Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw; at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Venue	Beijing National Stadium
Date	16 August 2008 (qualification); 19 August 2008 (final)
Competitors	37 from 29 nations
Winning distance	68.82
Medalists

The men's discus throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium.[1]

The qualifying standards were 64.50 m (211.61 ft) (A standard) and 62.50 m (205.05 ft) (B standard).[2]

Schedule

All times are China standard time (UTC+8)

Date	Time	Round
Saturday, 16 August 2008	10:40	Qualifications
Tuesday, 19 August 2008	21:00	Finals

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Olympic record	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	69.89 m	Athens, Greece	23 August 2004

Results

Qualifying round

Qualification: 64.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	65.94			65.94	Q
2	A	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	65.84			65.84	Q
3	B	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	64.09	65.65		65.65	Q
4	B	Frank Casañas	Spain	x	x	64.99	64.99	Q
5	B	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	59.65	64.66		64.66	Q
6	A	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Russia	62.68	63.93	64.60	64.60	Q
7	A	Mario Pestano	Spain	64.42	61.16	x	64.42	q
8	A	Robert Harting	Germany	64.19	x	x	64.19	q
9	B	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari	Qatar	63.83	63.72	61.60	63.83	q
10	A	Aleksander Tammert	Estonia	57.79	61.57	63.10	63.10	q
11	A	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	x	61.61	62.64	62.64	q
12	B	Frantz Kruger	Finland	x	58.60	62.48	62.48	q
13	A	Gabor Mate	Hungary	x	55.15	62.44	62.44
14	B	Märt Israel	Estonia	61.98	59.78	61.63	61.98
15	A	Dzmitry Sivakou	Belarus	59.64	x	61.75	61.75
16	A	Michael Robertson	United States	60.97	61.64	x	61.64
17	B	Ehsan Haddadi	Iran	61.08	x	61.34	61.34
18	B	Gerhard Mayer	Austria	61.32	x	58.13	61.32
19	A	Casey Malone	United States	59.48	x	61.26	61.26
20	B	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey	58.99	60.83	x	60.83
21	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary	60.79	59.46	60.44	60.79
22	B	Vikas Gowda	India	59.58	x	60.69	60.69
23	A	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	Egypt	59.71	58.95	60.24	60.24
24	A	Oleksiy Semenov	Ukraine	57.84	60.18	59.41	60.18
25	B	Ian Waltz	United States	60.02	x	x	60.02
26	A	Abbas Samimi	Iran	58.01	59.92	58.85	59.92
27	A	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	x	59.60	59.58	59.60
28	A	Jan Marcell	Czech Republic	59.52	x	56.31	59.52
29	B	Martin Marić	Croatia	59.25	x	59.09	59.25
30	B	Jorge Balliengo	Argentina	58.71	58.82	x	58.82
31	A	Benn Harradine	Australia	58.55	57.50	57.91	58.55
32	B	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden	56.64	58.22	56.77	58.22
33	B	Hannes Kirchler	Italy	x	x	56.44	56.44
34	A	Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi	Saudi Arabia	56.29	55.54	56.24	56.29
35	A	Vadim Hranovschi	Moldova	56.19	x	55.78	56.19
36	B	Haidar Nasser Shaheed	Iraq	54.19	x	x	54.19
37	B	Eric Matthias	British Virgin Islands	47.87	50.87	53.11	53.11

WR world record \| AR area record \| CR championship record \| GR games record \| NR national record \| OR Olympic record \| PB personal best \| SB season best \| WL world leading (in a given season)
DNF = did not finish \| DNS = did not start \| DQ = disqualification \| NM = no mark (i.e. no valid result) \| Q = qualification by place in heat \| q = qualification by overall place

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes[3]
	Gerd Kanter	Estonia	63.44	66.38	62.75	68.82	x	65.98	68.82
	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	66.45	67.82	66.98	63.91	65.78	x	67.82
	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania	x	65.77	64.42	67.79	x	67.18	67.79
4	Robert Harting	Germany	65.58	64.84	67.09	x		66.51	67.09
5	Frank Casañas	Spain	59.54	62.16	64.46	64.11	64.97	66.49	66.49
6	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Russia	64.09	64.25	61.13	65.88	x	x	65.88	PB
7	Rutger Smith	Netherlands	64.61	65.31	64.36	64.25	x	65.39	65.39
8	Róbert Fazekas	Hungary	62.25	63.43	62.49	x	x	59.34	63.43

9	Mario Pestano	Spain	60.46	62.84	63.42				63.42
10	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari	Qatar	59.62	x	62.55				62.55
11	Frantz Kruger	Finland	61.98	61.80	60.71				61.98
12	Aleksander Tammert	Estonia	x	61.32	61.38				61.38

References

"Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
"Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 2008-08-19.

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[1] "Olympic Athletics Competition Schedule". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

[2] "Entry Standards - The XXIX Olympic Games - Beijing, China - 8/24 August 2008". IAAF. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-04.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Retrieved 2008-08-19.

Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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	women
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
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

Discus throw at the Olympic Games
Summary
Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
See also: 1912 Men's two handed discus throw