2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003.

Medalists edit

Gold   Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Silver   Róbert Fazekas
Hungary (HUN)
Bronze   Vasiliy Kaptyukh
Belarus (BLR)

Schedule edit

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
24.08.2003 – 09:45h 24.08.2003 – 11:35h
Final Round
26.08.2003 – 19:50h

Abbreviations edit

  • 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

Qualification edit

  • Held on Saturday 23 August 2003
RANK FINAL GROUP A
1.   Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) 65.76 m
2.   Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 65.19 m
3.   Frantz Kruger (RSA) 65.04 m
4.   Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 64.44 m
5.   Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 63.21 m
6.   Jason Tunks (CAN) 63.00 m
7.   Mario Pestano (ESP) 62.63 m
8.   Sergiu Ursu (ROU) 61.98 m
9.   Jo Van Daele (BEL) 61.64 m
10.   Casey Malone (USA) 61.50 m
11.   Nick Petrucci (USA) 59.58 m
12.   Lois Maikel Martínez (CUB) 57.87 m
13.   Gerd Kanter (EST) 56.63 m


RANK FINAL GROUP B
1.   Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 68.29 m
2.   Lars Riedel (GER) 64.51 m
3.   Aleksander Tammert (EST) 63.53 m
4.   Carl Brown (USA) 63.01 m
5.   Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 62.46 m
6.   Rutger Smith (NED) 61.55 m
7.   Diego Fortuna (ITA) 61.46 m
8.   Libor Malina (CZE) 61.35 m
9.   Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 61.31 m
10.   Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) 60.21 m
11.   Frank Casañas (CUB) 59.99 m
12.   Chima Ugwu (NGR) 58.13 m
  Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) NM
  Gábor Máté (HUN) NM

Final edit

Rank Athlete Throws Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 69.69 X 66.14 68.75 X X 69.69 m SB
    Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 66.86 69.01 X 64.94 65.63 68.78 69.01 m
    Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) 66.51 66.15 62.79 63.71 64.72 62.62 66.51 m SB
4   Lars Riedel (GER) 66.28 63.81 66.28 X 65.51 62.67 66.28 m
5   Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 62.27 66.11 65.49 66.23 X X 66.23 m
6   Frantz Kruger (RSA) 65.26 61.28 65.16 60.83 X X 65.26 m
7   Aleksander Tammert (EST) 61.15 63.02 X 64.50 60.88 61.86 64.50 m
8   Mario Pestano (ESP) 64.39 63.92 61.97 61.86 63.29 X 64.39 m
9   Carl Brown (USA) 58.11 61.23 62.66 62.66 m
10   Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 62.24 62.28 61.21 62.28 m
11   Jason Tunks (CAN) 60.61 60.01 62.21 62.21 m
12   Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 58.67 X 61.90 61.90 m

See also edit

References edit