2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the 2013 World Championships
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates12 August (qualification)
13 August (final)
Competitors30 from 25 nations
Winning distance69.11 m (226 ft 8+34 in)
Medalists
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The men's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–13 August. [1]

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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.

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [2]

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986
Championship record Flag of Lithuania.svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)70.17 Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005
World leadingFlag of Poland.svg  Piotr Małachowski  (POL)71.84 Hengelo, Netherlands8 June 2013
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Frantz Kruger  (RSA)70.32 Salon-de-Provence, France26 May 2002
Asian record Flag of Iran.svg  Ehsan Hadadi  (IRI)69.32 Tallinn, Estonia3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Ben Plucknett  (USA)72.34 Stockholm, Sweden7 July 1981
South American record Flag of Argentina.svg  Jorge Balliengo  (ARG)66.32 Rosario, Argentina15 April 2006
European record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Benn Harradine  (AUS)68.20 Townsville, Australia10 May 2013

Qualification standards

A result [3] B result
66.0064.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
12 August 201309:40 Qualification
13 August 201319:00 Final

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Results

KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best

Qualification

Qualification: 65.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final. [4]

RankGroupNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3MarkNotes
1A Robert Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)66.6266.62Q
2B Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)66.0066.00Q
3A Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)65.5465.54Q
4B Jorge Fernández Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)64.8664.86q
5A Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)62.89x64.2164.21q
6B Martin Wierig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)63.4764.0664.06q
7A Vikas Gowda Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)63.6462.5962.6763.64q
8B Frank Casañas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)xx63.1763.17q
9B Victor Butenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)x63.07x63.07q
10A Mario Pestano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)62.8061.7962.1562.80q
11B Julian Wruck Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)60.3660.8462.4862.48q
12A Victor Hogan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)x62.4561.5962.45q
13A Christoph Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)62.1762.2860.3662.28
14B Erik Cadée Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)61.7562.14x62.14
15B Martin Marić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)61.98x61.5861.98
16B Virgilijus Alekna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)61.9161.5661.2761.91
17A Ercüment Olgundeniz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)59.5560.81x60.81
18B Gerhard Mayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)59.8558.1959.8159.85
19A Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)59.8456.9559.0859.84
20A Benn Harradine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)x59.68x59.68
21B Musab Ibrahim Al-Momani Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan  (JOR)58.2058.8459.3859.38
22B Ronald Julião Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)x59.3657.7759.36
23A Brett Morse Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)x59.2358.6059.23
24A Niklas Arrhenius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)59.1357.3957.4259.13
25A Lance Brooks Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)59.08x57.9459.08
26A Danijel Furtula Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro  (MNE)x58.2858.2658.28
27B Giovanni Faloci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)57.2355.6657.5457.54
28A Mahmoud Samimi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)x57.3857.7757.77
29B Alex Rose Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa  (SAM)54.6256.1954.3156.19
30B Sultan Al-Dawoodi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia  (KSA)55.9454.08x55.94

Final

The final was started at 19:00. [5]

RankNameNationalityNo. 1No. 2No. 3No. 4No. 5No. 6MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Robert Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)62.1668.13x69.11-69.0869.11
Silver medal icon.svg Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)64.49x65.0967.1868.3667.2168.36
Bronze medal icon.svg Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)64.9065.19xxxx65.19
4 Martin Wierig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)x63.72x65.02x63.4265.02
5 Victor Hogan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)64.3562.8460.9861.69x63.4464.35
6 Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)63.5862.2064.3264.0162.0562.7064.32
7 Vikas Gowda Flag of India.svg  India  (IND)63.41x62.2064.0363.6763.6464.03
8 Victor Butenko Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)x63.38xxxx63.38
9 Frank Casañas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)62.4062.8961.2662.89
10 Jorge Fernández Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)62.8862.3962.5062.88
11 Julian Wruck Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)60.9161.8062.4062.40
12 Mario Pestano Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)x60.1361.8861.88

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