2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The Men's Discus Throw at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7.

Events at the
2005 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
50 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

Medalists
Gold Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Silver Gerd Kanter
Estonia (EST)
Bronze Michael Möllenbeck
Germany (GER)

Schedule
Qualification Round
Group A Group B
06.08.2005 – 18:20h 06.08.2005 – 19:50h
Final Round
07.08.2005 – 18:40h

Abbreviations
  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Qualifying

Group A
  1. Gerd Kanter, Estonia 65.76 m Q
  2. Jason Tunks, Canada 64.02 m Q
  3. Michael Möllenbeck, Germany 63.71 m Q
  4. Frantz Kruger, South Africa 63.44 m q
  5. Jarred Rome, United States 62.72 m q
  6. Carl Brown, United States 61.91 m
  7. Bogdan Pishchalnikov, Russia 61.91 m
  8. Jo Van Daele, Belgium 61.12 m
  9. Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus 61.04 m
  10. Frank Casañas, Cuba 60.94 m
  11. Jorge Balliengo, Argentina 60.40 m
  12. Abbas Samimi, Iran 60.25 m
  13. Gábor Máté, Hungary 58.97 m

Group B
  1. Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania 68.79 m Q
  2. Lars Riedel, Germany 66.22 m Q (SB)
  3. Mario Pestano, Spain 65.04 m Q
  4. Andrzej Krawczyk, Poland 64.51 m Q
  5. Zoltán Kővágó, Hungary 64.30 m Q
  6. Ian Waltz, United States 64.30 m Q
  7. Aleksander Tammert, Estonia 64.02 m Q
  8. Libor Malina, Czech Republic 62.41 m
  9. Vikas Gowda, India 62.04 m
  10. Roland Varga, Hungary 61.94 m
  11. Tao Wu, China 61.75 m
  12. Gaute Myklebust, Norway 60.00 m
  13. Timo Tompuri, Finland 59.11 m

Final
Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)63.9367.9068.1066.75X70.1770.17 m CR
 Gerd Kanter (EST)X64.6965.1068.5765.5362.6468.57 m
 Michael Möllenbeck (GER)X65.2464.9965.95X—65.95 m
4 Aleksander Tammert (EST)62.2863.5963.1864.1863.5064.8464.84 m
5 Ian Waltz (USA)63.8864.05XX64.2764.0264.27 m
6 Frantz Kruger (RSA)63.1961.4760.9263.6464.23X64.23 m
7 Jarred Rome (USA)64.2261.87X62.6463.68X64.22 m
8 Jason Tunks (CAN)63.3963.77XXXX63.77 m
9 Lars Riedel (GER)63.05X62.4763.05 m
10 Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)62.9462.6859.6162.94 m
11 Mario Pestano (ESP)62.7560.32X62.75 m
12 Andrzej Krawczyk (POL)59.5861.0062.7162.71 m
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