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

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMatthew DennyHenning PrüferCheng Yulong

Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows.

World Youth Best77.50Kyiv, Ukraine19 May 2008Championship Record70.67Ostrava, Czech Republic13 July 2007World Youth Leading67.28Brisbane, Australia23 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 65.66 65.66 Q 2 A Domantas Poška 60.85 60.85 Q 3 B Bartłomiej Stój x 60.26 60.26 Q 4 B Cheng Yulong 59.61 59.61 Q 5 A Henning Prüfer x x 59.54 59.54 Q 6 A Chen Liangyu x 59.48 59.48 Q 7 B Martin Marković 58.81 58.81 Q 8 A Bence Halász 57.25 57.79 x 57.79 q 9 B Giulio Anesa 54.96 x 57.61 57.61 q, PB 10 B Reno Tuufuli 56.04 x 57.35 57.35 q 11 A Oskari Perälampi 56.93 x x 56.93 q 12 A Kyriakos Zotos x 55.96 56.76 56.76 q 13 B Johan Scholtz x 56.31 56.41 56.41 PB 14 B Marko Perić 55.56 53.33 52.61 55.56 PB 15 A Evgeniy Kozyrev x x 55.01 55.01 16 A Amir Patterson 54.53 54.67 x 54.67 17 B Ahmed Sherif Adel Salem 54.62 52.78 x 54.62 18 B Samiuela Ulufonua x 52.58 54.15 54.15 19 A Artjom Nikitin 53.86 x 51.62 53.86 20 B Thor Olav Rosvold 51.42 53.34 x 53.34 21 B Eduardo Espín 52.13 52.73 53.25 53.25 22 A Charlie Gamble 53.11 x x 53.11 23 A Sven van Niekerk 52.78 x 51.52 52.78 24 A Mohamed Magdi Hamza 49.03 52.56 x 52.56 25 B Bohdan Myronenko 50.97 46.80 52.21 52.21 26 A Pavol Žencár 51.68 50.13 51.96 51.96 27 A Vladyslav Podavalov 50.89 50.94 51.70 51.70 28 A Jakob Gardenkrans 49.94 51.12 x 51.12 29 B Douglas Borges 50.32 49.03 50.34 50.34 30 A Davi Ferreira Junior 45.25 x 39.10 45.25 A Drexel Maycock x x x NM A Marco Primaveri x x x NM B Nace Pleško x x x NM B Tony Zeuke x x x NM B Viktar Trus x x x NM

Final

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

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