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.
Medalists Gold Virgilijus AleknaLithuania (LTU)Silver Gerd KanterEstonia (EST)Bronze Michael MöllenbeckGermany (GER)
Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B06.08.2005 – 18:20h06.08.2005 – 19:50hFinal Round07.08.2005 – 18:40h
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
Qualifying
Group A Gerd Kanter, Estonia 65.76 m Q Jason Tunks, Canada 64.02 m Q Michael Möllenbeck, Germany 63.71 m Q Frantz Kruger, South Africa 63.44 m q Jarred Rome, United States 62.72 m q Carl Brown, United States 61.91 m Bogdan Pishchalnikov, Russia 61.91 m Jo Van Daele, Belgium 61.12 m Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus 61.04 m Frank Casañas, Cuba 60.94 m Jorge Balliengo, Argentina 60.40 m Abbas Samimi, Iran 60.25 m Gábor Máté, Hungary 58.97 m Rutger Smith, Netherlands DNS
Group B Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania 68.79 m Q Lars Riedel, Germany 66.22 m Q (SB) Mario Pestano, Spain 65.04 m Q Andrzej Krawczyk, Poland 64.51 m Q Zoltán Kővágó, Hungary 64.30 m Q Ian Waltz, United States 64.30 m Q Aleksander Tammert, Estonia 64.02 m Q Libor Malina, Czech Republic 62.41 m Vikas Gowda, India 62.04 m Roland Varga, Hungary 61.94 m Tao Wu, China 61.75 m Gaute Myklebust, Norway 60.00 m Timo Tompuri, Finland 59.11 m
Final RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 63.93 67.90 68.10 66.75 X 70.1770.17 m CR X 64.69 65.10 68.57 65.53 62.6468.57 m X 65.24 64.99 65.95 X —65.95 m4 62.28 63.59 63.18 64.18 63.50 64.8464.84 m5 63.88 64.05 X X 64.27 64.0264.27 m6 63.19 61.47 60.92 63.64 64.23 X64.23 m7 64.22 61.87 X 62.64 63.68 X64.22 m8 63.39 63.77 X X X X63.77 m9 63.05 X 62.47 63.05 m10 62.94 62.68 59.61 62.94 m11 62.75 60.32 X 62.75 m12 59.58 61.00 62.71 62.71 m
External links IAAF results, heats IAAF results, final