1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

12 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Natalya Koptyukh	Soviet Union	54.44	x	56.64	53.90	61.44	58.26	61.44
	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	Australia	53.54	55.94	56.38	57.88	60.44	x	60.44
	Anja Gündler	East Germany	55.96	56.52	56.66	59.02	59.30	57.82	59.30
4	Qiu Qiaoping	China	57.30	x	57.86	56.38	x	55.70	57.86
5	Lyudmila Filimonova	Soviet Union	x	x	52.34	53.20	x	x	53.20
6	Nicoleta Gradinaru	Romania	52.66	53.10	x	x	52.92	x	53.10
7	Ilona Gersdorff	East Germany	x	51.30	50.32	x	x	47.58	51.30
8	Paulina Gugniewicz	Poland	50.92	49.90	x	50.08	x	50.84	50.92
9	Melisa Weis	United States	x	50.58	49.84				50.58
10	Olga Riera	Spain	47.32	x	49.54				49.54
11	Felicity Johnston	Australia	48.94	47.40	49.08				49.08
12	Nitta Veikkolainen	Finland	x	48.94	48.22				48.94
13	Emma Merry	United Kingdom	44.42	x	48.26				48.26
14	Dawn Dumble	United States	47.90	45.14	48.24				48.24
15	Kati Siltovuori	Finland	48.04	45.16	47.60				48.04
16	Ivana Svoradová	Czechoslovakia	x	47.42	x				47.42
17	Atanaska Angelova	Bulgaria	47.12	x	x				47.12
18	Alice Meyer	France	45.42	46.46	44.64				46.46

11 Aug

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Natalya Koptyukh	Soviet Union	54.66	-	-	54.66	Q
2	Nicoleta Gradinaru	Romania	53.66	-	-	53.66	Q
3	Lisa-Marie Vizaniari	Australia	53.50	-	-	53.50	Q
4	Anja Gündler	East Germany	x	43.92	52.80	52.80	Q
5	Qiu Qiaoping	China	52.44	-	-	52.44	Q
6	Ilona Gersdorff	East Germany	x	51.54	-	51.54	Q
7	Felicity Johnston	Australia	47.28	45.98	49.82	49.82	Q
8	Olga Riera	Spain	49.52	-	-	49.52	Q
9	Melisa Weis	United States	46.10	49.16	-	49.16	Q
10	Atanaska Angelova	Bulgaria	49.02	-	-	49.02	Q
11	Nitta Veikkolainen	Finland	47.92	x	48.90	48.90	Q
12	Dawn Dumble	United States	48.86	-	-	48.86	Q
13	Paulina Gugniewicz	Poland	48.40	-	-	48.40	Q
14	Lyudmila Filimonova	Soviet Union	45.88	48.18	-	48.18	Q
15	Ivana Svoradová	Czechoslovakia	x	48.16	-	48.16	Q
16	Kati Siltovuori	Finland	48.12	-	-	48.12	Q
17	Emma Merry	United Kingdom	48.02	-	-	48.02	Q
18	Alice Meyer	France	47.14	46.98	48.00	48.00	Q
19	Elisângela Adriano	Brazil	46.18	47.10	43.80	47.10
20	Carmen Sole	Spain	45.08	45.88	x	45.88
21	Sabine Fried	West Germany	43.22	x	45.30	45.30
22	Joanna Wiśniewska	Poland	x	x	45.02	45.02
23	Eva Cernanová	Czechoslovakia	43.76	x	40.34	43.76
24	Margit Gesierich	Austria	x	41.58	x	41.58
25	Sadith Fretes	Paraguay	39.24	38.80	x	39.24

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.