Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 24 November.

Men's discus throw at the 2010 Asian Games
Venue	Aoti Main Stadium
Date	24 November
Competitors	11 from 9 nations
Medalists
Ehsan Haddadi    Iran   Mohammad Samimi    Iran   Vikas Gowda    India
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Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 24 November 2010	17:15	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	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	69.32	Tallinn, Estonia	3 June 2008
Games Record	Li Shaojie (CHN)	64.58	Bangkok, Thailand	17 December 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	63.50	65.07	65.23	62.21	67.99	X	67.99	GR
	Mohammad Samimi (IRI)	63.46	63.08	61.50	X	62.06	X	63.46
	Vikas Gowda (IND)	62.27	63.13	62.33	62.97	62.72	62.43	63.13
4	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	X	60.98	X	X	X	59.46	60.98
5	Shigeo Hatakeyama (JPN)	53.44	53.07	55.87	55.47	X	56.89	56.89
6	Haidar Nasir (IRQ)	50.99	54.87	X	54.59	55.44	X	55.44
7	Choi Jong-bum (KOR)	52.51	54.58	X	54.73	54.00	52.83	54.73
8	Essa Al-Zenkawi (IOC)	54.19	X	53.16				54.19
9	Wang Yao-hui (TPE)	X	53.97	X				53.97
10	Kvanchai Numsomboon (THA)	49.85	50.77	51.31				51.31
DQ	Ahmed Dheeb (QAT)	64.56	63.58	63.29	X	60.16	63.61	64.56

• Ahmed Dheeb of Qatar originally won the silver medal, but was later disqualified after he tested positive for Testosterone.^[1]

References

1. "2 Asian Games athletes fail drug test". ESPN. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 4 February 2013.

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