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2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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Events at the
2005 World Championships
Track events
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200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
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10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase
menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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

Gold Lithuania Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Silver Estonia Gerd Kanter
Estonia (EST)
Bronze Germany 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
Q automatic qualification
q qualification by rank
DNS did not start
NM no mark
WR world record
AR area record
NR national record
PB personal best
SB season 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 place, gold medalist(s)  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 63.93 67.90 68.10 66.75 X 70.17 70.17 m CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Gerd Kanter (EST) X 64.69 65.10 68.57 65.53 62.64 68.57 m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Michael Möllenbeck (GER) X 65.24 64.99 65.95 X 65.95 m
4  Aleksander Tammert (EST) 62.28 63.59 63.18 64.18 63.50 64.84 64.84 m
5  Ian Waltz (USA) 63.88 64.05 X X 64.27 64.02 64.27 m
6  Frantz Kruger (RSA) 63.19 61.47 60.92 63.64 64.23 X 64.23 m
7  Jarred Rome (USA) 64.22 61.87 X 62.64 63.68 X 64.22 m
8  Jason Tunks (CAN) 63.39 63.77 X X X X 63.77 m
9  Lars Riedel (GER) 63.05 X 62.47 63.05 m
10  Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) 62.94 62.68 59.61 62.94 m
11  Mario Pestano (ESP) 62.75 60.32 X 62.75 m
12  Andrzej Krawczyk (POL) 59.58 61.00 62.71 62.71 m

External links

Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships
Summary
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World champions in men's discus throw
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