Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The event was held at the Olympic Stadium on 6–7 August.[1] Each athlete receives three throws in the qualifying round. All who achieve the qualifying distance progress to the final. If less than twelve athletes achieve this mark, then the twelve furthest throwing athletes reach the final. Each finalist is allowed three throws in last round, with the top eight athletes after that point being given three further attempts.[2]
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Date | 6–7 August | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 68.27 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Six made the automatic qualifier to the finals, Ehsan Haddadi, Jorge Fernandez and Robert Harting on their first attempt. The top qualifier was defending champion Gerd Kanter, but it took him three throws to get a distance that would qualify. The #10 qualifier was two-time champion Virgilijus Alekna.
In the final, most improved their distances by several meters. Alekna launched a 67.38 on the third throw of the competition. Four throws later, Haddadi took the lead with a 68.18, with Harting moving into second place with 67.79. That was the situation through the first four rounds. Kanter made minor improvements, but was out of the medals until his fifth throw of 68.03, knocking Alekna out of his fourth straight medal. Two throws later, Harting launched the winner, going just 9 cm beyond Haddadi with a 68.27.[3] The 2.01m, 130 kg. Harting celebrated his medal on his victory lap skillfully jumping over the row of women's hurdles already on the track and doing a Hulk Hogan shirt rip.[4]
Schedule
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Date | Time | Round |
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Monday, 6 August 2012 | 10:00 | Qualifications |
Tuesday, 7 August 2012 | 19:45 | Finals |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 74.08 m | Neubrandenburg, East Germany | 6 June 1986 | |
Olympic record | 69.89 m | Athens, Greece | 23 August 2004 | |
2012 World leading | 70.66 m | Turnov, Czech Republic | 22 May 2012 |
Results
Qualification
Qual. rule: qualification standard 65.00m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).
Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
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1 | B | Gerd Kanter | X | 59.72 | 66.39 | 66.39 | Q | |
2 | B | Robert Harting | 66.22 | - | - | 66.22 | Q | |
3 | B | Jorge Fernandez | 65.34 | - | - | 65.34 | Q | |
4 | B | Lawrence Okoye | X | 63.00 | 65.28 | 65.28 | Q | |
5 | A | Vikas Gowda | 63.52 | 65.20 | - | 65.20 | Q | |
6 | A | Ehsan Haddadi | 65.19 | - | - | 65.19 | Q | |
7 | A | Piotr Małachowski | 62.08 | 64.65 | 63.96 | 64.65 | q | |
8 | B | Martin Wierig | 64.13 | 62.66 | X | 64.13 | q | |
9 | B | Benn Harradine | 64.00 | X | 61.39 | 64.00 | q | |
10 | A | Virgilijus Alekna | 62.32 | 63.88 | X | 63.88 | q | |
11 | A | Frank Casañas | X | 63.76 | 60.21 | 63.76 | q | |
12 | A | Erik Cadée | 63.55 | X | X | 63.55 | q | |
13 | A | Apostolos Parellis | 63.48 | 62.49 | 62.54 | 63.48 | ||
14 | B | Mario Pestano | 63.40 | 63.36 | X | 63.40 | ||
15 | B | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | 61.69 | X | 63.15 | 63.15 | ||
16 | B | Rutger Smith | 63.00 | 62.70 | 63.09 | 63.09 | ||
17 | B | Martin Marić | 61.04 | 62.83 | 62.87 | 62.87 | ||
18 | A | Jason Young | 62.18 | X | X | 62.18 | ||
19 | A | Scott Martin | 58.15 | 57.67 | 62.14 | 62.14 | ||
20 | B | Traves Smikle | X | 59.59 | 61.85 | 61.85 | ||
21 | B | Lance Brooks | 61.17 | 60.59 | 59.25 | 61.17 | ||
22 | B | Przemyslaw Czajkowski | 58.73 | X | 61.08 | 61.08 | ||
23 | A | Ercüment Olgundeniz | X | X | 60.87 | 60.87 | ||
24 | B | Gerhard Mayer | 59.40 | 60.81 | 60.27 | 60.81 | ||
25 | A | Märt Israel | 59.60 | X | 60.34 | 60.34 | ||
26 | B | Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly | 60.16 | 60.26 | 58.89 | 60.26 | ||
27 | A | Aleksander Tammert | 57.00 | 60.20 | 59.78 | 60.20 | ||
28 | A | Julian Wruck | 58.01 | 60.08 | 59.64 | 60.08 | ||
29 | B | Abdul Buhari | 54.20 | 55.78 | 60.08 | 60.08 | ||
30 | A | Markus Münch | 59.95 | 59.34 | X | 59.95 | ||
31 | B | Jarred Rome | X | X | 59.57 | 59.57 | ||
32 | A | Robert Urbanek | 59.56 | X | X | 59.56 | ||
33 | B | Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi | 55.48 | 55.80 | 59.54 | 59.54 | ||
34 | B | Mykyta Nesterenko | X | 58.22 | 59.17 | 59.17 | ||
35 | A | Brett Morse | X | 58.18 | X | 58.18 | ||
36 | A | Roland Varga | 57.76 | 58.17 | 57.79 | 58.17 | ||
37 | A | Germán Lauro | X | 55.23 | 57.54 | 57.54 | ||
38 | B | Danijel Furtula | 57.48 | X | X | 57.48 | ||
39 | A | Jason Morgan | 56.25 | 56.72 | 57.46 | 57.46 | ||
40 | A | Yunio Lastre | X | X | 57.33 | 57.33 | ||
41 | B | Ronald Julião | X | 56.20 | X | 56.20 |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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Robert Harting | 67.79 | X | 67.27 | 66.45 | 68.27 | 67.08 | 68.27 | |||
Ehsan Haddadi | 68.18 | 64.09 | 67.28 | 66.98 | X | X | 68.18 | |||
Gerd Kanter | 65.07 | 65.79 | 66.02 | 65.96 | 68.03 | 66.99 | 68.03 | SB | ||
4 | Virgilijus Alekna | 67.38 | X | X | 66.07 | X | X | 67.38 | ||
5 | Piotr Małachowski | 62.50 | 66.92 | X | 67.19 | X | X | 67.19 | ||
6 | Martin Wierig | 63.34 | 63.98 | X | 65.85 | 64.79 | 65.12 | 65.85 | ||
7 | Frank Casañas | 65.56 | X | X | 64.92 | 65.48 | 63.16 | 65.56 | ||
8 | Vikas Gowda | 64.79 | 60.95 | 63.03 | 64.15 | 64.48 | 63.89 | 64.79 | ||
9 | Benn Harradine | 58.24 | 63.16 | 63.59 | 63.59 | |||||
10 | Erik Cadée | 62.40 | 62.77 | 62.78 | 62.78 | |||||
11 | Jorge Fernandez | X | 60.04 | 62.02 | 62.02 | |||||
12 | Lawrence Okoye | 61.03 | X | 60.11 | 61.03 | |||||
References
- Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- "Men's Discus throw competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/OLY12/Results/ResultsByDate.aspx?racedate=08-07-2012/sex=M/discCode=DT/combCode=hash/roundCode=f/results.html#detM_DT_hash_f
- http://www.inquisitr.com/296489/robert-harting-diagnosed-with-hulkmania-rips-off-shirt-during-olympic-celebration-video/