2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2003 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Tuesday 26 August 2003.

Medalists

Gold	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
Silver	Róbert Fazekas Hungary (HUN)
Bronze	Vasiliy Kaptyukh Belarus (BLR)

Schedule

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Abbreviations

• All results shown are in metres

Qualification

• Held on Saturday 23 August 2003

RANK	FINAL	GROUP A
1.	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	65.76 m
2.	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	65.19 m
3.	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	65.04 m
4.	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	64.44 m
5.	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	63.21 m
6.	Jason Tunks (CAN)	63.00 m
7.	Mario Pestano (ESP)	62.63 m
8.	Sergiu Ursu (ROU)	61.98 m
9.	Jo Van Daele (BEL)	61.64 m
10.	Casey Malone (USA)	61.50 m
11.	Nick Petrucci (USA)	59.58 m
12.	Lois Maikel Martínez (CUB)	57.87 m
13.	Gerd Kanter (EST)	56.63 m

RANK	FINAL	GROUP B
1.	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	68.29 m
2.	Lars Riedel (GER)	64.51 m
3.	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	63.53 m
4.	Carl Brown (USA)	63.01 m
5.	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	62.46 m
6.	Rutger Smith (NED)	61.55 m
7.	Diego Fortuna (ITA)	61.46 m
8.	Libor Malina (CZE)	61.35 m
9.	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	61.31 m
10.	Aleksandr Borichevskiy (RUS)	60.21 m
11.	Frank Casañas (CUB)	59.99 m
12.	Chima Ugwu (NGR)	58.13 m
—	Yuriy Bilonoh (UKR)	NM
—	Gábor Máté (HUN)	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Throws						Result	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
01 !	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	69.69	X	66.14	68.75	X	X	69.69 m	SB
02 !	Róbert Fazekas (HUN)	66.86	69.01	X	64.94	65.63	68.78	69.01 m
03 !	Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)	66.51	66.15	62.79	63.71	64.72	62.62	66.51 m	SB
4	Lars Riedel (GER)	66.28	63.81	66.28	X	65.51	62.67	66.28 m
5	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	62.27	66.11	65.49	66.23	X	X	66.23 m
6	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	65.26	61.28	65.16	60.83	X	X	65.26 m
7	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	61.15	63.02	X	64.50	60.88	61.86	64.50 m
8	Mario Pestano (ESP)	64.39	63.92	61.97	61.86	63.29	X	64.39 m
9	Carl Brown (USA)	58.11	61.23	62.66				62.66 m
10	Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)	62.24	62.28	61.21				62.28 m
11	Jason Tunks (CAN)	60.61	60.01	62.21				62.21 m
12	Leonid Cherevko (BLR)	58.67	X	61.90				61.90 m

See also

• 2002 European Championships
• 2003 Pan American Games

References

• Results (Archived 2009-05-14)