2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Discus tournament 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 GoldGER Lars RiedelGermany (GER)SilverLTU 1988 Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU)BronzeGER Michael MöllenbeckGermany (GER) Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B06.08.2001 – 09:00h06.08.2001 – 10:45hFinal Round08.08.2001 – 20:00h Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best Records Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record Jürgen Schult GDR 74.08 m June 6, 1986 GDR Neubrandenburg, East Germany Event Record Anthony Washington USA 69.08 m August 24, 1999 ESP Seville, Spain Season Best Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1988 70.99 m March 30, 2001 RSA Stellenbosch, South Africa Startlist Order№AthleteSeason BestPersonal BestGROUP A 1 945 Frantz Kruger RSA 69.96 69.96 2 484 Michael Möllenbeck GER 67.17 67.44 3 863 Einar Kristian Tveitå NOR 62.41 63.64 4 745 Romas Ubartas LTU 1988 65.25 70.06 5 1142 Andy Bloom USA 66.17 68.46 6 186 Jason Tunks CAN 67.70 67.88 7 541 Zoltán Kővágó HUN 66.93 66.93 8 1164 John Godina USA 67.66 69.91 9 25 Marcelo Pugliese ARG 62.91 64.20 10 444 Robert Weir GBR 63.03 65.08 11 89 Jo Van Daele BEL 64.24 64.24 12 363 Timo Tompuri FIN 69.62 69.62 13 109 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 66.00 67.59 GROUP B 1 486 Lars Riedel GER 68.26 71.50 2 1017 Igor Primc SLO 62.74 64.79 3 990 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS 66.48 67.30 4 743 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1988 70.99 73.88 5 538 Róbert Fazekas HUN 68.09 68.09 6 925 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT 62.77 62.77 7 1201 Adam Setliff USA 68.94 68.94 8 933 Ionel Oprea ROM 63.64 63.64 9 329 Aleksander Tammert EST 67.10 67.41 10 544 Roland Varga HUN 64.44 65.39 11 106 Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR 64.41 69.28 12 314 Mario Pestano ESP 67.92 67.92 13 481 Michael Lischka GER 65.04 65.04 Qualification Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 2 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 65.71 — — 65.71 m 2 4 Frantz Kruger RSA 63.91 64.79 64.59 64.79 m 3 6 Jason Tunks CAN X 64.34 63.14 64.34 m 4 8 Timo Tompuri FIN 61.33 58.70 63.34 63.34 m 5 10 Michael Möllenbeck GER X 61.13 62.54 62.54 m 6 12 Einar Kristian Tveitå NOR 60.86 61.85 58.38 61.85 m 7 14 Romas Ubartas LTU 1988 58.44 61.49 X 61.49 m 8 15 Robert Weir GBR 61.05 X X 61.05 m 9 17 Jo Van Daele BEL 57.92 X 60.19 60.19 m 10 20 Zoltán Kővágó HUN 48.26 X 58.42 58.42 m 11 21 John Godina USA X 57.19 X 57.19 m 12 23 Andy Bloom USA 56.32 X X 56.32 m 13 25 Marcelo Pugliese ARG X 54.06 52.75 54.06 m Group B RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 1 1 Lars Riedel GER 68.26 — — 68.26 m SB 2 3 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1988 65.22 — — 65.22 m 3 5 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS 64.55 — — 64.55 m 4 7 Roland Varga HUN 63.52 61.48 63.49 63.52 m 5 9 Igor Primc SLO X 62.60 56.57 62.60 m 6 11 Adam Setliff USA 62.25 X 58.16 62.25 m 7 13 Vladimir Dubrovshchik BLR 61.73 X 59.42 61.73 m 8 16 Aleksander Tammert EST 60.87 X 61.04 61.04 m 9 18 Ionel Oprea ROM 60.18 58.57 60.16 60.18 m 10 19 Michael Lischka GER 58.36 59.94 57.16 59.94 m 11 22 Mario Pestano ESP 55.99 X 56.58 56.58 m 12 24 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT X X 54.48 54.48 m 13 26 Róbert Fazekas HUN X X 53.73 53.73 m Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 Lars Riedel GER65.41 67.10 66.74 69.50 69.72 68.36 69.72 m CR Virgilijus Alekna LTU 198867.65 X 69.40 X 67.28 X 69.40 m Michael Möllenbeck GER67.61 X 65.76 66.60 65.30 64.48 67.61 mPB4 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS63.21 X 66.68 67.16 67.57 65.95 67.57 mPB5 Adam Setliff USA66.55 66.49 X X X X 66.55 m6 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR62.88 65.98 62.93 66.08 66.25 65.08 66.25 mSB7 Roland Varga HUNX 58.66 65.86 62.37 64.80 X65.86 mPB8 Frantz Kruger RSA63.61 64.89 X 65.27 62.24 X65.27 m9 Jason Tunks CAN63.79 X X 63.79 m10 Timo Tompuri FIN62.82 59.42 X 62.82 m11 Igor Primc SLO62.36 X 62.26 62.36 m 12 Einar Kristian Tveitå NORX 58.60 59.11 59.11 m See also 2002 European Championships References Results IAAF D Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships