The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on .Start list
The winning margin was 2 cm which as of 2024 is the only time the men's discus has been won by less than 25 cm at these championships.
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:
Record Athlete Date LocationWorld74.08Jürgen Schult6 Jun 1986Neubrandenburg, East GermanyChampionship70.17Virgilijus Alekna7 Aug 2005Helsinki, FinlandWorld leading71.29Daniel Ståhl29 Jun 2017Sollentuna, SwedenAfrican70.32Frantz KrugerSalon-de-Provence, FranceAsian69.32Ehsan Haddadi3 Jun 2008Tallinn, EstoniaNACAC72.34Ben Plucknett7 Jul 1981Stockholm, SwedenSouth American66.32Jorge Balliengo15 Apr 2006Rosario, ArgentinaEuropean74.08Jürgen Schult6 Jun 1986Neubrandenburg, East GermanyOceanian68.20Benn Harradine10 May 2013Townsville, Australia
No records were set at the competition.
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 metres.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows: Date Time Round4 August 20:45 Qualification5 August 19:26 Final
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. The overall results were as follows:
Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Daniel Ståhl 61.83 67.64 67.64 2 B Andrius Gudžius 67.01 67.01 3 A Robert Harting 65.32 65.32 4 A Piotr Małachowski 65.13 65.13 5 B Fedrick Dacres 64.46 64.28 64.82 64.82 6 A Mason Finley 63.98 64.76 64.76 7 B Simon Pettersson 60.43 63.69 63.69 8 B Robert Urbanek 62.37 63.67 63.04 63.67 9 B Gerd Kanter 63.61 63.61 10 A Lukas Weißhaidinger 63.57 61.48 63.57 11 A Apostolos Parellis 63.36 62.68 62.67 63.36 12 A Traves Smikle 63.23 63.23 13 B Lolassonn Djouhan 58.00 63.21 61.35 63.21 14 A Philip Milanov 62.94 63.16 63.16 15 A Ehsan Hadadi 63.03 61.22 60.92 63.03 16 B Mauricio Ortega 62.34 62.97 62.97 17 A Martin Kupper 59.49 62.11 62.71 62.71 18 B Victor Hogan 61.76 62.26 62.26 19 B Alex Rose 61.62 59.63 61.62 20 B Andrew Evans 61.32 60.47 60.78 61.32 21 B Benn Harradine 60.00 60.95 60.95 22 B Zoltán Kővágó 56.71 56.26 59.46 59.46 23 B Viktor Butenko 59.29 59.29 24 A Niklas Arrhenius 58.91 58.84 58.91 25 A Erik Cadée 58.19 58.90 58.90 26 A Sven Martin Skagestad 57.89 58.86 58.86 27 B Mustafa Al-Saamah 57.77 56.38 58.40 58.40 28 A Mitchell Cooper 56.20 57.26 57.26 29 B Nicholas Percy 52.56 56.93 56.93 30 A Marshall Hall 56.64 54.20 56.64 A Rodney Brown B Martin Wierig
Final The final took place on 5 August at 19:27. The results were as follows:
Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Mark Notes Andrius Gudžius 67.52 69.21 63.43 63.98 67.89 69.21 Daniel Ståhl 69.19 66.58 68.57 63.06 69.19 Mason Finley 67.07 68.03 65.21 37.36 66.59 68.03 Fedrick Dacres 65.62 65.70 65.83 64.41 64.67 65.83 Piotr Małachowski 63.96 65.14 64.88 65.24 63.92 65.24 Robert Harting 65.10 64.75 65.10 Robert Urbanek 61.93 64.15 63.91 64.14 63.46 64.15 Traves Smikle 63.64 64.04 62.28 63.37 64.04 Lukas Weißhaidinger 63.76 62.75 63.76 10 Apostolos Parellis 62.18 63.17 63.17 11 Simon Pettersson 55.58 60.39 60.39 12 Gerd Kanter 59.72 60.00 60.00
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