2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships
Venue	Luzhniki Stadium
Dates	12 August (qualification) 13 August (final)
Competitors	30 from 25 nations
Winning distance	69.11 m (226 ft 8 3⁄4 in)
Medalists
Robert Harting  Germany (GER)   Piotr Małachowski  Poland (POL)   Gerd Kanter  Estonia (EST)
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Events at the 2013 World Championships
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
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4 × 100 m relay		men		women
4 × 400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men
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The men's discus throw at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 12–13 August.

The three automatic qualifiers turned out to be the three players in this event. On the second throw of the competition Piotr Małachowski took the lead which lasted for about a minute before Gerd Kanter made his first attempt. It was Robert Harting's second attempt that took the lead he would not relinquish. In the fourth round he unleashed his winner at 69.11. Between World Championships and Olympics, he continued his streak of four straight golds. Małachowski's fifth round 68.36 continued his streak of three silvers behind Harting in the same championships. Kanter, Harting's predecessor in both titles, held on for bronze.

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Qualification: 65.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final.

The final was started at 19:00.

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