2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
Final
Key: PB = Personal best, NR = National record

2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Section Title: Final
Table Section Text: Key: PB = Personal best, NR = National record

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes

Robert Harting	Germany (GER)	68.25	67.04	67.80	x	67.80	69.43	69.43	PB

Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	68.77	68.05	67.00	x	69.15	67.33	69.15	NR

Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	65.91	65.65	x	66.88	66.24	65.45	66.88

4	Virgilijus Alekna	Lithuania (LTU)	66.36	66.32	65.68	64.53	66.24	x	66.36

5	Casey Malone	United States (USA)	63.61	61.59	65.64	64.84	65.98	66.06	66.06

6	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary (HUN)	x	63.09	62.47	x	65.17	61.69	65.17

7	Bogdan Pishchalnikov	Russia (RUS)	62.03	63.29	63.18	64.26	65.02	x	65.02

8	Gerhard Mayer	Austria (AUT)	62.16	60.49	63.17	x	60.83	x	63.17

9	Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly	Egypt (EGY)	62.13	62.83	62.76	62.83

10	Mario Pestano	Spain (ESP)	62.76	x	62.27	62.76

11	Jarred Rome	United States (USA)	58.48	62.47	x	62.47

12	Frantz Kruger	Finland (FIN)	x	59.77	x	59.77

Sentence(s)

The Estonian Kanter took the bronze with his fourth round throw of 66.88 m and the Lithuanian Alekna never bettered his first throw of the day (66.36 m) and finished up in fourth place.

final_sentence: The Estonian Kanter took the bronze with his fourth round throw of 66.88 m and the Lithuanian Alekna never bettered his first throw of the day (66.36 m) and finished up in fourth place.