Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 26–27 July.

Medalists edit

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Frantz Kruger South Africa	Jason Tunks Canada	Robert Weir England

Qualification: 60.00 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	Frantz Kruger	South Africa	66.25			66.25	Q, GR
2	Jason Tunks	Canada	59.87	–	–	59.87	q
3	Glen Smith	England	59.30	–	–	59.30	q
4	Robert Weir	England	59.14	–	–	59.14	q
5	Chima Ugwu	Nigeria	54.41	58.48	–	58.48	q
6	Janus Robberts	South Africa	57.49	x	x	57.49	q
7	Emeka Udechuku	England	55.40	54.41	55.72	55.72	q
8	Kevin Brown	Jamaica	52.09	52.27	54.74	54.74	q
9	Georgios Arestis	Cyprus	x	50.09	53.36	53.36	q
10	Lee Newman	Wales	52.88	52.81	x	52.88	q
11	Petros Mitsides	Cyprus	46.87	x	50.48	50.48	q
12	Ihtsham Ul Haq	Pakistan	47.75	46.09	x	47.75	q
13	Anthony Soalla-Bell	Sierra Leone	x	37.05	44.75	44.75	NR
13	Robert Kidd	Belize	x	30.09	33.93	33.93
	Eric Koo Wan Siong	Mauritius	x	x	x	NM
	Elvis Smith	Turks and Caicos Islands	x	x	x	NM

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Frantz Kruger	South Africa	65.67	66.39	65.12	64.61	x	x	66.39	GR
	Jason Tunks	Canada	59.37	62.61	x	–	x	–	62.61
	Robert Weir	England	57.86	59.24	x	58.05	x	58.42	59.24
4	Chima Ugwu	Nigeria	59.19	x	58.61	x	x	x	59.19
5	Glen Smith	England	57.49	57.52	x	x	x	x	57.52
6	Emeka Udechuku	England	55.15	57.33	x	56.32	55.85	x	57.33
7	Janus Robberts	South Africa	56.98	57.02	x	x	55.50	x	57.02
8	Lee Newman	Wales	53.81	x	x	53.06	52.71	x	53.81
9	Kevin Brown	Jamaica	52.04	52.51	51.59				52.51
10	Petros Mitsides	Cyprus	x	52.36	49.68				52.36
11	Georgios Arestis	Cyprus	48.06	x	51.14				51.14
12	Ihtsham Ul Haq	Pakistan	48.31	x	46.77				48.31