Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade – Men's discus throw

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 2011 Summer Universiade
Athletics at the 2011 Summer Universiade
The athletics competition at the 2011 Summer Universiade has been held at the New Shenzhen Stadium in Shenzhen, China from August 16 to August 21, 2011.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal Table:-Participating nations:...

was held on 19–21 September.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Märt Israel Märt Israel Märt Israel is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista .-Achievements:...	Przemysław Czajkowski	Ronald Julião

Qualification

Qualification: 59.50 m (Q) or at least 12 best (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	B	Märt Israel Märt Israel Märt Israel is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista .-Achievements:...	57.72	61.26		61.26	Q
2	A	Przemysław Czajkowski	60.80			60.80	Q
3	B	Robert Urbanek	x	60.55		60.55	Q
4	B	Ronald Julião	54.62	60.16		60.16	Q
5	B	Apostolos Parellis	59.37	59.67		59.67	Q
6	B	Péter Savanyú	59.67			59.67	Q
7	B	Mykyta Nesterenko Mykyta Nesterenko Mykyta Nesterenko is a Ukrainian discus thrower.His personal best throw with the 2 kilogramm implement is 65.31 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Tallinn. With the junior discus he has a best of 70.13 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. This is the current junior world record...	57.79	57.83	59.01	59.01	q
8	A	Mason Finley Mason Finley Mason Finley , is an American shot putter and discus thrower.-Personal:Finley was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Buena Vista High School in Buena Vista, Colorado and now attends the University of Kansas....	56.24	x	58.31	58.31	q
9	A	Giovanni Faloci	56.42	57.99	56.26	57.99	q
10	A	Mario Cota	53.90	57.55	x	57.55	q
11	A	Daniel Jasinski	57.11	56.63	x	57.11	q
12	A	Mihai Grasu	53.36	56.37	56.61	56.61	q
13	B	Andrius Gudžius Andrius Gudžius Andrius Gudžius is a discus thrower who competes internationally for Lithuania.-Achievements:-References:...	55.48	55.67	56.59	56.59
14	B	Federico Apollini	54.58	55.45	54.66	55.45
15	A	Orestis Antoniades	54.53	54.06	x	54.53
16	A	Pedro Cuesta	54.05	53.45	x	54.05
17	A	Priidu Niit	53.89	x	x	53.89
18	A	Martin Stasek	x	52.95	x	52.95
19	B	Kirpal Singh Batth	50.32	51.82	50.14	51.82	PB
20	B	Tadej Hribar	50.01	x	50.73	50.73
21	B	O'Dayne Richards O'Dayne Richards O'Dayne Richards is a Jamaican athlete competing in the shot put and discus throw. He is currently studying at University of Technology, Jamaica.-Achievements:-References:...	x	x	47.46	47.46
22	A	Abdullah Alawi Alibrahim	37.10	38.64	x	38.64

Final

Rank	Athlete	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Märt Israel Märt Israel Märt Israel is a male discus thrower from Estonia. His personal best is 66.98, achieved in May 2011 in Chula Vista .-Achievements:...	57.68	x	61.20	64.07	x	x	64.07
	Przemysław Czajkowski	60.15	63.39	62.04	63.62	x	58.62	63.62
	Ronald Julião	60.28	60.50	60.23	63.30	60.70	62.01	63.30	NR Brazilian records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Brazil maintained by Brazilian athletics federation, Confederação Brasileira de Atletismo .-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:+ = en route to a longer distanceA = affected by altitude...
	Mykyta Nesterenko Mykyta Nesterenko Mykyta Nesterenko is a Ukrainian discus thrower.His personal best throw with the 2 kilogramm implement is 65.31 metres, achieved in June 2008 in Tallinn. With the junior discus he has a best of 70.13 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt. This is the current junior world record...	60.69	58.69	60.41	x	61.34	62.60	62.60
	Robert Urbanek	60.33	61.77	62.17	59.54	61.00	58.99	62.17
	Apostolos Parellis	54.09	61.44	60.62	59.69	60.56	61.11	61.44	SB
	Giovanni Faloci	58.16	x	56.32	59.73	x	60.27	60.27
	Mason Finley Mason Finley Mason Finley , is an American shot putter and discus thrower.-Personal:Finley was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Buena Vista High School in Buena Vista, Colorado and now attends the University of Kansas....	56.03	58.64	x	x	59.04	59.17	59.17
	Daniel Jasinski	57.96	57.89	56.64				57.96
10	Mario Cota	56.15	x	57.39				57.39
11	Péter Savanyú	x	56.32	56.90				56.90
12	Mihai Grasu	55.28	56.28	55.43				56.28

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