Men's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships | |||||||
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Venue | Luzhniki Stadium | ||||||
Dates | 12 August (qualification) 13 August (final) | ||||||
Competitors | 30 from 25 nations | ||||||
Winning distance | 69.11 m (226 ft 8+3⁄4 in) | ||||||
Medalists | |||||||
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Events at the 2013 World Championships | ||
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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 | |
The men's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–13 August. [1]
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.
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 Małachowski (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 |
A result [3] | B result |
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66.00 | 64.00 |
Date | Time | Round |
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12 August 2013 | 09:40 | Qualification |
13 August 2013 | 19:00 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+4)
KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Qualification: 65.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final. [4]
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | Mark | Notes |
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1 | A | Robert Harting | Germany (GER) | 66.62 | 66.62 | Q | ||
2 | B | Piotr Małachowski | Poland (POL) | 66.00 | 66.00 | Q | ||
3 | A | Gerd Kanter | Estonia (EST) | 65.54 | 65.54 | Q | ||
4 | B | Jorge Fernández | Cuba (CUB) | 64.86 | 64.86 | q | ||
5 | A | Robert Urbanek | Poland (POL) | 62.89 | x | 64.21 | 64.21 | q |
6 | B | Martin Wierig | Germany (GER) | 63.47 | 64.06 | 64.06 | q | |
7 | A | Vikas Gowda | India (IND) | 63.64 | 62.59 | 62.67 | 63.64 | q |
8 | B | Frank Casañas | Spain (ESP) | x | x | 63.17 | 63.17 | q |
9 | B | Victor Butenko | Russia (RUS) | x | 63.07 | x | 63.07 | q |
10 | A | Mario Pestano | Spain (ESP) | 62.80 | 61.79 | 62.15 | 62.80 | q |
11 | B | Julian Wruck | Australia (AUS) | 60.36 | 60.84 | 62.48 | 62.48 | q |
12 | A | Victor Hogan | South Africa (RSA) | x | 62.45 | 61.59 | 62.45 | q |
13 | A | Christoph Harting | Germany (GER) | 62.17 | 62.28 | 60.36 | 62.28 | |
14 | B | Erik Cadée | Netherlands (NED) | 61.75 | 62.14 | x | 62.14 | |
15 | B | Martin Marić | Croatia (CRO) | 61.98 | x | 61.58 | 61.98 | |
16 | B | Virgilijus Alekna | Lithuania (LTU) | 61.91 | 61.56 | 61.27 | 61.91 | |
17 | A | Ercüment Olgundeniz | Turkey (TUR) | 59.55 | 60.81 | x | 60.81 | |
18 | B | Gerhard Mayer | Austria (AUT) | 59.85 | 58.19 | 59.81 | 59.85 | |
19 | A | Apostolos Parellis | Cyprus (CYP) | 59.84 | 56.95 | 59.08 | 59.84 | |
20 | A | Benn Harradine | Australia (AUS) | x | 59.68 | x | 59.68 | |
21 | B | Musab Ibrahim Al-Momani | Jordan (JOR) | 58.20 | 58.84 | 59.38 | 59.38 | |
22 | B | Ronald Julião | Brazil (BRA) | x | 59.36 | 57.77 | 59.36 | |
23 | A | Brett Morse | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | x | 59.23 | 58.60 | 59.23 | |
24 | A | Niklas Arrhenius | Sweden (SWE) | 59.13 | 57.39 | 57.42 | 59.13 | |
25 | A | Lance Brooks | United States (USA) | 59.08 | x | 57.94 | 59.08 | |
26 | A | Danijel Furtula | Montenegro (MNE) | x | 58.28 | 58.26 | 58.28 | |
27 | B | Giovanni Faloci | Italy (ITA) | 57.23 | 55.66 | 57.54 | 57.54 | |
28 | A | Mahmoud Samimi | Iran (IRI) | x | 57.38 | 57.77 | 57.77 | |
29 | B | Alex Rose | Samoa (SAM) | 54.62 | 56.19 | 54.31 | 56.19 | |
30 | B | Sultan Al-Dawoodi | Saudi Arabia (KSA) | 55.94 | 54.08 | x | 55.94 |
The final was started at 19:00. [5]
Rank | Name | Nationality | No. 1 | No. 2 | No. 3 | No. 4 | No. 5 | No. 6 | Mark | Notes |
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Robert Harting | Germany (GER) | 62.16 | 68.13 | x | 69.11 | - | 69.08 | 69.11 | ||
Piotr Małachowski | Poland (POL) | 64.49 | x | 65.09 | 67.18 | 68.36 | 67.21 | 68.36 | ||
Gerd Kanter | Estonia (EST) | 64.90 | 65.19 | x | x | x | x | 65.19 | ||
4 | Martin Wierig | Germany (GER) | x | 63.72 | x | 65.02 | x | 63.42 | 65.02 | |
5 | Victor Hogan | South Africa (RSA) | 64.35 | 62.84 | 60.98 | 61.69 | x | 63.44 | 64.35 | |
6 | Robert Urbanek | Poland (POL) | 63.58 | 62.20 | 64.32 | 64.01 | 62.05 | 62.70 | 64.32 | |
7 | Vikas Gowda | India (IND) | 63.41 | x | 62.20 | 64.03 | 63.67 | 63.64 | 64.03 | |
8 | Victor Butenko | Russia (RUS) | x | 63.38 | x | x | x | x | 63.38 | |
9 | Frank Casañas | Spain (ESP) | 62.40 | 62.89 | 61.26 | 62.89 | ||||
10 | Jorge Fernández | Cuba (CUB) | 62.88 | 62.39 | 62.50 | 62.88 | ||||
11 | Julian Wruck | Australia (AUS) | 60.91 | 61.80 | 62.40 | 62.40 | ||||
12 | Mario Pestano | Spain (ESP) | x | 60.13 | 61.88 | 61.88 |
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