2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Template:AthleticsAt2001WorldChampionships These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 8 August 2001. The qualification mark was set at 65.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Template:Flagicon Lars Riedel Germany (GER)
Silver	Template:Flagicon Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze	Template:Flagicon Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER)

Schedule

• All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
06.08.2001 – 09:00h	06.08.2001 – 10:45h
Final Round
08.08.2001 – 20:00h

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record	Template:Flagathlete	74.08 m	June 6, 1986	Template:Flagicon Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record	Template:Flagathlete	69.08 m	August 24, 1999	Template:Flagicon Seville, Spain
Season Best	Template:Flagathlete	70.99 m	March 30, 2001	Template:Flagicon Stellenbosch, South Africa

Startlist

Order	№	Athlete	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	945	Template:Flagathlete	69.96	69.96
2	484	Template:Flagathlete	67.17	67.44
3	863	Template:Flagathlete	62.41	63.64
4	745	Template:Flagathlete	65.25	70.06
5	1142	Template:Flagathlete	66.17	68.46
6	186	Template:Flagathlete	67.70	67.88
7	541	Template:Flagathlete	66.93	66.93
8	1164	Template:Flagathlete	67.66	69.91
9	25	Template:Flagathlete	62.91	64.20
10	444	Template:Flagathlete	63.03	65.08
11	89	Template:Flagathlete	64.24	64.24
12	363	Template:Flagathlete	69.62	69.62
13	109	Template:Flagathlete	66.00	67.59
GROUP B
1	486	Template:Flagathlete	68.26	71.50
2	1017	Template:Flagathlete	62.74	64.79
3	990	Template:Flagathlete	66.48	67.30
4	743	Template:Flagathlete	70.99	73.88
5	538	Template:Flagathlete	68.09	68.09
6	925	Template:Flagathlete	62.77	62.77
7	1201	Template:Flagathlete	68.94	68.94
8	933	Template:Flagathlete	63.64	63.64
9	329	Template:Flagathlete	67.10	67.41
10	544	Template:Flagathlete	64.44	65.39
11	106	Template:Flagathlete	64.41	69.28
12	314	Template:Flagathlete	67.92	67.92
13	481	Template:Flagathlete	65.04	65.04

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	2	Template:Flagathlete	65.71	—	—	65.71 m
2	4	Template:Flagathlete	63.91	64.79	64.59	64.79 m
3	6	Template:Flagathlete	X	64.34	63.14	64.34 m
4	8	Template:Flagathlete	61.33	58.70	63.34	63.34 m
5	10	Template:Flagathlete	X	61.13	62.54	62.54 m
6	12	Template:Flagathlete	60.86	61.85	58.38	61.85 m
7	14	Template:Flagathlete	58.44	61.49	X	61.49 m
8	15	Template:Flagathlete	61.05	X	X	61.05 m
9	17	Template:Flagathlete	57.92	X	60.19	60.19 m
10	20	Template:Flagathlete	48.26	X	58.42	58.42 m
11	21	Template:Flagathlete	X	57.19	X	57.19 m
12	23	Template:Flagathlete	56.32	X	X	56.32 m
13	25	Template:Flagathlete	X	54.06	52.75	54.06 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
			1	2	3
1	1	Template:Flagathlete	68.26	—	—	68.26 m	SB
2	3	Template:Flagathlete	65.22	—	—	65.22 m
3	5	Template:Flagathlete	64.55	—	—	64.55 m
4	7	Template:Flagathlete	63.52	61.48	63.49	63.52 m
5	9	Template:Flagathlete	X	62.60	56.57	62.60 m
6	11	Template:Flagathlete	62.25	X	58.16	62.25 m
7	13	Template:Flagathlete	61.73	X	59.42	61.73 m
8	16	Template:Flagathlete	60.87	X	61.04	61.04 m
9	18	Template:Flagathlete	60.18	58.57	60.16	60.18 m
10	19	Template:Flagathlete	58.36	59.94	57.16	59.94 m
11	22	Template:Flagathlete	55.99	X	56.58	56.58 m
12	24	Template:Flagathlete	X	X	54.48	54.48 m
13	26	Template:Flagathlete	X	X	53.73	53.73 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Template:Flagathlete	65.41	67.10	66.74	69.50	69.72	68.36	69.72 m	CR
	Template:Flagathlete	67.65	X	69.40	X	67.28	X	69.40 m
	Template:Flagathlete	67.61	X	65.76	66.60	65.30	64.48	67.61 m	PB
4	Template:Flagathlete	63.21	X	66.68	67.16	67.57	65.95	67.57 m	PB
5	Template:Flagathlete	66.55	66.49	X	X	X	X	66.55 m
6	Template:Flagathlete	62.88	65.98	62.93	66.08	66.25	65.08	66.25 m	SB
7	Template:Flagathlete	X	58.66	65.86	62.37	64.80	X	65.86 m	PB
8	Template:Flagathlete	63.61	64.89	X	65.27	62.24	X	65.27 m
9	Template:Flagathlete	63.79	X	X				63.79 m
10	Template:Flagathlete	62.82	59.42	X				62.82 m
11	Template:Flagathlete	62.36	X	62.26				62.36 m
12	Template:Flagathlete	X	58.60	59.11				59.11 m

See also

• 2002 European Championships

References

• Results
• IAAF