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 edit

F Final
Event↓/Date → Thu 8 Fri 9 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17
T11 F
T37 F
T44 F
T52 F
T56 F

Medal summary edit

Classification Gold Silver 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 edit

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 edit

F11 edit

The F11 event took place on 9 September.[1]

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 edit

The F37 event took place on 14 September.[2]

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 edit

The F44 event took place on 11 September.[3]

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 edit

The F52 event took place on 14 September.[4]

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 edit

The F56 event took place on 17 September.[5]

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's discus throw - F11 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Men's discus throw - F37 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Men's discus throw - F44 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Men's discus throw - F52 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  5. ^ "Men's discus throw - F56 Final". paralympic.org. Retrieved 2 October 2016.