2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003.

Medalists

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Gold Lithuania Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Silver Hungary Róbert Fazekas
Hungary (HUN)
Bronze Belarus Vasiliy Kaptyukh
Belarus (BLR)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
24.08.2003 – 09:45h 24.08.2003 – 11:35h
Final Round
26.08.2003 – 19:50h

Abbreviations

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  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Qualification

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  • Held on Saturday 23 August 2003
RANK FINAL GROUP A
1.  Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) 65.76 m
2.  Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 65.19 m
3.  Frantz Kruger (RSA) 65.04 m
4.  Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 64.44 m
5.  Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 63.21 m
6.  Jason Tunks (CAN) 63.00 m
7.  Mario Pestano (ESP) 62.63 m
8.  Sergiu Ursu (ROU) 61.98 m
9.  Jo Van Daele (BEL) 61.64 m
10.  Casey Malone (USA) 61.50 m
11.  Nick Petrucci (USA) 59.58 m
12.  Lois Maikel Martínez (CUB) 57.87 m
13.  Gerd Kanter (EST) 56.63 m


RANK FINAL GROUP B
1.  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 68.29 m
2.  Lars Riedel (GER) 64.51 m
3.  Aleksander Tammert (EST) 63.53 m
4.  Carl Brown (USA) 63.01 m
5.  Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 62.46 m
6.  Rutger Smith (NED) 61.55 m
7.  Diego Fortuna (ITA) 61.46 m
8.  Libor Malina (CZE) 61.35 m
9.  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 61.31 m
10.  Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) 60.21 m
11.  Frank Casañas (CUB) 59.99 m
12.  Chima Ugwu (NGR) 58.13 m
 Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) NM
 Gábor Máté (HUN) NM

Final

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Rank Athlete Throws Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 69.69 X 66.14 68.75 X X 69.69 m SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 66.86 69.01 X 64.94 65.63 68.78 69.01 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) 66.51 66.15 62.79 63.71 64.72 62.62 66.51 m SB
4  Lars Riedel (GER) 66.28 63.81 66.28 X 65.51 62.67 66.28 m
5  Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 62.27 66.11 65.49 66.23 X X 66.23 m
6  Frantz Kruger (RSA) 65.26 61.28 65.16 60.83 X X 65.26 m
7  Aleksander Tammert (EST) 61.15 63.02 X 64.50 60.88 61.86 64.50 m
8  Mario Pestano (ESP) 64.39 63.92 61.97 61.86 63.29 X 64.39 m
9  Carl Brown (USA) 58.11 61.23 62.66 62.66 m
10  Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 62.24 62.28 61.21 62.28 m
11  Jason Tunks (CAN) 60.61 60.01 62.21 62.21 m
12  Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 58.67 X 61.90 61.90 m

See also

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References

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