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2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
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400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
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10,000 m	men
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110 m hurdles	men
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3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
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Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
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The women's discus throw event at the 2002 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Kingston, Jamaica, at National Stadium on 18 and 19 July.

Medalists

Gold	Ma Xuejun  China
Silver	Xu Shaoyang  China
Bronze	Seema Antil  India

Results

Final

19 July

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ma Xuejun	China	56.83	57.69	56.91	58.85	53.27	57.49	58.85
	Xu Shaoyang	China	55.70	x	53.90	55.87	57.14	57.87	57.87
	Seema Antil	India	54.99	54.26	x	55.83	53.75	53.20	55.83
4	Sabine Rumpf	Germany	x	54.82	x	52.55	49.14	54.45	54.82
5	Billie Jo Grant	United States	52.66	49.97	x	48.09	x	49.05	52.66
6	Claudia Villeneuve	France	45.09	51.01	x	49.43	52.13	x	52.13
7	Ulrike Giesa	Germany	47.53	51.99	49.89	49.80	50.08	47.71	51.99
8	Darya Pishchalnikova	Russia	x	43.70	51.03	49.87	50.71	51.98	51.98
9	Claire Smithson	United Kingdom	50.85	x	48.03				50.85
10	Katalin Máté	Hungary	46.67	x	48.38				48.38
11	Alina Roman	Romania	46.94	48.12	47.63				48.12
12	Yeh Nai-Ching	Chinese Taipei	35.57	44.30	x				44.30

Qualifications

18 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Sabine Rumpf	Germany	54.15	-	-	54.15	Q
2	Seema Antil	India	53.61	-	-	53.61	Q
3	Ma Xuejun	China	53.21	-	-	53.21	Q
4	Xu Shaoyang	China	x	52.52	-	52.52	Q
5	Darya Pishchalnikova	Russia	50.95	-	-	50.95	Q
6	Ulrike Giesa	Germany	48.69	-	-	48.69	Q
7	Claudia Villeneuve	France	x	47.73	47.68	47.73	q
8	Billie Jo Grant	United States	x	47.60	x	47.60	q
9	Katalin Máté	Hungary	46.99	44.92	43.46	46.99	q
10	Claire Smithson	United Kingdom	40.35	40.59	44.98	44.98	q
11	Alina Roman	Romania	41.42	x	44.77	44.77	q
12	Yeh Nai-Ching	Chinese Taipei	x	43.73	39.81	43.73	q
13	Dorothéa Kalpakídou	Greece	x	x	43.66	43.66
14	Natalee Pessoa	Jamaica	x	37.44	39.68	39.68
15	Tereapii Tapoki	Cook Islands	35.77	x	36.75	36.75
	Nicole Kendrick	United States	x	x	x	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 16 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

•  China (2)
•  Chinese Taipei (1)
•  Cook Islands (1)
•  France (1)
•  Germany (2)
•  Greece (1)
•  Hungary (1)
•  India (1)
•  Jamaica (1)
•  Romania (1)
•  Russia (1)
•  United Kingdom (1)
•  United States (2)

References

1. Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2002 Kingston JAM Jul 16-21, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 24 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
2. IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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