# Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw athletics events for the 2016 Summer Paralympics took place at the Rio Olympic Stadium on 9 September. A total of five events were contested for eight different classifications.

## Schedule

| F | Final |
| Event↓/Date → | Thu 8 | Sat 10 | Mon 12 | Fri 16 |
| T11 | | | F | |
| T37 | F | | | |
| T44 | | | | F |
| T52 | F | | | |
| T56 | | F | | |

## Medal summary

| Classification | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| F11 details | Alessandro Rodrigo Silva Brazil | 43.06 | Oney Tapia Italy | 40.89 | David Casinos Sierra Spain | 38.58 |
| F37 details | Khusniddin Norbekov Uzbekistan | 59.75 | Mindaugas Bilius Lithuania | 53.50 | Xia Dong China | 52.15 |
| F44 details | David Blair United States | 64.11 | Akeem Stewart Trinidad and Tobago | 61.72 | Dan Greaves Great Britain | 59.57 |
| F52 details | Aigars Apinis Latvia | 20.83 | Robert Jachimowicz Poland | 19.10 | Velimir Šandor Croatia | 18.24 |
| F56 details | Claudiney Batista dos Santos Brazil | 45.33 | Alireza Ghaleh Nasseri Iran | 44.04 | Leonardo Diaz Cuba | 43.58 |

## Competition format

The competition for each classification consisted of a single round. Each athlete threw three times, after which the eight best threw three more times (with the best distance of the six throws counted).

## Results
### F11

The F11 event took place on 9 September.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Best | Notes |
| | Alessandro Rodrigo Silva | Brazil | 30.61 | 34.75 | 43.06 | 40.47 | 41.81 | 28.43 | 43.06 | PR |
| | Oney Tapia | Italy | 40.89 | x | x | 38.23 | 38.86 | 39.03 | 40.89 | |
| | David Casinos | Spain | 35.74 | 38.78 | 36.72 | 35.65 | 34.63 | x | 38.78 | SB |
| 4 | Bil Marinkovic | Austria | 36.66 | x | 37.22 | x | x | 36.32 | 37.22 | SB |
| 5 | Marcio Silva Braga Leite | Brazil | 34.07 | 34.71 | 34.43 | 33.46 | 31.54 | 34.43 | 34.71 | |
| 6 | Sergio Paz | Argentina | 33.64 | 33.99 | x | 32.01 | 33.10 | 30.51 | 33.99 | |
| 7 | Mirosław Madzia | Poland | 30.19 | 32.32 | 31.26 | 32.00 | 32.50 | x | 32.50 | |
| 8 | Yasser Satouri | Tunisia | 30.77 | x | 29.57 | 27.53 | 29.61 | 29.20 | 30.77 | |
| 9 | Friday Aibangbe | Nigeria | x | 22.49 | 30.02 | | | | 30.02 | |

### F37

The F37 event took place on 14 September.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Best | Notes |
| | Khusniddin Norbekov | Uzbekistan | 54.46 | 59.75 | 54.89 | 57.19 | x | 54.61 | 59.71 | WR |
| | Mindaugas Bilius | Lithuania | 45.72 | x | 48.43 | 52.34 | 53.50 | 53.04 | 53.50 | PB |
| | Xia Dong | China | 48.35 | 51.51 | 52.15 | 51.41 | x | x | 52.15 | SB |
| 4 | Guy Henly | Australia | 48.28 | 50.15 | 45.00 | 47.80 | 51.97 | 51.54 | 51.97 | |
| 5 | Ronni Jensen | Denmark | x | 45.44 | 48.00 | 48.10 | 47.71 | x | 48.10 | |
| 6 | Mohamed Mohamed Ramadan | Egypt | 44.95 | 45.41 | x | x | 46.91 | 47.97 | 47.97 | |
| 7 | João Victor Teixeira de Souza Silva | Brazil | x | 43.71 | 45.10 | 41.94 | 44.97 | x | 45.10 | PB |
| 8 | Tomasz Blatkiewicz | Poland | 40.62 | 42.38 | 44.26 | 44.00 | 43.54 | 44.23 | 44.26 | |
| 9 | Kevin Strybosch | Canada | x | 41.81 | x | | | | 41.81 | |
| 10 | Mykola Zhabnyak | Ukraine | 40.37 | 41.39 | x | | | | 41.39 | |
| 11 | Shahrad Nasajpour | Individual Paralympic Athletes | x | 39.64 | 39.49 | | | | 39.64 | SB |
| 12 | Alefosio Laki | Samoa | 33.53 | x | x | | | | 33.53 | PB |

### F44

The F44 event took place on 11 September.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Best | Notes |
| | David Blair | United States | F44 | 58.65 | x | 64.11 | 63.21 | x | x | 64.11 | WR |
| | Akeem Stewart | Trinidad and Tobago | F43 | 56.03 | 61.70 | 60.83 | 60.82 | 60.53 | 61.72 | 61.72 | PR |
| | Dan Greaves | Great Britain | F44 | 57.40 | 58.63 | 59.57 | x | 59.05 | 58.20 | 59.57 | |
| 4 | Jeremy Campbell | United States | F44 | x | 52.44 | 54.80 | 56.03 | 54.06 | x | 56.03 | |
| 5 | Ivan Katanušić | Croatia | F44 | x | x | 46.97 | 47.37 | 55.36 | 55.22 | 55.36 | |
| 6 | Adrián Matušík | Slovakia | F44 | x | 48.55 | 53.20 | 48.90 | 51.18 | 52.88 | 53.20 | SB |
| 7 | Josip Slivar | Croatia | F44 | 46.37 | x | 42.12 | 45.09 | 47.39 | x | 47.39 | |
| 8 | Egert Jõesaar | Estonia | F44 | 44.78 | 45.18 | 44.55 | x | x | 46.61 | 46.61 | |
| 9 | Bardy Chris Bouésso | Republic of the Congo | F44 | x | 20.38 | 18.95 | | | | 20.38 | PB |
| | Gerdan Fonseca | Cuba | F44 | | | | | | | DNS | |

### F52

The F52 event took place on 14 September.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Best | Notes |
| | Aigars Apinis | Latvia | F52 | 19.90 | 20.02 | 20.83 | 17.80 | 20.05 | 20.35 | 20.83 | SB |
| | Robert Jachimowicz | Poland | F52 | 17.87 | 18.39 | 19.10 | x | 15.97 | x | 19.10 | |
| | Velimir Šandor | Croatia | F52 | 17.70 | 17.67 | 18.24 | 17.62 | 17.29 | x | 18.24 | |
| 4 | Kęstutis Skučas | Lithuania | F52 | x | x | x | 16.18 | 16.84 | 17.08 | 17.08 | PB |
| 5 | Adrian Imianowski | Poland | F52 | 16.33 | 15.97 | 15.89 | 16.05 | 16.21 | x | 16.33 | PB |
| 6 | Erik Alejandro de Santos Espinosa | Mexico | F52 | 15.38 | 15.59 | 14.93 | 15.27 | 14.59 | 15.37 | 15.59 | |
| 7 | Amit Kumar Kumar | India | F51 | x | x | x | 9.01 | x | 8.75 | 9.01 | |

### F56

The F56 event took place on 17 September.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Best | Notes |
| | Claudiney Batista dos Santos | Brazil | F56 | 42.03 | 45.33 | 44.66 | x | – | – | 45.33 | PR, AR |
| | Alireza Ghaleh Nasseri | Iran | F56 | 42.32 | 42.12 | 43.86 | 40.24 | 42.26 | 44.04 | 44.04 | PB |
| | Leonardo Diaz | Cuba | F56 | 42.14 | 43.53 | 43.58 | 39.90 | x | 37.01 | 43.58 | |
| 4 | Olokhan Musayev | Azerbaijan | F56 | 40.07 | 40.93 | 39.60 | 38.58 | 40.35 | 39.93 | 40.93 | SB |
| 5 | Ibrahim Ibrahim | Egypt | F56 | 37.80 | 36.58 | 39.81 | x | x | x | 39.81 | SB |
| 6 | Ruzhdi Ruzhdi | Bulgaria | F55 | 35.13 | 38.04 | x | 36.48 | 37.13 | 36.80 | 38.04 | PR |
| 7 | Nebojša Đurić | Serbia | F55 | 36.75 | x | x | 34.02 | 35.32 | 35.58 | 36.75 | |
| 8 | Johnnie Williams | United States | F56 | 34.05 | 35.10 | 28.78 | 32.19 | 34.68 | 29.17 | 35.10 | |
| 9 | Ricardo Robles de la Torre | Mexico | F56 | 32.35 | 33.91 | 33.52 | | | | 33.91 | |
| 10 | Ignas Madumla Mtweve | Tanzania | F56 | 19.66 | 22.09 | 22.91 | | | | 22.91 | PB |
| | Ali Mohammadyari | Iran | F56 | x | x | x | | | | NM | |