2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw
at the 2022 World Championships
Kristjan Čeh during the final.
VenueHayward Field
Dates17 July (qualification)
19 July (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance71.13
Medalists
gold medal Kristjan Čeh   Slovenia
silver medal Mykolas Alekna   Lithuania
bronze medal Andrius Gudžius   Lithuania
Events at the
2022 World Championships
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m steeplechasemenwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
mixed
Road events
Marathonmenwomen
20 km walkmenwomen
35 km walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen
World Team event
World Team

The men's discus throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 17 and 19 July 2022.[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
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) 71.47 m Uppsala, Sweden 21 June 2022
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  Mauricio Ortega (COL) 70.29 m Lovelhe, Portugal 22 July 2020
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

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Championship record 71.13 Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia 19 Jul 2022

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 66.00 m.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
17 July 17:05 Qualification
19 July 18:33 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[4]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Mykolas Alekna  Lithuania 65.78 68.91 68.91 Q
2 A Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia 68.23 68.23 Q
3 A Simon Pettersson  Sweden 63.71 68.11 68.11 Q, SB
4 A Matthew Denny  Australia 64.89 66.98 66.98 Q
5 B Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania 64.21 66.60 66.60 Q
6 B Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria 66.51 66.51 Q
7 B Daniel Ståhl  Sweden x 65.95 x 65.95 q
8 A Sam Mattis  United States 61.87 65.59 62.30 65.59 q
9 A Alin Firfirică  Romania 59.48 64.14 65.54 65.54 q, SB
10 B Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica 58.87 63.36 64.49 64.49 q
11 A Traves Smikle  Jamaica 64.21 63.16 x 64.21 q
12 A Alex Rose  Samoa 63.11 64.14 63.97 64.14 q
13 A Lawrence Okoye  Great Britain & N.I. 63.57 x 59.89 63.57
14 B Nicholas Percy  Great Britain & N.I. 58.30 62.90 63.20 63.20
15 A Marek Bárta  Czech Republic 62.90 61.58 56.68 62.90
16 A Apostolos Parellis  Cyprus 62.46 61.32 61.27 62.46
17 B Martin Wierig  Germany 60.52 60.86 62.28 62.28
18 B Andrew Evans  United States 59.31 62.20 62.18 62.20
19 B Henrik Janssen  Germany 61.85 60.30 60.36 61.85
20 B Claudio Romero  Chile 61.69 x x 61.69
21 B Philip Milanov  Belgium x 61.22 61.47 61.47
22 B Mario Díaz  Cuba 57.72 58.35 60.83 60.83
23 B Martin Marković  Croatia x 57.74 60.59 60.59
24 B Victor Hogan  South Africa 60.51 x 59.83 60.51
25 A Chad Wright  Jamaica 59.14 x 60.31 60.31
26 B Mauricio Ortega  Colombia 59.47 x 59.91 59.91
27 A Werner Visser  South Africa 58.44 x x 58.44
28 B Brian Williams  United States x 56.40 58.25 58.25
29 A Torben Brandt  Germany 54.11 53.42 x 54.11
B Lucas Nervi  Chile x x x NM

Final

The final will take place on 19 July at 18:36.[5]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia 65.27 69.02 71.13 68.95 70.51 67.57 71.13 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mykolas Alekna  Lithuania 66.64 67.87 67.28 69.27 x x 69.27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania 67.31 66.06 x 67.55 x x 67.55
4 Daniel Ståhl  Sweden 66.59 65.99 x 65.39 67.10 66.86 67.10
5 Simon Pettersson  Sweden x 67.00 x x x x 67.00
6 Matthew Denny  Australia 61.55 65.50 66.29 65.56 65.49 66.47 66.47
7 Alin Firfirică  Romania 65.10 63.80 62.58 x x 65.57 65.57 SB
8 Alex Rose  Samoa 65.57 64.17 63.41 62.78 x 61.16 65.57
9 Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica 64.85 63.25 64.79 64.85
10 Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria 61.72 63.98 62.45 63.98
11 Sam Mattis  United States 60.89 63.19 62.82 63.19
12 Traves Smikle  Jamaica x 62.23 x 62.23

References

  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "Discus Throw Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ Qualification summary
  5. ^ Final Results
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