# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 27 and 28 July. A 2 kg (senior implement) discus was used.

## Medalists

| Gold | Andreas Seelig East Germany |
| Silver | Kamy Keshmiri United States |
| Bronze | Yuriy Nesteryets Soviet Union |

## Results
### Final

28 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Andreas Seelig | East Germany | 54.06 | 56.96 | 56.90 | 57.90 | 58.60 | 56.20 | 58.60 | |
| | Kamy Keshmiri | United States | 48.38 | 48.60 | 53.18 | 50.86 | 54.68 | 54.36 | 54.68 | |
| | Yuriy Nesteryets | Soviet Union | 51.26 | x | x | 51.96 | 53.70 | 52.72 | 53.70 | |
| 4 | Vitaliy Sidorov | Soviet Union | 53.00 | x | x | x | x | 52.08 | 53.00 | |
| 5 | Tapani Alentola | Finland | 45.78 | 46.68 | 49.70 | 48.90 | 51.40 | x | 51.44 | |
| 6 | Pedro Acosta | Cuba | x | 49.66 | 49.24 | 49.62 | 49.98 | 50.98 | 50.98 | |
| 7 | Jaroslav Žitnanský | Czechoslovakia | 49.66 | 48.30 | 49.26 | x | x | 50.16 | 50.16 | |
| 8 | Ma Wei | China | x | 50.16 | x | x | x | x | 50.16 | |
| 9 | Michael Möllenbeck | West Germany | 44.74 | x | 49.30 | | | | 49.30 | |
| 10 | Dariusz Kosinski | Poland | 48.74 | x | x | | | | 48.74 | |
| 11 | Joachim Tidow | West Germany | 47.92 | x | 46.22 | | | | 47.92 | |
| 12 | Ramón Jiménez Gaona | Paraguay | 44.26 | x | 45.46 | | | | 45.46 | |

### Qualifications

27 Jul

#### Group A

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Result | Notes |
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Andreas Seelig | East Germany | 55.94 | - | - | 55.94 | Q |
| 2 | Vitaliy Sidorov | Soviet Union | 49.32 | 52.88 | - | 52.88 | Q |
| 3 | Yuriy Nesteryets | Soviet Union | 50.82 | 52.80 | - | 52.80 | Q |
| 4 | Michael Möllenbeck | West Germany | 52.68 | - | - | 52.68 | Q |
| 5 | Pedro Acosta | Cuba | x | 52.44 | - | 52.44 | Q |
| 6 | Kamy Keshmiri | United States | 48.50 | 45.78 | 51.28 | 51.28 | Q |
| 7 | Tapani Alentola | Finland | 50.60 | x | 47.38 | 50.60 | q |
| 8 | Jaroslav Žitnanský | Czechoslovakia | 47.68 | 50.18 | x | 50.18 | q |
| 9 | Dariusz Kosinski | Poland | 49.88 | x | x | 49.88 | q |
| 10 | Joachim Tidow | West Germany | 49.56 | 47.98 | x | 49.56 | q |
| 11 | Ramón Jiménez Gaona | Paraguay | 49.30 | 48.88 | 47.92 | 49.30 | q |
| 12 | Ma Wei | China | 47.36 | 48.78 | 48.84 | 48.84 | q |
| 13 | Jean Pons | France | 45.02 | 48.48 | 48.38 | 48.48 | |
| 14 | John Nichols | United States | 44.90 | 48.14 | x | 48.14 | |
| 15 | Paolo Dal Soglio | Italy | 44.84 | 46.58 | 48.12 | 48.12 | |
| 16 | Janne Sandvik | Finland | 46.88 | x | 47.80 | 47.80 | |
| 17 | Hussein Ali Al-Sayed | Kuwait | 32.96 | x | 32.82 | 32.96 | |
| | Lee Andrews | Canada | x | x | x | NM | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.
* Canada (1)
* China (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (1)
* Italy (1)
* Kuwait (1)
* Paraguay (1)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* United States (2)
* West Germany (2)