2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Section Title: Qualification
Table Section Text: Qualification: Qualifying Performance 64.50 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes

1	A	Robert Harting	Germany (GER)	66.81	66.81	Q

2	A	Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	66.73	66.73	Q

3	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary (HUN)	x	65.82	65.82	Q

4	B	Jarred Rome	United States (USA)	60.92	65.51	65.51	Q

5	A	Casey Malone	United States (USA)	65.13	65.13	Q

6	B	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania (LTU)	65.04	65.04	Q

7	A	Mario Pestano	Spain (ESP)	65.03	65.03	Q

8	B	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	64.20	64.48	62.65	64.48	q

9	A	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Russia (RUS)	62.93	61.09	60.08	62.93	q

10	A	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	Egypt (EGY)	62.84	62.09	x	62.84	q

11	B	Gerhard Mayer	Austria (AUT)	62.53	59.33	62.19	62.53	q

12	B	Frantz Kruger	Finland (FIN)	62.29	x	60.45	62.29	q

13	A	Aleksander Tammert	Estonia (EST)	62.24	61.93	59.44	62.24

14	A	Ian Waltz	United States (USA)	x	60.27	62.04	62.04

15	A	Benn Harradine	Australia (AUS)	60.73	61.74	60.79	61.74

16	B	Frank Casañas	Spain (ESP)	x	x	61.10	61.10

17	A	Gaute Myklebust	Norway (NOR)	x	60.80	x	60.80

18	A	Bertrand Vili	France (FRA)	60.68	x	x	60.68

19	B	Erik Cadee	Netherlands (NED)	x	60.64	x	60.64

20	B	Markus Münch	Germany (GER)	60.55	x	59.12	60.55

21	B	Ivan Hryshyn	Ukraine (UKR)	59.93	57.28	x	59.93

22	B	Märt Israel	Estonia (EST)	59.58	x	59.58

23	A	Jorge Balliengo	Argentina (ARG)	56.69	55.32	59.19	59.19

24	B	Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb	Qatar (QAT)	55.33	59.16	x	59.16

25	B	Nikolay Sedyuk	Russia (RUS)	x	59.03	58.62	59.03

26	A	Oleksiy Semenov	Ukraine (UKR)	58.78	57.31	x	58.78

27	A	Daniel Schärer	Switzerland (SUI)	58.50	58.23	57.22	58.50

28	B	Germán Lauro	Argentina (ARG)	57.88	x	x	57.88

29	B	Ercüment Olgundeniz	Turkey (TUR)	56.54	x	57.52	57.52

A	Haidar Nasir	Iraq (IRQ)	x	x	x	NM

Sentence(s)

Harting had the best throw (66.81), while Kővágó and Kanter were the next best qualifiers.

final_sentence: Harting had the best throw (66.81), while Kővágó and Kanter were the next best qualifiers.