A delighted Gerd is pictured above celebrating his Discus gold medal
success at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Kanter, the 2007 world champion,
added the Olympic title to his collection with a throw of 68.82m, leaving him
exactly 1 metre ahead of his nearest challenger Piotr Malachowski.
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Men's Discus Final 2008.
Olympic Games.
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| 1. Gerd KANTER |
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EST |
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68.82m |
| 2. Piotr MALACHOWSKI |
|
POL |
|
67.82m |
| 3. Virgilius ALEKNA |
|
LIT |
|
67.79m |
| 4. Robert HARTING |
|
GER |
|
67.09m |
| 5. Yennifer Frank CASANAS |
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ESP |
|
66.49m |
| 6. Bogdan PISHCHALNIKOV |
|
RUS |
|
65.88m |
| 7. Rutger SMITH |
|
NED |
|
65.39m |
| 8. Robert FAZEKAS |
|
HUN |
|
63.43m |
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