2013 World Championships Statistics – Men’s DT by K Ken Nakamura

The records to look for in Moskva: 1) Can Malachowski win first gold for POL in this event at the World Championships?

All time Performance List at the World Championships Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue Year 1 1 70.17 LTU 1 2005 2 2 69.72 GER 1 2001 3 69.69 Virgilijus Alekna 1 2003 4 3 69.43 GER 1 2009 5 69.40 Virgilijus Alekna 2 Edmonton 2001 6 4 69.15 Piotr Malachowski POL 2 Berlin 2009 7 5 69.08 USA 1 Sevilla 1999 8 6 69.01 Robert Fazekas HUN 2 Paris 2003 9 68.97 Robert Harting GER 1 2011 10 7 68.94 EST 1 2007 11 68.79 Virgilijus Alekna 1qB Helsinki 2005 12 68.76 Lars Riedel 1 Göteborg 1995 13 8 68.74 Jürgen Schult GDR 1 Roma 1987 14 68.57 Gerd Kanter EST 2 Helsinki 2005 15 68.54 Lars Riedel 1 Athinai 1997 16 68.29 Virgilijus Alekna 1qB Paris 2003 17 68.26 Lars Riedel 1qB Edmonton 2001 18 68.18 Jürgen Schult 2 Sevilla 1999 19 68.09 Lars Riedel 3 Sevilla 1999 20 9 67.72 Imrich Bugar TCH 1 Helsinki 1983 20 67.72 Lars Riedel 1 1993 22 10 67.61 Michael Möllenbeck GER 3 Edmonton 2001 23 11 67.57 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS 4 Edmonton 2001 24 67.53 Virgilijus Alekna 4 Sevilla 1999 25 67.45 Gerd Kanter 1qA Osaka 2007 26 12 67.36 Luis Delis CUB 2 Helsinki 1983 27 66.95 Gerd Kanter 2 Daegu 2011 28 66.90 Dmitriy Shevchenko 2 Stuttgart 1993 29 66.88 Gerd Kanter 3 Berlin 2009 30 66.81 Robert Harting 1qA Berlin 2009 31 66.73 Gerd Kanter 2qA Berlin 2009 32 66.70 Virgilijus Alekna 2 Athinai 1997 33 66.68 Robert Harting 2 Osaka 2007 34 13 66.60 Rutger Smith 2qA Osaka 2007 35 14 66.55 Adam Setliff USA 5 Edmonton 2001 36 66.54 Virgilijus Alekna 1qB Osaka 2007 37 15 66.51 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 3 Paris 2003 38 66.46 Lars Riedel 1qB Athinai 1997 39 66.42 Rutger Smith 3 Osaka 2007 40 66.36 Virgilijus Alekna 4 Berlin 2009 41 66.28 Lars Riedel 4 Paris 2003 42 66.26 Robert Harting 2qB Osaka 2007 43 66.25 Vasiliy Kaptyukh 6 Edmonton 2001 44 66.23 Michael Möllenbeck 5 Paris 2003 45 16 66.22 John Powell USA 2 Roma 1987 45 66.22 Lars Riedel 2qA Helsinki 2005 46 66.20 Lars Riedel 1 1991

Shortest winning distance: 66.20 by Lars Riedel in 1991

Margin of Victory Difference Distance Name Nat Venue Year Max 2.78m 68.76 Lars Riedel GER Göteborg 1995 2.52m 68.74 Jürgen Schult GDR Roma 1987 Min 28cm 69.43 Robert Harting GER Berlin 2009 32cm 69.72 Lars Riedel GER Edmonton 2001

Difference between first and third Diff Winning dist 3rd place dist Winner’s Name Nat Venue Year Max 4.22m 70.17m 65.95 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Helsinki 2005 Min 88cm 66.20 65.32 Lars Riedel GER Tokyo 1991

Difference between third and fourth (medal versus no medal) Difference 3rd place dist Name Nat Venue Year Max 1.18m 66.42 Rutger Smith NED Osaka 2007 Min 2cm 66.14 Jurgen Schult GER Athinai 1997

Longest mark in each round Round Distance Name Nat Venue Year Final 70.17m Virgilijus Alekna LTU Helsinki 2005 Qualifying 68.79m Virgilijus Alekna LTU Helsinki 2005

Longest non-qualifier for the final Distance Position Name Nat Venue Year 62.71 6qB GBR Sevilla 1999

Average of last six (21 st century) World Championships Average 2011 2009 2007 2005 2003 2001 Winning Distance 69.49 68.97 69.43 68.94 70.17 69.69 69.72 Winning Medal 66.58 66.08 66.88 66.42 65.95 66.51 67.61 8th place 64.08 63.54 63.17 64.33 63.77 64.39 65.27

Best Marks for Places in the World Championships Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Year 1 70.17 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Helsinki 2005 2 69.40 Virgilijus Alekna LTU Edmonton 2001 69.15 Piotr Malachowski POL Berlin 2009 3 68.09 Lars Riedel GER Sevilla 1999 4 67.57 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS Edmonton 2001 5 66.55 Adam Setliff USA Edmonton 2001 6 66.25 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR Edmonton 2001 7 65.86 Roland Varga HUN Edmonton 2001 8 65.27 RSA Edmonton 2001

Best Marks for Places – all competitions Pos Distance Name Nat Venue Day Month Year 1 74.08 Jürgen Schult GDR 6 June 1986 2 70.92 Gerd Kanter EST 25 July 2007 70.83 Robert Fazekas HUN Rethimno 23 June 2004 3 69.10 Art Burns USA San Jose 25 May 1985 68.93 Zoltan Kovago HUN Zürich 6 Aug 2004 4 68.61 Gerd Kanter EST Shanghai 23 May 2010 68.40 Gejza Valent TCH San Jose 25 May 1985 5 67.19 Piotr Malachowski POL 7 Aug 2012 67.08 Ehsan Hadadi IRI Shanghai 23 May 2010

Multiple Gold Medalists: Robet Harting (GER): 2009, 2011 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU): 2003, 2005 Lars Riedel (GER): 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001

Multiple Medalists: Robert Harting (GER): 2007 Silver, 2009 Gold, 2011 Gold Gerd Kanter (EST): 2005 Silver, 2007 Gold, 2009 Bronze Michael Möllenbeck (GER): 2001 Bronze; 2005 Bronze Virgilijus Alekna (LTU): 1997 Silver, 2001 Silver, 2003 Gold, 2005 Gold Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR): 1995 Bronze; 2003 Bronze Lars Riedel (GER): 1991 Gold, 1993 Gold, 1995 Gold, 1997 Gold, 1999 Bronze, 2001 Gold Jürgen Schult (GDR): 1987 Gold, 1993 Bronze, 1997 Bronze, 1999 Silver Luis Delis (CUB): 1983 Silver, 1987 Bronze

Note: Kanter has all three (gold, silver, bronze) medals.

Multiple Medals by athletes from a single nation Nation Year Gold Silver Bronze GER 2001 Lars Riedel Michael Möllenbeck GER 1999 Jürgen Schult Lars Riedel GER 1997 Lars Riedel Jürgen Schult BLR 1995 Vladimir Dubrovshchik Vasily Kaptyukh GER 1993 Lars Riedel Jürgen Schult TCH 1983 Imrich Bugar Gejza Valent

Man & Woman from the same team winning the corresponding event: Nation Men Women Venue Year GDR Jürgen Schult Martin Hellmann Roma 1987

Medals by Countries: Nation Gold Silver Bronze GER 7 2 5 LTU 2 2 EST 1 2 1 USA 1 1 TCH 1 1 GDR 1 BLR 1 2 CUB 1 1 HUN 1 1 NED 1 1 RUS 1 POL 1 IRI 1

Round in which the winning marks were recorded by winners Dist Winner Winning marks were recorded in Second best throw Dist for 2 nd 1983 67.72 Imrich Bugar 2 67.14 67.36 1987 68.74 Jurgen Schult 2 67.36 66.22 1991 66.20 Lars Riedel 1 65.82 65.82 1993 67.72 Lars Riedel 2 67.34 66.90 1995 68.76 Lars Riedel 2 67.90 65.98 1997 68.54 Lars Riedel 3 68.24 66.70 1999 69.08 Anthony Washington 6 66.29 68.18 2001 69.72 Lars Riedel 5 69.50 69.40 2003 69.69 Virgilijus Alekna 1 68.75 69.01 2005 70.17 Virgilijus Alekna 6 68.10 68.57 2007 68.94 Gerd Kanter 3 68.84 66.68 2009 69.43 Robert Harting 6 68.25 69.15 2011 68.97 Robert Harting 4 68.49 66.95 The second best throw would have won in 1987, 1991 (win by tie breaker), 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2007 & 2011

World Champion with Olympic Gold medal Name Nat World Championships Olympics Robert Harting GER 2009, 2011 2012 Gerd Kanter EST 2007 2008 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 2003, 2005 2000, 2004 Lars Riedel GER 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 1996 Jürgen Schult GDR 1987 1988

World Champion who previously won World Junior gold medal Name Nat World Championships Year World Junior Championships Year Rutger Smith NED Bronze 2007 Bronze 2000 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR Bronze 1995, 2003 Bronze 1986

World Championships medalists who previously won World Youth medal: Name Nat World Championships Year World Youth Championships Year Robert Harting GER Gold 2009 Silver 2001

World Champion with European Championships gold medal Name Nat World Championships European Championships Imrich Bugar TCH 1983 1982 Jürgen Schult GDR 1987 1990 Lars Riedel GER 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001 1998 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 2003, 2005 2006

World Championships medalists with medal: None The highest finish by Asian at the World Championships is 7 th by Ehsan Hadadi ( champion as well as 2005 and 2007 Asian Champion) in 2007

World Championships medalists with All or African Championships medal: None The highest finish by African at the World Championships is 6 th by Adewale Olukoju (NGR) in 1995, Frantz Kruger (RSA) in 2003 and Omar El-Ghazaly (EGY) in 2007. All three have won both All Africa Games and African Championships.

World Champion with gold medal Name Nat World Championships Pan American Games Anthony Washington USA 1999 1991, 1999

World Champion with Gold medal: None The highest finish by Commonwealth Games champion at the World Championships is 6 th by Adewale Olukoju (NGR) in 1995 and Frantz Kruger (RSA) in 2005

Last six World Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2011 Robert Harting GER 68.97 Gerd Kanter EST 66.95 IRI 66.08 2009 Robert Harting GER 69.43 Piotr Malachowski POL 69.15 Gerd Kanter EST 66.88 2007 Gerd Kanter EST 68.94 Robert Harting GER 66.68 Rutger Smith NED 66.42 2005 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 70.17 Gerd Kanter EST 68.57 Michael Möllenbeck GER 65.95 2003 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 69.69 Robert Fazekas HUN 69.01 Vasiliy Kaptyukh BLR 66.51 2001 Lars Riedel GER 69.72 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 69.90 Michael Möllenbeck GER 67.61

Last four Olympics: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Robert Harting GER 68.27 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 68.18 Gerd Kanter EST 68.03 2008 Gerd Kanter EST 68.82 Piotr Malachowski POL 67.82 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 67.79 2004 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 69.89 Zoltan Kovago HUN 67.04 EST 66.66 2000 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 69.30 Lars Riedel GER 68.50 Franz Kruger RSA 68.19

Last seven World Junior Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 JAM 62.80 Wojciech Praczyk POL 62.75 Gerhard de Beer RSA 61.57 2010 Andrius Gudzius LTU 63.78 Andrei Gag ROU 61.85 Julian Wruck AUS 61.09 2008 Gordon Wolf GER 62.00 Marin Premeru CRO 61.85 UKR 61.01 2006 EST 67.32 IRI 63.00 GER 62.17 2004 Ehsan Haddadi IRI 62.14 Oleg Pirog RUS 60.28 Luka Rujevic SCG 59.82 2002 CHN 64.51 Dmitriy Sivakov BLR 62.00 Michal Hodun POL 61.74 2000 RSA 59.51 Niklas Arrhenius SWE 59.19 Rutger Smith NED 58.70

Last eight World Youth Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2013 AUS 67.54 Henning Prüfer GER 65.62 Cheng Yulong CHN 62.80 2011 Fedrick Dacres JAM 67.05 Ethan Cochran USA 61.37 Gerhard de Beer RSA 60.63 2009 Hamid Manssour SYR 64.20 USA 61.64 Traves Smikle JAM 61.22 2007 Mykyta Nesterenko UKR 68.54 Marin Premeru CRO 64.20 Andrius Gudzius LTU 61.59 2005 Ali Shahrokhi IRI 61.07 Osmel Charlot CUB 60.17 Antonio Vital e Silva POR 59.30 2003 AUS 64.34 Wu Jian CHN 63.18 Wang Yao-Hui TPE 60.00 2001 Khalid Al-Suwaidi QAT 62.67 Robert Harting GER 62.04 Omad El Ghafaly EGY 61.06 1999 Chang Ming-Huang TPE 64.14 Zhang Huabing CHN 58.36 Raine Munukka FIN 56.52

Last four European Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Robert Harting GER 68.30 Gerd Kanter EST 66.53 Zoltan Kovago HUN 66.42 2010 Piotr Malochowski POL 68.87 Robert Harting GER 68.47 Robert Fazekas HUN 66.43 2006 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 68.67 Gerd Kanter EST 68.03 Aleksander Tammert EST 66.14 2002 Robert Fazekas HUN 68.83 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 66.62 Michael Möllenbeck GER 66.37

Last three Asian Games: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2010 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 67.99 IRI 63.46 IND 63.13 2006 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 63.79 Rasheed Al-Dosari QAT 62.11 Sultan Al-Dawoodi KSA 60.82 2002 Wu Tao CHN 60.76 Abbas Samimi IRI 60.44 Anil Kumar IND 59.81

Last seven Asian Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2013 Vikas Gowda IND 64.90 Mohammed Samimi IRI 61.93 Ahmed Dheeb QAT 60.82 2011 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 62.27 Vikas G S Gowda IND 61.58 Wu Jian CHN 56.61 2009 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 64.83 Abbas Samimi IRI 64.01 Wu Tao CHN 59.27 2007 Ehsan Hadadi IRI 65.38 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT 63.49 Abbas Samimi IRI 61.29 2005 Ehsan Haddadi IRI 65.25 Vikas G. S. Gowda IND 62.84 Anil Kumar IND 59.95 2003 Wu Tao CHN 61.43 Abbas Samimi IRI 59.51 Anil Kumar IND 59.50 2002 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari QAT 64.43 Abbas Samimi IRI 60.49 Nuer Maimaiti CHN 60.39

Last three All Africa Games: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2011 Yasser Ibrahim EGY 63.20 RSA 62.60 Rossel Tucker RSA 55.98 2007 Omar A El-Ghazaly EGY 62.28 Yasser Ibrahim EGY 61.58 Hannes Hopley RSA 57.79 2003 Omar Ahmed El Ghanali EGY 63.61 Hannes Hopley RSA 62.86 Johannes van Wyk RSA 62.43

Last seven African Championships: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2012 Victor Hogan RSA 61.80 Yasser Ibrahim EGY 59.61 Russel Tucker RSA 57.99 2010 Omar El-Ghazlaly EGY 59.30 Yasser Ibrahim EGY 58.71 Victor Hogan RSA 58.11 2008 Hannes Hopley RSA 56.98 Yasser Ibrahim EGY 56.06 Nabil Kiram MAR 52.99 2006 Omar El-Ghazlaly EGY 61.11 Yasser Ibrahim EGY 54.38 Nabil Kiram MAR 53.41 2004 Frantz Kruger RSA 63.85 Hannes Hopley RSA 63.50 Nabil Kiram MAR 52.12 2002 RSA 54.32 Walid Boudaoui ALG 49.49 Omar Ahmed El Ghazali EGY 48.17 2000 Frits Potgieter RSA 60.35 Michael Conjungo CAF 59.58 NGR 57.91 1 Last three Pan American Games: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dsit Bronze Nat Dist 2011 Jorge Fernandez CUB 65.58 USA 61.71 Ronald Juliao BRA 61.70 2007 Michael Robertson USA 59.24 Adam Kuehl USA 57.50 Dariusz Slowik CAN 57.37 2003 CAN 63.70 Frank Casanas CUB 62.61 Loy Martinez CUB 61.36

Last three Commonwealth Games: Year Gold Nat Dist Silver Nat Dist Bronze Nat Dist 2010 AUS 65.45 Vikas Gowda IND 63.69 ENG 60.64 2006 AUS 63.48 Jason Tunks CAN 63.07 Dariusz Slowik CAN 61.49 2002 Frantz Kruger RSA 66.39 Jason Tunks CAN 62.61 Robert Weir ENG 59.24 Q Longest throw in Europe Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 74.08 Jürgen Schult GER 1 Neubrandenburg 6 June 1986 2 2 73.88 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Kaunas 3 Aug 2000 3 3 73.38 Gerd Kanter EST 1 4 Sept 2006 4 4 71.86 Yuriy Dumchev URS 1 Moskva 29 May 1983

Russian All-Comer’s List Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 71.86 Yuriy Dumchev URS 1 Moskva 29 May 1983 2 2 70.54 Dmitriy Shevchenko RUS 1 Krasnodar 7 May 2002 3 3 70.30 Yuriy Dumchev URS 1 Bryansk 31 July 1988

Longest throw in Moskva: Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos DMY 1 1 71.86 Yuriy Dumchev URS 1 29 May 1983 2 69.16 Yuriy Dumchev 1 2 May 1982 3 2 68.06 Lars Riedel GER 1 5 June 1995

Longest throw in August Performance Performer Dist Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 73.88 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Kaunas 3 Aug 2000 2 2 71.16 GDR 1 Berlin 9 Aug 1978 3 71.12 Virgilijus Alekna 1 Zürich 1 Aug 2000

Combined 2012 & 2013 World List Performance Performer Distance Name Nat Pos Venue DMY 1 1 71.84 Piotr Malachowski POL 1 Hengelo 8 June 2013 2 2 70.66 Robert Harting GER 1 Turnov 22 May 2012 3 70.31 Robert Harting 1 Halle 19 May 2012 4 3 70.28 Virgilijus Alekna LTU 1 Klaipeda 23 June 2012 5 69.91 Robert Harting 2 Hengelo 8 June 2013 6 69.75 Robert Harting 1 Eugene 1 June 2013 7 69.04 Virgilijus Alekna 1 Villeneuve d’Ascq 9 June 2012 8 68.94 Piotr Malachowski 2 Halle 19 May 2012 9 68.79 Virgilijus Alekna 1 Bellinzona 5 June 2012 10 68.53 Piotr Malachowski 1 Cetniewo 29 June 2013 11 68.52 Robert Harting 1 Wiesbaden 12 May 2012 12 68.50 Virgilijus Alekna 1 Szczecin 21 July 2012 13 4 68.33 Martin Wierig GER 1 Schönebeck 26 July 2012 14 68.31 Robert Harting 1 Wiesbaden 19 May 2013 15 68.30 Robert Harting 1 Helsinki – EC 30 June 2012 16 5 68.20 Benn Harradine AUS 1 Townsville 10 May 2013

Gold Medal Contenders:

Robert Harting (GER) DOB: 18 Oct 1984 Personal Best: 70.66 (2012); Season Best: 69.91 Championships Highlights: 2012 Olympic Champ; 2011 & 2009 World Champ; 2 nd in 2007 World Champ; 2012 Euro Champ; 2nd in 2010 European Champion; Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Distance Race Place Date 1 70.66 Turnov 1 22 May 2012 2 70.31 Halle 1 19 May 2012 3 69,91 Hengelo 2 8 June 2013 4 69.75 Eugene 1 1 June 2013 5 68.52 Wiesbaden 1 12 May 2012 Top 5 Average 69.81

Piotr Malachowski (POL) DOB: 7 June 1983 Personal Best: 71.84 (2013); Season Best: 71.84 Championships Highlights: 2010 European Champion; 2nd in 2009 World Champion & 2008 Olympics Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Distance Race Place Date 1 71.84 Hengelo 1 8 June 2013 2 68.94 Halle 2 19 May 2012 3 68.53 Cetniewo 1 29 June 2013 4 68.19 Eugene 2 1 June 2013 5 67.53 1 11 May 2012 Top 5 Average 69.01

Ehsan Hadaki (IRI) DOB: 21 Jan 1985 Personal Best: 69.32 (2008); Season Best: 66.98 Championships Highlights: 2 nd in 2012 Olympics; 3 rd in 2011 World Championships Average of top performances in 2012 and 2013 Distance Race Place Date 1 68.20 Halle 4 19 May 2012 2 68.18 London – OG 2 7 Aug 2012 3 67.92 Besigheim 1 25 July 2012 4 66.98 Ostr ava 3 26 June 2013 5 66.73 Roma 1 31 May 2012 Top 5 Average 67.60

Last 3 competitions : (only finals are included)

Piotr Malachowski (POL) Dist Venue Place Date 1 67.35 London 1 26 July 2013 2 66.87 Torun 1 19 July 2013 3 68.53 Cetniewo 1 29 June 2013 Average 67.58

Robert Harting (GER) Dist Venue Place Date 1 67.95 Ulm 1 7 July 2013 2 67.04 Saint Denis 1 6 July 2013 3 67.10 Ostrava 2 26 June 2013 Average 67.36

Gerd Kanter (EST) Dist Venue Place Date 1 65.99 Ta llin 1 28 July 2013 2 66.29 London 3 26 July 2013 3 64.56 Valmiera 1 20 July 2013 Average 65.61

Ehsan Hadadi (IRI) Dist Venue Place Date 1 64.88 London 5 26 July 2013 2 65.53 Saint Denis 2 6 July 2013 3 65.93 Cetniewo 2 29 June 2013 Average 65.45

Benn Harradine (AUS) Dist Venue Place Date 1 66.29 Gavle 1 20 July 2013 2 63.17 Gavle 1 20 July 2013 3 61.07 Luzern 4 17 July 2013 Average 63.51

References: Athletics annual, Athletics International, All-Athletics.com, Alltime-athletics.com, gbrathletics.com, IAAF Statistics Handbooks, RRW, Tilastopaja OY and News etc.

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