2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 to 30 September 2019.[1]

Men's discus throw
at the 2019 World Championships
VenueKhalifa International Stadium
Dates28 September (qualification)
30 September (final)
Competitors33 from 23 nations
Winning distance67.59
Medalists
    Sweden
    Jamaica
    Austria

Summary

Coming in to these championships, Daniel Ståhl dominated the season both with the best throw and the best group of throws. A full metre behind him was Fedrick Dacres and Lukas Weißhaidinger was a further two and a half metres behind him. That form held true in the qualifying round as Ståhl was the only automatic qualifier.

As the first thrower, Ståhl set the early standard with a 66.59m. Near the end of the round, Weißhaidinger answered with a 66.74m to take the first round lead. Starting the second round, Ståhl answered back with a 67.18m. Three throws later, Dacres joined the battle with a 66.94m, but that would turn out to be his best of the day. Three throws later Apostolos Parellis joined the 66 metre crowd for the first time adding 63 cm to his national record. The third round saw Ståhl lead off with the winner 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in). Later Weißhaidinger improved his standing to 66.82m. And the last thrower Alin Alexandru Firfirică displaced Parellis with a 66.46m. With three more rounds in the competition, none of the leaders would improve their position. The podium matched the three world leaders.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

World record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Championship record  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 70.17 m Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
World Leading  Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 71.86 m Bottnaryd, Sweden 29 June 2019
African Record  Frantz Kruger (RSA) 70.32 m Salon-de-Provence, France 26 May 2002
Asian Record  Ehsan Hadadi (IRI) 69.32 m Tallinn, Estonia 3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Ben Plucknett (USA) 71.32 m Eugene, United States 4 June 1983
South American Record  Jorge Balliengo (ARG) 66.32 m Rosario, Argentina 15 April 2006
European Record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Oceanian record  Benn Harradine (AUS) 68.20 m Townsville, Australia 10 May 2013

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 m.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

Date Time Round
28 September16:15Qualification
30 September21:15Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[5][6]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1BDaniel Ståhl Sweden (SWE)x67.8867.88Q
2AFedrick Dacres Jamaica (JAM)65.4464.26x65.44q
3BMatthew Denny Australia (AUS)64.4860.9465.0865.08q
4AAlin Alexandru Firfirică Romania (ROM)64.5565.05x65.05q
5BEhsan Haddadi Iran (IRI)64.8463.0561.2964.84q
6BOla Stunes Isene Norway (NOR)58.4364.5463.3364.54q
7AApostolos Parellis Cyprus (CYP)64.03x64.5064.50q
8BAndrius Gudžius Lithuania (LTU)64.1463.28x64.14q
9BSam Mattis United States (USA)x63.9660.8963.96q
10ASimon Pettersson Sweden (SWE)63.6561.9862.4363.65q
11AMartin Wierig Germany (GER)60.6363.6562.0363.65q
12ALukas Weißhaidinger Austria (AUT)59.9463.3160.7763.31q
13AMason Finley United States (USA)x63.22x63.22
14BChristoph Harting Germany (GER)60.3162.0463.0863.08
15BTraves Smikle Jamaica (JAM)62.2462.2562.9362.93
16ADavid Wrobel Germany (GER)62.4361.47x62.43
17APiotr Małachowski Poland (POL)x62.2061.6362.20
18ADanijel Furtula Montenegro (MNE)xx62.1262.12
19AMartin Kupper Estonia (EST)x62.1061.7162.10
20BMauricio Ortega Colombia (COL)61.92xx61.92
21BAlex Rose Samoa (SAM)61.80xx61.80
22BBartłomiej Stój Poland (POL)x61.2161.7961.79
23BRobert Urbanek Poland (POL)61.5561.7861.3561.78
24BAleksey Khudyakov Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)61.2760.52x61.27
25AChad Wright Jamaica (JAM)58.0660.6058.5860.60
26BJorge Fernández Cuba (CUB)60.52x60.6060.60
27ABrian Williams United States (USA)x60.4859.1260.48
28AJános Huszák Hungary (HUN)58.1754.6760.4560.45
29APhilip Milanov Belgium (BEL)60.2460.05x60.24
30BGiovanni Faloci Italy (ITA)58.83x59.7759.77
31BKristjan Čeh Slovenia (SLO)59.55xx59.55
32AGuðni Valur Guðnason Iceland (ISL)x53.91x53.91

Final

The final was started on 30 September at 21:15.[7]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Daniel Ståhl Sweden (SWE)66.5967.1867.5965.83x67.0567.59
Fedrick Dacres Jamaica (JAM)64.9766.9464.6763.5062.85x66.94
Lukas Weißhaidinger Austria (AUT)66.74x66.82x63.7466.3566.82
4Alin Alexandru Firfirică Romania (ROM)63.94x66.4665.1963.9564.1666.46
5Apostolos Parellis Cyprus (CYP)64.7666.3264.56x64.8665.6666.32NR
6Matthew Denny Australia (AUS)65.4363.03x64.38xx65.43PB
7Ehsan Haddadi Iran (IRI)63.8063.8062.5164.2965.1663.3265.16
8Martin Wierig Germany (GER)64.31x62.70xx64.9864.98
9Simon Pettersson Sweden (SWE)59.7161.8163.7263.72
10Ola Stunes Isene Norway (NOR)62.95x63.6763.67
11Sam Mattis United States (USA)x63.1563.4263.42
12Andrius Gudžius Lithuania (LTU)x61.55x61.55

References

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