2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's discus throw

Events at the 2011 World Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Club throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon		men

The men's discus throw at the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships was held at the QEII Stadium from 22-28 January

In the Men's discus throw F42, held on January 27, the Gold was originally won by Fanie Lombaard of South Africa. However, he tested positive for Probenecid in a urine sample provided on 27 January 2011. The prohibited substance had been prescribed to him because of a medical problem, but he did not have a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) suspended him for a year (from January 27), and fined him 1,500 euros. The IPC redistributed the medals.^[1][2]

Contents 1 Medalists 2 F11 2.1 Results 2.1.1 Final 3 F12 3.1 Results 3.1.1 Final 4 F32/33/34 4.1 Results 4.1.1 Final 5 F35/36 5.1 Results 5.1.1 Final 6 F37/38 6.1 Results 6.1.1 Final 7 F40 7.1 Results 7.1.1 Final 8 F42 8.1 Results 8.1.1 Final 9 F44 9.1 Results 9.1.1 Final 10 F46 10.1 Results 10.1.1 Final 11 F51/52/53 11.1 Results 11.1.1 Final 12 F54/55/56 12.1 Results 12.1.1 Final 13 F57/58 13.1 Results 13.1.1 Final 14 See also 15 References

Medalists

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Class	Gold	Silver	Bronze
F11	David Casinos  Spain	Vasyl Lishchynskyi  Ukraine	Bil Marinkovic  Austria
F12	Oleksandr Iasynovyi  Ukraine	Vladimir Andryushchenko  Russia	Kim Lopez Gonzalez  Spain
F32/33/34	Lahouari Bahlaz  Algeria	Frantisek Serbus  Czech Republic	Jalal Khakzadieh  Iran
F35/36	Pawel Piotrowski  Poland	Reginald Benade  Namibia	Volodymyr Zhaivoronok  Ukraine
F37/38	Tomasz Blatkiewicz  Poland	Mykola Zhabnyak  Ukraine	Javad Hardani  Iran
F40	Paschalis Stathelakos  Greece	Jonathan de Souza Santos  Brazil	Scott Danberg  United States
F42	Gino de Keersmaeker  Belgium	Aled Davies  United Kingdom	Marinos Fylachtos  Greece
F44	Daniel Greaves  United Kingdom	Jeremy Campbell  United States	Farzad Sepahvand  Iran
F46	Tomasz Rebisz  Poland	Chunliang Guo  China	Joao Santos  Brazil
F51/52/53	Aigars Apinis  Latvia	Joze Flere  Slovenia	Yassen Mohammad  Jordan
F54/55/56	Leonardo Diaz  Cuba	Draženko Mitrović  Serbia	Mustafa Yuseinov  Bulgaria
F57/58	Alexey Ashapatov  Russia	Metawa Abo Elkhir  Egypt	Ali Ghardooni  Germany

F11

The Men's discus throw, F11 was held on January 22

F11 = visual impairment: from no light perception in either eye, to light perception but with the inability to recognise the shape of a hand at any distance or in any direction.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	David Casinos	Spain	39.33	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	37.29	00.00 !x	40.89	40.89
02 !	Vasyl Lishchynskyi	Ukraine	36.64	5.58	36.42	30.03	37.79	36.44	37.79
03 !	Bil Marinkovic	Austria	00.00 !x	34.20	34.53	36.70	33.92	34.83	36.70
04 !4	Sergio Paz	Argentina	33.32	00.00 !x	34.43	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	32.27	34.43
05 !5	Miroslaw Madzia	Poland	31.46	31.21	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	32.39	00.00 !x	32.39
06 !6	G. E Rodriguez	Colombia	28.72	00.00 !x	27.67	30.82	24.97	32.04	32.04
07 !7	Hameed Hassain	Iraq	29.21	00.00 !x	25.83	29.15	27.56	29.60	29.60
08 !8	Nelson Goncalves	Portugal	27.16	27.76	27.46	28.53	28.30	29.43	29.43
09 !9	Yudong Bae	South Korea	25.47	27.64	00.00 !x				27.64
10	Yuriy Piskov	Ukraine	00.00 !x	24.39	00.00 !x				24.39

F12

The Men's discus throw, F12 was held on January 28

F12 = visual impairment: may recognise the shape of a hand, have a visual acuity of 2/60 and/or visual field of less than 5 degrees.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Oleksandr Iasynovyi	Ukraine	47.15	00.00 !x	48.11	48.61	44.74	48.04	48.61	SB
02 !	Vladimir Andryushchenko	Russia	43.63	43.96	40.36	00.00 !x	42.03	39.69	43.96
03 !	Kim Lopez Gonzalez	Spain	41.35	43.63	42.39	00.00 !x	41.87	00.00 !x	43.63	SB
04 !4	Russell Short	Australia	38.50	38.34	40.58	40.40	38.05	38.02	40.58
05 !5	Rolandas Urbonas	Lithuania	00.00 !x	32.39	34.45	00.00 !x	16.89	39.22	39.22
06 !6	Francois Badenhorst	South Africa	32.95	33.72	32.63	34.72	31.30	00.00 !x	34.72
07 !7	Mahdi Al-Saadi	Iraq	29.14	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	30.40	00.00 !x	28.81	30.40

Key: SB = Season Best

F32/33/34

The Men's discus throw, F32/33/34 was held on January 24 and the medal ceremony on January 25

F32/33/34

• F32 = poor functional strength in arms, legs and trunk, able to propel a wheelchair. Compete in a wheelchair, may throw a discus from a throwing frame.
• F33 = some degree of trunk movement when pushing a wheelchair, forward trunk movement limited during forceful pushing. Throwing movements mainly from the arm. Compete in a wheelchair or from a throwing frame.
• F34 = demonstrates good functional strength, minimal limitation or control problems in arms or trunk. Compete in a wheelchair or from a throwing frame.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Lahouari Bahlaz	Algeria	16.53	17.56	20.30	18.77	18.62	17.36	20.30	1020	WR
02 !	Frantisek Serbus	Czech Republic	18.47	17.38	00.00 !x	18.24	17.64	20.19	20.19	1014	AR
03 !	Jalal Khakzadieh	Iran	34.60	37.72	37.65	37.06	00.00 !x	39.44	39.44	994
04 !4	Miloslav Bardiovsky	Slovakia	19.52	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	13.93	11.58	00.00 !x	19.52	977	SB
05 !5	Kamel Kardjena	Algeria	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	28.42	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	28.42	977	CR
06 !6	Siamak Saleh Farajzadeh	Iran	00.00 !x	35.52	36.99	37.96	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	37.96	952	SB
07 !7	Kieran Tscherniawsky	United Kingdom	26.50	27.20	00.00 !x	26.99	00.00 !x	27.52	27.52	942
08 !8	Thierry Cibone	France	00.00 !x	35.85	28.93	32.59	34.11	00.00 !x	35.85	889
09 !9	Hani Alnakhli	Saudi Arabia	25.85	23.77	24.32				25.85	872
10 !10	Ahmed Alhousani	United Arab Emirates	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	23.83				23.83	782	SB
11 !11	Karim Bettina	Algeria	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	16.04				16.04	760
12 !12	Faouzi Rzig	Tunisia	27.91	29.57	30.63				30.63	715
13 !13	Daniel West	United Kingdom	29.85	25.17	00.00 !x				29.85	688
14 !14	Chris Martin	United Kingdom	00.00 !x	21.58	00.00 !x				21.58	675
15 !15	Roman Musil	Czech Republic	27.35	23.53	26.51				27.35	598
16 !16	Sam Craven	United States	00.00 !x	26.35	24.67				26.35	562
17 !17	Mourad Idoudi	Tunisia	15.98	18.03	00.00 !x				18.03	499
	Mohamed Ali Krid	Tunisia	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x				NM

Key: WR = World Record, CR = Championship Record, AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best, PB = Personal Best, NM = No Mark

F35/36

The Men's discus throw, F35/36 was held on January 28

F35/36

• F35 = good static balance, problems in dynamic balance. A shift of centre of gravity may lead to loss of balance, may have sufficient lower extremity function to execute a run up when throwing.
• F36 = able to walk without assistance or assistive devices, more control problems with upper than lower limbs. All four limbs are involved, dynamic is often better than static balance. Hand control, grasp and release affected when throwing.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Pawel Piotrowski	Poland	35.68	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	33.64	00.00 !x	38.65	38.65	1004	CR
02 !	Reginald Benade	Namibia	00.00 !x	38.37	00.00 !x	32.72	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	38.37	997	AR
03 !	Volodymyr Zhaivoronok	Ukraine	35.10	36.10	35.66	00.00 !x	34.28	38.09	38.09	990	SB
04 !4	Duane Strydom	South Africa	37.53	36.67	33.99	00.00 !x	33.97	34.21	37.53	976	SB
05 !5	Sebastian Ernst Klaus Dietz	Germany	35.56	35.55	34.48	00.00 !x	37.31	37.38	37.38	972	SB
06 !6	Wenbo Wang	China	25.56	34.20	7.04	36.50	32.89	29.24	36.50	949	SB
07 !7	Albin Vidovic	Croatia	33.35	25.92	31.87	28.85	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	33.35	856
08 !8	Wei Guo	China	00.00 !x	39.29	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	38.83	38.72	39.29	663
09 !9	Edgards Bergs	Latvia	30.36	28.77	33.83				33.83	509
	Paulo Souza	Brazil	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x				NM

Key: CR = Championship Record, AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best, NM = No Mark

F37/38

The Men's discus throw, F37/38 was held on January 23 with the medal ceremony on January 24

F37/38

• F37 = spasticity in an arm and leg on the same side, good functional ability on the non impaired side, better development, good arm and hand control and follow through.
• F38 = must meet the minimum disability criteria for athletes with cerebral palsy, head injury or stroke. A limitation in function that impacts on sports performance.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Tomasz Blatkiewicz	Poland	51.47	47.34	00.00 !x	51.48	53.00	47.90	53.00	1003	WR
02 !	Mykola Zhabnyak	Ukraine	47.67	42.95	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	52.48	00.00 !x	52.48	999	SB
03 !	Javad Hardani	Iran	46.53	45.72	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	43.86	45.75	46.53	985	CR
04 !4	Ronni Jensen	Denmark	34.31	00.00 !x	45.56	47.04	45.06	00.00 !x	47.04	955	SB
05 !5	Khusniddin Norbekov	Uzbekistan	46.59	45.14	00.00 !x	43.56	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	46.59	950
06 !6	Mohamed Mohamed Ramadan	Egypt	45.60	00.00 !x	44.74	00.00 !x	45.69	46.22	46.22	946
07 !7	Xuelong Zhang	China	44.77	43.51	00.00 !x	44.40	-	-	44.77	929	SB
08 !8	Oleksandr Doroshenko	Ukraine	41.28	38.79	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	41.28	929
09 !9	Gerrit Johannes Kruger	South Africa	43.76	43.66	43.61				43.76	916
10 !10	Timo Mustikkamaa	Finland	35.89	38.89	00.00 !x				38.89	834
	Juanre Jenkinson	South Africa	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	-				NM

Key: WR = World Record, CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, NM = No Mark

F40

The Men's discus throw, F40 was held on January 24

F40 = dwarfism.^[20]

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Paschalis Stathelakos	Greece	38.62	38.90	38.94	40.92	35.90	00.00 !x	40.92	WR
02 !	Jonathan de Souza Santos	Brazil	39.11	38.25	33.95	39.31	38.13	37.79	39.31
03 !	Scott Danberg	United States	31.73	35.82	33.42	33.55	36.18	33.81	36.18	SB
04 !4	Alexandros Michail Konstantinidis	Greece	33.32	31.91	35.35	00.00 !x	27.66	33.92	35.35
05 !5	Hocine Gherzouli	Algeria	27.64	30.39	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	29.12	30.61	30.61	AR
06 !6	Chengcheng Fan	China	29.32	30.34	29.54	29.75	29.05	29.24	30.34	AR
07 !7	Kovan Abdulraheem	Iraq	26.44	27.70	29.28	28.28	00.00 !x	27.84	29.28	SB
08 !8	Zhiwei Xia	China	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	29.15	28.06	00.00 !x	29.13	29.15	SB
09 !09	Rachid Rachad Rachid	Morocco	27.02	21.52	00.00 !x				27.02
10 !10	Wildan Nukhailawi	Iraq	00.00 !x	26.97	00.00 !x				26.97
11 !11	Noureldeen Aladeely	Jordan	21.05	21.78	21.63				21.78	SB
12 !12	Mohamed El Garaa	Morocco	00.00 !x	21.33	21.31				21.33

Key: WR = World Record, SB = Season Best, AR = Area Record

F42

The Men's discus throw, F42 was held on January 27. The Gold was originally won by Fanie Lombaard of South Africa. However, he tested positive for Probenecid in a urine sample provided on 27 January 2011. The prohibited substance had been prescribed to him because of a medical problem, but he did not have a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE). The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) suspended him for a year (from January 27), and fined him 1,500 euros.

The IPC upgraded Keersmaeker, Davies and Fylachtos to gold, silver and bronze respectively.^[22][23]

F42 = single above knee amputation or equivalent impairments.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
DSQ	Fanie Lombaard	South Africa	00.00 !x	40.29	41.89	00.00 !x	42.03	00.00 !x	42.03	SB
02 !	Gino de Keersmaeker	Belgium	38.79	40.03	39.20	41.70	40.63	38.34	41.70
03 !	Aled Davies	United Kingdom	38.90	37.86	38.53	41.45	00.00 !x	41.56	41.56
04 !4	Marinos Fylachtos	Greece	39.89	41.23	40.18	39.71	40.34	40.60	41.23	SB
05 !5	Dechko Ovcharov	Bulgaria	00.00 !x	37.90	38.52	35.35	00.00 !x	38.96	38.96	SB
	Ali Ali	Saudi Arabia							DNS

Key: SB = Season Best, DNS = Did not Start

F44

The Men's discus throw, F44 was held on January 26

F44 = single below knee amputation or equivalent impairments.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Daniel Greaves	United Kingdom	53.83	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	58.98	58.18	00.00 !x	58.98	WR
02 !	Jeremy Campbell	United States	51.68	00.00 !x	53.37	53.40	50.21	00.00 !x	53.40
03 !	Farzad Sepahvand	Iran	47.11	50.98	00.00 !x	52.59	53.12	00.00 !x	53.12	SB
04 !4	Jackie Christiansen	Denmark	00.00 !x	47.50	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	51.25	51.25	SB
05 !5	Adrian Matusik	Slovakia	00.00 !x	37.10	45.96	46.09	42.93	47.40	47.40
06 !6	Alexander Filatov	Russia	42.92	40.31	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	44.93	43.40	44.93	SB
07 !7	Josip Slivar	Croatia	00.00 !x	35.72	43.06	00.00 !x	38.86	00.00 !x	43.06	SB
08 !8	Miltiadis Kyriakidis	Greece	39.52	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	39.58	37.42	39.58
09 !9	Mingjie Gao	China	38.32	39.13	38.42				39.13
10 !10	Tony Falelavaki	France	36.40	35.69	36.03				36.40

Key: WR = World Record, SB = Season Best

F46

The Men's discus throw, F46 was held on January 25

F46 = single above or below elbow amputation, or equivalent impairments.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
01 !	Tomasz Rebisz	Poland	46.40	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	44.21	47.44	47.04	47.44	CR
02 !	Chunliang Guo	China	43.09	45.09	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	44.64	44.80	45.09	SB
03 !	Joao Santos	Brazil	43.86	41.62	45.08	00.00 !x	43.44	45.05	45.08	AR
04 !4	Zhanbiao Hou	China	42.32	00.00 !x	42.07	00.00 !x	44.21	45.01	45.01
05 !5	Enlong Wei	China	44.58	43.94	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	44.48	00.00 !x	44.58
06 !6	Maamar Meskine	Algeria	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	42.91	41.63	42.62	42.91	AR
07 !7	Nikita Prokhorov	Russia	39.13	40.44	00.00 !x	38.46	40.70	00.00 !x	40.70
08 !8	Soselito Sekeme	France	34.81	40.05	36.37	37.32	39.17	37.04	40.05	SB

Key: CR = Championship Record, SB = Season Best, AR = Area Record

F51/52/53

The Men's discus throw, F51/52/53 was held on January 27

F51/52/53

• F51 = a weakness in shoulder function, the ability to bend but not straighten the elbow joint, no trunk or leg function, no movement in the fingers, can bend the wrists backwards but not forwards.
• F52 = good shoulder, elbow and wrist function, poor to normal finger flexion and extension, no trunk or leg function.
• F53 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal, leg or lower spinal function.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Aigars Apinis	Latvia	20.88	17.64	20.08	-	-	-	20.88	998	WR
02 !	Joze Flere	Slovenia	00.00 !x	10.06	10.23	8.97	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	10.23	791	CR
03 !	Yassen Mohammad	Jordan	15.31	18.18	17.77	17.66	18.18	17.58	18.18	739	AR
04 !4	Pantelis Kalogeros	Greece	9.34	9.61	9.86	9.48	00.00 !x	8.73	9.86	727
05 !5	Carlos Leon	United States	18.97	16.54	22.13	20.88	22.03	22.59	22.59	703	SB
06 !6	Garrett Culliton	Ireland	17.33	17.49	17.05	15.54	16.11	00.00 !x	17.49	675
07 !7	Scott Severn	United States	21.32	22.03	21.87	17.04	20.86	21.65	22.03	663
08 !8	Miroslav Matic	Croatia	8.42	8.43	7.95	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	8.87	8.87	564
09 !9	Lakhdar Sahli	Algeria	11.39	12.90	13.43				13.43	342	AR

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Area Record, SB = Season Best

F54/55/56

The Men's discus throw, F54/55/56 was held on January 28

F54/55/56

• F54 = normal upper limb function, no abdominal or lower spinal function.
• F55 = normal upper limb function, may have partial to almost normal trunk function, no leg function.
• F56 = normal upper limb and trunk function, some leg function, may have high bilateral above knee amputation.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Leonardo Diaz	Cuba	42.22	39.44	38.20	41.42	43.10	42.78	43.10	1030	WR
02 !	Drazenko Mitrovic	Serbia	30.37	31.35	26.66	31.26	30.56	31.10	31.35	1027	WR
03 !	Mustafa Yuseinov	Bulgaria	00.00 !x	35.20	39.42	30.86	36.57	38.37	39.42	1002	WR
04 !4	Ali Mohammad Yari	Iran	35.34	31.32	37.28	39.71	39.85	41.10	41.10	1000	AR
05 !5	Alexey Kuznetsov	Russia	26.53	27.99	25.05	28.18	26.60	26.99	28.18	954
06 !6	Martin Nemec	Czech Republic	31.58	34.47	32.77	35.22	35.01	36.01	36.01	936
07 !7	Gang Li	China	30.47	32.39	33.51	31.62	30.86	32.84	33.51	876
08 !8	Josef Stiak	Czech Republic	33.15	00.00 !x	30.67	00.00 !x	33.00	33.99	33.99	848
09 !9	Ilias Nalmpantis	Greece	28.46	30.87	30.92				30.92	801

Key: WR = World Record, AR = Area Record

F57/58

The Men's discus throw, F57/58 was held on January 26

F57/58

• F57 = normal upper limb and trunk function, may have bilateral above knee amputations.
• F58 = normal upper limb and trunk function, bilateral below knee amputation or single above knee amputation.

Results

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Points	Notes
01 !	Alexey Ashapatov	Russia	56.89	49.75	52.36	00.00 !x	52.44	57.64	57.64	1000	WR
02 !	Metawa Abo Elkhir	Egypt	49.01	47.67	54.96	51.06	54.80	54.76	54.96	957	SB
03 !	Ali Ghardooni	Germany	39.97	43.93	41.92	00.00 !x	43.15	44.29	44.29	912
04 !4	Rostislav Pohlmann	Czech Republic	34.71	41.85	40.01	39.23	41.63	44.16	44.16	909
05 !5	Issa Saif Hamdan Al Jahwari	United Arab Emirates	00.00 !x	43.21	42.89	39.58	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	43.21	887
06 !6	Mahmoud Ramadan El Attar	Egypt	49.85	00.00 !x	44.67	47.32	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	49.85	861	SB
07 !7	Dennis Ogbe	United States	00.00 !x	43.11	46.04	43.31	46.82	42.61	46.82	794
08 !8	Pasilione Tafilagi	France	00.00 !x	44.46	36.32	00.00 !x	00.00 !x	41.32	44.46	738
09 !9	Nasser Saed Alsahoti	Qatar	34.40	40.50	39.51				40.50	634

Key: WR = World Record, SB = Season Best

See also

• 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships – Men's pentathlon
• List of IPC world records in athletics

References

General

• Schedule and results, Official site of the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships
• IPC Athletics Classification Explained, Scottish Disability Sport

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