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

Athletics at the
2016 Summer Paralympics
By Event
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
Field events
Long jump men women
High jump men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Club throw men women
By Classification
Classification Key
T/F11–13: Blind and visually impaired
T/F20: Intellectual disability
T/F31–38: Cerebral palsy
F40-41: Les Autres
T/F42–47: Amputees
T/F51–58: Spinal cord disability
T11-13
T11/F11 men women
T12/F12 men women
T13/F13 men women
T20
T20/F20 men women
T32-38
T32/F32 men women
T33/F33 men women
T34/F34 men women
T35/F35 men women
T36/F36 men women
T37/F37 men women
T38/F38 men women
T40-41
T40/F40 men women
T41/F41 men women
T42-47
T42/F42 men women
T43/F43 men women
T44/F44 men women
T45/F45 men women
T46/F46 men women
T47/F47 men women
T51-57
T51/F51 men women
T52/F52 men women
T53/F53 men women
T54/F54 men women
T55/F55 men women
T56/F56 men women
T57/F57 men women

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

Schedule

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
T37F
T44 F
T52F
T56 F

Medal summary

Classification Gold Silver Bronze
F11
Alessandro Rodrigo Silva
 Brazil
43.06 Oney Tapia
 Italy
40.89 David Casinos Sierra
 Spain
38.58
F37
Khusniddin Norbekov
 Uzbekistan
59.75 Mindaugas Bilius
 Lithuania
53.50 Xia Dong
 China
52.15
F44
David Blair
 United States
64.11 Akeem Stewart
 Trinidad and Tobago
61.72 Dan Greaves
 Great Britain
59.57
F52
Aigars Apinis
 Latvia
20.83 Robert Jachimowicz
 Poland
19.10 Velimir Sandor
 Croatia
18.24
F56
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.[1]

F37

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

F44

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

F52

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

F56

The F56 event will take place on 17 September.[5]

References

  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.
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