Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2018 Asian Games
Venue	Gelora Bung Karno Stadium
Dates	29 August
Competitors	11 from 10 nations
Medalists
Ehsan Haddadi    Iran   Mustafa Kadhim    Iraq   Essa Al-Zenkawi    Kuwait

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Asian Games

The men's discus throw event at the 2018 Asian Games was held on 29 August at the Gelora Bung Karno Stadium.

Schedule

All times are Western Indonesia Time (UTC+07:00)

Date	Time	Event
Wednesday, 29 August 2018	20:00	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	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	69.32	Tallinn, Estonia	3 June 2008
Games Record	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	67.99	Guangzhou, China	24 November 2010

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	63.67	64.72	62.84	62.36	65.25	65.71	65.71
	Mustafa Kadhim (IRQ)	57.19	59.53	53.67	60.09	59.89	X	60.09
	Essa Al-Zenkawi (KUW)	56.86	58.94	X	56.32	59.44	X	59.44
4	Behnam Shiri (IRI)	54.47	54.55	X	56.99	56.86	58.09	58.09
5	Irfan Shamsuddin (MAS)	57.70	X	X	54.13	55.62	X	57.70
6	Masateru Yugami (JPN)	55.49	53.35	57.20	56.13	56.31	57.62	57.62
7	Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA)	53.94	57.25	56.10	X	56.24	52.07	57.25
8	Wu Jian (CHN)	55.84	X	56.66	56.86	55.84	55.97	56.86
9	Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim (QAT)	19.60	X	53.08				53.08
10	Narong Benjaroon (THA)	48.27	47.92	47.74				48.27
11	Rafika Putra (INA)	X	42.12	X				42.12

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