2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Discus throw

The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics

2011 World Championships in Athletics

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011....

was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29 and 30.

Defending champion Robert Harting

Robert Harting

Robert Harting is a German discus thrower.He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships. He was less successful at subsequent championships and finished in eighth in the qualifiers 2002 World Junior Championships...

was a clear winner, with three throws better than silver medalist Gerd Kanter

Gerd Kanter

Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Robert Harting Robert Harting Robert Harting is a German discus thrower.He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships. He was less successful at subsequent championships and finished in eighth in the qualifiers 2002 World Junior Championships... '	Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics... '	Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi is an Iranian discus thrower. He is 193 cm and 127 kg.The 2004 Asian Junior Champion, he won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, becoming the first Iranian to win a medal at any global athletics competition. In 2005 he won the Asian... '

Records

World record	74.08	Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg Neubrandenburg is a city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, on the shore of a lake called the Tollensesee .... , East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	70.14	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is... , Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	7 August 2005
World leading	69.50	Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter... , Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	30 July 2011
African record	70.32	Salon-de-Provence Salon-de-Provence Salon-de-Provence is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France. It is the location of an important air base.-History:Salon was a Gallo-Roman oppidum well positioned on the salt trade routes between Adriatic, Atlantic and Mediterranean seas, hence its name... , France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...	26 May 2002
Asian record	69.32	Tallinn Tallinn Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list... , Estonia Estonia Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...	3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record	71.32	Eugene, OR, United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	4 June 1983
South American record	66.32	Rosario Rosario Rosario is the largest city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the western shore of the Paraná River and has 1,159,004 residents as of the .... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...	15 April 2006
European record	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Oceanian record	66.45	Split, Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...	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

Qualification

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

Rank	Group	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Piotr Małachowski	64.22		65.48	65.48	q
2	A	Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi is an Iranian discus thrower. He is 193 cm and 127 kg.The 2004 Asian Junior Champion, he won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, becoming the first Iranian to win a medal at any global athletics competition. In 2005 he won the Asian...	65.21	64.74		65.21	q
3	B	Mario Pestano Mario Pestano Mario Pestano García is a male Spanish discus thrower. His personal best throw is 69.50, achieved on July 27, 2008 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife-Achievements:-External links:*...	65.13			65.13	q
4	B	Jorge Fernández Jorge Fernández (athlete) Jorge Fernández is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He won the gold medal in the event at the Pan American Games in 2011 and is a two-time winner at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics...	64.94			64.94	q
5	A	Robert Harting Robert Harting Robert Harting is a German discus thrower.He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships. He was less successful at subsequent championships and finished in eighth in the qualifiers 2002 World Junior Championships...	64.93	63.75		64.93	q
6	A	Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	64.21	63.57		64.21	q
7	B	Märt Israel Märt Israel Märt Israel is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista .-Achievements:...	63.49	64.19		64.19	q
8	A	Vikas Gowda Vikas Gowda Vikas Gowda is an Indian discus thrower. Born in Mysore, he grew up in Frederick, Maryland in the United States.His personal best throw is 64.96 meters, achieved in May 2007 in Salinas. He contested at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but failed to reach the finals after finishing 11th in the...	62.37	63.99	61.85	63.99	q
9	A	Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	62.77	63.50		63.50	q
10	A	Benn Harradine Benn Harradine Benn Harradine is an Australian discus thrower who was selected to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....		63.49	51.86	63.49	q
11	A	Jason Young	61.75		63.14	63.14	q
12	B	Brett Morse	60.62	62.38	59.29	62.38	q
13	B	Jan Marcell Jan Marcell Jan Marcell is a Czech shot putter and discus thrower.In the shot put he competed at the 2004 World Junior Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final...	60.46	62.29	59.26	62.29
14	A	Jarred Rome Jarred Rome Jarred Rome is an American discus thrower. His personal best throw is 68.76 metres, achieved in 7, August 2011 in Chula Vista...	58.86	62.22	61.00	62.22
15	B	Zoltán Kővágó Zoltán Kövágó Zoltán Kővágó is a Hungarian discus thrower. At the 2004 Olympic Games he initially won the bronze medal, but was promoted to silver when countryfellow Róbert Fazekas was disqualified following a doping rule violation....	58.14	62.16		62.16
16	B	Rutger Smith Rutger Smith Rutger Smith is a Dutch track and field athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He was the first athlete to win medals at the World Championships in both events. He represented the Netherlands at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008...	60.17	59.64	62.12	62.12
17	A	Wu Jian	59.51	62.07		62.07
18	A	Jason Morgan Jason Morgan (athlete) Jason Morgan is a Jamaican discus thrower. His personal best throw is 64.11 metres, achieved on May 28, 2011 in Monroe.He won the silver medal at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games. He also competed at the 2007 World Championships without reaching the final.-Achievements:-External links:...	58.51	57.56	61.75	61.75
19	B	Martin Wierig Martin Wierig Martin Wierig is a German discus thrower.-Achievements:-References:...			61.68	61.68
20	A	Erik Cadée Erik Cadée Erik Cadée is a Dutch discus thrower.Among his first international appearances was a runner-up performance at the 2001 European Youth Olympic Festival...	61.03		61.62	61.62
21	B	Gerhard Mayer Gerhard Mayer Gerhard Mayer is a male discus thrower from Austria.He represented his native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he ended up in 18th place in the overall-rankings. Mayer is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's discus event at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok,...	61.47	55.33	59.60	61.47
22	B	Leif Arrhenius	61.33			61.33
23	B	Mohammad Samimi Mohammad Samimi Mohammad Samimi is an Iranian discus thrower.He is the younger brother of Abbas Samimi and the older brother of Mahmoud Samimi.-Achievements:-References:...			61.10	61.10
24	B	Lance Brooks	60.55	61.01	61.07	61.07
25	B	Ercüment Olgundeniz Ercüment Olgundeniz Ercüment Olgundeniz is a Turkish track and field athlete competing in discus throw and occasionally shot put. Olgundeniz is a member of the Fenerbahçe Athletics Club....	53.34		60.86	60.86
26	B	Markus Münch	58.27	60.80	60.59	60.80
27	B	Martin Marić Martin Marić Martin Marić is a Croatian discus thrower.He was born in Split. He finished thirteenth at the 2001 World Youth Championships and won the silver medal at the 2003 European Junior Championships. As a competitor for the University of Georgia, he attain All-American status in the Javelin by placing...	59.72		60.61	60.61
28	A	Niklas Arrhenius Niklas Arrhenius Niklas Arrhenius is a competitor in the discus throw who won the Swedish competition in this event in 2004 and 2006. He was also Sweden's discus competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics....	60.57			60.57
29	B	Carl Myerscough Carl Myerscough Carl Myerscough is an English athlete. He specialises in the Shot put event and is the British record holder as of 2006....	60.29	57.65	59.40	60.29
30	A	Abdul Buhari		60.21	58.37	60.21
31	A	Roland Varga Roland Varga Roland Varga is a Hungarian discus thrower, he is Croatian since 2009.His personal best throw is 67.38 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Veszprém. His National Record of Croatia is 67.20 m ....		59.09		59.09
	A	Róbert Fazekas Róbert Fazekas Róbert Fazekas is a Hungarian discus thrower, who won gold in the 2002 European Championships and silver in the 2003 World Championship. He finished first in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was later disqualified for failing to provide a drug sample, and the gold medal was awarded to Virgilijus Alekna...
	A	Frank Casañas Frank Casañas Yennifer Frank Casañas Hernández is a Spanish discus thrower. He competed for Cuba until May 2008. In the 2008 Olympic Games he competed for Spain, reaching the fifth position in the final....

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Robert Harting Robert Harting Robert Harting is a German discus thrower.He won a silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships. He was less successful at subsequent championships and finished in eighth in the qualifiers 2002 World Junior Championships...	68.49		68.10	68.97	66.33		68.97
	Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter Gerd Kanter is an Estonian discus thrower. He was the 2007 World Champion in the event and won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	62.79	66.95	66.13	66.90		65.83	66.95
	Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi Ehsan Haddadi is an Iranian discus thrower. He is 193 cm and 127 kg.The 2004 Asian Junior Champion, he won a gold medal at the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, becoming the first Iranian to win a medal at any global athletics competition. In 2005 he won the Asian...	65.29	64.07			65.50	66.08	66.08	SB
	Märt Israel Märt Israel Märt Israel is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista .-Achievements:...	61.87	63.60	64.31	63.73	65.20		65.20
	Benn Harradine Benn Harradine Benn Harradine is an Australian discus thrower who was selected to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....	64.43	64.02	62.08		64.18	64.77	64.77
	Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...	62.75		64.09	62.62		61.25	64.09
	Vikas Gowda Vikas Gowda Vikas Gowda is an Indian discus thrower. Born in Mysore, he grew up in Frederick, Maryland in the United States.His personal best throw is 64.96 meters, achieved in May 2007 in Salinas. He contested at the 2008 Beijing Olympics but failed to reach the finals after finishing 11th in the...	60.79	61.51	64.05	62.81	62.16	62.16	64.05
	Jorge Fernández Jorge Fernández (athlete) Jorge Fernández is a Cuban track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He won the gold medal in the event at the Pan American Games in 2011 and is a two-time winner at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics...	61.05	63.54	63.10		60.11	61.77	63.54
	Piotr Małachowski	58.28		63.37				63.37
10	Jason Young	62.54		63.20				63.20
11	Mario Pestano Mario Pestano Mario Pestano García is a male Spanish discus thrower. His personal best throw is 69.50, achieved on July 27, 2008 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife-Achievements:-External links:*...	62.97	63.00	62.74				63.00
12	Brett Morse	60.84	62.69	57.87				62.69

External links

Discus throw results at IAAF website

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