2012 Summer Olympics Results - Athletics
| Men's Discus Throw | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 6 - Final | |||
 |  GERGermany | Robert Harting | 68.27 |
 |  IRIIran | Ehsan Hadadi | 68.18 |
 |  ESTEstonia | Gerd Kanter | 68.03 |
| 4 |  LTULithuania | Virgilijus Alekna | 67.38 |
| 5 |  POLPoland | Piotr Malachowski | 67.19 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Martin Wierig | 65.85 |
| 7 |  ESPSpain | Frank Casañas | 65.56 |
| 8 |  INDIndia | Vikas Gowda | 64.79 |
| 9 |  AUSAustralia | Benn Harradine | 63.59 |
| 10 |  NEDNetherlands | Erik Cadée | 62.78 |
| 11 |  CUBCuba | Jorge Fernández | 62.02 |
| 12 |  GBRGreat Britain | Lawrence Okoye | 61.03 |
| 13 |  CYPCyprus | Apostolos Parellis | 63.48 |
| 14 | ESPSpain | Mario Pestano | 63.40 |
| 15 |  RUSRussia | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | 63.15 |
| 16 | NEDNetherlands | Rutger Smith | 63.09 |
| 17 |  CROCroatia | Marcella Maric | 62.87 |
| 18 |  USAUnited States | Jason Young | 62.18 |
| 19 | AUSAustralia | Scott Martin | 62.14 |
| 20 |  JAMJamaica | Traves Smikle | 61.85 |
| 21 | USAUnited States | Lance Brooks | 61.17 |
| 22 | POLPoland | Przemyslaw Czajkowski | 61.08 |
| 23 |  TURTurkey | Ercüment Olgundeniz | 60.87 |
| 24 |  AUTAustria | Gerhard Mayer | 60.81 |
| 25 | ESTEstonia | Märt Israel | 60.34 |
| 26 |  EGYEgypt | Omar El Ghazaly | 60.26 |
| 27 | ESTEstonia | Aleksander Tammert | 60.20 |
| 28 | AUSAustralia | Julian Wruck | 60.08 |
| 29 | GBRGreat Britain | Abdul Buhari | 60.08 |
| 30 | GERGermany | Markus Münch | 59.95 |
| 31 | USAUnited States | Jarred Rome | 59.57 |
| 32 | POLPoland | Robert Urbanek | 59.56 |
| 33 |  KSASaudi Arabia | Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi | 59.54 |
| 34 |  UKRUkraine | Mykyta Nesterenko | 59.17 |
| 35 | GBRGreat Britain | Brett Morse | 58.18 |
| 36 | CROCroatia | Roland Varga | 58.17 |
| 37 |  ARGArgentina | Germán Lauro | 57.54 |
| 38 |  MNEMontenegro | Danijel Furtula | 57.48 |
| 39 | JAMJamaica | Jason Morgan | 57.46 |
| 40 | CUBCuba | Yunior Lastre Hechevarria | 57.33 |
| 41 |  BRABrazil | Ronald Julião | 56.20 |
| 99 | GBRGreat Britain | Carl Myerscough | |
| 99 |  HUNHungary | Zoltán Kövágó | |
| 99 |  MDAMoldova | Vadim Hranovschi | |
| Men's Discus Throw, Qualification, Group A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 6 - Final | |||
| 1 | INDIndia | Vikas Gowda | 65.20 |
| 2 | IRIIran | Ehsan Hadadi | 65.19 |
| 3 | POLPoland | Piotr Malachowski | 64.65 |
| 4 | LTULithuania | Virgilijus Alekna | 63.88 |
| 5 | ESPSpain | Frank Casañas | 63.76 |
| 6 | NEDNetherlands | Erik Cadée | 63.55 |
| 7 | CYPCyprus | Apostolos Parellis | 63.48 |
| 8 | USAUnited States | Jason Young | 62.18 |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Scott Martin | 62.14 |
| 10 | TURTurkey | Ercüment Olgundeniz | 60.87 |
| 11 | ESTEstonia | Märt Israel | 60.34 |
| 12 | ESTEstonia | Aleksander Tammert | 60.20 |
| 13 | AUSAustralia | Julian Wruck | 60.08 |
| 14 | GERGermany | Markus Münch | 59.95 |
| 15 | POLPoland | Robert Urbanek | 59.56 |
| 16 | GBRGreat Britain | Brett Morse | 58.18 |
| 17 | CROCroatia | Roland Varga | 58.17 |
| 18 | ARGArgentina | Germán Lauro | 57.54 |
| 19 | JAMJamaica | Jason Morgan | 57.46 |
| 20 | CUBCuba | Yunior Lastre Hechevarria | 57.33 |
| Men's Discus Throw, Qualification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 6 - Final | |||
| 1 | ESTEstonia | Gerd Kanter | 66.39 |
| 2 | GERGermany | Robert Harting | 66.22 |
| 3 | CUBCuba | Jorge Fernández | 65.34 |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Lawrence Okoye | 65.28 |
| 5 | INDIndia | Vikas Gowda | 65.20 |
| 6 | IRIIran | Ehsan Hadadi | 65.19 |
| 7 | POLPoland | Piotr Malachowski | 64.65 |
| 8 | GERGermany | Martin Wierig | 64.13 |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Benn Harradine | 64.00 |
| 10 | LTULithuania | Virgilijus Alekna | 63.88 |
| 11 | ESPSpain | Frank Casañas | 63.76 |
| 12 | NEDNetherlands | Erik Cadée | 63.55 |
| 13 | CYPCyprus | Apostolos Parellis | 63.48 |
| 14 | ESPSpain | Mario Pestano | 63.40 |
| 15 | RUSRussia | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | 63.15 |
| 16 | NEDNetherlands | Rutger Smith | 63.09 |
| 17 | CROCroatia | Marcella Maric | 62.87 |
| 18 | USAUnited States | Jason Young | 62.18 |
| 19 | AUSAustralia | Scott Martin | 62.14 |
| 20 | JAMJamaica | Traves Smikle | 61.85 |
| 21 | USAUnited States | Lance Brooks | 61.17 |
| 22 | POLPoland | Przemyslaw Czajkowski | 61.08 |
| 23 | TURTurkey | Ercüment Olgundeniz | 60.87 |
| 24 | AUTAustria | Gerhard Mayer | 60.81 |
| 25 | ESTEstonia | Märt Israel | 60.34 |
| 26 | EGYEgypt | Omar El Ghazaly | 60.26 |
| 27 | ESTEstonia | Aleksander Tammert | 60.20 |
| 28 | AUSAustralia | Julian Wruck | 60.08 |
| 29 | GBRGreat Britain | Abdul Buhari | 60.08 |
| 30 | GERGermany | Markus Münch | 59.95 |
| 31 | USAUnited States | Jarred Rome | 59.57 |
| 32 | POLPoland | Robert Urbanek | 59.56 |
| 33 | KSASaudi Arabia | Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi | 59.54 |
| 34 | UKRUkraine | Mykyta Nesterenko | 59.17 |
| 35 | GBRGreat Britain | Brett Morse | 58.18 |
| 36 | CROCroatia | Roland Varga | 58.17 |
| 37 | ARGArgentina | Germán Lauro | 57.54 |
| 38 | MNEMontenegro | Danijel Furtula | 57.48 |
| 39 | JAMJamaica | Jason Morgan | 57.46 |
| 40 | CUBCuba | Yunior Lastre Hechevarria | 57.33 |
| 41 | BRABrazil | Ronald Julião | 56.20 |
| Men's Discus Throw, Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 7 - Final | |||
| 1 | GERGermany | Robert Harting | 68.27 |
| 2 | IRIIran | Ehsan Hadadi | 68.18 |
| 3 | ESTEstonia | Gerd Kanter | 68.03 |
| 4 | LTULithuania | Virgilijus Alekna | 67.38 |
| 5 | POLPoland | Piotr Malachowski | 67.19 |
| 6 | GERGermany | Martin Wierig | 65.85 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Frank Casañas | 65.56 |
| 8 | INDIndia | Vikas Gowda | 64.79 |
| 9 | AUSAustralia | Benn Harradine | 63.59 |
| 10 | NEDNetherlands | Erik Cadée | 62.78 |
| 11 | CUBCuba | Jorge Fernández | 62.02 |
| 12 | GBRGreat Britain | Lawrence Okoye | 61.03 |
| Men's Discus Throw, Qualification, Group B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| August 6 - Final | |||
| 1 | ESTEstonia | Gerd Kanter | 66.39 |
| 2 | GERGermany | Robert Harting | 66.22 |
| 3 | CUBCuba | Jorge Fernández | 65.34 |
| 4 | GBRGreat Britain | Lawrence Okoye | 65.28 |
| 5 | GERGermany | Martin Wierig | 64.13 |
| 6 | AUSAustralia | Benn Harradine | 64.00 |
| 7 | ESPSpain | Mario Pestano | 63.40 |
| 8 | RUSRussia | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | 63.15 |
| 9 | NEDNetherlands | Rutger Smith | 63.09 |
| 10 | CROCroatia | Marcella Maric | 62.87 |
| 11 | JAMJamaica | Traves Smikle | 61.85 |
| 12 | USAUnited States | Lance Brooks | 61.17 |
| 13 | POLPoland | Przemyslaw Czajkowski | 61.08 |
| 14 | AUTAustria | Gerhard Mayer | 60.81 |
| 15 | EGYEgypt | Omar El Ghazaly | 60.26 |
| 16 | GBRGreat Britain | Abdul Buhari | 60.08 |
| 17 | USAUnited States | Jarred Rome | 59.57 |
| 18 | KSASaudi Arabia | Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi | 59.54 |
| 19 | UKRUkraine | Mykyta Nesterenko | 59.17 |
| 20 | MNEMontenegro | Danijel Furtula | 57.48 |
| 21 | BRABrazil | Ronald Julião | 56.20 |
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 126
USA - 91
CHN - 65
GBR
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 40 |
 CHN | 40 |
 JPN | 20 |
Silver
| USA | 44 |
| CHN | 27 |
 FRA | 26 |
Bronze
| USA | 42 |
 GBR | 29 |
| CHN | 24 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 6Yufei
- 5
Marchand - 5Huske
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Marchand | 4 |
| Huske | 3 |
 O'Callaghan | 3 |
Silver
| Smith | 3 |
| Huske | 2 |
| Walsh | 2 |
Bronze
| Yufei | 5 |
| Junxuan | 3 |
| McKeown | 2 |
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