2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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 RiedelGermany (GER)Silver Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU)Bronze Michael MöllenbeckGermany (GER)

Schedule All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B06.08.2001 – 09:00h06.08.2001 – 10:45hFinal Round08.08.2001 – 20:00h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships World Record 74.08 m June 6, 1986 Neubrandenburg, East Germany Event Record 69.08 m August 24, 1999 Seville, Spain Season Best 70.99 m March 30, 2001 Stellenbosch, South Africa

Startlist Order№AthleteSeason BestPersonal BestGROUP 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 RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 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 RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 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 RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 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 mPB4 63.21 X 66.68 67.16 67.57 65.95 67.57 mPB5 66.55 66.49 X X X X 66.55 m6 62.88 65.98 62.93 66.08 66.25 65.08 66.25 mSB7 X 58.66 65.86 62.37 64.80 X65.86 mPB8 63.61 64.89 X 65.27 62.24 X65.27 m9 63.79 X X 63.79 m10 62.82 59.42 X 62.82 m11 62.36 X 62.26 62.36 m 12 X 58.60 59.11 59.11 m

See also 2002 European Championships

References Results IAAF