Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Date	December 10, 2006
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Ehsan Haddadi   Iran   Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari   Qatar   Sultan Al-Dawoodi   Saudi Arabia

Athletics at the 2006 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 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 10 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 10 December 2006	16:10	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	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	65.25	Incheon, South Korea	1 September 2005
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
	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	60.16	59.98	56.83	60.32	63.79	X	63.79
	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	58.45	57.11	X	X	59.00	62.11	62.11
	Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA)	58.30	53.38	60.82	59.35	X	54.62	60.82
4	Abbas Samimi (IRI)	56.60	X	X	59.69	57.91	57.30	59.69
5	Wu Tao (CHN)	57.42	X	56.79	58.54	55.47	54.70	58.54
6	Vikas Gowda (IND)	49.96	57.74	57.32	58.05	58.28	56.76	58.28
7	Ahmed Dheeb (QAT)	50.01	55.17	49.69	54.12	X	X	55.17
8	Choi Jong-bum (KOR)	50.81	52.91	54.08	X	X	54.69	54.69
9	Basharat Ali (PAK)	51.70	53.23	51.91				53.23
10	Saad Al-Baqme (KSA)	50.55	52.13	X				52.13
11	Haidar Nasir (IRQ)	X	49.47	51.48				51.48
12	Wansawang Sawasdee (THA)	51.32	X	50.72				51.32

References

• Results