2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
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These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw
Discus throw
The discus throw is an event in track and field athletics competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. It is an ancient sport, as evidenced by the 5th century BC Myron statue, Discobolus...

event at the 2003 World Championships
2003 World Championships in Athletics
The 9th World Championships in Athletics, under the auspices of the International Association of Athletics Federations, were held from 23 August to 31 August 2003 in the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France.-Track:...

in Paris, France. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold   Virgilijus Alekna
Virgilijus Alekna
Virgilijus Alekna is a Lithuanian athlete who specialises in the discus throw. He won medals at the 2000, 2004 and 2008 Olympics, including two golds.-Career:...


Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

 (LTU)
Silver   Róbert Fazekas
Róbert Fazekas
Róbert Fazekas is a Hungarian discus thrower, who won gold in the 2002 European Championships and silver in the 2003 World Championship. He finished first in the 2004 Summer Olympics, but was later disqualified for failing to provide a drug sample, and the gold medal was awarded to Virgilijus Alekna...


Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 (HUN)
Bronze   Vasiliy Kaptyukh
Vasiliy Kaptyukh
Vasiliy Kaptyukh is a Belarusian former discus thrower who won the Olympic bronze medal in 1996. He has in fact never won gold or silver medals in major competitions, and he finished fourth in major contests such as the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, despite he even setting his personal best throw...


Belarus
Belarus
Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...

 (BLR)

Schedule

  • All times are Central European Time
    Central European Time
    Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...

     (UTC+1
    UTC+1
    UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601 the associated time would be written as .This time is used in:*Central European Time*West Africa Time*Western European Summer Time**British Summer Time**Irish Standard Time...

    )
    Qualification Round
    Group A Group B
    24.08.2003 – 09:45h 24.08.2003 – 11:35h
    Final Round
    26.08.2003 – 19:50h

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

Qualification

  • Held on Saturday 23 August 2003
    RANK FINAL GROUP A
    1. 65.76 m
    2. 65.19 m
    3. 65.04 m
    4. 64.44 m
    5. 63.21 m
    6. 63.00 m
    7. 62.63 m
    8. 61.98 m
    9. 61.64 m
    10. 61.50 m
    11. 59.58 m
    12. 57.87 m
    13. 56.63 m


RANK FINAL GROUP B
1. 68.29 m
2. 64.51 m
3. 63.53 m
4. 63.01 m
5. 62.46 m
6. 61.55 m
7. 61.46 m
8. 61.35 m
9. 61.31 m
10. 60.21 m
11. 59.99 m
12. 58.13 m
NM
NM

Final

Rank Athlete Throws Result Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
69.69 X 66.14 68.75 X X 69.69 m SB
66.86 69.01 X 64.94 65.63 68.78 69.01 m
66.51 66.15 62.79 63.71 64.72 62.62 66.51 m SB
4 66.28 63.81 66.28 X 65.51 62.67 66.28 m
5 62.27 66.11 65.49 66.23 X X 66.23 m
6 65.26 61.28 65.16 60.83 X X 65.26 m
7 61.15 63.02 X 64.50 60.88 61.86 64.50 m
8 64.39 63.92 61.97 61.86 63.29 X 64.39 m
9 58.11 61.23 62.66 62.66 m
10 62.24 62.28 61.21 62.28 m
11 60.61 60.01 62.21 62.21 m
12 58.67 X 61.90 61.90 m

See also

  • 2002 European Championships
  • 2003 Pan American Games
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