2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–13 August.[1]

Men's discus throw
at the 2013 World Championships
VenueLuzhniki Stadium
Dates12 August (qualification)
13 August (final)
Competitors30 from 25 nations
Winning distance69.11 m (226 ft 8 34 in)
Medalists
 
 
 

The three automatic qualifiers turned out to be the three players in this event. On the second throw of the competition Piotr Małachowski took the lead which lasted for about a minute before Gerd Kanter made his first attempt. It was Robert Harting's second attempt that took the lead he would not relinquish. In the fourth round he unleashed his winner at 69.11. Between World Championships and Olympics, he continued his streak of four straight golds. Małachowski's fifth round 68.36 continued his streak of three silvers behind Harting in the same championships. Kanter, Harting's predecessor in both titles, held on for bronze.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[2]

World record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Championship record  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 70.17 Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
World leading  Piotr Malachowski (POL) 71.84 Hengelo, Netherlands 8 June 2013
African record  Frantz Kruger (RSA) 70.32 Salon-de-Provence, France 26 May 2002
Asian record  Ehsan Hadadi (IRI) 69.32 Tallinn, Estonia 3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Ben Plucknett (USA) 72.34 Stockholm, Sweden 7 July 1981
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) 68.20 Townsville, Australia 10 May 2013

Qualification standards

A result[3] B result
66.00 64.00

Schedule

Date Time Round
12 August 201309:40Qualification
13 August 201319:00Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY: QQualified q12 best performers NRNational record PBPersonal best SBSeasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 65.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.[4]

RankGroupNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3MarkNotes
1ARobert Harting Germany (GER)66.6266.62Q
2BPiotr Małachowski Poland (POL)66.0066.00Q
3AGerd Kanter Estonia (EST)65.5465.54Q
4BJorge Fernández Cuba (CUB)64.8664.86q
5ARobert Urbanek Poland (POL)62.89x64.2164.21q
6BMartin Wierig Germany (GER)63.4764.0664.06q
7AVikas Gowda India (IND)63.6462.5962.6763.64q
8BFrank Casañas Spain (ESP)xx63.1763.17q
9BVictor Butenko Russia (RUS)x63.07x63.07q
10AMario Pestano Spain (ESP)62.8061.7962.1562.80q
11BJulian Wruck Australia (AUS)60.3660.8462.4862.48q
12AVictor Hogan South Africa (RSA)x62.4561.5962.45q
13AChristoph Harting Germany (GER)62.1762.2860.3662.28
14BErik Cadée Netherlands (NED)61.7562.14x62.14
15BMartin Marić Croatia (CRO)61.98x61.5861.98
16BVirgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)61.9161.5661.2761.91
17AErcüment Olgundeniz Turkey (TUR)59.5560.81x60.81
18BGerhard Mayer Austria (AUT)59.8558.1959.8159.85
19AApostolos Parellis Cyprus (CYP)59.8456.9559.0859.84
20ABenn Harradine Australia (AUS)x59.68x59.68
21BMusab Ibrahim Al-Momani Jordan (JOR)58.2058.8459.3859.38
22BRonald Julião Brazil (BRA)x59.3657.7759.36
23ABrett Morse Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)x59.2358.6059.23
24ANiklas Arrhenius Sweden (SWE)59.1357.3957.4259.13
25ALance Brooks United States (USA)59.08x57.9459.08
26ADanijel Furtula Montenegro (MNE)x58.2858.2658.28
27BGiovanni Faloci Italy (ITA)57.2355.6657.5457.54
28AMahmoud Samimi Iran (IRI)x57.3857.7757.77
29BAlex Rose Samoa (SAM)54.6256.1954.3156.19
30BSultan Al-Dawoodi Saudi Arabia (KSA)55.9454.08x55.94

Final

The final was started at 19:00.[5]

RankNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6MarkNotes
Robert Harting Germany (GER)62.1668.13x69.11-69.0869.11
Piotr Małachowski Poland (POL)64.49x65.0967.1868.3667.2168.36
Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST)64.9065.19xxxx65.19
4Martin Wierig Germany (GER)x63.72x65.02x63.4265.02
5Victor Hogan South Africa (RSA)64.3562.8460.9861.69x63.4464.35
6Robert Urbanek Poland (POL)63.5862.2064.3264.0162.0562.7064.32
7Vikas Gowda India (IND)63.41x62.2064.0363.6763.6464.03
8Victor Butenko Russia (RUS)x63.38xxxx63.38
9Frank Casañas Spain (ESP)62.4062.8961.2662.89
10Jorge Fernández Cuba (CUB)62.8862.3962.5062.88
11Julian Wruck Australia (AUS)60.9161.8062.4062.40
12Mario Pestano Spain (ESP)x60.1361.8861.88

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Discus Throw records". IAAF. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  3. IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards, All Russia Athletic Federation, 2012, archived from the original on 16 August 2013, retrieved 8 August 2013
  4. "Qualification Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  5. Final Results
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