2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The Men's Discus Throw at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7.

Medalists

GoldLithuania Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
SilverEstonia Gerd Kanter
Estonia (EST)
BronzeGermany Michael Möllenbeck
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
06.08.2005 – 18:20h 06.08.2005 – 19:50h
Final Round
07.08.2005 – 18:40h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Qualifying

Group A

  1. Estonia Gerd Kanter, Estonia 65.76 m Q
  2. Canada Jason Tunks, Canada 64.02 m Q
  3. Germany Michael Möllenbeck, Germany 63.71 m Q
  4. South Africa Frantz Kruger, South Africa 63.44 m q
  5. United States Jarred Rome, United States 62.72 m q
  6. United States Carl Brown, United States 61.91 m
  7. Russia Bogdan Pishchalnikov, Russia 61.91 m
  8. Belgium Jo Van Daele, Belgium 61.12 m
  9. Belarus Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus 61.04 m
  10. Cuba Frank Casañas, Cuba 60.94 m
  11. Argentina Jorge Balliengo, Argentina 60.40 m
  12. Iran Abbas Samimi, Iran 60.25 m
  13. Hungary Gábor Máté, Hungary 58.97 m

Group B

  1. Lithuania Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania 68.79 m Q
  2. Germany Lars Riedel, Germany 66.22 m Q (SB)
  3. Spain Mario Pestano, Spain 65.04 m Q
  4. Poland Andrzej Krawczyk, Poland 64.51 m Q
  5. Hungary Zoltán Kővágó, Hungary 64.30 m Q
  6. United States Ian Waltz, United States 64.30 m Q
  7. Estonia Aleksander Tammert, Estonia 64.02 m Q
  8. Czech Republic Libor Malina, Czech Republic 62.41 m
  9. India Vikas Gowda, India 62.04 m
  10. Hungary Roland Varga, Hungary 61.94 m
  11. China Tao Wu, China 61.75 m
  12. Norway Gaute Myklebust, Norway 60.00 m
  13. Finland Timo Tompuri, Finland 59.11 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st, gold medalist(s) Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)63.9367.9068.1066.75X70.1770.17 m CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Gerd Kanter (EST)X64.6965.1068.5765.5362.6468.57 m
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Michael Möllenbeck (GER)X65.2464.9965.95X—65.95 m
4 Aleksander Tammert (EST)62.2863.5963.1864.1863.5064.8464.84 m
5 Ian Waltz (USA)63.8864.05XX64.2764.0264.27 m
6 Frantz Kruger (RSA)63.1961.4760.9263.6464.23X64.23 m
7 Jarred Rome (USA)64.2261.87X62.6463.68X64.22 m
8 Jason Tunks (CAN)63.3963.77XXXX63.77 m
9 Lars Riedel (GER)63.05X62.4763.05 m
10 Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)62.9462.6859.6162.94 m
11 Mario Pestano (ESP)62.7560.32X62.75 m
12 Andrzej Krawczyk (POL)59.5861.0062.7162.71 m
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