2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2005 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	women
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
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

Gold	Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU)
Silver	Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST)
Bronze	Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER)

• All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

• All results shown are in metres

1. Gerd Kanter, Estonia 65.76 m Q
2. Jason Tunks, Canada 64.02 m Q
3. Michael Möllenbeck, Germany 63.71 m Q
4. Frantz Kruger, South Africa 63.44 m q
5. Jarred Rome, United States 62.72 m q
6. Carl Brown, United States 61.91 m
7. Bogdan Pishchalnikov, Russia 61.91 m
8. Jo Van Daele, Belgium 61.12 m
9. Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus 61.04 m
10. Frank Casañas, Cuba 60.94 m
11. Jorge Balliengo, Argentina 60.40 m
12. Abbas Samimi, Iran 60.25 m
13. Gábor Máté, Hungary 58.97 m

• Rutger Smith, Netherlands DNS

1. Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania 68.79 m Q
2. Lars Riedel, Germany 66.22 m Q (SB)
3. Mario Pestano, Spain 65.04 m Q
4. Andrzej Krawczyk, Poland 64.51 m Q
5. Zoltán Kővágó, Hungary 64.30 m Q
6. Ian Waltz, United States 64.30 m Q
7. Aleksander Tammert, Estonia 64.02 m Q
8. Libor Malina, Czech Republic 62.41 m
9. Vikas Gowda, India 62.04 m
10. Roland Varga, Hungary 61.94 m
11. Tao Wu, China 61.75 m
12. Gaute Myklebust, Norway 60.00 m
13. Timo Tompuri, Finland 59.11 m

Rank	Athlete	Attempts						Distance	Note
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	63.93	67.90	68.10	66.75	X	70.17	70.17 m	CR
	Gerd Kanter (EST)	X	64.69	65.10	68.57	65.53	62.64	68.57 m
	Michael Möllenbeck (GER)	X	65.24	64.99	65.95	X	—	65.95 m
4	Aleksander Tammert (EST)	62.28	63.59	63.18	64.18	63.50	64.84	64.84 m
5	Ian Waltz (USA)	63.88	64.05	X	X	64.27	64.02	64.27 m
6	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	63.19	61.47	60.92	63.64	64.23	X	64.23 m
7	Jarred Rome (USA)	64.22	61.87	X	62.64	63.68	X	64.22 m
8	Jason Tunks (CAN)	63.39	63.77	X	X	X	X	63.77 m
9	Lars Riedel (GER)	63.05	X	62.47				63.05 m
10	Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)	62.94	62.68	59.61				62.94 m
11	Mario Pestano (ESP)	62.75	60.32	X				62.75 m
12	Andrzej Krawczyk (POL)	59.58	61.00	62.71				62.71 m

• IAAF results, heats
• IAAF results, final