2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

None These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003. Medalists GoldLTU Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU)SilverHUN Róbert FazekasHungary (HUN)BronzeBLR Vasiliy KaptyukhBelarus (BLR) Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B24.08.2003 – 09:45h24.08.2003 – 11:35hFinal Round26.08.2003 – 19:50h 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 Qualification Held on Saturday 23 August 2003 RANKFINALGROUP A1.Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR65.76 m2.Michael Möllenbeck GER65.19 m3.Frantz Kruger RSA65.04 m4.Róbert Fazekas HUN64.44 m5.Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS63.21 m6.Jason Tunks CAN63.00 m7.Mario Pestano ESP62.63 m8.Sergiu Ursu ROU61.98 m9.Jo Van Daele BEL61.64 m10.Casey Malone USA61.50 m11.Nick Petrucci USA59.58 m12.Lois Maikel Martínez CUB57.87 m13.Gerd Kanter EST56.63 m RANKFINALGROUP B1.Virgilijus Alekna LTU 198868.29 m2.Lars Riedel GER64.51 m3.Aleksander Tammert EST63.53 m4.Carl Brown USA63.01 m5.Leonid Cherevko BLR62.46 m6.Rutger Smith NED61.55 m7.Diego Fortuna ITA61.46 m8.Libor Malina CZE61.35 m9.Zoltán Kővágó HUN61.31 m10.Aleksandr Borichevskiy RUS60.21 m11.Frank Casañas CUB59.99 m12.Chima Ugwu NGR58.13 m—Yuriy Bilonoh UKRNM—Gábor Máté HUNNM Final RankAthleteThrowsResultNote123456 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1988 69.69 X 66.14 68.75 X X 69.69 m SB Róbert Fazekas HUN 66.86 69.01 X 64.94 65.63 68.78 69.01 m Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 66.51 66.15 62.79 63.71 64.72 62.62 66.51 m SB 4 Lars Riedel GER 66.28 63.81 66.28 X 65.51 62.67 66.28 m 5 Michael Möllenbeck GER 62.27 66.11 65.49 66.23 X X 66.23 m 6 Frantz Kruger RSA 65.26 61.28 65.16 60.83 X X 65.26 m 7 Aleksander Tammert EST 61.15 63.02 X 64.50 60.88 61.86 64.50 m 8 Mario Pestano ESP 64.39 63.92 61.97 61.86 63.29 X 64.39 m 9 Carl Brown USA 58.11 61.23 62.66 62.66 m 10 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS 62.24 62.28 61.21 62.28 m 11 Jason Tunks CAN 60.61 60.01 62.21 62.21 m 12 Leonid Cherevko BLR 58.67 X 61.90 61.90 m See also 2002 European Championships 2003 Pan American Games References Results (Archived 2009-05-14) J Category:Discus throw at the World Athletics Championships