2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the
2011 World Championships
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's discus throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29 and 30.

Defending champion Robert Harting was a clear winner, with three throws better than silver medalist Gerd Kanter.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Robert Harting
 Germany
Gerd Kanter
 Estonia
Ehsan Haddadi
 Iran

Records

World record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Championship record  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 70.14 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
World leading  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 69.50 Budapest, Hungary 30 July 2011
African record  Frantz Kruger (RSA) 70.32 Salon-de-Provence, France 26 May 2002
Asian record  Ehsan Haddadi (IRI) 69.32 Tallinn, Estonia 3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Ben Plucknett (USA) 71.32 Eugene, OR, United States 4 June 1983
South American record  Jorge Balliengo (ARG) 66.32 Rosario, Argentina 15 April 2006
European record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Oceanian record  Benn Harradine (AUS) 66.45 Split, Croatia 5 September 2010

Qualification standards

A standard B standard
65.00 m 63.00 m

Schedule

Date Time Round
August 29, 2011 10:10 Qualification
August 30, 2011 19:55 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Piotr Małachowski  Poland 64.22 x 65.48 65.48 q
2 A Ehsan Haddadi  Iran 65.21 64.74 - 65.21 q
3 B Mario Pestano  Spain 65.13 - - 65.13 q
4 B Jorge Fernández  Cuba 64.94 - - 64.94 q
5 A Robert Harting  Germany 64.93 63.75 - 64.93 q
6 A Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 64.21 63.57 x 64.21 q
7 B Märt Israel  Estonia 63.49 64.19 x 64.19 q
8 A Vikas Gowda  India 62.37 63.99 61.85 63.99 q
9 A Gerd Kanter  Estonia 62.77 63.50 x 63.50 q
10 A Benn Harradine  Australia x 63.49 51.86 63.49 q
11 A Jason Young  United States 61.75 x 63.14 63.14 q
12 B Brett Morse  Great Britain 60.62 62.38 59.29 62.38 q
13 B Jan Marcell  Czech Republic 60.46 62.29 59.26 62.29
14 A Jarred Rome  United States 58.86 62.22 61.00 62.22
15 B Zoltán Kővágó  Hungary 58.14 62.16 x 62.16
16 B Rutger Smith  Netherlands 60.17 59.64 62.12 62.12
17 A Wu Jian  China 59.51 62.07 x 62.07
18 A Jason Morgan  Jamaica 58.51 57.56 61.75 61.75
19 B Martin Wierig  Germany x x 61.68 61.68
20 A Erik Cadée  Netherlands 61.03 x 61.62 61.62
21 B Gerhard Mayer  Austria 61.47 55.33 59.60 61.47
22 B Leif Arrhenius  Sweden 61.33 x x 61.33
23 B Mohammad Samimi  Iran x x 61.10 61.10
24 B Lance Brooks  United States 60.55 61.01 61.07 61.07
25 B Ercüment Olgundeniz  Turkey 53.34 x 60.86 60.86
26 B Markus Münch  Germany 58.27 60.80 60.59 60.80
27 B Martin Marić  Croatia 59.72 x 60.61 60.61
28 A Niklas Arrhenius  Sweden 60.57 x x 60.57
29 B Carl Myerscough  Great Britain 60.29 57.65 59.40 60.29
30 A Abdul Buhari  Great Britain x 60.21 58.37 60.21
31 A Roland Varga  Croatia x 59.09 x 59.09
99 A Róbert Fazekas  Hungary x x xNM
99 A Frank Casañas  Spain DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s)Robert Harting  Germany 68.49 x 68.10 68.97 66.33 x 68.97
2nd, silver medalist(s)Gerd Kanter  Estonia 62.79 66.95 66.13 66.90 x 65.83 66.95
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Ehsan Haddadi  Iran 65.29 64.07 x x 65.50 66.08 66.08 SB
4Märt Israel  Estonia 61.87 63.60 64.31 63.73 65.20 x 65.20
5Benn Harradine  Australia 64.43 64.02 62.08 x 64.18 64.77 64.77
6Virgilijus Alekna  Lithuania 62.75 x 64.09 62.62 x 61.25 64.09
7Vikas Gowda  India 60.79 61.51 64.05 62.81 62.16 62.16 64.05
8Jorge Fernández  Cuba 61.05 63.54 63.10 x 60.11 61.77 63.54
9Piotr Małachowski  Poland 58.28 x 63.37 63.37
10Jason Young  United States 62.54 x 63.20 63.20
11Mario Pestano  Spain 62.97 63.00 62.74 63.00
12Brett Morse  Great Britain 60.84 62.69 57.87 62.69

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