The men's discus throw at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 8 and 9 August 2026.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record 71.37 m Schönebeck, Germany 10 June 2022 Championship Record 69.81 m Nairobi, Kenya 22 August 2021 World U20 Leading 67.55 m Kingston, Jamaica 26 March 2026
Results Qualification Qualification took place in the morning session on 8 August 2026. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 60.50 metres (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.
Group A PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Stefan Gaisbauer x 63.11 63.11 m , 2 Francesco D'Angelo 62.63 62.63 m , 3 Jakub Rodziak 59.06 61.58 61.58 m 4 Yehia Sawaby 61.29 61.29 m 5 61.03 61.03 m 6 Elijah Wilson 58.94 59.45 60.67 60.67 m , 7 Kamari Kennedy 59.91 x 60.65 60.65 m 8 Hamad Dhawi Al Sultan 59.47 x x 59.47 m 9 Chris Marcell x 59.85 x 59.85 m 10 Ludvig Ellgren 59.25 x x 59.25 m 11 Danylo Batarchuk 55.87 x x 55.87 m 12 Louis-David Gagnon x 52.19 55.43 55.43 m 13 Emilios Alexandrou 52.71 x x 52.71 m 14 x 50.44 x 50.44 m
Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Joseph Salmon x x 62.10 62.10 m 2 Yaroslav Lystopad 53.52 52.84 61.50 61.50 m 3 Maxim Sazhnev 61.37 61.37 m , 4 Joshua Gerber 57.29 59.69 61.19 61.19 m , 5 Simon Rosselli 60.84 60.84 m 6 Toms Samauskis x 60.61 60.61 m , 7 Nishchay Phogat 59.19 59.46 x 59.46 m 8 Szymon Zając 58.23 51.57 x 58.23 m 9 Jacob McKinlay x 55.86 57.17 57.17 m 10 Brandon Ariel Delgado 56.15 56.33 x 56.33 m 11 Mattia Bartolini 54.96 x 55.30 55.30 m 12 Eghosa Ehigiator 53.82x 54.75 54.75 m 13 Chang-hyun Son 45.96 x 51.72 51.72 m — Austin McDougall x x x — Max Louis Emmrich x x x
Final The final took place in the afternoon session on 9 August 2026.
PlaceAthleteNationRoundMarkNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Simon Rosselli 63.32 61.29 64.16 63.59 62.20 66.39 66.39 m 62.94 x 63.32 64.57 65.42 x 65.42 m Joseph Salmon 62.08 64.37 64.33 63.95 x 63.30 64.37 m4 Kamari Kennedy 49.82 61.58 64.18 62.61 x x 64.18 m 5 Yehia Sawaby x 62.49 x 63.99 x x 63.99 m 6 Yaroslav Lystopad 58.47 62.74 61.85 60.55 x x 62.74 m 7 Stefan Gaisbauer 56.69 62.19 59.88 51.96 x 62.19 m 8 Jakub Rodziak 58.61 57.48 61.46 x 58.77 61.46 m9 Joshua Gerber 58.46 61.43 x x 61.43 m 10 Francesco D'Angelo 42.54 55.23 60.49 x 60.49 m11 Maxim Sazhnev 59.85 x x 59.85 m12 Toms Samauskis 48.01 x 58.88 58.88 m13 Elijah Wilson 56.47 52.86 x 56.47 m
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