2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

None April 2026 Men's discus throw 2013 World Championships Luzhniki Stadium 12 August (qualification)13 August (final) 30 25 Winning distance 69.11 Robert HartingGER 2013 World Piotr MałachowskiPOL 2013 World Gerd KanterEST 2013 World 2011 2015 thumb|110px|Official Video The men's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–13 August.Start list The three automatic qualifiers turned out to be the three players in this event. On the second throw of the competition Piotr Małachowski took the lead which lasted for about a minute before Gerd Kanter made his first attempt. It was Robert Harting's second attempt that took the lead he would not relinquish. In the fourth round he unleashed his winner at 69.11. Between World Championships and Olympics, he continued his streak of four straight golds. Małachowski's fifth round 68.36 continued his streak of three silvers behind Harting in the same championships. Kanter, Harting's predecessor in both titles, held on for bronze. Records Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:http://www.iaaf.org/records/by-discipline/throws/discus-throw/outdoor/men Discus Throw records IAAF 8 August 2013 World recordJürgen Schult GDR74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Championship recordVirgilijus Alekna LTU70.17Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005World leadingPiotr Małachowski POL71.84Hengelo, Netherlands8 June 2013African recordFrantz Kruger RSA70.32Salon-de-Provence, France26 May 2002Asian recordEhsan Hadadi IRI69.32Tallinn, Estonia3 June 2008North, Central American and Caribbean recordBen Plucknett USA72.34Stockholm, Sweden7 July 1981South American recordJorge Balliengo ARG66.32Rosario, Argentina15 April 2006European recordJürgen Schult GDR74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Oceanian recordBenn Harradine AUS68.20Townsville, Australia10 May 2013 Qualification standards A result 2012 IAAF World Championships Moscow 2013 – Standards http://www.mos2013.ru/en/competition/team_manual/ All Russia Athletic Federation 8 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130816102153/http://www.mos2013.ru/en/competition/team_manual 16 August 2013 dead dmy-allB result 66.00 64.00 Schedule Date Time Round12 August 2013 09:40 Qualification13 August 2013 19:00 Final All times are local times (UTC+4) Results KEY:QQualifiedq12 best performersNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal best Qualification Qualification: 65.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-DT-M-q----.RS6.pdf?v=-1383950393 Qualification Results 12 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20141026060730/http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitiondocuments/pdf/4873/AT-DT-M-q----.RS6.pdf?v=-1383950393 26 October 2014 dead Rank Group Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 Mark Notes 1 A Robert Harting GER 2013 World 66.62 66.62 Q 2 B Piotr Małachowski POL 2013 World 66.00 66.00 Q 3 A Gerd Kanter EST 2013 World 65.54 65.54 Q 4 B Jorge Fernández CUB 2013 World 64.86 64.86 q 5 A Robert Urbanek POL 2013 World 62.89 x 64.21 64.21 q 6 B Martin Wierig GER 2013 World 63.47 64.06 64.06 q 7 A Vikas Gowda IND 2013 World 63.64 62.59 62.67 63.64 q 8 B Frank Casañas ESP 2013 World x x 63.17 63.17 q 9 B Victor Butenko RUS 2013 World x 63.07 x 63.07 q 10 A Mario Pestano ESP 2013 World 62.80 61.79 62.15 62.80 q 11 B Julian Wruck AUS 2013 World 60.36 60.84 62.48 62.48 q 12 A Victor Hogan RSA 2013 World x 62.45 61.59 62.45 q 13 A Christoph Harting GER 2013 World 62.17 62.28 60.36 62.28 14 B Erik Cadée NED 2013 World 61.75 62.14 x 62.14 15 B Martin Marić CRO 2013 World 61.98 x 61.58 61.98 16 B Virgilijus Alekna LTU 2013 World 61.91 61.56 61.27 61.91 17 A Ercüment Olgundeniz TUR 2013 World 59.55 60.81 x 60.81 18 B Gerhard Mayer AUT 2013 World 59.85 58.19 59.81 59.85 19 A Apostolos Parellis CYP 2013 World 59.84 56.95 59.08 59.84 20 A Benn Harradine AUS 2013 World x 59.68 x 59.68 21 B Musab Ibrahim Al-Momani JOR 2013 World 58.20 58.84 59.38 59.38 22 B Ronald Julião BRA 2013 World x 59.36 57.77 59.36 23 A Brett Morse GBR 2013 World x 59.23 58.60 59.23 24 A Niklas Arrhenius SWE 2013 World 59.13 57.39 57.42 59.13 25 A Lance Brooks USA 2013 World 59.08 x 57.94 59.08 26 A Danijel Furtula MNE 2013 World x 58.28 58.26 58.28 27 B Giovanni Faloci ITA 2013 World 57.23 55.66 57.54 57.54 28 A Mahmoud Samimi IRN 2013 World x 57.38 57.77 57.77 29 B Alex Rose SAM 2013 World 54.62 56.19 54.31 56.19 30 B Sultan Al-Dawoodi KSA 2013 World 55.94 54.08 x 55.94 Final The final was started at 19:00.Final Results Rank Name Nationality No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 No. 6 Mark Notes Robert Harting GER 2013 World 62.1668.13 x 69.11 - 69.08 69.11 Piotr Małachowski POL 2013 World 64.49x 65.09 67.1868.36 67.21 68.36 Gerd Kanter EST 2013 World 64.9065.19 x xxx 65.19 04 4 Martin Wierig GER 2013 World x 63.72 x65.02 x 63.42 65.02 05 5 Victor Hogan RSA 2013 World 64.35 62.84 60.98 61.69 x 63.44 64.35 06 6 Robert Urbanek POL 2013 World 63.58 62.20 64.32 64.0162.05 62.70 64.32 07 7 Vikas Gowda IND 2013 World 63.41 x 62.2064.03 63.67 63.64 64.03 08 8 Victor Butenko RUS 2013 World x 63.38x xxx 63.38 09 9 Frank Casañas ESP 2013 World 62.40 62.89 61.26 62.89 10 Jorge Fernández CUB 2013 World 62.88 62.39 62.50 62.88 11 Julian Wruck AUS 2013 World 60.91 61.80 62.40 62.40 12 Mario Pestano ESP 2013 World x 60.13 61.88 61.88 References External links Discus throw results at IAAF website Discus throw Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships