| 3 | Adewale Olukoju | Nigeria | 52.90 | Q |
| 4 | Zdenek Kohout | Czechoslovakia | 51.46 | Q |
| 5 | Rosen Velinov | Bulgaria | 51.44 | Q |
| 6 | Bentley Laidler | Australia | 51.36 | Q |
| 7 | David Martínez | Spain | 49.68 | q |
| 8 | Rolando Ribalta | Cuba | 47.68 | |
| 9 | Simon Williams | United Kingdom | 46.95 | |
| 10 | Thomas Rosvold | Norway | 46.76 | |
| 11 | Steve Yates | United States | 46.02 | |
| 12 | Offer Gershon | Israel | 45.42 | |
| 13 | Ramón Jiménez Gaona | Paraguay | 43.42 | |
| 14 | Dave Stackin | Canada | 40.72 | |
| 15 | Yasser Farag | Egypt | 31.70 | |
| | Alpheus Potter | British Virgin Islands | NM | |
| | Khalid Al-Khalidi | Saudi Arabia | NM | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Attila Horváth | Hungary | 57.18 | Q |
| 2 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh | Soviet Union | 54.02 | Q |
| 3 | Werner Reiterer | Australia | 52.22 | Q |
| 4 | Vasil Baklarov | Bulgaria | 52.20 | Q |
| 5 | Tomáš Panácek | Czechoslovakia | 51.10 | Q |
| 6 | Karsten Nuelken | East Germany | 49.66 | |
| 7 | Brent Patera | United States | 48.82 | |
| 8 | Alexis Elizalde | Cuba | 47.78 | |
| 9 | Joachim Tidow | West Germany | 47.14 | |
| 10 | Lars Ola Sundt | Norway | 45.48 | |
| 11 | Michel Leroux | Zimbabwe | 43.12 | |
| 12 | Gerardo Piñero | Argentina | 42.78 | |
| 13 | Troy Patterson | Barbados | 40.98 | |
| 14 | Mahmoud Mustapha Jalal | Kuwait | 39.04 | |
| 15 | Robert Pilo | Canada | 38.12 | |
| 16 | Nicos Anastasiades | Cyprus | 37.78 | |
| 17 | Jaime Comandari | El Salvador | 37.14 | |
| 18 | James Wong Tuck Yim | Singapore | 35.42 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (2)
* Barbados (1)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (2)
* Canada (2)
* Cuba (2)
* Cyprus (1)
* Czechoslovakia (2)
* East Germany (2)
* Egypt (1)
* El Salvador (1)
* Hungary (1)
* Israel (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Nigeria (1)
* Norway (2)
* Paraguay (1)
* Saudi Arabia (1)
* Singapore (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (1)
* Zimbabwe (1)