Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place on 16–19 August at the Beijing National Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 64.50 m and 62.50 m .
Schedule
All times are China standard time| Date | Time | Round |
| Saturday, 16 August 2008 | 10:40 | Qualifications |
| Tuesday, 19 August 2008 | 21:00 | Finals |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: 64.50 or at least 12 best performers advance to the [|final].| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Piotr Małachowski | 65.94 | 65.94 | Q | |||
| 2 | A | Virgilijus Alekna | 65.84 | 65.84 | Q | |||
| 3 | B | Rutger Smith | 64.09 | 65.65 | 65.65 | Q | ||
| 4 | B | Frank Casañas | 64.99 | 64.99 | Q | |||
| 5 | B | Gerd Kanter | 59.65 | 64.66 | 64.66 | Q | ||
| 6 | A | Bogdan Pishchalnikov | 62.68 | 63.93 | 64.60 | 64.60 | Q | |
| 7 | A | Mario Pestano | 64.42 | 61.16 | 64.42 | q | ||
| 8 | A | Robert Harting | 64.19 | 64.19 | q | |||
| 9 | B | Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari | 63.83 | 63.72 | 61.60 | 63.83 | q | |
| 10 | A | Aleksander Tammert | 57.79 | 61.57 | 63.10 | 63.10 | q | |
| 11 | A | Róbert Fazekas | 61.61 | 62.64 | 62.64 | q | ||
| 12 | B | Frantz Kruger | 58.60 | 62.48 | 62.48 | q | ||
| 13 | A | Gabor Mate | 55.15 | 62.44 | 62.44 | |||
| 14 | B | Märt Israel | 61.98 | 59.78 | 61.63 | 61.98 | ||
| 15 | A | Dzmitry Sivakou | 59.64 | 61.75 | 61.75 | |||
| 16 | A | Michael Robertson | 60.97 | 61.64 | 61.64 | |||
| 17 | B | Ehsan Haddadi | 61.08 | 61.34 | 61.34 | |||
| 18 | B | Gerhard Mayer | 61.32 | 58.13 | 61.32 | |||
| 19 | A | Casey Malone | 59.48 | 61.26 | 61.26 | |||
| 20 | B | Ercüment Olgundeniz | 58.99 | 60.83 | 60.83 | |||
| 21 | B | Zoltán Kővágó | 60.79 | 59.46 | 60.44 | 60.79 | ||
| 22 | B | Vikas Gowda | 59.58 | 60.69 | 60.69 | |||
| 23 | A | Omar Ahmed El Ghazaly | 59.71 | 58.95 | 60.24 | 60.24 | ||
| 24 | A | Oleksiy Semenov | 57.84 | 60.18 | 59.41 | 60.18 | ||
| 25 | B | Ian Waltz | 60.02 | 60.02 | ||||
| 26 | A | Abbas Samimi | 58.01 | 59.92 | 58.85 | 59.92 | ||
| 27 | A | Jorge Fernández | 59.60 | 59.58 | 59.60 | |||
| 28 | A | Jan Marcell | 59.52 | 56.31 | 59.52 | |||
| 29 | B | Martin Marić | 59.25 | 59.09 | 59.25 | |||
| 30 | B | Jorge Balliengo | 58.71 | 58.82 | 58.82 | |||
| 31 | A | Benn Harradine | 58.55 | 57.50 | 57.91 | 58.55 | ||
| 32 | B | Niklas Arrhenius | 56.64 | 58.22 | 56.77 | 58.22 | ||
| 33 | B | Hannes Kirchler | 56.44 | 56.44 | ||||
| 34 | A | Sultan Mubarak Al-Dawoodi | 56.29 | 55.54 | 56.24 | 56.29 | ||
| 35 | A | Vadim Hranovschi | 56.19 | 55.78 | 56.19 | |||
| 36 | B | Haidar Nasser Shaheed | 54.19 | 54.19 | ||||
| 37 | B | Eric Matthias | 47.87 | 50.87 | 53.11 | 53.11 |