Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's discus throw
# Athletics at the 2010 Asian Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw event at the 2010 Asian Games was held at the Aoti Main Stadium, Guangzhou, China on 24 November.

## Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| Wednesday, 24 November 2010 | 17:15 | 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) | 69.32 | Tallinn, Estonia | 3 June 2008 |
| Games Record | Li Shaojie (CHN) | 64.58 | Bangkok, Thailand | 17 December 1998 |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Attempt | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
| | Ehsan Haddadi (IRI) | 63.50 | 65.07 | 65.23 | 62.21 | 67.99 | X | 67.99 | GR |
| | Mohammad Samimi (IRI) | 63.46 | 63.08 | 61.50 | X | 62.06 | X | 63.46 | |
| | Vikas Gowda (IND) | 62.27 | 63.13 | 62.33 | 62.97 | 62.72 | 62.43 | 63.13 | |
| 4 | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT) | X | 60.98 | X | X | X | 59.46 | 60.98 | |
| 5 | Shigeo Hatakeyama (JPN) | 53.44 | 53.07 | 55.87 | 55.47 | X | 56.89 | 56.89 | |
| 6 | Haidar Nasir (IRQ) | 50.99 | 54.87 | X | 54.59 | 55.44 | X | 55.44 | |
| 7 | Choi Jong-bum (KOR) | 52.51 | 54.58 | X | 54.73 | 54.00 | 52.83 | 54.73 | |
| 8 | Essa Al-Zenkawi (IOC) | 54.19 | X | 53.16 | | | | 54.19 | |
| 9 | Wang Yao-hui (TPE) | X | 53.97 | X | | | | 53.97 | |
| 10 | Kvanchai Numsomboon (THA) | 49.85 | 50.77 | 51.31 | | | | 51.31 | |
| DQ | Ahmed Dheeb (QAT) | 64.56 | 63.58 | 63.29 | X | 60.16 | 63.61 | 64.56 | |

* Ahmed Dheeb of Qatar originally won the silver medal, but was later disqualified after he tested positive for Testosterone.
