2017 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	4 August (qualification) 5 August (final)
Competitors	32 from 23 nations
Winning distance	69.21
Medalists
Andrius Gudžius    Lithuania   Daniel Ståhl    Sweden   Mason Finley    United States

The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 4–5 August.^[1]

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:^[2]

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date	Location
World	74.08	Jürgen Schult	GDR	6 Jun 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Championship	70.17	Virgilijus Alekna	LTU	7 Aug 2005	Helsinki, Finland
World leading	71.29	Daniel Ståhl	SWE	29 Jun 2017	Sollentuna, Sweden
African	70.32	Frantz Kruger	RSA	26 May 2002	Salon-de-Provence, France
Asian	69.32	Ehsan Haddadi	IRI	3 Jun 2008	Tallinn, Estonia
NACAC	72.34	Ben Plucknett	USA	7 Jul 1981	Stockholm, Sweden
South American	66.32	Jorge Balliengo	ARG	15 Apr 2006	Rosario, Argentina
European	74.08	Jürgen Schult	GDR	6 Jun 1986	Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Oceanian	68.20	Benn Harradine	AUS	10 May 2013	Townsville, Australia

No records were set at the competition.^[3]

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 metres.^[4]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+1), was as follows:^[5]

Date	Time	Round
4 August	20:45	Qualification
5 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.^[6] The overall results were as follows:^[7]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden (SWE)	61.83	67.64		67.64	Q
2	B	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania (LTU)	67.01			67.01	Q
3	A	Robert Harting	Germany (GER)	65.32			65.32	Q
4	A	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	65.13			65.13	Q
5	B	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica (JAM)	64.46	64.28	64.82	64.82	Q
6	A	Mason Finley	United States (USA)	63.98	64.76		64.76	Q
7	B	Simon Pettersson	Sweden (SWE)	60.43	x	63.69	63.69	q
8	B	Robert Urbanek	Poland (POL)	62.37	63.67	63.04	63.67	q
9	B	Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	x	63.61	x	63.61	q
10	A	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria (AUT)	63.57	x	61.48	63.57	q
11	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus (CYP)	63.36	62.68	62.67	63.36	q
12	A	Traves Smikle	Jamaica (JAM)	63.23	x	x	63.23	q
13	B	Lolassonn Djouhan	France (FRA)	58.00	63.21	61.35	63.21
14	A	Philip Milanov	Belgium (BEL)	62.94	x	63.16	63.16
15	A	Ehsan Hadadi	Iran (IRI)	63.03	61.22	60.92	63.03
16	B	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia (COL)	x	62.34	62.97	62.97
17	A	Martin Kupper	Estonia (EST)	59.49	62.11	62.71	62.71
18	B	Victor Hogan	South Africa (RSA)	61.76	62.26	x	62.26
19	B	Alex Rose	Samoa (SAM)	61.62	x	59.63	61.62
20	B	Andrew Evans	United States (USA)	61.32	60.47	60.78	61.32
21	B	Benn Harradine	Australia (AUS)	60.00	x	60.95	60.95
22	B	Zoltán Kővágó	Hungary (HUN)	56.71	56.26	59.46	59.46
23	B	Viktor Butenko	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	59.29	x	x	59.29
24	A	Niklas Arrhenius	Sweden (SWE)	58.91	x	58.84	58.91
25	A	Erik Cadée	Netherlands (NED)	58.19	x	58.90	58.90
26	A	Sven Martin Skagestad	Norway (NOR)	x	57.89	58.86	58.86
27	B	Mustafa Al-Saamah	Iraq (IRQ)	57.77	56.38	58.40	58.40
28	A	Mitchell Cooper	Australia (AUS)	x	56.20	57.26	57.26
29	B	Nicholas Percy	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	x	52.56	56.93	56.93
30	A	Marshall Hall	New Zealand (NZL)	x	56.64	54.20	56.64
	A	Rodney Brown	United States (USA)	x	x	x	NM
	B	Martin Wierig	Germany (GER)	x	x	x	NM

Final

The final took place on 5 August at 19:27. The results were as follows:^[8]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Mark	Notes
	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania (LTU)	67.52	69.21	63.43	x	63.98	67.89	69.21	PB
	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden (SWE)	x	69.19	66.58	68.57	x	63.06	69.19
	Mason Finley	United States (USA)	67.07	68.03	65.21	37.36	66.59	x	68.03	PB
4	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica (JAM)	65.62	65.70	x	65.83	64.41	64.67	65.83
5	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	63.96	65.14	64.88	x	65.24	63.92	65.24
6	Robert Harting	Germany (GER)	65.10	x	64.75	x	x	x	65.10
7	Robert Urbanek	Poland (POL)	61.93	64.15	63.91	64.14	x	63.46	64.15
8	Traves Smikle	Jamaica (JAM)	63.64	64.04	x	62.28	x	63.37	64.04
9	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria (AUT)	63.76	62.75	x				63.76
10	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus (CYP)	62.18	63.17	x				63.17
11	Simon Pettersson	Sweden (SWE)	55.58	60.39	x				60.39
12	Gerd Kanter	Estonia (EST)	59.72	60.00	x				60.00

References

1. Start list
2. "Discus Throw Men – Records". IAAF. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
3. "Records Set - Final" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
4. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
5. "Discus Throw Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
6. "Discus Throw Men − Qualification − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
7. "Discus Throw Men − Qualification − Summary" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
8. "Discus Throw Men − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 9 August 2017.