2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2001 World Championships
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

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 8 August 2001. The qualification mark was set at 65.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Lars Riedel Germany (GER)
Silver	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze	Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	June 6, 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record	Anthony Washington (USA)	69.08 m	August 24, 1999	Seville, Spain
Season Best	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	70.99 m	March 30, 2001	Stellenbosch, South Africa

Startlist

Order	№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	945	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	69.96	69.96
2	484	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	67.17	67.44
3	863	Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR)	62.41	63.64
4	745	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	65.25	70.06
5	1142	Andy Bloom (USA)	66.17	68.46
6	186	Jason Tunks (CAN)	67.70	67.88
7	541	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	66.93	66.93
8	1164	John Godina (USA)	67.66	69.91
9	25	Marcelo Pugliese (ARG)	62.91	64.20
10	444	Robert Weir (GBR)	63.03	65.08
11	89	Jo Van Daele (BEL)	64.24	64.24
12	363	Timo Tompuri (FIN)	69.62	69.62
13	109	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	66.00	67.59
GROUP B
1	486	Lars Riedel (GER)	68.26	71.50
2	1017	Igor Primc (SLO)	62.74	64.79
3	990	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	66.48	67.30
4	743	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	70.99	73.88
5	538	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	68.09	68.09
6	925	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	62.77	62.77
7	1201	Adam Setliff (USA)	66.85	68.51
8	933	Ionel Oprea (ROM)	63.64	63.64
9	329	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	67.10	67.41
10	544	Roland Varga (HUN)	64.44	65.39
11	106	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	64.41	69.28
12	314	Mario Pestano (ESP)	67.92	67.92
13	481	Michael Lischka (GER)	65.04	65.04

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	65.71	—	—	65.71 m
2	4	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	63.91	64.79	64.59	64.79 m
3	6	Jason Tunks (CAN)	X	64.34	63.14	64.34 m
4	8	Timo Tompuri (FIN)	61.33	58.70	63.34	63.34 m
5	10	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	X	61.13	62.54	62.54 m
6	12	Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR)	60.86	61.85	58.38	61.85 m
7	14	Romas Ubartas (LTU)	58.44	61.49	X	61.49 m
8	15	Robert Weir (GBR)	61.05	X	X	61.05 m
9	17	Jo Van Daele (BEL)	57.92	X	60.19	60.19 m
10	20	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	48.26	X	58.42	58.42 m
11	21	John Godina (USA)	X	57.19	X	57.19 m
12	23	Andy Bloom (USA)	56.32	X	X	56.32 m
13	25	Marcelo Pugliese (ARG)	X	54.06	52.75	54.06 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Lars Riedel (GER)	68.26	—	—	68.26 m	SB
2	3	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	65.22	—	—	65.22 m
3	5	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	64.55	—	—	64.55 m
4	7	Roland Varga (HUN)	63.52	61.48	63.49	63.52 m
5	9	Igor Primc (SLO)	X	62.60	56.57	62.60 m
6	11	Adam Setliff (USA)	62.25	X	58.16	62.25 m
7	13	Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)	61.73	X	59.42	61.73 m
8	16	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	60.87	X	61.04	61.04 m
9	18	Ionel Oprea (ROM)	60.18	58.57	60.16	60.18 m
10	19	Michael Lischka (GER)	58.36	59.94	57.16	59.94 m
11	22	Mario Pestano (ESP)	55.99	X	56.58	56.58 m
12	24	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	X	X	54.48	54.48 m
13	26	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	X	X	53.73	53.73 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Lars Riedel (GER)	65.41	67.10	66.74	69.50	69.72	68.36	69.72 m	CR
	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	67.65	X	69.40	X	67.28	X	69.40 m
	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	67.61	X	65.76	66.60	65.30	64.48	67.61 m	PB
4	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	63.21	X	66.68	67.16	67.57	65.95	67.57 m	PB
5	Adam Setliff (USA)	66.55	66.49	X	X	X	X	66.55 m
6	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	62.88	65.98	62.93	66.08	66.25	65.08	66.25 m	SB
7	Roland Varga (HUN)	X	58.66	65.86	62.37	64.80	X	65.86 m	PB
8	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	63.61	64.89	X	65.27	62.24	X	65.27 m
9	Jason Tunks (CAN)	63.79	X	X				63.79 m
10	Timo Tompuri (FIN)	62.82	59.42	X				62.82 m
11	Igor Primc (SLO)	62.36	X	62.26				62.36 m
12	Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR)	X	58.60	59.11				59.11 m

See also

• 2002 European Championships

References

• Results
• IAAF