Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw competition at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar was held on 10 December 2006 at the Khalifa International Stadium.

Men's discus throw at the 2006 Asian Games
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Date	10 December
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Medalists
Ehsan Haddadi    Iran   Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari    Qatar   Sultan Al-Dawoodi    Saudi Arabia

Main article: Athletics at the 2006 Asian Games

Schedule

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
Sunday, 10 December 2006	16:10	Final

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world, Asian and Games records were as follows.

World Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Asian Record	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	65.25	Incheon, South Korea	1 September 2005
Games Record	Li Shaojie (CHN)	64.58	Bangkok, Thailand	17 December 1998

Results

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ehsan Haddadi (IRI)	60.16	59.98	56.83	60.32	63.79	X	63.79
	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	58.45	57.11	X	X	59.00	62.11	62.11
	Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA)	58.30	53.38	60.82	59.35	X	54.62	60.82
4	Abbas Samimi (IRI)	56.60	X	X	59.69	57.91	57.30	59.69
5	Wu Tao (CHN)	57.42	X	56.79	58.54	55.47	54.70	58.54
6	Vikas Gowda (IND)	49.96	57.74	57.32	58.05	58.28	56.76	58.28
7	Ahmed Dheeb (QAT)	50.01	55.17	49.69	54.12	X	X	55.17
8	Choi Jong-bum (KOR)	50.81	52.91	54.08	X	X	54.69	54.69
9	Basharat Ali (PAK)	51.70	53.23	51.91				53.23
10	Saad Al-Baqme (KSA)	50.55	52.13	X				52.13
11	Haidar Nasir (IRQ)	X	49.47	51.48				51.48
12	Wansawang Sawasdee (THA)	51.32	X	50.72				51.32