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

Men's discus throw at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	October 13, 2002
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Medalists
Wu Tao   China   Abbas Samimi   Iran   Anil Kumar   India

Athletics at the 2002 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
10000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m s'chase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
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

The men's discus throw competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 13 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.

Schedule

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

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 13 October 2002	10:00	Final

Records

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

World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Asian Record	Li Shaojie (CHN)	65.16	Nanjing, China	7 May 1996
Games Record	Li Shaojie (CHN)	64.58	Bangkok, Thailand	17 December 1998

Results

Legend

• X — Failure

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Wu Tao (CHN)	54.14	55.55	X	X	60.76	X	60.76
	Abbas Samimi (IRI)	X	59.55	57.21	X	60.36	60.44	60.44
	Anil Kumar (IND)	X	59.81	57.63	57.86	59.57	X	59.81
4	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	59.15	X	X	58.72	58.30	X	59.15
5	Tulake Nuermaimaiti (CHN)	X	X	53.63	57.88	X	X	57.88
6	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT)	54.56	55.86	57.78	56.20	55.80	56.53	57.78
7	Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA)	X	55.10	X	57.69	X	52.62	57.69
8	Abdullah Al-Shammari (KSA)	55.29	56.87	54.78	X	X	54.64	56.87
9	Shigeo Hatakeyama (JPN)	50.71	52.69	52.44				52.69
10	Choi Jong-bum (KOR)	49.79	51.29	X				51.29

References

• 2002 Asian Games Official Report, Page 142
• Results