2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
# 2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The Men's Discus Throw at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on August 6 and August 7.

## Medalists

| Gold | Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania (LTU) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST) |
| Bronze | Michael Möllenbeck Germany (GER) |

## Schedule

* All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2)

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 06.08.2005 – 18:20h | 06.08.2005 – 19:50h |
| Final Round ||
| 07.08.2005 – 18:40h ||

## Abbreviations

* All results shown are in metres

| Q | automatic qualification |
| - | - |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |

## Qualifying

### Group A

* Gerd Kanter, Estonia 65.76 m Q
* Jason Tunks, Canada 64.02 m Q
* Michael Möllenbeck, Germany 63.71 m Q
* Frantz Kruger, South Africa 63.44 m q
* Jarred Rome, United States 62.72 m q
* Carl Brown, United States 61.91 m
* Bogdan Pishchalnikov, Russia 61.91 m
* Jo Van Daele, Belgium 61.12 m
* Vasiliy Kaptyukh, Belarus 61.04 m
* Frank Casañas, Cuba 60.94 m
* Jorge Balliengo, Argentina 60.40 m
* Abbas Samimi, Iran 60.25 m
* Gábor Máté, Hungary 58.97 m
* Rutger Smith, Netherlands DNS

### Group B

* Virgilijus Alekna, Lithuania 68.79 m Q
* Lars Riedel, Germany 66.22 m Q (SB)
* Mario Pestano, Spain 65.04 m Q
* Andrzej Krawczyk, Poland 64.51 m Q
* Zoltán Kővágó, Hungary 64.30 m Q
* Ian Waltz, United States 64.30 m Q
* Aleksander Tammert, Estonia 64.02 m Q
* Libor Malina, Czech Republic 62.41 m
* Vikas Gowda, India 62.04 m
* Roland Varga, Hungary 61.94 m
* Tao Wu, China 61.75 m
* Gaute Myklebust, Norway 60.00 m
* Timo Tompuri, Finland 59.11 m

## Final

| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
| | Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) | 63.93 | 67.90 | 68.10 | 66.75 | X | 70.17 | 70.17 m | CR |
| | Gerd Kanter (EST) | X | 64.69 | 65.10 | 68.57 | 65.53 | 62.64 | 68.57 m | |
| | Michael Möllenbeck (GER) | X | 65.24 | 64.99 | 65.95 | X | — | 65.95 m | |
| 4 | Aleksander Tammert (EST) | 62.28 | 63.59 | 63.18 | 64.18 | 63.50 | 64.84 | 64.84 m | |
| 5 | Ian Waltz (USA) | 63.88 | 64.05 | X | X | 64.27 | 64.02 | 64.27 m | |
| 6 | Frantz Kruger (RSA) | 63.19 | 61.47 | 60.92 | 63.64 | 64.23 | X | 64.23 m | |
| 7 | Jarred Rome (USA) | 64.22 | 61.87 | X | 62.64 | 63.68 | X | 64.22 m | |
| 8 | Jason Tunks (CAN) | 63.39 | 63.77 | X | X | X | X | 63.77 m | |
| 9 | Lars Riedel (GER) | 63.05 | X | 62.47 | | | | 63.05 m | |
| 10 | Zoltán Kővágó (HUN) | 62.94 | 62.68 | 59.61 | | | | 62.94 m | |
| 11 | Mario Pestano (ESP) | 62.75 | 60.32 | X | | | | 62.75 m | |
| 12 | Andrzej Krawczyk (POL) | 59.58 | 61.00 | 62.71 | | | | 62.71 m | |
