Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics – Boys' discus throw explained

Event:	Athletics – Boys' discus throw
Games:	2014 Summer Youth
Venue:	Nanjing Olympic Sports Centre
Date:	August 20–23
Competitors:	17
Nations:	17
Gold:	Cheng Yulong
Goldnoc:	CHN
Silver:	Clemens Prüfer
Silvernoc:	GER
Bronze:	Ruslan Valitov
Bronzenoc:	UKR
Prev:	2010
Next:	2018

The boys’ discus throw competition at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics was held on 20–23 August 2014 in Nanjing Olympic Sports Center.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
20 August 2014	20:20	Qualification
23 August 2014	19:05	Final

First 50% of the athletes from the Qualification round progress to the A Final and the remaining athletes to the B Final.

Rank	1	2	3	4	Result	Notes	Q
1	59.88	59.81	58.83	58.43	59.88		FA
2	x	59.25	59.88	57.04	59.88		FA
3	x	x	x	59.64	59.64		FA
4	x	55.41	56.97	55.71	56.97	PB	FA
5	x	56.61	x	x	56.61	PB	FA
6	54.24	x	52.93	55.87	55.87		FA
7	x	x	55.57	55.27	55.57		FA
8	48.53	x	55.36	x	55.36		FA
9	54.67	51.89	x	54.71	54.71	SB	FA
10	54.66	50.22	50.85	54.67	54.67		FB
11	x	50.20	x	53.85	53.85		FB
12	52.71	x	53.63	51.22	53.63		FB
13	51.12	52.51	x	51.87	52.51		FB
14	50.57	x	51.28	51.65	51.65		FB
15	x	50.53	x	51.40	51.40		FB
16	x	x	51.24	49.60	51.24	PB	FB
	x	x	x	x			FB

Rank	Final Placing	1	2	3	4	Result	Notes
	1	61.02	x	63.05	64.14	64.14	PB
	2	x	x	60.62	63.52	63.52
	3	54.17	57.48	52.77	x	57.48	PB
4	4	53.57	55.31	x	57.36	57.36
5	5	57.06	x	55.03	54.79	57.06	PB
6	6	56.80	53.14	54.81	x	56.80	PB
7	7	55.04	x	56.27	x	56.61
8	8	49.81	x	x	x	55.57
		x	x	x	x

Rank	Final Placing	1	2	3	4	Result	Notes
1	9	x	56.39	x	x	56.39
2	10	x	54.66	55.63	53.62	55.63	PB
3	11	53.02	x	54.15	53.99	54.15
4	12	53.79	x	51.63	x	53.79
5	13	x	47.88	x	51.19	51.19
6	14	x	50.05	x	50.88	50.88
7	15	48.22	49.06	48.44	50.07	50.07
8	16	31.71	x	31.26	33.45	33.45	PB