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Discus Throw, Men

Date	12 – 13 August 2016
Status	Olympic
Location	Estádio Olímpico João Havelange, Engenho de Dentro, Rio de Janeiro
Participants	35 from 24 countries

For the last eight years the world’s top discus thrower had been Germany’s Harting, winner of the 2012 Olympic gold, the 2009, 2011, and 2013 World Championships, and the 2012 and 2014 European Championships. And in Rio, Germany’s Harting came through again to win gold – except it wasn’t the same Harting. Robert Harting was the defending champion but he was not in Rio, giving way to his younger brother, Christoph Harting, who succeeded big brother as the gold medallist. It was the first time in Olympic history, in any sport, that brothers succeeded each other as Olympic champions in the same individual event.

The lead in round one was taken by Poland’s Piotr Małachowski with 67.32, a mark that would hold up for the silver medal and that lasted a long time as the leader. In fact, it stood until round six, when Harting, the next-to-last thrower, surpassed it with 68.37 to win the record-setting gold medal. Małachowski had one last shot to win, but his 65.38 would not do it. Daniel Jasinski’s bronze medal gave Germany two athletes on the podium.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	2496	Christoph Harting	GER	65.41 (3)	68.37 (1)	Gold
2	2847	Piotr Małachowski	POL	65.89 (1)	67.55 (2)	Silver
3	2503	Daniel Jasinski	GER	62.83 (11)	67.05 (3)	Bronze
4	2380	Martin Kupper	EST	62.92 (10)	66.58 (4)
5	2377	Gerd Kanter	EST	64.02 (5)	65.10 (5)
6	2058	Lukas Weißhaidinger	AUT	65.86 (2)	64.95 (6)
7	2555	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	63.34 (9)	64.50 (7)
8	2295	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	63.35 (8)	63.72 (8)
9	2095	Philip Milanov	BEL	62.68 (12)	62.22 (9)
10	2956	Axel Härstedt	SWE	63.58 (7)	62.12 (10)
11	3067	Mason Finley	USA	63.68 (6)	62.05 (11)
12	2733	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	65.18 (4)	60.66 (12)
13 r1/2	2806	Sven Martin Skagestad	NOR	62.45 (13)	–
14 r1/2	2957	Daniel Ståhl	SWE	62.26 (14)	–
15 r1/2	2497	Robert Harting	GER	62.21 (15)	–
16 r1/2	3066	Andrew Evans	USA	61.87 (16)	–
17 r1/2	2855	Robert Urbanek	POL	61.76 (17)	–
18 r1/2	2253	Mauricio Ortega	COL	61.62 (18)	–
19 r1/2	2035	Matthew Denny	AUS	61.16 (19)	–
20 r1/2	2039	Benn Harradine	AUS	60.85 (20)	–
21 r1/2	2586	Guðni Guðnason	ISL	60.45 (21)	–
22 r1/2	2271	Jorge Fernández	CUB	60.43 (22)	–
23 r1/2	3030	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	60.31 (23)	–
24 r1/2	2576	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	60.15 (24)	–
25 r1/2	2351	Frank Casañas	ESP	59.96 (25)	–
26 r1/2	3048	Tavis Bailey	USA	59.81 (26)	–
27 r1/2	2363	Lois Maikel Martínez	ESP	59.42 (27)	–
28 r1/2	2560	Vikas Gowda	IND	58.99 (28)	–
29 r1/2	2918	Alex Rose	SAM	57.24 (29)	–
30 r1/2	2579	Mahmoud Samimi	IRI	56.94 (30)	–
31 r1/2	2673	Yevgeny Labutov	KAZ	55.54 (31)	–
32 r1/2	3034	Oleksiy Semenov	UKR	55.35 (32)	–
33 r1/2	2713	Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi	KSA	54.84 (33)	–
34 r1/2	2616	Fedrick Dacres	JAM	50.69 (34)	–
AC r1/2	2770	Danijel Furtula	MNE	– (NM)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	12 August 2016 — 10:55
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 65.50 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	Piotr Małachowski	POL	65.89	Q
2	Lukas Weißhaidinger	AUT	65.86	Q
3	Christoph Harting	GER	65.41	q
4	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	65.18	q
5	Gerd Kanter	EST	64.02	q
6	Mason Finley	USA	63.68	q
7	Axel Härstedt	SWE	63.58	q
8	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	63.35	q
9	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	63.34	q
10	Martin Kupper	EST	62.92	q
11	Daniel Jasinski	GER	62.83	q
12	Philip Milanov	BEL	62.68	q
13	Sven Martin Skagestad	NOR	62.45
14	Daniel Ståhl	SWE	62.26
15	Robert Harting	GER	62.21
16	Andrew Evans	USA	61.87
17	Robert Urbanek	POL	61.76
18	Mauricio Ortega	COL	61.62
19	Matthew Denny	AUS	61.16
20	Benn Harradine	AUS	60.85
21	Guðni Guðnason	ISL	60.45
22	Jorge Fernández	CUB	60.43
23	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	60.31
24	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	60.15
25	Frank Casañas	ESP	59.96
26	Tavis Bailey	USA	59.81
27	Lois Maikel Martínez	ESP	59.42
28	Vikas Gowda	IND	58.99
29	Alex Rose	SAM	57.24
30	Mahmoud Samimi	IRI	56.94
31	Yevgeny Labutov	KAZ	55.54
32	Oleksiy Semenov	UKR	55.35
33	Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi	KSA	54.84
34	Fedrick Dacres	JAM	50.69
NM	Danijel Furtula	MNE	–

Group A

Date	12 August 2016 — 9:30

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	–	Piotr Małachowski	POL	65.89	64.69	65.89	-	Q
2	–	Lukas Weißhaidinger	AUT	65.86	63.43	65.86	-	Q
3	–	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	65.18	59.50	x	65.18	q
4	–	Gerd Kanter	EST	64.02	62.86	64.02	x	q
5	–	Daniel Jasinski	GER	62.83	x	62.83	61.30	q
6	–	Daniel Ståhl	SWE	62.26	60.78	x	62.26
7	–	Andrew Evans	USA	61.87	x	61.87	x
8	–	Benn Harradine	AUS	60.85	60.82	60.85	55.68
9	–	Jorge Fernández	CUB	60.43	59.93	60.43	60.09
10	–	Mykyta Nesterenko	UKR	60.31	57.87	60.28	60.31
11	–	Tavis Bailey	USA	59.81	x	59.81	59.25
12	–	Lois Maikel Martínez	ESP	59.42	x	59.42	x
13	–	Alex Rose	SAM	57.24	57.24	56.47	54.42
14	–	Mahmoud Samimi	IRI	56.94	56.94	55.43	56.07
15	–	Yevgeny Labutov	KAZ	55.54	55.54	54.02	54.82
16	–	Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi	KSA	54.84	x	54.09	54.84
17	–	Fedrick Dacres	JAM	50.69	x	x	50.69

Group B

Date	12 August 2016

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance
1	–	Christoph Harting	GER	65.41	x	64.49	65.41	q
2	–	Mason Finley	USA	63.68	61.52	62.55	63.68	q
3	–	Axel Härstedt	SWE	63.58	63.58	x	x	q
4	–	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	63.35	61.60	63.35	61.74	q
5	–	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	63.34	59.83	63.34	61.57	q
6	–	Martin Kupper	EST	62.92	61.15	62.92	x	q
7	–	Philip Milanov	BEL	62.68	62.68	62.59	x	q
8	–	Sven Martin Skagestad	NOR	62.45	59.69	62.45	x
9	–	Robert Harting	GER	62.21	x	x	62.21
10	–	Robert Urbanek	POL	61.76	x	61.76	61.53
11	–	Mauricio Ortega	COL	61.62	x	61.62	x
12	–	Matthew Denny	AUS	61.16	60.78	61.16	x
13	–	Guðni Guðnason	ISL	60.45	53.51	60.45	59.37
14	–	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	60.15	57.86	59.92	60.15
15	–	Frank Casañas	ESP	59.96	x	57.81	59.96
16	–	Vikas Gowda	IND	58.99	57.59	58.99	58.70
17	–	Oleksiy Semenov	UKR	55.35	54.69	54.59	55.35
NM	–	Danijel Furtula	MNE	–	x	x	x

Final Round

Date	13 August 2016 — 10:50

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	–	Christoph Harting	GER	68.37	62.38	66.34	x	x	64.77	68.37
2	–	Piotr Małachowski	POL	67.55	67.32	67.06	67.55	x	65.51	65.38
3	–	Daniel Jasinski	GER	67.05	65.77	65.01	66.08	64.83	63.31	67.05
4	–	Martin Kupper	EST	66.58	64.47	x	62.88	x	x	66.58
5	–	Gerd Kanter	EST	65.10	65.10	63.01	64.45	63.73	x	x
6	–	Lukas Weißhaidinger	AUT	64.95	62.14	62.44	61.81	x	x	64.95
7	–	Zoltán Kővágó	HUN	64.50	64.50	x	62.98	x	x	x
8	–	Apostolos Parellis	CYP	63.72	61.00	60.82	63.72	x	63.49	62.37
9	–	Philip Milanov	BEL	62.22	62.22	x	x	–	–	–
10	–	Axel Härstedt	SWE	62.12	54.77	62.12	x	–	–	–
11	–	Mason Finley	USA	62.05	60.43	x	62.05	–	–	–
12	–	Andrius Gudžius	LTU	60.66	60.66	58.89	x	–	–	–