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.

Schedule

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
  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