# 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics – Boys' discus throw

The boys' discus throw at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Athletics was held on 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Matthew Denny Australia | Henning Prüfer Germany | Cheng Yulong China |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.
| World Youth Best | Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) | 77.50 | Kyiv, Ukraine | 19 May 2008 |
| Championship Record | Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) | 70.67 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 13 July 2007 |
| World Youth Leading | Matthew Denny (AUS) | 67.28 | Brisbane, Australia | 23 February 2013 |

## Qualification

Qualification rule: 58.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) qualified.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Matthew Denny | Australia | 65.66 | | | 65.66 | Q |
| 2 | A | Domantas Poška | Lithuania | 60.85 | | | 60.85 | Q |
| 3 | B | Bartłomiej Stój | Poland | x | 60.26 | | 60.26 | Q |
| 4 | B | Cheng Yulong | China | 59.61 | | | 59.61 | Q |
| 5 | A | Henning Prüfer | Germany | x | x | 59.54 | 59.54 | Q |
| 6 | A | Chen Liangyu | China | x | 59.48 | | 59.48 | Q |
| 7 | B | Martin Marković | Croatia | 58.81 | | | 58.81 | Q |
| 8 | A | Bence Halász | Hungary | 57.25 | 57.79 | x | 57.79 | q |
| 9 | B | Giulio Anesa | Italy | 54.96 | x | 57.61 | 57.61 | q, PB |
| 10 | B | Reno Tuufuli | United States | 56.04 | x | 57.35 | 57.35 | q |
| 11 | A | Oskari Perälampi | Finland | 56.93 | x | x | 56.93 | q |
| 12 | A | Kyriakos Zotos | Greece | x | 55.96 | 56.76 | 56.76 | q |
| 13 | B | Johan Scholtz | South Africa | x | 56.31 | 56.41 | 56.41 | PB |
| 14 | B | Marko Perić | Serbia | 55.56 | 53.33 | 52.61 | 55.56 | PB |
| 15 | A | Evgeniy Kozyrev | Russia | x | x | 55.01 | 55.01 | |
| 16 | A | Amir Patterson | United States | 54.53 | 54.67 | x | 54.67 | |
| 17 | B | Ahmed Sherif Adel Salem | Egypt | 54.62 | 52.78 | x | 54.62 | |
| 18 | B | Samiuela Ulufonua | New Zealand | x | 52.58 | 54.15 | 54.15 | |
| 19 | A | Artjom Nikitin | Estonia | 53.86 | x | 51.62 | 53.86 | |
| 20 | B | Thor Olav Rosvold | Norway | 51.42 | 53.34 | x | 53.34 | |
| 21 | B | Eduardo Espín | Ecuador | 52.13 | 52.73 | 53.25 | 53.25 | |
| 22 | A | Charles Gamble | New Zealand | 53.11 | x | x | 53.11 | |
| 23 | A | Sven van Niekerk | South Africa | 52.78 | x | 51.52 | 52.78 | |
| 24 | A | Mohamed Magdi Hamza | Egypt | 49.03 | 52.56 | x | 52.56 | |
| 25 | B | Bohdan Myronenko | Ukraine | 50.97 | 46.80 | 52.21 | 52.21 | |
| 26 | A | Pavol Žencár | Slovakia | 51.68 | 50.13 | 51.96 | 51.96 | |
| 27 | A | Vladyslav Podavalov | Ukraine | 50.89 | 50.94 | 51.70 | 51.70 | |
| 28 | A | Jakob Gardenkrans | Sweden | 49.94 | 51.12 | x | 51.12 | |
| 29 | B | Douglas Borges | Brazil | 50.32 | 49.03 | 50.34 | 50.34 | |
| 30 | A | Davi Ferreira Junior | Brazil | 45.25 | x | 39.10 | 45.25 | |
| | A | Drexel Maycock | Bahamas | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Marco Primaveri | Italy | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Nace Pleško | Slovenia | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Tony Zeuke | Germany | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Viktar Trus | Belarus | x | x | x | NM | |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Matthew Denny | Australia | 64.63 | 59.10 | x | 67.54 | 65.38 | 64.80 | 67.54 | WYL |
| | Henning Prüfer | Germany | 65.62 | 64.35 | x | x | 63.35 | x | 65.62 | |
| | Cheng Yulong | China | 62.29 | 57.53 | x | 61.04 | 62.80 | 61.63 | 62.80 | PB |
| 4 | Chen Liangyu | China | 59.63 | 60.75 | 60.15 | 61.11 | 59.59 | 56.57 | 61.11 | |
| 5 | Bartłomiej Stój | Poland | x | 59.57 | x | x | 60.74 | x | 60.74 | |
| 6 | Domantas Poška | Lithuania | 54.85 | 57.81 | x | 54.67 | 56.58 | 60.73 | 60.73 | |
| 7 | Reno Tuufuli | United States | 53.75 | 59.90 | x | 54.89 | 57.37 | 56.85 | 59.90 | PB |
| 8 | Bence Halász | Hungary | x | 55.71 | 57.83 | x | x | x | 57.83 | |
| 9 | Martin Marković | Croatia | x | 56.32 | 56.52 | | | | 56.52 | |
| 10 | Kyriakos Zotos | Greece | 48.55 | 49.07 | 55.22 | | | | 55.22 | |
| 11 | Giulio Anesa | Italy | x | 52.91 | x | | | | 52.91 | |
| | Oskari Perälampi | Finland | | | | | | | DNS | |