2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw explained

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 8 August 2001. The qualification mark was set at 65.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold	Lars Riedel Germany (GER)
Silver	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze	Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER)

Schedule

All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
06.08.2001 - 09:00h	06.08.2001 - 10:45h
Final Round
08.08.2001 - 20:00h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
	74.08 m	June 6, 1986
	69.08 m	August 24, 1999
Season Best	70.99 m	March 30, 2001	Stellenbosch, South Africa

Startlist

Order	№	Season Best	Personal Best
GROUP A
1	945	69.96	69.96
2	484	67.17	67.44
3	863	62.41	63.64
4	745	65.25	70.06
5	1142	66.17	68.46
6	186	67.70	67.88
7	541	66.93	66.93
8	1164	67.66	69.91
9	25	62.91	64.20
10	444	63.03	65.08
11	89	64.24	64.24
12	363	69.62	69.62
13	109	66.00	67.59
GROUP B
1	486	68.26	71.50
2	1017	62.74	64.79
3	990	66.48	67.30
4	743	70.99	73.88
5	538	68.09	68.09
6	925	62.77	62.77
7	1201	68.94	68.94
8	933	63.64	63.64
9	329	67.10	67.41
10	544	64.44	65.39
11	106	64.41	69.28
12	314	67.92	67.92
13	481	65.04	65.04

Qualification

Group A

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	2		65.71	-	-	65.71 m
2	4		63.91	64.79	64.59	64.79 m
3	6		X	64.34	63.14	64.34 m
4	8		61.33	58.70	63.34	63.34 m
5	10		X	61.13	62.54	62.54 m
6	12		60.86	61.85	58.38	61.85 m
7	14		58.44	61.49	X	61.49 m
8	15		61.05	X	X	61.05 m
9	17		57.92	X	60.19	60.19 m
10	20		48.26	X	58.42	58.42 m
11	21		X	57.19	X	57.19 m
12	23		56.32	X	X	56.32 m
13	25		X	54.06	52.75	54.06 m

Group B

Rank	Overall	Athlete	Attempts			Distance	Note
Rank	Overall	Athlete	1	2	3	Distance	Note
1	1		68.26	-	-	68.26 m	SB
2	3		65.22	-	-	65.22 m
3	5		64.55	-	-	64.55 m
4	7		63.52	61.48	63.49	63.52 m
5	9		X	62.60	56.57	62.60 m
6	11		62.25	X	58.16	62.25 m
7	13		61.73	X	59.42	61.73 m
8	16		60.87	X	61.04	61.04 m
9	18		60.18	58.57	60.16	60.18 m
10	19		58.36	59.94	57.16	59.94 m
11	22		55.99	X	56.58	56.58 m
12	24		X	X	54.48	54.48 m
13	26		X	X	53.73	53.73 m

Final

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
Rank	Athlete	1	2	3	4	5	6	Distance	Note
		65.41	67.10	66.74	69.50	69.72	68.36	69.72 m	CR
		67.65	X	69.40	X	67.28	X	69.40 m
		67.61	X	65.76	66.60	65.30	64.48	67.61 m	PB
4		63.21	X	66.68	67.16	67.57	65.95	67.57 m	PB
5		66.55	66.49	X	X	X	X	66.55 m
6		62.88	65.98	62.93	66.08	66.25	65.08	66.25 m	SB
7		X	58.66	65.86	62.37	64.80	X	65.86 m	PB
8		63.61	64.89	X	65.27	62.24	X	65.27 m

9		63.79	X	X				63.79 m
10		62.82	59.42	X				62.82 m
11		62.36	X	62.26				62.36 m
12		X	58.60	59.11				59.11 m

References

Results
IAAF