2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2003 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 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	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
Silver	Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus (BLR)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Qualification

• Held on Saturday 23 August 2003

RANK	FINAL	GROUP A
1.	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	65.76 m
2.	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	65.19 m
3.	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	65.04 m
4.	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	64.44 m
5.	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	63.21 m
6.	Jason Tunks (CAN)	63.00 m
7.	Mario Pestano (ESP)	62.63 m
8.	Sergiu Ursu (ROU)	61.98 m
9.	Jo Van Daele (BEL)	61.64 m
10.	Casey Malone (USA)	61.50 m
11.	Nick Petrucci (USA)	59.58 m
12.	Lois Maikel Martínez (CUB)	57.87 m
13.	Gerd Kanter (EST)	56.63 m

RANK	FINAL	GROUP B
1.	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	68.29 m
2.	Lars Riedel (GER)	64.51 m
3.	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	63.53 m
4.	Carl Brown (USA)	63.01 m
5.	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	62.46 m
6.	Rutger Smith (NED)	61.55 m
7.	Diego Fortuna (ITA)	61.46 m
8.	Libor Malina (CZE)	61.35 m
9.	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	61.31 m
10.	Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS)	60.21 m
11.	Frank Casañas (CUB)	59.99 m
12.	Chima Ugwu (NGR)	58.13 m
—	Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)	NM
—	Gábor Máté (HUN)	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Throws						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	69.69	X	66.14	68.75	X	X	69.69 m	SB
	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	66.86	69.01	X	64.94	65.63	68.78	69.01 m
	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	66.51	66.15	62.79	63.71	64.72	62.62	66.51 m	SB
4	Lars Riedel (GER)	66.28	63.81	66.28	X	65.51	62.67	66.28 m
5	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	62.27	66.11	65.49	66.23	X	X	66.23 m
6	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	65.26	61.28	65.16	60.83	X	X	65.26 m
7	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	61.15	63.02	X	64.50	60.88	61.86	64.50 m
8	Mario Pestano (ESP)	64.39	63.92	61.97	61.86	63.29	X	64.39 m
9	Carl Brown (USA)	58.11	61.23	62.66				62.66 m
10	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	62.24	62.28	61.21				62.28 m
11	Jason Tunks (CAN)	60.61	60.01	62.21				62.21 m
12	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	58.67	X	61.90				61.90 m

See also

• 2002 European Championships
• 2003 Pan American Games

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-14)