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

Athletics at the
2002 Commonwealth 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
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men
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
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 event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 26–27 July.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Frantz Kruger
 South Africa
Jason Tunks
 Canada
Robert Weir
 England

Results

Qualification

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
14 Eric Koo Wan Siong  Mauritius x x x NM
14 Elvis Smith  Turks and Caicos Islands x x x NM

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st Frantz Kruger  South Africa 65.67 66.39 65.12 64.61 x x 66.39 GR
2nd Jason Tunks  Canada 59.37 62.61 x x 62.61
3rd 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

References

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