Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw ; at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue	Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates	30 September
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Medalists
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Last updated April 03, 2019

The men's discus throw event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 30 September.

Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games was held in Incheon, South Korea from 27 September to 3 October 2014. A total of 47 events were contested, 24 by men and 23 by women - matching the Olympic athletics programme. The 42 track and field events on the programme were hosted at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, while the road competitions took place around the city's marathon and racewalking course.

The Incheon Stadium, commonly known as the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, is a stadium located in Incheon, South Korea. Completed in July 2014, it is used mostly for athletics meets and was the main venue of the 2014 Asian Games. The stadium has been designed with an initial capacity of roughly 60,000 spectators. After the 2014 Asian Games, capacity was reduced to 30,000 spectators. The stadium has an oval running track enclosing a regulation-size soccer field. Outside, there's a tennis court, a subsidiary stadium, and the 1,415.13㎡ Yeonhui Cricket Ground.

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and lying to the east of the Asian mainland. The name Korea is derived from Goguryeo which was one of the great powers in East Asia during its time, ruling most of the Korean Peninsula, Manchuria, parts of the Russian Far East and Inner Mongolia, under Gwanggaeto the Great. South Korea lies in the north temperate zone and has a predominantly mountainous terrain. It comprises an estimated 51.4 million residents distributed over 100,363 km² (38,750 sq mi). Its capital and largest city is Seoul, with a population of around 10 million.

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 30 September 2014	18:40	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Asian Record	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	69.32	Tallinn, Estonia	3 June 2008
Games Record	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	67.99	Guangzhou, China	24 November 2010

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	56.37	65.11	X	64.89	63.77	64.47	65.11
	Vikas Gowda (IND)	59.52	62.58	60.77	X	X	X	62.58
	Ahmed Dheeb (QAT)	58.43	57.75	X	57.29	59.06	61.25	61.25
4	Mohammad Samimi (IRI)	X	X	60.37	X	X	57.56	60.37
5	Wu Jian (CHN)	54.26	X	56.96	58.82	56.49	58.38	58.82
6	Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA)	57.60	X	X	X	56.83	58.31	58.31
7	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	56.12	56.79	X	56.14	X	X	56.79
8	Wu Tao (CHN)	X	56.67	X	X	55.89	X	56.67
9	Essa Al-Zinkawi (KUW)	55.84	55.58	56.57				56.57
10	Mustafa Kadhim (IRQ)	X	55.21	X				55.21
11	Choi Jong-bum (KOR)	53.40	54.30	54.12				54.30
12	Irfan Shamsuddin (MAS)	50.91	53.86	53.59				53.86
13	Saber Al-Meheiri (UAE)	50.05	X	48.99				50.05
14	Wang Yao-hui (TPE)	X	X	49.14				49.14

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Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games

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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