2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–5 August.[1]

Men's discus throw
at the 2017 World Championships
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates4 August (qualification)
5 August (final)
Competitors32 from 23 nations
Winning distance69.21
Medalists
    Lithuania
    Sweden
    United States

Summary

The first throw of the final was a personal best by American Mason Finley, 67.07 metres. It only held the lead for two throwers until Andrius Gudžius threw 67.52 metres. Those held up through the round. At the start of the second round, Finley added almost another metre to his personal best, throwing 68.03 metres. The next thrower, world leader Daniel Ståhl went better throwing 69.19 metres. The next thrower was Gudžius, who edged two centimetres further with a 69.21 metres. Those three throws at the start of the second round were the medals. No other athlete came within two metres of Finley for bronze.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.DateLocation
World 74.08 Jürgen Schult  GDR 6 Jun 1986 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Championship 70.17 Virgilijus Alekna  LTU 7 Aug 2005 Helsinki, Finland
World leading 71.29 Daniel Ståhl  SWE 29 Jun 2017 Sollentuna, Sweden
African 70.32 Frantz Kruger  RSA 26 May 2002 Salon-de-Provence, France
Asian 69.32 Ehsan Haddadi  IRI 3 Jun 2008 Tallinn, Estonia
NACAC 72.34 Ben Plucknett  USA 7 Jul 1981 Stockholm, Sweden
South American 66.32 Jorge Balliengo  ARG 15 Apr 2006 Rosario, Argentina
European 74.08 Jürgen Schult  GDR 6 Jun 1986 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Oceanian 68.20 Benn Harradine  AUS 10 May 2013 Townsville, Australia

No records were set at the competition.[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 metres.[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:[5]

Date Time Round
4 August20:45Qualification
5 August19:26Final

Results

Qualification

The qualification round took place on 4 August, in 2 groups, with Group A starting at 19:20 and Group B starting at 20:49. attaining a mark of at least 64.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualified for the final.[6] The overall results were as follows:[7]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1ADaniel Ståhl Sweden (SWE)61.8367.6467.64Q
2BAndrius Gudžius Lithuania (LTU)67.0167.01Q
3ARobert Harting Germany (GER)65.3265.32Q
4APiotr Małachowski Poland (POL)65.1365.13Q
5BFedrick Dacres Jamaica (JAM)64.4664.2864.8264.82Q
6AMason Finley United States (USA)63.9864.7664.76Q
7BSimon Pettersson Sweden (SWE)60.43x63.6963.69q
8BRobert Urbanek Poland (POL)62.3763.6763.0463.67q
9BGerd Kanter Estonia (EST)x63.61x63.61q
10ALukas Weißhaidinger Austria (AUT)63.57x61.4863.57q
11AApostolos Parellis Cyprus (CYP)63.3662.6862.6763.36q
12ATraves Smikle Jamaica (JAM)63.23xx63.23q
13BLolassonn Djouhan France (FRA)58.0063.2161.3563.21
14APhilip Milanov Belgium (BEL)62.94x63.1663.16
15AEhsan Hadadi Iran (IRI)63.0361.2260.9263.03
16BMauricio Ortega Colombia (COL)x62.3462.9762.97
17AMartin Kupper Estonia (EST)59.4962.1162.7162.71
18BVictor Hogan South Africa (RSA)61.7662.26x62.26
19BAlex Rose Samoa (SAM)61.62x59.6361.62
20BAndrew Evans United States (USA)61.3260.4760.7861.32
21BBenn Harradine Australia (AUS)60.00x60.9560.95
22BZoltán Kővágó Hungary (HUN)56.7156.2659.4659.46
23BViktor Butenko Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)59.29xx59.29
24ANiklas Arrhenius Sweden (SWE)58.91x58.8458.91
25AErik Cadée Netherlands (NED)58.19x58.9058.90
26ASven Martin Skagestad Norway (NOR)x57.8958.8658.86
27BMustafa Al-Saamah Iraq (IRQ)57.7756.3858.4058.40
28AMitchell Cooper Australia (AUS)x56.2057.2657.26
29BNicholas Percy Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)x52.5656.9356.93
30AMarshall Hall New Zealand (NZL)x56.6454.2056.64
ARodney Brown United States (USA)xxxNM
BMartin Wierig Germany (GER)xxxNM

Final

The final took place on 5 August at 19:27. The results were as follows:[8]

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6MarkNotes
Andrius Gudžius Lithuania (LTU)67.5269.2163.43x63.9867.8969.21PB
Daniel Ståhl Sweden (SWE)x69.1966.5868.57x63.0669.19
Mason Finley United States (USA)67.0768.0365.2137.3666.59x68.03PB
4Fedrick Dacres Jamaica (JAM)65.6265.70x65.8364.4164.6765.83
5Piotr Małachowski Poland (POL)63.9665.1464.88x65.2463.9265.24
6Robert Harting Germany (GER)65.10x64.75xxx65.10
7Robert Urbanek Poland (POL)61.9364.1563.9164.14x63.4664.15
8Traves Smikle Jamaica (JAM)63.6464.04x62.28x63.3764.04
9Lukas Weißhaidinger Austria (AUT)63.7662.75x63.76
10Apostolos Parellis Cyprus (CYP)62.1863.17x63.17
11Simon Pettersson Sweden (SWE)55.5860.39x60.39
12Gerd Kanter Estonia (EST)59.7260.00x60.00

References

  1. Start list
  2. "Discus Throw Men – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
  4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  5. "Discus Throw Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  6. "Discus Throw Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  7. "Discus Throw Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  8. "Discus Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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