2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2005 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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The Men's Discus Throw at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7.

Medalists

Gold	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
Silver	Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST)
Bronze	Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
06.08.2005 – 18:20h	06.08.2005 – 19:50h
Final Round
07.08.2005 – 18:40h

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Qualifying

Group A

1. Gerd Kanter, Estonia 65.76 m Q
2. Jason Tunks, Canada 64.02 m Q
3. Michael Möllenbeck, Germany 63.71 m Q
4. Frantz Kruger, South Africa 63.44 m q
5. Jarred Rome, United States 62.72 m q
6. Carl Brown, United States 61.91 m
7. Bogdan Pishchalnikov, Russia 61.91 m
8. Jo Van Daele, Belgium 61.12 m
9. Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus 61.04 m
10. Frank Casañas, Cuba 60.94 m
11. Jorge Balliengo, Argentina 60.40 m
12. Abbas Samimi, Iran 60.25 m
13. Gábor Máté, Hungary 58.97 m

• Rutger Smith, Netherlands DNS

Group B

1. Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania 68.79 m Q
2. Lars Riedel, Germany 66.22 m Q (SB)
3. Mario Pestano, Spain 65.04 m Q
4. Andrzej Krawczyk, Poland 64.51 m Q
5. Zoltán Kővágó, Hungary 64.30 m Q
6. Ian Waltz, United States 64.30 m Q
7. Aleksander Tammert, Estonia 64.02 m Q
8. Libor Malina, Czech Republic 62.41 m
9. Vikas Gowda, India 62.04 m
10. Roland Varga, Hungary 61.94 m
11. Tao Wu, China 61.75 m
12. Gaute Myklebust, Norway 60.00 m
13. Timo Tompuri, Finland 59.11 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	63.93	67.90	68.10	66.75	X	70.17	70.17 m	CR
	Gerd Kanter (EST)	X	64.69	65.10	68.57	65.53	62.64	68.57 m
	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	X	65.24	64.99	65.95	X	—	65.95 m
4	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	62.28	63.59	63.18	64.18	63.50	64.84	64.84 m
5	Ian Waltz (USA)	63.88	64.05	X	X	64.27	64.02	64.27 m
6	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	63.19	61.47	60.92	63.64	64.23	X	64.23 m
7	Jarred Rome (USA)	64.22	61.87	X	62.64	63.68	X	64.22 m
8	Jason Tunks (CAN)	63.39	63.77	X	X	X	X	63.77 m
9	Lars Riedel (GER)	63.05	X	62.47				63.05 m
10	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	62.94	62.68	59.61				62.94 m
11	Mario Pestano (ESP)	62.75	60.32	X				62.75 m
12	Andrzej Krawczyk (POL)	59.58	61.00	62.71				62.71 m

External links

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final