Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Venue Estádio Olímpico João Havelange
Dates12–13 August 2016
Competitors35 from 24 nations
Winning distance68.37
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Christoph Harting
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Piotr Małachowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Bronze medal icon.svg Daniel Jasinski
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
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The men's discus throw competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was held at the Estádio Olímpico João Havelange on 12–13 August. [1] Thirty-five athletes from 24 nations competed. [2] Germany's Christoph Harting succeeded his brother Robert Harting to the Olympic title. "It was the first time in Olympic history, in any sport, that brothers succeeded each other as Olympic champions in the same individual event." [2] It was also the nation's third victory in the event (excluding those won by East and West Germany). Poland's Piotr Małachowski took the silver medal ahead of another German, Daniel Jasinski. Małachowski had also won silver eight years before, making him the 16th man to win multiple medals in the discus throw.

Background

This was the 28th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 2012 Games were gold medalist Robert Harting of Germany, silver medalist Ehsan Haddadi of Iran, bronze medalist (and 2008 gold medalist) Gerd Kanter of Estonia, fifth-place finisher (and 2008 silver medalist) Piotr Małachowski of Poland, seventh-place finisher (and 2008 finalist) Frank Casañas of Spain, eighth-place finisher Vikas Gowda of India, ninth-place finisher Benn Harradine of Australia, and eleventh-place finisher Jorge Fernandez of Cuba. Though injury had affected Robert Harting's 2015 season, he ranked third in the world before the competition. His brother Christoph Harting was one place higher, while the reigning 2015 World Champion Małachowski topped the world seasonal rankings. [3] [2]

Colombia and Kazakhstan each made their debut in the men's discus throw. The United States made its 27th appearance, most of any nation, having missed only the boycotted 1980 Games.

Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 3 qualified athletes in the men's discus throw event if all athletes meet the entry standard during the qualifying period. (The limit of 3 has been in place since the 1930 Olympic Congress.) The qualifying standard was 65.00 metres. The qualifying period was from 1 May 2015 to 11 July 2016. The qualifying distance standards could be obtained in various meets during the given period that have the approval of the IAAF. Only outdoor meets were accepted. NOCs could also use their universality place—each NOC could enter one male athlete regardless of time if they had no male athletes meeting the entry standard for an athletics event—in the discus throw. [4] [5]

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1936, with the qualifying round completely separate from the divided final. In qualifying, each athlete received three attempts; those recording a mark of at least 65.50 metres advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 athletes achieved that distance, the top 12 would advance. The results of the qualifying round were then ignored. Finalists received three throws each, with the top eight competitors receiving an additional three attempts. The best distance among those six throws counted. [2]

Summary

In qualification, Robert Harting could not reach his seasonal peak and was eliminated. Other prominent athletes who failed to progress were 2012 Olympic runner-up Ehsan Haddadi, 2015 World Championship bronze medalist Robert Urbanek and Fedrick Dacres, who was fourth on the world rankings. Only two athletes achieved the automatic qualifying mark: Małachowski headed the field over Lukas Weißhaidinger of Austria. [6]

In the final, Małachowski seized the lead in the opening round with 67.32 m. He had three successive throws over 67 metres while Germany's Christoph Harting and Jasinski held second and third with throws over 66 metres. Those top three positions stood from round 2 through to the penultimate round. In the last round the competitors came to life: Estonia's Martin Kupper threw 66.58 m to take the silver medal position. Jasinski immediately replied with 67.05 m to move into second place himself. Harting, sitting outside the medals at that point, delivered a lifetime best of 68.37 m (224 ft 3 in) with his final throw to take the gold medal. Małachowski could not respond with his last effort and finished with the silver medal, having led for almost the entire competition and holding three of the four best marks of the 2016 Olympics. Harting's win made it the first time in Olympic athletics history that siblings had won successive gold medals. [7]

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Olympic recordFlag of Lithuania.svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)69.89 Athens, Greece 23 August 2004

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition. Christoph Harting's 68.37 metres was the best of 2016 to that point.

Schedule

All times are Brasília Time (UTC−3).

DateTimeRound
Friday, 12 August 201609:30Qualifying
Saturday, 13 August 201610:50Final

Results

Qualifying

Qualification rule: qualification standard 65.50m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q). [8]

RankGroupAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1A Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 64.6965.8965.89 Q
2A Lukas Weißhaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 63.4365.8665.86 Q, SB
3B Christoph Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany X64.4965.4165.41 q
4A Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 59.50X65.1865.18 q, SB
5A Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 62.8664.02X64.02 q
6B Mason Finley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 61.5262.5563.6863.68 q
7B Axel Härstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 63.58XX63.58 q
8B Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 61.6063.3561.7463.35 q
9B Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 59.8363.3461.5763.34 q
10B Martin Kupper Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 61.1562.92X62.92 q
11A Daniel Jasinski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany X62.8361.3062.83 q
12B Philip Milanov Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 62.6862.59X62.68 q
13B Sven Martin Skagestad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 59.6962.45X62.45
14A Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 60.78x62.2662.26
15B Robert Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany XX62.2162.21
16A Andrew Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States X61.87X61.87
17B Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland X61.7661.5361.76
18B Mauricio Ortega Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia X61.62X61.62
19B Matthew Denny Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.7861.16X61.16
20A Benn Harradine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.8260.8555.6860.85
21B Guðni Valur Guðnason Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 53.5160.4559.3760.45
22A Jorge Fernández Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 59.9360.4360.0960.43
23A Mykyta Nesterenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 57.8760.2860.3160.31
24B Ehsan Haddadi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 57.8659.9260.1560.15
25B Frank Casañas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain X57.8159.9659.96
26A Tavis Bailey Flag of the United States.svg  United States X59.8159.2559.81
27A Lois Maikel Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain X59.42X59.42
28B Vikas Gowda Flag of India.svg  India 57.5958.9958.7058.99
29A Alex Rose Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 57.2456.4754.4257.24
30A Mahmoud Samimi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 56.9455.4356.0756.94
31A Yevgeniy Labutov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 55.5454.0254.8255.54
32B Oleksiy Semenov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 54.6954.5955.3555.35
33A Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia X54.0954.8454.84
34A Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica XX50.6950.69
B Danijel Furtula Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro XXXNo mark

Final

RankAthleteNation123456DistanceNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Christoph Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 62.3866.34XX64.7768.3768.37 PB, WL
Silver medal icon.svg Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 67.3267.0667.55X65.5165.3867.55
Bronze medal icon.svg Daniel Jasinski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 65.7765.0166.0864.8363.3167.0567.05
4 Martin Kupper Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 64.47X62.88xX66.5866.58
5 Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 65.1063.0164.4563.73XX65.10
6 Lukas Weißhaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 62.1462.4461.81XX64.9564.95
7 Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 64.50X62.98XXx64.50
8 Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 61.0060.8263.72X63.4962.3763.72
9 Philip Milanov Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 62.22XXDid not advance62.22
10 Axel Härstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 54.7762.12XDid not advance62.12
11 Mason Finley Flag of the United States.svg  United States 60.43X62.05Did not advance62.05
12 Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 60.6658.89XDid not advance60.66

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