2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2022 World Championships
Kristjan Čeh during the final.
Venue	Hayward Field
Dates	17 July (qualification) 19 July (final)
Competitors	31 from 20 nations
Winning distance	71.13
Medalists
Kristjan Čeh    Slovenia   Mykolas Alekna    Lithuania   Andrius Gudžius    Lithuania

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.^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record	Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)	70.17 m	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
World Leading	Daniel Ståhl (SWE)	71.47 m	Uppsala, Sweden	21 June 2022
African Record	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	70.32 m	Salon-de-Provence, France	26 May 2002
Asian Record	Ehsan Hadadi (IRI)	69.32 m	Tallinn, Estonia	3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Ben Plucknett (USA)	71.32 m	Eugene, United States	4 June 1983
South American Record	Mauricio Ortega (COL)	70.29 m	Lovelhe, Portugal	22 July 2020
European Record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Oceanian record	Benn Harradine (AUS)	68.20 m	Townsville, Australia	10 May 2013

The following records were set at the competition:

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Championship record	71.13	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia (SLO)	19 Jul 2022

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 66.00 m.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
17 July	17:05	Qualification
19 July	18:33	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania (LTU)	65.78	68.91		68.91	Q
2	A	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia (SLO)	68.23			68.23	Q
3	A	Simon Pettersson	Sweden (SWE)	63.71	68.11		68.11	Q, SB
4	A	Matthew Denny	Australia (AUS)	64.89	66.98		66.98	Q
5	B	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania (LTU)	64.21	66.60		66.60	Q
6	B	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria (AUT)	66.51			66.51	Q
7	B	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden (SWE)	x	65.95	x	65.95	q
8	A	Sam Mattis	United States (USA)	61.87	65.59	62.30	65.59	q
9	A	Alin Firfirică	Romania (ROM)	59.48	64.14	65.54	65.54	q, SB
10	B	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica (JAM)	58.87	63.36	64.49	64.49	q
11	A	Traves Smikle	Jamaica (JAM)	64.21	63.16	x	64.21	q
12	A	Alex Rose	Samoa (SAM)	63.11	64.14	63.97	64.14	q
13	A	Lawrence Okoye	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	63.57	x	59.89	63.57
14	B	Nicholas Percy	Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)	58.30	62.90	63.20	63.20
15	A	Marek Bárta	Czech Republic (CZE)	62.90	61.58	56.68	62.90
16	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus (CYP)	62.46	61.32	61.27	62.46
17	B	Martin Wierig	Germany (GER)	60.52	60.86	62.28	62.28
18	B	Andrew Evans	United States (USA)	59.31	62.20	62.18	62.20
19	B	Henrik Janssen	Germany (GER)	61.85	60.30	60.36	61.85
20	B	Claudio Romero	Chile (CHI)	61.69	x	x	61.69
21	B	Philip Milanov	Belgium (BEL)	x	61.22	61.47	61.47
22	B	Mario Díaz	Cuba (CUB)	57.72	58.35	60.83	60.83
23	B	Martin Marković	Croatia (CRO)	x	57.74	60.59	60.59
24	B	Victor Hogan	South Africa (RSA)	60.51	x	59.83	60.51
25	A	Chad Wright	Jamaica (JAM)	59.14	x	60.31	60.31
26	B	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia (COL)	59.47	x	59.91	59.91
27	A	Werner Visser	South Africa (RSA)	58.44	x	x	58.44
28	B	Brian Williams	United States (USA)	x	56.40	58.25	58.25
29	A	Torben Brandt	Germany (GER)	54.11	53.42	x	54.11
	B	Lucas Nervi	Chile (CHI)	x	x	x	NM

Final

The final will take place on 19 July at 18:36.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia (SLO)	65.27	69.02	71.13	68.95	70.51	67.57	71.13	CR
	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania (LTU)	66.64	67.87	67.28	69.27	x	x	69.27
	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania (LTU)	67.31	66.06	x	67.55	x	x	67.55
4	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden (SWE)	66.59	65.99	x	65.39	67.10	66.86	67.10
5	Simon Pettersson	Sweden (SWE)	x	67.00	x	x	x	x	67.00
6	Matthew Denny	Australia (AUS)	61.55	65.50	66.29	65.56	65.49	66.47	66.47
7	Alin Firfirică	Romania (ROM)	65.10	63.80	62.58	x	x	65.57	65.57	SB
8	Alex Rose	Samoa (SAM)	65.57	64.17	63.41	62.78	x	61.16	65.57
9	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica (JAM)	64.85	63.25	64.79				64.85
10	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria (AUT)	61.72	63.98	62.45				63.98
11	Sam Mattis	United States (USA)	60.89	63.19	62.82				63.19
12	Traves Smikle	Jamaica (JAM)	x	62.23	x				62.23

References

1. Timetable
2. "Discus Throw Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
4. Qualification summary
5. Final Results