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

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

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.

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

External links

• Results