Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics – Men's discus throw F53–54

Men's Discus F53/54 at the XIII Paralympic Games
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Dates	14 September
Competitors	9 from 8 nations
Winning distance	31.08
Medalists
Fan Liang  China Draženko Mitrović  Serbia Toshie Oi  Japan

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
F51
Discus throw		men		women
Club throw		men
T52/F52
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
Marathon		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T53/F53
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
T54/F54
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1,500 m		men		women
5,000 m		men		women
Marathon		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F55/F56
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
F57/F58
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Relay event
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men

The men's discus F53/54 event at the 2008 Summer Paralympics took place at the Beijing National Stadium on 14 September. There was a single round of competition; after the first three throws, only the top eight had 3 further throws. The competition was won by Fan Liang, representing  China.

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Class	1	2	3	4	5	6	Best	Points	Notes
	Fan Liang	China	F54	30.52	31.08	x	-	-	-	31.08	1130	WR
	Draženko Mitrović	Serbia	F54	28.09	28.87	28.69	27.73	28.80	29.09	29.09	1058	SB
	Toshie Oi	Japan	F53	x	24.22	26.21	22.96	25.15	x	26.21	1032	PR
4	Alphanso Cunningham	Jamaica	F53	25.90	25.52	24.37	23.84	25.15	25.90	25.90	1020	SB
5	Efthymios Kalaras	Greece	F54	26.91	27.98	26.87	27.15	26.94	22.03	27.98	1017
6	Germano Bernardi	Italy	F54	25.10	25.78	24.90	24.25	24.61	23.42	25.78	937	SB
7	Scot Severn	United States	F53	22.42	23.71	21.29	19.73	21.84	22.58	23.71	934	SB
8	Jovica Brkic	Serbia	F54	24.02	24.49	24.57	23.23	24.32	24.34	24.57	893
9	Georg Tischler	Austria	F54	21.70	20.25	21.10	-	-	-	21.70	789

WR = World Record. PR = Paralympic Record. SB = Seasonal Best.

References

• "Men's Discus - F53/54 Results" (PDF). Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2012.