2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw
at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
VenueNational Stadium
LocationTokyo, Japan
Dates20 September (qualification)
21 September (final)
Winning distance70.47 m SB
Medalists
gold medal Daniel Ståhl   Sweden
silver medal Mykolas Alekna   Lithuania
bronze medal Alex Rose   Samoa
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The men's discus throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 and 21 September 2025.[1] Because of heavy rain in Tokyo, the final was delayed for several hours and became the championship's last event.[2]

Summary

Thirty-seven athletes entered the competition, including defending champion Daniel Ståhl, world record holder Mykolas Alekna, 2022 champion Kristjan Čeh, and world number 2 Matthew Denny. Olympic champion Rojé Stona was a notable absence, as he had recently changed his sporting nationality to Turkey.[3]

In the qualifying round, the automatic qualification mark of 66.50 m (218 ft 2 in) was reached by three of the pre-event favourites, as well as Martynas Alekna, his brother Mykolas was amongst the eight other finalists.[4]

The final, scheduled just after 8 pm local time, ended up becoming the final event of the championship due to rain suspending competition and threatening to cancel it entirely. On only the second throw of the night, Denny slipped and fell in the wet ring. Proceedings were brought to a halt, and eventually the competition was restarted. The competition eventually restarted after the conclusion of the closing ceremony hours later. After the restart, Mykolas Alekna's first round result stood, while Denny was allowed to retake his failed throw. The rain continued to fall however, resulting in unusual behaviour by the competitors such as Miká Sosna wearing only socks for one of his throws, as the throwers attempted to find grip. Conditions improved and degraded as the competition wore on, with 50% of throws fouled and only three throwers exceeding their qualifying marks.

After four rounds of competition, eight competitors qualified for the final two rounds. Fouls from Martynas Alekna and Čeh guaranteed 6th place for Andrius Gudžius, who forfeited his final two throws. This left just Cuban Mario Díaz and Samoan Alex Rose to try and best Mykolas Alekna, Ståhl, and Denny, who held the medal placings. Mykolas Alekna's second-round throw of 67.84 m (222 ft 6 in) was the longest throw at that point. With a surprising fifth-round throw of 66.96 m (219 ft 8 in), Rose managed to unseat Denny for the bronze-medal position, and two fouls from Denny in the wet weather ensured Samoa's first world championship medal. After Rose fouled his final throw, Ståhl threw the first throw of the night over 70 meters, 70.47 m (231 ft 2 in) which after a foul from Alekna, was enough to claim gold.[5][6]

Records

Before the competition, records were as follows:[7]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Mykolas Alekna (LTU) 75.56 m Ramona, United States 13 April 2025
Championship record  Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 71.46 m Budapest, Hungary 21 August 2023
World Leading  Mykolas Alekna (LTU) 75.56 m Ramona, United States 13 April 2025
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
European Record  Mykolas Alekna (LTU) 75.56 m Ramona, United States 13 April 2025
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Ralford Mullings (JAM) 72.01 m 16 August 2025
Oceanian record  Matthew Denny (AUS) 74.78 m 13 April 2025
South American Record  Mauricio Ortega (COL) 70.29 m Lovelhe, Portugal 22 July 2020

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for the world championships was 67.50 m.[8]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows:[1]

Date Time Round
20 September 09:00 Qualification
21 September 20:10 Final

Results

Qualification

All athletes over 66.50 metres (218.2 ft) (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. Fouls are denoted by "x".

Group A

Place Athlete Nation Round Mark Notes
#1 #2 #3
1 Daniel Ståhl  Sweden 69.90 69.90 m Q
2 Martynas Alekna  Lithuania 67.16 67.16 m Q, SB
3 Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria 65.72 65.91 x 65.91 m q
4 Mykolas Alekna  Lithuania 65.39 x 65.29 65.39 m q
5 Alex Rose  Samoa 63.67 65.13 62.63 65.13 m q
6 Mika Sosna  Germany 64.65 64.99 x 64.99 m q
7 Steven Richter  Germany x 63.56 64.06 64.06 m
8 Reginald Jagers III  United States 63.59 62.74 61.45 63.59 m
9 Abuduaini Tuergong  China 61.38 61.29 63.34 63.34 m
10 Chad Wright  Jamaica 62.73 62.87 62.67 62.87 m
11 Sam Mattis  United States 61.99 53.48 62.86 62.86 m
12 Diego Casas  Spain 60.81 61.92 62.54 62.54 m
13 Shaquille Emanuelson  Netherlands 62.04 60.05 59.96 62.04 m
14 Victor Hogan  South Africa 61.51 x 60.37 61.51 m
15 Alin Firfirică  Romania 57.59 58.67 60.78 60.78 m
16 Nicholas Percy  Great Britain & N.I. 57.08 55.94 56.86 57.08 m
17 Ralford Mullings  Jamaica x 56.82 x 56.82 m
18 Jordan Guehaseim  France 56.64 x 55.18 56.64 m
19 Masateru Yugami  Japan 53.75 56.40 56.23 56.40 m
[4]

Group B

Place Athlete Nation Round Mark Notes
#1 #2 #3
1 Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia 68.08 68.08 m Q
2 Matthew Denny  Australia 66.63 66.63 m Q
3 Henrik Janssen  Germany 62.76 66.47 x 66.47 m q
4 Mario Díaz  Cuba 63.66 63.43 65.66 65.66 m q
5 Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania 65.18 x 65.05 65.18 m q
6 Connor Bell  New Zealand 65.09 62.67 65.03 65.09 m q
7 Lawrence Okoye  Great Britain & N.I. 63.50 63.29 x 63.50 m
8 Ruben Rolvink  Netherlands 61.96 x 63.28 63.28 m
9 Lolassonn Djouhan  France 63.13 62.55 62.84 63.13 m
10 Dimitrios Pavlidis  Greece 60.17 62.49 60.78 62.49 m
11 Juan José Caicedo  Ecuador x 60.94 x 60.94 m
12 Mauricio Ortega  Colombia 60.57 x x 60.57 m
13 Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica x x 60.54 60.54 m
14 Claudio Romero  Chile 60.48 x 60.32 60.48 m
15 Wellinton da Cruz Filho  Brazil x x 59.16 59.16 m
16 Marcus Gustaveson  United States x 59.12 x 59.12 m
17 Marek Bárta  Czech Republic x 57.60 56.67 57.60 m
18 Emanuel Sousa  Portugal x x 56.97 56.97 m
[4]

Final

Place Athlete Nation Round Mark Notes
#1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Daniel Ståhl  Sweden x 63.74 65.60 67.47 66.97 70.47 70.47m SB
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mykolas Alekna  Lithuania 62.91 67.84 66.00 x 64.57 x 67.84m
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alex Rose  Samoa 57.93 64.63 x x 66.96 x 66.96m
4 Matthew Denny  Australia 59.09 63.18 65.57 65.23 x x 65.57m
5 Mario Díaz  Cuba x 64.71 59.95 61.61 63.16 63.32 64.71m
6 Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania x 63.43 x x r 63.43m
7 Martynas Alekna  Lithuania 63.05 63.34 x 62.47 x 63.34m
8 Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia 55.18 x 63.07 x x 63.07m
9 Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria 62.26 x x x 62.26m
10 Connor Bell  New Zealand 54.73 59.46 x 59.97 59.97m
11 Mika Sosna  Germany x 58.60 x 58.60m
— Henrik Janssen  Germany x x x NM
[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men discus throw". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  2. ^ Ståhl leaves it late to win discus gold in delayed final Reuters. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Jamaican Olympic medallist Campbell switches allegiance to Turkey". reuters.com. 20 June 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Men's discus throw - Qualification results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  5. ^ "Stahl leaves it late to win discus gold in delayed final". reuters.com. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Matt Denny finishes fourth in farcical discus competition at World Athletics Championships 2025 in Tokyo". abc.net.au. 22 September 2025. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Men's discus throw – Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  8. ^ "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
  9. ^ "Official Results / リザルト Discus men - Final" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
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