Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 13 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.[1]

Men's discus throw at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	13 October
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Medalists
Wu Tao    China   Abbas Samimi    Iran   Anil Kumar    India

Main article: Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 13 October 2002	10:00	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Asian Record	Li Shaojie (CHN)	65.16	Nanjing, China	7 May 1996
Games Record	Li Shaojie (CHN)	64.58	Bangkok, Thailand	17 December 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Wu Tao (CHN)	54.14	55.55	X	X	60.76	X	60.76
	Abbas Samimi (IRI)	X	59.55	57.21	X	60.36	60.44	60.44
	Anil Kumar (IND)	X	59.81	57.63	57.86	59.57	X	59.81
4	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	59.15	X	X	58.72	58.30	X	59.15
5	Tulake Nuermaimaiti (CHN)	X	X	53.63	57.88	X	X	57.88
6	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT)	54.56	55.86	57.78	56.20	55.80	56.53	57.78
7	Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA)	X	55.10	X	57.69	X	52.62	57.69
8	Abdullah Al-Shammari (KSA)	55.29	56.87	54.78	X	X	54.64	56.87
9	Shigeo Hatakeyama (JPN)	50.71	52.69	52.44				52.69
10	Choi Jong-bum (KOR)	49.79	51.29	X				51.29

References

1. "The 14th Busan Asian Games – Results Book" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2020.

External links

• Results