# 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Santiago, Chile, at Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos on 20 and 21 October. A 2 kg (senior implement) discus was used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Hannes Hopley South Africa |
| Silver | Niklas Arrhenius Sweden |
| Bronze | Rutger Smith Netherlands |

## Results
### Final

21 October
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Hannes Hopley | South Africa | 58.01 | 56.82 | x | 52.93 | 59.51 | 56.52 | 59.51 | |
| | Niklas Arrhenius | Sweden | 53.48 | 53.63 | 51.57 | 56.32 | 59.19 | x | 59.19 | |
| | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | 56.39 | 58.70 | x | x | x | x | 58.70 | |
| 4 | Michał Hodun | Poland | 54.86 | 56.58 | 55.73 | x | 58.62 | 57.86 | 58.62 | |
| 5 | Rashid Al-Dosari | Qatar | 56.28 | 58.29 | 56.71 | x | x | 55.82 | 58.29 | |
| 6 | Loy Martínez | Cuba | 54.93 | 56.94 | 55.37 | 55.51 | x | x | 56.94 | |
| 7 | Pavel Lyzhin | Belarus | 56.24 | x | 54.20 | 54.95 | x | x | 56.24 | |
| 8 | Krishnakumar Sharma | India | 51.65 | x | 51.55 | x | x | 52.01 | 52.01 | |
| 9 | Julian Ames | United States | 51.09 | x | 51.61 | | | | 51.61 | |
| 10 | Manuel Florido | Spain | 51.01 | 51.61 | x | | | | 51.61 | |
| 11 | Ivan Napreyenko | Ukraine | 50.56 | x | 49.86 | | | | 50.56 | |
| 12 | Nicolas Deldycke | France | x | x | 50.47 | | | | 50.47 | |

### Qualifications

20 October

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Hannes Hopley | South Africa | 57.12 | - | - | 57.12 | Q |
| 2 | Rashid Al-Dosari | Qatar | x | 53.84 | 54.84 | 54.84 | q |
| 3 | Julian Ames | United States | 50.70 | 53.63 | 45.27 | 53.63 | q |
| 4 | Pavel Lyzhin | Belarus | 49.46 | 51.09 | 52.85 | 52.85 | q |
| 5 | Michał Hodun | Poland | x | 52.69 | x | 52.69 | q |
| 6 | Krishnakumar Sharma | India | 50.41 | 52.06 | 51.70 | 52.06 | q |
| 7 | Nicolas Deldycke | France | x | 50.91 | 47.22 | 50.91 | q |
| 8 | Matej Gasaj | Slovakia | 50.48 | x | 50.19 | 50.48 | |
| 9 | Dylan Armstrong | Canada | 49.53 | 48.75 | x | 49.53 | |
| 10 | Georgios Arestis | Cyprus | x | 48.10 | 44.36 | 48.10 | |
| 11 | Nedžad Mulabegović | Croatia | 47.48 | 46.09 | 46.90 | 47.48 | |
| 12 | Marco Fortes | Portugal | x | 46.32 | x | 46.32 | |
| 13 | Christian Nordgård | Norway | 41.20 | 45.58 | x | 45.58 | |
| 14 | Staffan Jönsson | Sweden | 45.51 | x | 43.25 | 45.51 | |

#### Group B

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Rutger Smith | Netherlands | 56.14 | - | - | 56.14 | Q |
| 2 | Loy Martínez | Cuba | x | 54.40 | 54.37 | 54.40 | q |
| 3 | Niklas Arrhenius | Sweden | x | 51.61 | 54.38 | 54.38 | q |
| 4 | Manuel Florido | Spain | x | 51.24 | x | 51.24 | q |
| 5 | Ivan Napreyenko | Ukraine | 49.44 | 50.84 | x | 50.84 | q |
| 6 | Peter Jahn | Germany | 50.80 | 50.52 | x | 50.80 | |
| 7 | Māris Urtāns | Latvia | 50.63 | 50.54 | 47.43 | 50.63 | |
| 8 | Scott Martin | Australia | x | 44.59 | 50.56 | 50.56 | |
| 9 | Omar El-Ghazaly | Egypt | 50.43 | 48.24 | 47.11 | 50.43 | |
| 10 | Edis Elkasević | Croatia | x | 48.94 | 47.02 | 48.94 | |
| 11 | Encho Shterev | Bulgaria | 46.79 | 48.31 | x | 48.31 | |
| 12 | Ömer Inan | United States | x | 48.09 | 45.98 | 48.09 | |
| 13 | Chang Ming-Huang | Chinese Taipei | 47.55 | 47.45 | 48.07 | 48.07 | |
| 14 | Jean-François Aurokiom | France | 45.52 | 47.77 | x | 47.77 | |
| 15 | Adam Major | United Kingdom | x | 45.34 | x | 45.34 | |
| 16 | Dmitriy Kondratenko | Kazakhstan | x | 43.53 | 45.03 | 45.03 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
* Australia (1)
* Belarus (1)
* Bulgaria (1)
* Canada (1)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Croatia (2)
* Cuba (1)
* Cyprus (1)
* Egypt (1)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* India (1)
* Kazakhstan (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Netherlands (1)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* Qatar (1)
* Slovakia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (2)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)