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.Timetable
Records Before the competition records were as follows:
RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record74.08 mNeubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Championship record70.17 mHelsinki, Finland7 August 2005World Leading71.47 mUppsala, Sweden21 June 2022African Record70.32 mSalon-de-Provence, France26 May 2002Asian Record69.32 mTallinn, Estonia3 June 2008North, Central American and Caribbean record71.32 mEugene, United States4 June 1983South American Record70.29 mLovelhe, Portugal22 July 2020European Record74.08 mNeubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Oceanian record68.20 mTownsville, Australia10 May 2013 The following records were set at the competition:
Record Athlete Date Championship record71.13Kristjan Čeh 19 Jul 2022
Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 66.00 m.
Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:
Date Time Round17 July 17:05 Qualification19 July 18:33 Final
Results
Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.Qualification summary
Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Mykolas Alekna 65.78 68.91 68.91 Q 2 A Kristjan Čeh 68.23 68.23 Q 3 A Simon Pettersson 63.71 68.11 68.11 Q, 4 A Matthew Denny 64.89 66.98 66.98 Q 5 B Andrius Gudžius 64.21 66.60 66.60 Q 6 B Lukas Weißhaidinger 66.51 66.51 Q 7 B Daniel Ståhl x 65.95 x 65.95 q 8 A Sam Mattis 61.87 65.59 62.30 65.59 q 9 A Alin Firfirică 59.48 64.14 65.54 65.54 q, 10 B Fedrick Dacres 58.87 63.36 64.49 64.49 q 11 A Traves Smikle 64.21 63.16 x 64.21 q 12 A Alex Rose 63.11 64.14 63.97 64.14 q 13 A Lawrence Okoye 63.57 x 59.89 63.57 14 B Nicholas Percy 58.30 62.90 63.20 63.20 15 A Marek Bárta 62.90 61.58 56.68 62.90 16 A Apostolos Parellis 62.46 61.32 61.27 62.46 17 B Martin Wierig 60.52 60.86 62.28 62.28 18 B Andrew Evans 59.31 62.20 62.18 62.20 19 B Henrik Janssen 61.85 60.30 60.36 61.85 20 B Claudio Romero 61.69 x x 61.69 21 B Philip Milanov x 61.22 61.47 61.47 22 B Mario Díaz 57.72 58.35 60.83 60.83 23 B Martin Marković x 57.74 60.59 60.59 24 B Victor Hogan 60.51 x 59.83 60.51 25 A Chad Wright 59.14 x 60.31 60.31 26 B Mauricio Ortega 59.47 x 59.91 59.91 27 A Werner Visser 58.44 x x 58.44 28 B Brian Williams x 56.40 58.25 58.25 29 A Torben Brandt 54.11 53.42 x 54.11 B Lucas Nervi x x x
Final The final will take place on 19 July at 18:36.Final Results
Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Kristjan Čeh 65.27 69.02 71.13 68.95 70.51 67.57 71.13 Mykolas Alekna 66.64 67.87 67.28 69.27 x x 69.27 Andrius Gudžius 67.31 66.06 x 67.55 x x 67.55 4 Daniel Ståhl 66.59 65.99 x 65.39 67.10 66.86 67.10 5 Simon Pettersson x 67.00 x x x x 67.00 6 Matthew Denny 61.55 65.50 66.29 65.56 65.49 66.47 66.47 7 Alin Firfirică 65.10 63.80 62.58 x x 65.57 65.57 8 Alex Rose 65.57 64.17 63.41 62.78 x 61.16 65.57 9 Fedrick Dacres 64.85 63.25 64.79 64.85 10 Lukas Weißhaidinger 61.72 63.98 62.45 63.98 11 Sam Mattis 60.89 63.19 62.82 63.19 12 Traves Smikle x 62.23 x 62.23
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