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		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

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]

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.^[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

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

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

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