There were six automatic qualifiers – 65.00 or more - for Tuesday night’s final from the 41 athlete line-up, and they were led by Gerd Kanter, the defending Olympic champion from Estonia, who throwing in the second of the two groups blasted out 66.39 in the third round after struggling with his opening efforts. With a similar qualification performance Britain’s Lawrence Okoye didn’t guarantee his place in the final until his third attempt of 65.28.