# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 8 August 2001. The qualification mark was set at 65.50 metres.

## Medalists

| Gold | Lars Riedel Germany (GER) |
| Silver | Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU) |
| Bronze | Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)
Qualification Round :
| Group A | Group B |
| 06.08.2001 – 09:00h | 06.08.2001 – 10:45h |
| Final Round ||
| 08.08.2001 – 20:00h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships :
| World Record | Jürgen Schult (GDR) | 74.08 m | June 6, 1986 | Neubrandenburg, East Germany |
| Event Record | Anthony Washington (USA) | 69.08 m | August 24, 1999 | Seville, Spain |
| Season Best | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 70.99 m | March 30, 2001 | Stellenbosch, South Africa |

## Startlist

| Order | № | Athlete | Season Best | Personal Best |
| GROUP A |||||
| 1 | 945 | Frantz Kruger (RSA) | 69.96 | 69.96 |
| 2 | 484 | Michael Möllenbeck (GER) | 67.17 | 67.44 |
| 3 | 863 | Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR) | 62.41 | 63.64 |
| 4 | 745 | Romas Ubartas (LTU) | 65.25 | 70.06 |
| 5 | 1142 | Andy Bloom (USA) | 66.17 | 68.46 |
| 6 | 186 | Jason Tunks (CAN) | 67.70 | 67.88 |
| 7 | 541 | Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) | 66.93 | 66.93 |
| 8 | 1164 | John Godina (USA) | 67.66 | 69.91 |
| 9 | 25 | Marcelo Pugliese (ARG) | 62.91 | 64.20 |
| 10 | 444 | Robert Weir (GBR) | 63.03 | 65.08 |
| 11 | 89 | Jo Van Daele (BEL) | 64.24 | 64.24 |
| 12 | 363 | Timo Tompuri (FIN) | 69.62 | 69.62 |
| 13 | 109 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) | 66.00 | 67.59 |
| GROUP B |||||
| 1 | 486 | Lars Riedel (GER) | 68.26 | 71.50 |
| 2 | 1017 | Igor Primc (SLO) | 62.74 | 64.79 |
| 3 | 990 | Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) | 66.48 | 67.30 |
| 4 | 743 | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 70.99 | 73.88 |
| 5 | 538 | Róbert Fazekas (HUN) | 68.09 | 68.09 |
| 6 | 925 | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) | 62.77 | 62.77 |
| 7 | 1201 | Adam Setliff (USA) | 68.94 | 68.94 |
| 8 | 933 | Ionel Oprea (ROM) | 63.64 | 63.64 |
| 9 | 329 | Aleksander Tammert (EST) | 67.10 | 67.41 |
| 10 | 544 | Roland Varga (HUN) | 64.44 | 65.39 |
| 11 | 106 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) | 64.41 | 69.28 |
| 12 | 314 | Mario Pestano (ESP) | 67.92 | 67.92 |
| 13 | 481 | Michael Lischka (GER) | 65.04 | 65.04 |

## Qualification
### Group A

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) | 65.71 | — | — | 65.71 m | |
| 2 | 4 | Frantz Kruger (RSA) | 63.91 | 64.79 | 64.59 | 64.79 m | |
| 3 | 6 | Jason Tunks (CAN) | X | 64.34 | 63.14 | 64.34 m | |
| 4 | 8 | Timo Tompuri (FIN) | 61.33 | 58.70 | 63.34 | 63.34 m | |
| 5 | 10 | Michael Möllenbeck (GER) | X | 61.13 | 62.54 | 62.54 m | |
| 6 | 12 | Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR) | 60.86 | 61.85 | 58.38 | 61.85 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Romas Ubartas (LTU) | 58.44 | 61.49 | X | 61.49 m | |
| 8 | 15 | Robert Weir (GBR) | 61.05 | X | X | 61.05 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Jo Van Daele (BEL) | 57.92 | X | 60.19 | 60.19 m | |
| 10 | 20 | Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) | 48.26 | X | 58.42 | 58.42 m | |
| 11 | 21 | John Godina (USA) | X | 57.19 | X | 57.19 m | |
| 12 | 23 | Andy Bloom (USA) | 56.32 | X | X | 56.32 m | |
| 13 | 25 | Marcelo Pugliese (ARG) | X | 54.06 | 52.75 | 54.06 m | |

### Group B

| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Lars Riedel (GER) | 68.26 | — | — | 68.26 m | SB |
| 2 | 3 | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 65.22 | — | — | 65.22 m | |
| 3 | 5 | Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) | 64.55 | — | — | 64.55 m | |
| 4 | 7 | Roland Varga (HUN) | 63.52 | 61.48 | 63.49 | 63.52 m | |
| 5 | 9 | Igor Primc (SLO) | X | 62.60 | 56.57 | 62.60 m | |
| 6 | 11 | Adam Setliff (USA) | 62.25 | X | 58.16 | 62.25 m | |
| 7 | 13 | Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR) | 61.73 | X | 59.42 | 61.73 m | |
| 8 | 16 | Aleksander Tammert (EST) | 60.87 | X | 61.04 | 61.04 m | |
| 9 | 18 | Ionel Oprea (ROM) | 60.18 | 58.57 | 60.16 | 60.18 m | |
| 10 | 19 | Michael Lischka (GER) | 58.36 | 59.94 | 57.16 | 59.94 m | |
| 11 | 22 | Mario Pestano (ESP) | 55.99 | X | 56.58 | 56.58 m | |
| 12 | 24 | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) | X | X | 54.48 | 54.48 m | |
| 13 | 26 | Róbert Fazekas (HUN) | X | X | 53.73 | 53.73 m | |

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Lars Riedel (GER) | 65.41 | 67.10 | 66.74 | 69.50 | 69.72 | 68.36 | 69.72 m | CR |
| | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 67.65 | X | 69.40 | X | 67.28 | X | 69.40 m | |
| | Michael Möllenbeck (GER) | 67.61 | X | 65.76 | 66.60 | 65.30 | 64.48 | 67.61 m | PB |
| 4 | Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS) | 63.21 | X | 66.68 | 67.16 | 67.57 | 65.95 | 67.57 m | PB |
| 5 | Adam Setliff (USA) | 66.55 | 66.49 | X | X | X | X | 66.55 m | |
| 6 | Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR) | 62.88 | 65.98 | 62.93 | 66.08 | 66.25 | 65.08 | 66.25 m | SB |
| 7 | Roland Varga (HUN) | X | 58.66 | 65.86 | 62.37 | 64.80 | X | 65.86 m | PB |
| 8 | Frantz Kruger (RSA) | 63.61 | 64.89 | X | 65.27 | 62.24 | X | 65.27 m | |
| 9 | Jason Tunks (CAN) | 63.79 | X | X | | | | 63.79 m | |
| 10 | Timo Tompuri (FIN) | 62.82 | 59.42 | X | | | | 62.82 m | |
| 11 | Igor Primc (SLO) | 62.36 | X | 62.26 | | | | 62.36 m | |
| 12 | Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR) | X | 58.60 | 59.11 | | | | 59.11 m | |