Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Date	December 10, 2006 (2006-12-10)
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Ehsan Haddadi    Iran   Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari    Qatar   Sultan Al-Dawoodi    Saudi Arabia

Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games
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
10000 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
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's discus throw competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 10 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Asian Record	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	65.25	Incheon, South Korea	1 September 2005
Games Record	Li Shaojie (CHN)	64.58	Bangkok, Thailand	17 December 1998

Results

Legend

• X — Failure

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	60.16	59.98	56.83	60.32	63.79	X	63.79
	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	58.45	57.11	X	X	59.00	62.11	62.11
	Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA)	58.30	53.38	60.82	59.35	X	54.62	60.82
4	Abbas Samimi (IRI)	56.60	X	X	59.69	57.91	57.30	59.69
5	Wu Tao (CHN)	57.42	X	56.79	58.54	55.47	54.70	58.54
6	Vikas Gowda (IND)	49.96	57.74	57.32	58.05	58.28	56.76	58.28
7	Ahmed Dheeb (QAT)	50.01	55.17	49.69	54.12	X	X	55.17
8	Choi Jong-bum (KOR)	50.81	52.91	54.08	X	X	54.69	54.69
9	Basharat Ali (PAK)	51.70	53.23	51.91				53.23
10	Saad Al-Baqme (KSA)	50.55	52.13	X				52.13
11	Haidar Nasir (IRQ)	X	49.47	51.48				51.48
12	Wansawang Sawasdee (THA)	51.32	X	50.72				51.32

References

• Results