17th Asian Games were held in Incheon, South-Korea and Ehsan Hadadi won the title with a throw of 65.11m. This was Hadadi's third straight Games gold after throwing 63.79m in 2006 Doha and 67.99m in 2010 Guangzhou. Vikas Gowda threw 62.58m and took the silver and Qatar's Mohammed Ahmed Dheeb clinched bronze with a best throw of 61.25m in his final attempt.