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Discus Throw, Men

Date	6 – 7 August 2012
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, Stratford, London
Participants	41 from 24 countries

German Robert Harting came in as a solid favorite, having won the 2009 and 2011 World Championships, and holding the top spot in the world rankings in 2009-11. He would be challenged by defending champion Gerd Kanter of Estonia, the 2000 and 2004 champion, Lithuanian Virgilijus Alekna, and Iranian Ehsan Haddadi, who had been third at the 2011 Worlds.

Haddadi was the leader after round one with 68.18 with Harting in second (67.79) and Alekna third (67.38). That order would hold through four rounds, as none of the leaders could improve, although Haddadi had a marginal foul of over 69 metres in round two, his foot just touching the circle rim. That would have won the gold medal had it been legal. Throwing fourth in the final rounds, Kanter produced 68.03 in round five into second behind Haddadi, but then Harting popped 68.27 which would win the gold medal. Nobody improved in the final round and Haddadi had silver and Kanter a bronze, with Alekna dropping back to fourth, fouling on his final two throws. Haddadi’s silver medal was a first for an Iranian in track & field athletics. Harting’s gold medal was the first for a German in track & field since 2000.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1902	Robert Harting	GER	66.22 (2)	68.27 (1)	Gold
2	2083	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	65.19 (6)	68.18 (2)	Silver
3	1664	Gerd Kanter	EST	66.39 (1)	68.03 (3)	Bronze
4	2424	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	63.88 (10)	67.38 (4)
5	2660	Piotr Małachowski	POL	64.65 (7)	67.19 (5)
6	1928	Martin Wierig	GER	64.13 (8)	65.85 (6)
7	1614	Frank Casañas	ESP	63.76 (11)	65.56 (7)
8	2063	Vikas Gowda	IND	65.20 (5)	64.79 (8)
9	1045	Benn Harradine	AUS	64.00 (9)	63.59 (9)
10	2542	Erik Cadée	NED	63.55 (12)	62.78 (10)
11	1468	Jorge Fernández	CUB	65.34 (3)	62.02 (11)
12	1826	Lawrence Okoye	GBR	65.28 (4)	61.03 (12)
13 r1/2	1511	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	63.48 (13)	–
14 r1/2	1632	Mario Pestano	ESP	63.40 (14)	–
15 r1/2	2550	Rutger Smith	NED	63.09 (15)	–
16 r1/2	1454	Martin Marić	CRO	62.87 (16)	–
17 r1/2	3265	Jason Young	USA	62.18 (17)	–
18 r1/2	1049	Scott Martin	AUS	62.14 (18)	–
19 r1/2	2188	Traves Smikle	JAM	61.85 (19)	–
20 r1/2	3207	Lance Brooks	USA	61.17 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2647	Przemysław Czajkowski	POL	61.08 (21)	–
22 r1/2	3077	Ercüment Olgundeniz	TUR	60.87 (22)	–
23 r1/2	1087	Gerhard Mayer	AUT	60.81 (23)	–
24 r1/2	1663	Märt Israel	EST	60.34 (24)	–
25 r1/2	1586	Omar El-Ghazaly	EGY	60.26 (25)	–
26 r1/2	1670	Aleksander Tammert	EST	60.20 (26)	–
27 r1/2	1067	Julian Wruck	AUS	60.08 (27)	–
28 r1/2	1802	Abdul Buhari	GBR	60.08 (28)	–
29 r1/2	1916	Markus Münch	GER	59.95 (29)	–
30 r1/2	3249	Jarred Rome	USA	59.57 (30)	–
31 r1/2	2674	Robert Urbanek	POL	59.56 (31)	–
32 r1/2	2369	Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi	KSA	59.54 (32)	–
33 r1/2	3141	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	59.17 (33)	–
34 r1/2	1823	Brett Morse	GBR	58.18 (34)	–
35 r1/2	1456	Roland Varga	CRO	58.17 (35)	–
36 r1/2	1023	Germán Lauro	ARG	57.54 (36)	–
37 r1/2	2525	Danijel Furtula	MNE	57.48 (37)	–
38 r1/2	2180	Jason Morgan	JAM	57.46 (38)	–
39 r1/2	1474	Yunior Lastre	CUB	57.33 (39)	–
40 r1/2	1227	Ronald Julião	BRA	56.20 (40)	–
DQ	2823	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	RUS	[63.15] (DQ)	–		1

Qualifying Round (6 August 2012 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 65.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Gerd Kanter	EST	66.39	–	Q
2	Robert Harting	GER	66.22	–	Q
3	Jorge Fernández	CUB	65.34	–	Q
4	Lawrence Okoye	GBR	65.28	–	Q
5	Vikas Gowda	IND	65.20	–	Q
6	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	65.19	–	Q
7	Piotr Małachowski	POL	64.65	–	q
8	Martin Wierig	GER	64.13	–	q
9	Benn Harradine	AUS	64.00	–	q
10	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	63.88	–	q
11	Frank Casañas	ESP	63.76	–	q
12	Erik Cadée	NED	63.55	–	q
13	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	63.48	–
14	Mario Pestano	ESP	63.40	–
15	Rutger Smith	NED	63.09	–
16	Martin Marić	CRO	62.87	–
17	Jason Young	USA	62.18	–
18	Scott Martin	AUS	62.14	–
19	Traves Smikle	JAM	61.85	–
20	Lance Brooks	USA	61.17	–
21	Przemysław Czajkowski	POL	61.08	–
22	Ercüment Olgundeniz	TUR	60.87	–
23	Gerhard Mayer	AUT	60.81	–
24	Märt Israel	EST	60.34	–
25	Omar El-Ghazaly	EGY	60.26	–
26	Aleksander Tammert	EST	60.20	–
27	Julian Wruck	AUS	60.08	59.64
28	Abdul Buhari	GBR	60.08	55.78
29	Markus Münch	GER	59.95	–
30	Jarred Rome	USA	59.57	–
31	Robert Urbanek	POL	59.56	–
32	Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi	KSA	59.54	–
33	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	59.17	–
34	Brett Morse	GBR	58.18	–
35	Roland Varga	CRO	58.17	–
36	Germán Lauro	ARG	57.54	–
37	Danijel Furtula	MNE	57.48	–
38	Jason Morgan	JAM	57.46	–
39	Yunior Lastre	CUB	57.33	–
40	Ronald Julião	BRA	56.20	–
DQ	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	RUS	[63.15]	–		2

Qualifying Round, Group A (6 August 2012 — 10:00)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	4	Vikas Gowda	IND	65.20	63.52	65.20	–
2	6	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	65.19	65.19	–	–
3	19	Piotr Małachowski	POL	64.65	62.08	64.65	63.96
4	17	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	63.88	62.32	63.88	×
5	2	Frank Casañas	ESP	63.76	×	63.76	60.21
6	1	Erik Cadée	NED	63.55	63.55	×	×
7	10	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	63.48	63.48	62.49	62.54
8	5	Jason Young	USA	62.18	62.18	×	×
9	15	Scott Martin	AUS	62.14	58.15	57.67	62.14
10	16	Ercüment Olgundeniz	TUR	60.87	×	×	60.87
11	13	Märt Israel	EST	60.34	59.60	×	60.34
12	20	Aleksander Tammert	EST	60.20	57.00	60.20	59.78
13	12	Julian Wruck	AUS	60.08	58.01	60.08	59.64
14	14	Markus Münch	GER	59.95	59.95	59.34	×
15	11	Robert Urbanek	POL	59.56	59.56	×	×
16	9	Brett Morse	GBR	58.18	×	58.18	×
17	3	Roland Varga	CRO	58.17	57.76	58.17	57.79
18	8	Germán Lauro	ARG	57.54	×	55.23	57.54
19	18	Jason Morgan	JAM	57.46	56.25	56.72	57.46
20	7	Yunior Lastre	CUB	57.33	×	×	57.33

Qualifying Round, Group B (6 August 2012 — 11:35)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	1	Gerd Kanter	EST	66.39	×	59.72	66.39
2	18	Robert Harting	GER	66.22	66.22	–	–
3	16	Jorge Fernández	CUB	65.34	65.34	–	–
4	12	Lawrence Okoye	GBR	65.28	×	63.00	65.28
5	4	Martin Wierig	GER	64.13	64.13	62.66	×
6	21	Benn Harradine	AUS	64.00	64.00	×	61.39
7	3	Mario Pestano	ESP	63.40	63.40	63.36	×
8	20	Rutger Smith	NED	63.09	63.00	62.70	63.09
9	8	Martin Marić	CRO	62.87	61.04	62.83	62.87
10	7	Traves Smikle	JAM	61.85	×	59.59	61.85
11	15	Lance Brooks	USA	61.17	61.17	60.59	59.25
12	10	Przemysław Czajkowski	POL	61.08	58.73	×	61.08
13	17	Gerhard Mayer	AUT	60.81	59.40	60.81	60.27
14	6	Omar El-Ghazaly	EGY	60.26	60.16	60.26	58.89
15	2	Abdul Buhari	GBR	60.08	54.20	55.78	60.08
16	13	Jarred Rome	USA	59.57	×	×	59.57
17	19	Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi	KSA	59.54	55.48	55.80	59.54
18	14	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	59.17	×	58.22	59.17
19	9	Danijel Furtula	MNE	57.48	57.48	×	×
20	5	Ronald Julião	BRA	56.20	×	56.20	×
DQ	11	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	RUS	[63.15]	[61.69]	[x]	[63.15]	3

Final Round (7 August 2012 — 19:45)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	10/7	Robert Harting	GER	68.27	67.79	×	67.27	66.45	68.27	67.08
2	7/8	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	68.18	68.18	64.09	67.28	66.98	×	×
3	4/4	Gerd Kanter	EST	68.03	65.07	65.79	66.02	65.96	68.03	66.99
4	3/6	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	67.38	67.38	×	×	66.07	×	×
5	11/5	Piotr Małachowski	POL	67.19	62.50	66.92	×	67.19	×	×
6	12/1	Martin Wierig	GER	65.85	63.34	63.98	×	65.85	64.79	65.12
7	6/3	Frank Casañas	ESP	65.56	65.56	×	×	64.92	65.48	63.16
8	1/2	Vikas Gowda	IND	64.79	64.79	60.95	63.03	64.15	64.48	63.89
9	5	Benn Harradine	AUS	63.59	58.24	63.16	63.59	–	–	–
10	9	Erik Cadée	NED	62.78	62.40	62.77	62.78	–	–	–
11	8	Jorge Fernández	CUB	62.02	×	60.04	62.02	–	–	–
12	2	Lawrence Okoye	GBR	61.03	61.03	×	60.11	–	–	–