2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 and 21 August 2023. Summary

Nobody in the field was able to make the 66.50m automatic qualifier. In the first round of the final, Andrius Gudžius was the first over 65 with a 65.95m. The next thrower was the defending champion Kristjan Čeh. His 68.31m opened up a big lead. Near the end of the round, Matthew Denny moved into second with a 66.39m. In the second round, Gudžius improved to 66.16m, the Čeh made a big improvement in his lead to 69.27m. Daniel Ståhl stepped into second with at 66.58m, then Mykolas Alekna took it from him with 67.08m. In the third round, Fedrick Dacres moved into third with his 66.72m and the field was put into a new order.

In the fourth round, Denny tossed it 68.24m for a new second place. Then Ståhl pushed everybody down a notch by throwing 69.37m. Alekna moved into third with a 68.85m. Nobody improved in the fifth round so the field was reordered again. As the next to last thrower, Čeh finally got into the 70's barely at 70.02m to retake the lead. On the final throw of the competition, Ståhl launched the winner , the #15 throw in history (Ståhl and Čeh already share #6, Alekna's father holds #2). 71.46m became the new Championship Record.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

RecordAthlete & LocationDate World record74.08 mNeubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Championship record71.13 mEugene, United States19 Jul 2022World Leading71.86 mJöhvi, Estonia16 June 2023African 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 record70.39 mRamona, United States16 April 2023 The following records were set at the competition:

Record Athlete Date Championship record71.46Daniel Ståhl 21 Aug 2023

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 67.00 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date Time Round19 August 19:09 Qualification21 August 20:30 Final

Results

Qualification Athletes attaining a mark of at least 66.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualify for the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 A Daniel Ståhl 64.58 66.25 64.99 66.25 q 2 A Mykolas Alekna 66.04 x 63.99 66.04 q 3 B Kristjan Čeh 65.95 65.18 65.29 65.95 q 4 A Traves Smikle 65.71 64.32 64.30 65.71 q 5 B Lukas Weißhaidinger 64.34 65.61 64.20 65.61 q 6 B Andrius Gudžius 65.50 64.57 63.68 65.50 q 7 B Fedrick Dacres x 64.72 65.45 65.45 q 8 B Alex Rose x 65.26 63.74 65.26 q 9 B Matthew Denny 61.70 x 64.29 64.29 q 10 A 63.85 61.42 61.09 63.85 q, 11 A Henrik Janssen 61.96 62.97 63.79 63.79 q 12 B Connor Bell x 63.72 x 63.72 q 13 A Lawrence Okoye x x 63.66 63.66 14 B Turner Washington 59.99 63.57 62.87 63.57 15 A Sam Mattis 62.55 63.43 60.57 63.43 16 B Steven Richter 63.37 62.13 x 63.37 17 B Daniel Jasinski 62.54 63.36 x 63.36 18 A Philip Milanov 59.15 63.00 x 63.00 19 A Rojé Stona 62.67 x 61.69 62.67 20 A Martynas Alekna 58.44 62.57 58.06 62.57 21 B Simon Pettersson 62.53 x x 62.53 22 A Guðni Valur Guðnason 59.97 x 62.28 62.28 23 B Claudio Romero 62.24 61.60 x 62.24 24 A Apostolos Parellis 61.94 62.10 60.86 62.10 25 B Oskar Stachnik 60.93 61.96 61.89 61.96 26 A Martin Marković x 61.88 61.37 61.88 27 A Victor Hogan 60.09 61.80 x 61.80 28 A Robert Urbanek 61.20 61.30 x 61.30 29 A Alin Firfirică x 61.03 x 61.03 30 B Róbert Szikszai 60.64 x x 60.64 31 A Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim 60.40 57.81 60.11 60.40 32 A Lucas Nervi 58.76 57.31 58.66 58.76 33 B Mario Díaz 56.59 56.75 58.03 58.03 34 B 55.39 55.89 53.88 55.89 35 B Juan José Caicedo x x 55.78 55.78

Final Results:

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Daniel Ståhl 63.01 66.58 x 69.37 67.56 71.46 71.46 Kristjan Čeh 68.31 69.27 x 67.89 66.69 70.02 70.02 Mykolas Alekna 65.23 67.08 64.37 68.85 68.07 68.07 68.85 4 Matthew Denny 66.39 x x 68.24 x 65.92 68.24 5 Fedrick Dacres 65.74 64.60 66.72 x 63.89 x 66.72 6 Andrius Gudžius 65.95 66.16 x x 63.98 66.13 66.16 7 Lukas Weißhaidinger 63.57 65.19 62.85 65.20 65.54 x 65.54 8 Henrik Janssen 62.97 63.80 63.77 x x 62.27 63.80 9 62.68 63.62 x 63.62 10 Connor Bell 63.23 x 62.21 63.23 11 Traves Smikle x 61.90 x 61.90 12 Alex Rose x x 61.69 61.69

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