2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Last updated April 24, 2019

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The men's discus throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29 and 30.

The discus throw is a track and field event 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 demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue, Discobolus. Although not part of the modern pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least to 708 BC, and is part of the modern decathlon.

The 13th IAAF World Championships in Athletics was an international athletics competition that was held in Daegu, South Korea. It started on 27 August 2011 and finished on 4 September 2011.

Daegu Stadium, also known as the Blue Arc, is a sports stadium located in Daegu, South Korea. It was formerly named Daegu World Cup Stadium but was changed to Daegu Stadium on 5 March 2008. It has a seating capacity for 66,422 people, and parking for 3,550 cars. It is located approximately 11 kilometers or 20 minutes by car from Daegu Airport. It is managed by the Daegu Sports Facilities Management Center.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Robert Harting Germany (GER)	Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST)	Ehsan Haddadi Iran (IRI)

Records

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	70.14	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
World leading	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	69.50	Budapest, Hungary	30 July 2011
African record	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	70.32	Salon-de-Provence, France	26 May 2002
Asian record	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	69.32	Tallinn, Estonia	3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Ben Plucknett (USA)	71.32	Eugene, OR, United States	4 June 1983
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)	66.45	Split, Croatia	5 September 2010

Qualification standards

A standard	B standard
65.00 m	63.00 m

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
August 29, 2011	10:10	Qualification
August 30, 2011	19:55	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	64.22	x	65.48	65.48	q
2	A	Ehsan Haddadi	Iran (IRI)	65.21	64.74	-	65.21	q
3	B	Mario Pestano	Spain (ESP)	65.13	-	-	65.13	q
4	B	Jorge Fernández	Cuba (CUB)	64.94	-	-	64.94	q
5	A	Robert Harting	Germany (GER)	64.93	63.75	-	64.93	q
6	A	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania (LTU)	64.21	63.57	x	64.21	q
7	B	Märt Israel	Estonia (EST)	63.49	64.19	x	64.19	q
8	A	Vikas Gowda	India (IND)	62.37	63.99	61.85	63.99	q
9	A	Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	62.77	63.50	x	63.50	q
10	A	Benn Harradine	Australia (AUS)	x	63.49	51.86	63.49	q
11	A	Jason Young	United States (USA)	61.75	x	63.14	63.14	q
12	B	Brett Morse	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	60.62	62.38	59.29	62.38	q
13	B	Jan Marcell	Czech Republic (CZE)	60.46	62.29	59.26	62.29
14	A	Jarred Rome	United States (USA)	58.86	62.22	61.00	62.22
15	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary (HUN)	58.14	62.16	x	62.16
16	B	Rutger Smith	Netherlands (NED)	60.17	59.64	62.12	62.12
17	A	Wu Jian	China (CHN)	59.51	62.07	x	62.07
18	A	Jason Morgan	Jamaica (JAM)	58.51	57.56	61.75	61.75
19	B	Martin Wierig	Germany (GER)	x	x	61.68	61.68
20	A	Erik Cadée	Netherlands (NED)	61.03	x	61.62	61.62
21	B	Gerhard Mayer	Austria (AUT)	61.47	55.33	59.60	61.47
22	B	Leif Arrhenius	Sweden (SWE)	61.33	x	x	61.33
23	B	Mohammad Samimi	Iran (IRI)	x	x	61.10	61.10
24	B	Lance Brooks	United States (USA)	60.55	61.01	61.07	61.07
25	B	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey (TUR)	53.34	x	60.86	60.86
26	B	Markus Münch	Germany (GER)	58.27	60.80	60.59	60.80
27	B	Martin Marić	Croatia (CRO)	59.72	x	60.61	60.61
28	A	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden (SWE)	60.57	x	x	60.57
29	B	Carl Myerscough	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	60.29	57.65	59.40	60.29
30	A	Abdul Buhari	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	x	60.21	58.37	60.21
31	A	Roland Varga	Croatia (CRO)	x	59.09	x	59.09
	A	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary (HUN)	x	x	x	NM
	A	Frank Casañas	Spain (ESP)				DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Robert Harting	Germany (GER)	68.49	x	68.10	68.97	66.33	x	68.97
	Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	62.79	66.95	66.13	66.90	x	65.83	66.95
	Ehsan Haddadi	Iran (IRI)	65.29	64.07	x	x	65.50	66.08	66.08	SB
4	Märt Israel	Estonia (EST)	61.87	63.60	64.31	63.73	65.20	x	65.20
5	Benn Harradine	Australia (AUS)	64.43	64.02	62.08	x	64.18	64.77	64.77
6	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania (LTU)	62.75	x	64.09	62.62	x	61.25	64.09
7	Vikas Gowda	India (IND)	60.79	61.51	64.05	62.81	62.16	62.16	64.05
8	Jorge Fernández	Cuba (CUB)	61.05	63.54	63.10	x	60.11	61.77	63.54
9	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	58.28	x	63.37				63.37
10	Jason Young	United States (USA)	62.54	x	63.20				63.20
11	Mario Pestano	Spain (ESP)	62.97	63.00	62.74				63.00
12	Brett Morse	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	60.84	62.69	57.87				62.69

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References

External links

Discus throw results at IAAF website

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Events at the 2011 World Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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