Athletics at the 2014 Asian Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2014 Asian Games was held at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium, Incheon, South Korea on 30 September.

Men's discus throw at the 2014 Asian Games
Venue	Incheon Asiad Main Stadium
Dates	30 September
Competitors	14 from 11 nations
Medalists
Ehsan Haddadi    Iran   Vikas Gowda    India   Ahmed Dheeb    Qatar

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Tuesday, 30 September 2014	18:40	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Asian Record	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	69.32	Tallinn, Estonia	3 June 2008
Games Record	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	67.99	Guangzhou, China	24 November 2010

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	56.37	65.11	X	64.89	63.77	64.47	65.11
	Vikas Gowda (IND)	59.52	62.58	60.77	X	X	X	62.58
	Ahmed Dheeb (QAT)	58.43	57.75	X	57.29	59.06	61.25	61.25
4	Mohammad Samimi (IRI)	X	X	60.37	X	X	57.56	60.37
5	Wu Jian (CHN)	54.26	X	56.96	58.82	56.49	58.38	58.82
6	Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA)	57.60	X	X	X	56.83	58.31	58.31
7	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	56.12	56.79	X	56.14	X	X	56.79
8	Wu Tao (CHN)	X	56.67	X	X	55.89	X	56.67
9	Essa Al-Zinkawi (KUW)	55.84	55.58	56.57				56.57
10	Mustafa Kadhim (IRQ)	X	55.21	X				55.21
11	Choi Jong-bum (KOR)	53.40	54.30	54.12				54.30
12	Irfan Shamsuddin (MAS)	50.91	53.86	53.59				53.86
13	Saber Al-Meheiri (UAE)	50.05	X	48.99				50.05
14	Wang Yao-hui (TPE)	X	X	49.14				49.14

References

• Results