Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics take place at the Rio Olympic Stadium from 9 September. A total of five events are contested for eight different classifications.

Schedule

F	Final

Event↓/Date →	Thu 8	Fri 9	Sat 10	Sun 11	Mon 12	Tue 13	Wed 14	Thu 15	Fri 16	Sat 17
T11					F
T37	F
T44									F
T52	F
T56			F

Medal summary

Classification	Gold		Silver		Bronze
F11	Alessandro Rodrigo Silva  Brazil	43.06	Oney Tapia  Italy	40.89	David Casinos Sierra  Spain	38.58
F37	Khusniddin Norbekov  Uzbekistan	59.75	Mindaugas Bilius  Lithuania	53.50	Xia Dong  China	52.15
F44	David Blair  United States	64.11	Akeem Stewart  Trinidad and Tobago	61.72	Dan Greaves  Great Britain	59.57
F52	Aigars Apinis  Latvia	20.83	Robert Jachimowicz  Poland	19.10	Velimir Šandor  Croatia	18.24
F56	Claudiney Batista dos Santos  Brazil	45.33	Alireza Ghaleh Nasseri  Iran	44.04	Leonardo Diaz  Cuba	43.58

Competition format

The competition for each classification consisted of a single round. Each athlete threw three times, after which the eight best threw three more times (with the best distance of the six throws counted).

Results

F11

The F11 event took place on 9 September.[1]

F37

The F37 event took place on 14 September.[2]

F44

The F44 event took place on 11 September.[3]

F52

The F52 event took place on 14 September.[4]

F56

The F56 event took place on 17 September.[5]

References

1. "Men's discus throw - F11 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
2. "Men's discus throw - F37 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
3. "Men's discus throw - F44 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
4. "Men's discus throw - F52 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
5. "Men's discus throw - F56 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.