# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 12 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Fedrick Dacres Jamaica |
| Silver | Wojciech Praczyk Poland |
| Bronze | Gerhard de Beer South Africa |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Mykyta Nesterenko (UKR) | 70.13 m | Halle, Germany | 24 May 2008 |
| Championship Record | Margus Hunt (EST) | 67.32 m | Beijing, China | 16 August 2006 |
| World Junior Leading | Wojciech Praczyk (POL) | 64.22 m | Bialystok, Poland | 24 June 2012 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Standard 59.40 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | A | Wojciech Praczyk | Poland | 59.32 | 60.72 | | 60.72 | Q |
| 2 | A | Mauricio Ortega | Colombia | 59.84 | | | 59.84 | Q, NU20R |
| 3 | B | Jordan Young | Canada | 51.53 | 59.54 | | 59.54 | Q |
| 4 | B | Gerhard de Beer | South Africa | X | 56.74 | 59.01 | 59.01 | q |
| 5 | B | Viktor Butenko | Russia | 58.98 | 58.55 | X | 58.98 | q |
| 6 | A | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica | 13.31 | 57.48 | 58.90 | 58.90 | q |
| 7 | A | Behnam Shiri | Iran | 58.23 | X | 57.56 | 58.23 | q |
| 8 | B | Dalton Rowan | United States | 56.48 | 55.48 | 57.65 | 57.65 | q, PB |
| 9 | A | Arjun Arjun | India | 47.51 | 56.00 | 57.60 | 57.60 | q, PB |
| 10 | B | Nicholas Percy | Great Britain | 56.89 | 51.67 | 53.32 | 56.89 | q |
| 11 | A | Sebastian Scheffel | Germany | X | 53.84 | 56.85 | 56.85 | q |
| 12 | A | Felipe Lorenzon | Brazil | X | 56.78 | X | 56.78 | q |
| 13 | A | Róbert Szikszai | Hungary | 55.68 | 52.65 | 56.51 | 56.51 | |
| 14 | B | Mitchell Cooper | Australia | 56.25 | 53.61 | 52.91 | 56.25 | |
| 15 | A | Jan-Louw Kotze | South Africa | 53.60 | 55.59 | 54.31 | 55.59 | |
| 16 | A | Giacomo Grotti | Italy | 51.88 | 54.59 | 55.25 | 55.25 | |
| 17 | B | Jaromír Mazgal | Czech Republic | 54.72 | 52.46 | 53.49 | 54.72 | |
| 18 | A | Rodney Brown | United States | 54.66 | X | 53.03 | 54.66 | |
| 19 | B | Damian Kamiński | Poland | 53.87 | 54.50 | 54.31 | 54.50 | |
| 20 | B | Philipp van Dijck | Germany | X | 53.49 | 54.42 | 54.42 | |
| 21 | A | Jaka Žulic | Slovenia | 52.71 | X | X | 52.71 | |
| 22 | A | Søren Børsting | Denmark | 51.71 | 51.37 | X | 51.71 | |
| 23 | A | Nikola Cankovic | Serbia | X | X | 49.39 | 49.39 | |
| 24 | B | Juan Ignacio Solito | Argentina | 53.41 | 53.10 | 49.60 | 53.41 | |
| 25 | B | Viktor Gardenkrans | Sweden | 53.24 | 51.74 | X | 53.24 | |
| 26 | B | Stefano Petrei | Italy | 50.64 | X | 52.48 | 52.48 | |
| 27 | B | Andreas Ellegaard | Denmark | X | 51.98 | 50.61 | 51.98 | |
| – | B | Murat Gündüz | Turkey | X | X | | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
| | Fedrick Dacres | Jamaica | 60.46 | 62.80 | X | 61.20 | X | 61.29 | 62.80 | PB |
| | Wojciech Praczyk | Poland | 62.66 | X | X | X | 59.61 | 62.75 | 62.75 | |
| | Gerhard de Beer | South Africa | 56.56 | 60.13 | 61.25 | 61.57 | X | X | 61.57 | |
| 4 | Viktor Butenko | Russia | 58.96 | 59.96 | X | 59.12 | 59.04 | 61.48 | 61.48 | |
| 5 | Felipe Lorenzon | Brazil | X | X | 61.18 | 57.39 | X | X | 61.18 | PB |
| 6 | Jordan Young | Canada | 57.45 | X | 57.68 | 60.44 | 59.89 | X | 60.44 | |
| 7 | Dalton Rowan | United States | 58.75 | 57.55 | X | X | X | 59.31 | 59.31 | PB |
| 8 | Nicholas Percy | Great Britain | 56.47 | 54.83 | 57.79 | X | X | 56.98 | 57.79 | |
| 9 | Mauricio Ortega | Colombia | 51.29 | 57.41 | 57.50 | | | | 57.50 | |
| 10 | Sebastian Scheffel | Germany | X | 56.71 | 56.77 | | | | 56.77 | |
| 11 | Arjun Arjun | India | 54.56 | X | 52.75 | | | | 54.56 | |
| | Behnam Shiri Jabilou | Iran | X | X | X | | | | NM | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 28 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.
* Argentina (1)
* Australia (1)
* Brazil (1)
* Canada (1)
* Colombia (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (2)
* Germany (2)
* Hungary (1)
* India (1)
* Iran (1)
* Italy (2)
* Jamaica (1)
* Poland (2)
* Russia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovenia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)