The men's discus throw event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 29 and 30.

Defending champion Robert Harting was a clear winner, with three throws better than silver medalist Gerd Kanter.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeRobert HartingGerd KanterEhsan Haddadi

Records World record74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Championship record70.14Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005World leading69.50Budapest, Hungary30 July 2011African record70.32Salon-de-Provence, France26 May 2002Asian record69.32Tallinn, Estonia3 June 2008North, Central American and Caribbean record71.32Eugene, OR, United States4 June 1983South American record66.32Rosario, Argentina15 April 2006European record74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Oceanian record66.45Split, Croatia5 September 2010

Qualification standards A standardB standard 65.00 m 63.00 m

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 29, 2011 10:10 QualificationAugust 30, 2011 19:55 Final

Results

Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 B Piotr Małachowski 64.22 65.48 65.48 q 2 A Ehsan Haddadi 65.21 64.74 65.21 q 3 B Mario Pestano 65.13 65.13 q 4 B Jorge Fernández 64.94 64.94 q 5 A Robert Harting 64.93 63.75 64.93 q 6 A Virgilijus Alekna 64.21 63.57 64.21 q 7 B Märt Israel 63.49 64.19 64.19 q 8 A Vikas Gowda 62.37 63.99 61.85 63.99 q 9 A Gerd Kanter 62.77 63.50 63.50 q 10 A Benn Harradine 63.49 51.86 63.49 q 11 A Jason Young 61.75 63.14 63.14 q 12 B Brett Morse 60.62 62.38 59.29 62.38 q 13 B Jan Marcell 60.46 62.29 59.26 62.29 14 A Jarred Rome 58.86 62.22 61.00 62.22 15 B Zoltán Kővágó 58.14 62.16 62.16 16 B Rutger Smith 60.17 59.64 62.12 62.12 17 A Wu Jian 59.51 62.07 62.07 18 A Jason Morgan 58.51 57.56 61.75 61.75 19 B Martin Wierig 61.68 61.68 20 A Erik Cadée 61.03 61.62 61.62 21 B Gerhard Mayer 61.47 55.33 59.60 61.47 22 B Leif Arrhenius 61.33 61.33 23 B Mohammad Samimi 61.10 61.10 24 B Lance Brooks 60.55 61.01 61.07 61.07 25 B Ercüment Olgundeniz 53.34 60.86 60.86 26 B Markus Münch 58.27 60.80 60.59 60.80 27 B Martin Marić 59.72 60.61 60.61 28 A Niklas Arrhenius 60.57 60.57 29 B Carl Myerscough 60.29 57.65 59.40 60.29 30 A Abdul Buhari 60.21 58.37 60.21 31 A Roland Varga 59.09 59.09 A Róbert Fazekas A Frank Casañas

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Robert Harting 68.49 68.10 68.97 66.33 68.97 Gerd Kanter 62.79 66.95 66.13 66.90 65.83 66.95 Ehsan Haddadi 65.29 64.07 65.50 66.08 66.08 SB Märt Israel 61.87 63.60 64.31 63.73 65.20 65.20 Benn Harradine 64.43 64.02 62.08 64.18 64.77 64.77 Virgilijus Alekna 62.75 64.09 62.62 61.25 64.09 Vikas Gowda 60.79 61.51 64.05 62.81 62.16 62.16 64.05 Jorge Fernández 61.05 63.54 63.10 60.11 61.77 63.54 Piotr Małachowski 58.28 63.37 63.37 10Jason Young 62.54 63.20 63.20 11Mario Pestano 62.97 63.00 62.74 63.00 12Brett Morse 60.84 62.69 57.87 62.69

References

External links Discus throw results at IAAF website