Men's discus throw at the 2002 Asian Games
Venue	Busan Asiad Main Stadium
Date	13 October
Competitors	10 from 7 nations
Medalists
Wu Tao    China   Abbas Samimi    Iran   Anil Kumar    India
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Athletics at the 2002 Asian Games
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	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's discus throw competition at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea was held on 13 October at the Busan Asiad Main Stadium.^[1]

All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)

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	Li Shaojie (CHN)	65.16	Nanjing, China	7 May 1996
Games Record	Li Shaojie (CHN)	64.58	Bangkok, Thailand	17 December 1998

Rank	Athlete	Attempt						Result	Notes
		1	2	3	4	5	6
	Wu Tao (CHN)	54.14	55.55	X	X	60.76	X	60.76
	Abbas Samimi (IRI)	X	59.55	57.21	X	60.36	60.44	60.44
	Anil Kumar (IND)	X	59.81	57.63	57.86	59.57	X	59.81
4	Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)	59.15	X	X	58.72	58.30	X	59.15
5	Tulake Nuermaimaiti (CHN)	X	X	53.63	57.88	X	X	57.88
6	Khalid Habash Al-Suwaidi (QAT)	54.56	55.86	57.78	56.20	55.80	56.53	57.78
7	Sultan Al-Dawoodi (KSA)	X	55.10	X	57.69	X	52.62	57.69
8	Abdullah Al-Shammari (KSA)	55.29	56.87	54.78	X	X	54.64	56.87
9	Shigeo Hatakeyama (JPN)	50.71	52.69	52.44				52.69
10	Choi Jong-bum (KOR)	49.79	51.29	X				51.29

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