2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold Lithuania Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Silver Hungary Róbert Fazekas
Hungary (HUN)
Bronze Belarus Vasiliy Kaptyukh
Belarus (BLR)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
24.08.2003 – 09:45h 24.08.2003 – 11:35h
Final Round
26.08.2003 – 19:50h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season best

Qualification

  • Held on Saturday 23 August 2003
RANK FINAL GROUP A
1. File:Flag of Belarus.svg Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) 65.76 m
2. File:Flag of Germany.svg Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 65.19 m
3. File:Flag of South Africa.svg Frantz Kruger (RSA) 65.04 m
4. File:Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 64.44 m
5. File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 63.21 m
6. File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Tunks (CAN) 63.00 m
7. File:Flag of Spain.svg Mario Pestano (ESP) 62.63 m
8. File:Flag of Romania.svg Sergiu Ursu (ROU) 61.98 m
9. File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Jo Van Daele (BEL) 61.64 m
10. File:Flag of the United States.svg Casey Malone (USA) 61.50 m
11. File:Flag of the United States.svg Nick Petrucci (USA) 59.58 m
12. File:Flag of Cuba.svg Lois Maikel Martínez (CUB) 57.87 m
13. File:Flag of Estonia.svg Gerd Kanter (EST) 56.63 m


RANK FINAL GROUP B
1. File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 68.29 m
2. File:Flag of Germany.svg Lars Riedel (GER) 64.51 m
3. File:Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksander Tammert (EST) 63.53 m
4. File:Flag of the United States.svg Carl Brown (USA) 63.01 m
5. File:Flag of Belarus.svg Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 62.46 m
6. File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Rutger Smith (NED) 61.55 m
7. File:Flag of Italy.svg Diego Fortuna (ITA) 61.46 m
8. File:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Libor Malina (CZE) 61.35 m
9. File:Flag of Hungary.svg Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 61.31 m
10. File:Flag of Russia.svg Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS) 60.21 m
11. File:Flag of Cuba.svg Frank Casañas (CUB) 59.99 m
12. File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Chima Ugwu (NGR) 58.13 m
File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR) NM
File:Flag of Hungary.svg Gábor Máté (HUN) NM

Final

Rank Athlete Throws Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) File:Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 69.69 X 66.14 68.75 X X 69.69 m SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Fazekas (HUN) 66.86 69.01 X 64.94 65.63 68.78 69.01 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of Belarus.svg Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) 66.51 66.15 62.79 63.71 64.72 62.62 66.51 m SB
4 File:Flag of Germany.svg Lars Riedel (GER) 66.28 63.81 66.28 X 65.51 62.67 66.28 m
5 File:Flag of Germany.svg Michael Möllenbeck (GER) 62.27 66.11 65.49 66.23 X X 66.23 m
6 File:Flag of South Africa.svg Frantz Kruger (RSA) 65.26 61.28 65.16 60.83 X X 65.26 m
7 File:Flag of Estonia.svg Aleksander Tammert (EST) 61.15 63.02 X 64.50 60.88 61.86 64.50 m
8 File:Flag of Spain.svg Mario Pestano (ESP) 64.39 63.92 61.97 61.86 63.29 X 64.39 m
9 File:Flag of the United States.svg Carl Brown (USA) 58.11 61.23 62.66 62.66 m
10 File:Flag of Russia.svg Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) 62.24 62.28 61.21 62.28 m
11 File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jason Tunks (CAN) 60.61 60.01 62.21 62.21 m
12 File:Flag of Belarus.svg Leonid Cherevko (BLR) 58.67 X 61.90 61.90 m

See also

References