Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Date	16 August 2008 (qualification) 19 August 2008 (final)
Competitors	37 from 29 nations
Winning distance	68.82
Medalists
Gerd Kanter   Estonia   Piotr Małachowski   Poland   Virgilijus Alekna   Lithuania

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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		women
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
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's discus throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium.^[1]

The qualifying standards were 64.50 m (211.61 ft) (A standard) and 62.50 m (205.05 ft) (B standard).^[2]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 16 August 2008	10:40	Qualifications
Tuesday, 19 August 2008	21:00	Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Olympic record	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	69.89 m	Athens, Greece	23 August 2004

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 64.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	65.94			65.94	Q
2	A	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	65.84			65.84	Q
3	B	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	64.09	65.65		65.65	Q
4	B	Frank Casañas	Spain	x	x	64.99	64.99	Q
5	B	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	59.65	64.66		64.66	Q
6	A	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Russia	62.68	63.93	64.60	64.60	Q
7	A	Mario Pestano	Spain	64.42	61.16	x	64.42	q
8	A	Robert Harting	Germany	64.19	x	x	64.19	q
9	B	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari	Qatar	63.83	63.72	61.60	63.83	q
10	A	Aleksander Tammert	Estonia	57.79	61.57	63.10	63.10	q
11	A	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	x	61.61	62.64	62.64	q
12	B	Frantz Kruger	Finland	x	58.60	62.48	62.48	q
13	A	Gabor Mate	Hungary	x	55.15	62.44	62.44
14	B	Märt Israel	Estonia	61.98	59.78	61.63	61.98
15	A	Dzmitry Sivakou	Belarus	59.64	x	61.75	61.75
16	A	Michael Robertson	United States	60.97	61.64	x	61.64
17	B	Ehsan Haddadi	Iran	61.08	x	61.34	61.34
18	B	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	61.32	x	58.13	61.32
19	A	Casey Malone	United States	59.48	x	61.26	61.26
20	B	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	58.99	60.83	x	60.83
21	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	60.79	59.46	60.44	60.79
22	B	Vikas Gowda	India	59.58	x	60.69	60.69
23	A	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	Egypt	59.71	58.95	60.24	60.24
24	A	Oleksiy Semenov	Ukraine	57.84	60.18	59.41	60.18
25	B	Ian Waltz	United States	60.02	x	x	60.02
26	A	Abbas Samimi	Iran	58.01	59.92	58.85	59.92
27	A	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	x	59.60	59.58	59.60
28	A	Jan Marcell	Czech Republic	59.52	x	56.31	59.52
29	B	Martin Marić	Croatia	59.25	x	59.09	59.25
30	B	Jorge Balliengo	Argentina	58.71	58.82	x	58.82
31	A	Benn Harradine	Australia	58.55	57.50	57.91	58.55
32	B	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	56.64	58.22	56.77	58.22
33	B	Hannes Kirchler	Italy	x	x	56.44	56.44
34	A	Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi	Saudi Arabia	56.29	55.54	56.24	56.29
35	A	Vadim Hranovschi	Moldova	56.19	x	55.78	56.19
36	B	Haidar Nasser Shaheed	Iraq	54.19	x	x	54.19
37	B	Eric Matthias	British Virgin Islands	47.87	50.87	53.11	53.11

WR world record | AR area record | CR championship record | GR games record | NR national record | OR Olympic record | PB personal best | SB season best | WL world leading (in a given season)

DNF = did not finish | DNS = did not start | DQ = disqualification | NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) | Q = qualification by place in heat | q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes[3]
	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	63.44	66.38	62.75	68.82	x	65.98	68.82
	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	66.45	67.82	66.98	63.91	65.78	x	67.82
	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	x	65.77	64.42	67.79	x	67.18	67.79
4	Robert Harting	Germany	65.58	64.84	67.09	x		66.51	67.09
5	Frank Casañas	Spain	59.54	62.16	64.46	64.11	64.97	66.49	66.49
6	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Russia	64.09	64.25	61.13	65.88	x	x	65.88	PB
7	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	64.61	65.31	64.36	64.25	x	65.39	65.39
8	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	62.25	63.43	62.49	x	x	59.34	63.43
9	Mario Pestano	Spain	60.46	62.84	63.42				63.42
10	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari	Qatar	59.62	x	62.55				62.55
11	Frantz Kruger	Finland	61.98	61.80	60.71				61.98
12	Aleksander Tammert	Estonia	x	61.32	61.38				61.38

References

1. "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
2. "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
3. http://www.iaaf.org/oly08/results/eventCode=3659/racedate=08-19-2008/sex=M/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#det Retrieved 2008-08-19.