Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's discus throw

The 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 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

took place on 16–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium

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The qualifying standards were 64.50 m (211.61 ft) (A standard) and 62.50 m (205.05 ft) (B standard).

Medalists

Gold
Silver
Bronze

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
16.08.2008 – 10:40h 16.08.2008 – 12:05h
Final Round
19.08.2008 – 21:00h

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
16.08.2008 – 10:40h	16.08.2008 – 12:05h
Final Round
19.08.2008 – 21:00h

Records

Standing records prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics
World Record Javelin throw The javelin throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Javelin is an event of both the men's decathlon and the women's heptathlon...		74.08 m	June 6, 1986	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
Olympic Record		69.89 m	August 23, 2004	Athens, Greece

Qualifying round

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Piotr Małachowski	65.94			65.94	Q
2	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:...	65.84			65.84	Q
3	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...	64.09	65.65		65.65	Q
4	B	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....			64.99	64.99	Q
5	B	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...	59.65	64.66		64.66	Q
6	A	Bogdan Pishchalnikov Bogdan Pishchalnikov Bogdan Pishchalnikov is a Russian discus thrower. He is the brother of Darya Pishchalnikova and Kirill Pishchalnikov.He finished eleventh at the 2003 Universiade and seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...	62.68	63.93	64.60	64.60	Q
7	A	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:*...	64.42	61.16		64.42	q
8	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...	64.19			64.19	q
9	B	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He has represented Qatar at the Summer Olympics on two occasions, making his debut in 2000 and reaching the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	63.83	63.72	61.60	63.83	q
10	A	Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert is an Estonian discus thrower.-Athletics career:Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified, Tammert received the bronze medal...	57.79	61.57	63.10	63.10	q
11	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...		61.61	62.64	62.64	q
12	B	Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger is a South African born Finnish discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. He is also a double African champion...		58.60	62.48	62.48	q
13	A	Gabor Mate		55.15	62.44	62.44
14	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:...	61.98	59.78	61.63	61.98
15	A	Dzmitry Sivakou	59.64		61.75	61.75
16	A	Michael Robertson	60.97	61.64		61.64
17	B	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...	61.08		61.34	61.34
18	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,...	61.32		58.13	61.32
19	A	Casey Malone Casey Malone Casey Malone is an American discus thrower. His personal best is 68.49 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Fort Collins, Colorado.-Achievements:-External links:...	59.48		61.26	61.26
20	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....	58.99	60.83		60.83
21	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....	60.79	59.46	60.44	60.79
22	B	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...	59.58		60.69	60.69
23	A	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly is an Egyptian discus thrower.In 1999 he was recruited by former African shot put champion Nagui Asaad, who was setting up a throwing school that also included hammer thrower Mohsen El Anany and shot putter Yasser Fathy...	59.71	58.95	60.24	60.24
24	A	Oleksiy Semenov	57.84	60.18	59.41	60.18
25	B	Ian Waltz Ian Waltz Ian Waltz is an American discus thrower. He is originally from Post Falls, Idaho and attended Washington State University. His personal best distance is 68.91 metres, achieved in May 2006 in Salinas....	60.02			60.02
26	A	Abbas Samimi Abbas Samimi Abbas Samimi is a retired Iranian discus thrower.His personal best throw is 64.98 metres, achieved in July 2004 in Manila. He is currently coaching his brothers, Mohammad and Mahmoud.-Achievements:-References:...	58.01	59.92	58.85	59.92
27	A	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...		59.60	59.58	59.60
28	A	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...	59.52		56.31	59.52
29	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...	59.25		59.09	59.25
30	B	Jorge Balliengo Jorge Balliengo Jorge Esteban Balliengo is an Argentine discus thrower.He became South American champion in 2005. He also competed at the 2005 World Championships without qualifying for the final round....	58.71	58.82		58.82
31	A	Benn Harradine Benn Harradine Benn Harradine is an Australian discus thrower who was selected to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing....	58.55	57.50	57.91	58.55
32	B	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....	56.64	58.22	56.77	58.22
33	B	Hannes Kirchler			56.44	56.44
34	A	Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi is a Saudi Arabian discus thrower. He was born in Bisha.His personal best is 64.55 metres, achieved in November 2006 in Al-Qatif. This is the Saudi Arabian record.-Achievements:-References:...	56.29	55.54	56.24	56.29
35	A	Vadim Hranovschi Vadim Hranovschi Vadim Hranovschi is a Moldovan discus thrower. His personal best throw is 62.60 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Minsk....	56.19		55.78	56.19
36	B	Haidar Nasser Shaheed	54.19			54.19
37	B	Eric Matthias Eric Matthias Eric Matthias is an athlete from British Virgin Islands.He participated in men's discus throw at 2008 Summer Olympics. He was ranked 36 .-Achievements:-External links:...	47.87	50.87	53.11	53.11

Final

Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	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...	63.44	66.38	62.75	68.82		65.98	68.82
	Piotr Małachowski	66.45	67.82	66.98	63.91	65.78		67.82
	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:...		65.77	64.42	67.79		67.18	67.79
4	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...	65.58	64.84	67.09			66.51	67.09
5	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....	59.54	62.16	64.46	64.11	64.97	66.49	66.49
6	Bogdan Pishchalnikov Bogdan Pishchalnikov Bogdan Pishchalnikov is a Russian discus thrower. He is the brother of Darya Pishchalnikova and Kirill Pishchalnikov.He finished eleventh at the 2003 Universiade and seventh at the 2006 IAAF World Cup...	64.09	64.25	61.13	65.88			65.88	PB
7	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...	64.61	65.31	64.36	64.25		65.39	65.39
8	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...	62.25	63.43	62.49			59.34	63.43

9	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:*...	60.46	62.84	63.42				63.42
10	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari is a Qatari track and field athlete who competes in the discus throw. He has represented Qatar at the Summer Olympics on two occasions, making his debut in 2000 and reaching the final at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	59.62		62.55				62.55
11	Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger Frantz Kruger is a South African born Finnish discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 2000. He is also a double African champion...	61.98	61.80	60.71				61.98
12	Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert Aleksander Tammert is an Estonian discus thrower.-Athletics career:Tammert competed at the 2004 Olympics and originally finishing fourth, but as gold medal winner Róbert Fazekas was disqualified, Tammert received the bronze medal...		61.32	61.38				61.38

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