2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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

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Gold   Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Silver   Gerd Kanter
Estonia (EST)
Bronze   Michael Möllenbeck
Germany (GER)

Schedule

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Qualification Round
Group A Group B
06.08.2005 – 18:20h 06.08.2005 – 19:50h
Final Round
07.08.2005 – 18:40h

Abbreviations

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  • 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

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Group A

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  1.   Gerd Kanter, Estonia 65.76 m Q
  2.   Jason Tunks, Canada 64.02 m Q
  3.   Michael Möllenbeck, Germany 63.71 m Q
  4.   Frantz Kruger, South Africa 63.44 m q
  5.   Jarred Rome, United States 62.72 m q
  6.   Carl Brown, United States 61.91 m
  7.   Bogdan Pishchalnikov, Russia 61.91 m
  8.   Jo Van Daele, Belgium 61.12 m
  9.   Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus 61.04 m
  10.   Frank Casañas, Cuba 60.94 m
  11.   Jorge Balliengo, Argentina 60.40 m
  12.   Abbas Samimi, Iran 60.25 m
  13.   Gábor Máté, Hungary 58.97 m

Group B

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  1.   Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania 68.79 m Q
  2.   Lars Riedel, Germany 66.22 m Q (SB)
  3.   Mario Pestano, Spain 65.04 m Q
  4.   Andrzej Krawczyk, Poland 64.51 m Q
  5.   Zoltán Kővágó, Hungary 64.30 m Q
  6.   Ian Waltz, United States 64.30 m Q
  7.   Aleksander Tammert, Estonia 64.02 m Q
  8.   Libor Malina, Czech Republic 62.41 m
  9.   Vikas Gowda, India 62.04 m
  10.   Roland Varga, Hungary 61.94 m
  11.   Tao Wu, China 61.75 m
  12.   Gaute Myklebust, Norway 60.00 m
  13.   Timo Tompuri, Finland 59.11 m

Final

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Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
    Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 63.93 67.90 68.10 66.75 X 70.17 70.17 m CR
    Gerd Kanter (EST) X 64.69 65.10 68.57 65.53 62.64 68.57 m
    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
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