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
[edit]Gold | Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU) |
Silver | Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN) |
Bronze | Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus (BLR) |
Schedule
[edit]- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
Qualification Round | |
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Group A | Group B |
24.08.2003 – 09:45h | 24.08.2003 – 11:35h |
Final Round | |
26.08.2003 – 19:50h |
Abbreviations
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Held on Saturday 23 August 2003
RANK | FINAL | GROUP A |
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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 |
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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
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Throws | Result | Note | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 69.69 | X | 66.14 | 68.75 | X | X | 69.69 m | SB | |
Róbert Fazekas (HUN) | 66.86 | 69.01 | X | 64.94 | 65.63 | 68.78 | 69.01 m | ||
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 |