2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw

Prior to the competition^[update], the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record	Ilke Wyludda (GDR)	74.40 m	East Berlin, East Germany	13 September 1988
Championship Record	Ilke Wyludda (GDR)	68.24 m	Sudbury, Canada	31 July 1988
World Junior Leading	Anna Rüh (GER)	63.14 m	Bochum, Germany	16 June 2012

Qual. rule: qualification standard 53.00 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	B	Shanice Craft	Germany	55.75			55.75	Q
2	A	Anna Rüh	Germany	51.62	55.25		55.25	Q
3	A	Shelbi Vaughan	United States	54.78			54.78	Q
4	A	Subenrat Insaeng	Thailand	X	51.93	54.46	54.46	Q
5	A	Sositina Hakeai	New Zealand	53.38			53.38	Q, PB
6	B	Alex Collatz	United States	52.55	52.28	51.39	52.55	q
7	B	Gu Siyu	China	51.66	X	X	51.66	q
8	B	Krisztina Váradi	Hungary	50.26	51.13	50.53	51.13	q
9	B	Natalya Shirobokova	Russia	50.74	X	49.51	50.74	q
10	B	Heidi Schmidt	Sweden	X	43.38	49.77	49.77	q
11	B	Merewarihi Vaka	New Zealand	46.17	49.59	46.93	49.59	q
12	A	Tetiana Yuryeva	Ukraine	X	X	49.46	49.46	q
13	A	Elizabeth Álvarez	Venezuela	40.92	49.17	43.85	49.17	PB
14	B	Ieva Zarankaité	Lithuania	45.45	43.84	49.06	49.06
15	B	Rosalía Vázquez	Cuba	48.07	48.77	X	48.77
16	A	Kätlin Tõllasson	Estonia	48.50	48.49	48.34	48.50
17	B	Zehra Uzunbilek	Turkey	X	47.48	46.64	47.48
18	A	Keshia McGrath-Volau	Australia	43.26	X	46.59	46.59
19	B	Taylah Sengul	Australia	X	43.96	45.87	45.87
20	A	Simoné Meyer	South Africa	45.84	X	X	45.84
21	A	María Belén Toimil	Spain	X	42.32	45.83	45.83
22	A	Shadine Duquemin	Great Britain	45.51	X	X	45.51
23	A	Emma Ljungberg	Sweden	39.26	45.36	44.40	45.36
24	B	Ischke Senekal	South Africa	41.56	45.33	43.93	45.33
25	B	Rayann Chin	Canada	44.50	X	45.24	45.24
26	B	Charlene Engelbrecht	Namibia	X	X	44.97	44.97
27	A	Ashley Arroyo	Puerto Rico	44.91	X	X	44.91
28	B	Chukwunonso Judith Okwelogu	Nigeria	44.87	X	X	44.87
29	A	Elçin Kaya	Turkey	X	42.86	44.19	44.19
30	B	Viktoriya Savytska	Ukraine	38.73	X	43.33	43.33
31	B	June Kintana	Spain	43.30	X	X	43.30
32	B	Maia Varela	Argentina	X	42.50	X	42.50
33	A	Tarasue Barnett	Jamaica	42.06	40.92	X	42.06
34	A	Asianna C. Covington	Canada	35.36	40.63	X	40.63
35	A	Juliana Pereira	Portugal	40.12	X	X	40.12

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Anna Rüh	Germany	55.25	57.87	X	X	58.48	62.38	62.38
	Shanice Craft	Germany	58.44	X	58.51	54.67	51.86	60.42	60.42
	Shelbi Vaughan	United States	X	58.46	X	60.07	X	58.72	60.07
4	Sositina Hakeai	New Zealand	X	47.50	53.82	54.89	X	56.17	56.17	NJ
5	Gu Siyu	China	54.81	54.86	X	54.46	54.77	55.78	55.78
6	Subenrat Insaeng	Thailand	54.47	52.60	53.01	53.17	X	X	54.47
7	Krisztina Váradi	Hungary	51.44	X	49.23	50.47	49.48	X	51.44	SB
8	Alex Collatz	United States	48.74	X	47.42	49.28	X	X	49.28
9	Tetiana Yuryeva	Ukraine	46.73	48.73	47.60				48.73
10	Merewarihi Vaka	New Zealand	48.48	47.92	X				48.48
11	Natalya Shirobokova	Russia	X	47.96	10.14				47.96
12	Heidi Schmidt	Sweden	45.54	X	X				45.54

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 25 countries participated in the event.

• WJC12 Discus throw schedule