2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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The Men's Discus Throw at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7.

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Medalists

Gold Flag of Lithuania.svg Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Silver Flag of Estonia.svg Gerd Kanter
Estonia (EST)
Bronze Flag of Germany.svg Michael Möllenbeck
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group AGroup B
06.08.2005 18:20h06.08.2005 19:50h
Final Round
07.08.2005 18:40h

Abbreviations

Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Qualifying

Group A

  1. Flag of Estonia.svg Gerd Kanter, Estonia 65.76 m Q
  2. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Tunks, Canada 64.02 m Q
  3. Flag of Germany.svg Michael Möllenbeck, Germany 63.71 m Q
  4. Flag of South Africa.svg Frantz Kruger, South Africa 63.44 m q
  5. Flag of the United States.svg Jarred Rome, United States 62.72 m q
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Carl Brown, United States 61.91 m
  7. Flag of Russia.svg Bogdan Pishchalnikov, Russia 61.91 m
  8. Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jo Van Daele, Belgium 61.12 m
  9. Flag of Belarus.svg Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus 61.04 m
  10. Flag of Cuba.svg Frank Casañas, Cuba 60.94 m
  11. Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Balliengo, Argentina 60.40 m
  12. Flag of Iran.svg Abbas Samimi, Iran 60.25 m
  13. Flag of Hungary.svg Gábor Máté, Hungary 58.97 m

Group B

  1. Flag of Lithuania.svg Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania 68.79 m Q
  2. Flag of Germany.svg Lars Riedel, Germany 66.22 m Q (SB)
  3. Flag of Spain.svg Mario Pestano, Spain 65.04 m Q
  4. Flag of Poland.svg Andrzej Krawczyk, Poland 64.51 m Q
  5. Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Kővágó, Hungary 64.30 m Q
  6. Flag of the United States.svg Ian Waltz, United States 64.30 m Q
  7. Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksander Tammert, Estonia 64.02 m Q
  8. Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Malina, Czech Republic 62.41 m
  9. Flag of India.svg Vikas Gowda, India 62.04 m
  10. Flag of Hungary.svg Roland Varga, Hungary 61.94 m
  11. Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Tao Wu, China 61.75 m
  12. Flag of Norway.svg Gaute Myklebust, Norway 60.00 m
  13. Flag of Finland.svg Timo Tompuri, Finland 59.11 m

Final

RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote
123456
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Lithuania.svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)63.9367.9068.1066.75X70.1770.17 m CR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Estonia.svg  Gerd Kanter  (EST)X64.6965.1068.5765.5362.6468.57 m
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  Michael Möllenbeck  (GER)X65.2464.9965.95X65.95 m
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Aleksander Tammert  (EST)62.2863.5963.1864.1863.5064.8464.84 m
5Flag of the United States.svg  Ian Waltz  (USA)63.8864.05XX64.2764.0264.27 m
6Flag of South Africa.svg  Frantz Kruger  (RSA)63.1961.4760.9263.6464.23X64.23 m
7Flag of the United States.svg  Jarred Rome  (USA)64.2261.87X62.6463.68X64.22 m
8Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Jason Tunks  (CAN)63.3963.77XXXX63.77 m
9Flag of Germany.svg  Lars Riedel  (GER)63.05X62.4763.05 m
10Flag of Hungary.svg  Zoltán Kővágó  (HUN)62.9462.6859.6162.94 m
11Flag of Spain.svg  Mario Pestano  (ESP)62.7560.32X62.75 m
12Flag of Poland.svg  Andrzej Krawczyk  (POL)59.5861.0062.7162.71 m

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