Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	12 April (qualifying round) 13 April (final)
Competitors	15 from 11 nations
Winning distance	68.20 m GR
Medalists
Fedrick Dacres    Jamaica   Traves Smikle    Jamaica   Apostolos Parellis    Cyprus

The men's discus throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium in Queensland on 12 and 13 April 2018.^[1]

The winning margin was 4.22 metres which as of 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the men's discus throw at these games, beating the previous record set at the 1958 Cardiff games by 1 cm.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Jürgen Schult (GDR)	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Games record	Frantz Kruger (RSA)	66.39 m	Manchester, England	27 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Thursday 12 April 2018	10:00	Qualification
Friday 13 April 2018	19:45	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who threw ≥62.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Athlete	Group	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	A	Fedrick Dacres (JAM)	66.20			66.20		Q
2	B	Traves Smikle (JAM)	61.29	64.69		64.69		Q
3	B	Matthew Denny (AUS)	59.66	64.67		64.67	SB	Q
4	A	Benn Harradine (AUS)	55.63	59.88	61.64	61.64		q
5	B	Apostolos Parellis (CYP)	60.19	61.45	x	61.45		q
6	B	Stephen Mozia (NGR)	56.27	x	59.95	59.95	SB	q
7	B	Mitchell Cooper (AUS)	46.75	56.24	59.68	59.68		q
8	A	Alex Rose (SAM)	57.19	x	59.11	59.11		q
9	A	Zane Duquemin (JEY)	45.72	57.66	x	57.66		q
10	B	Eldred Henry (IVB)	50.43	x	x	50.43	SB	q
11	A	De'bono Paraka (PNG)	49.02	x	48.53	49.02		q
12	B	Mustafa Fall (FIJ)	x	x	39.68	39.68		q
–	A	Andreas Christou (CYP)	x	x	x	NM
–	B	Muhammad Irfan Shamshuddin (MAS)	x	x	x	NM
–	A	Akeem Stewart (TTO)				DNS

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[2]

Rank	Name	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Fedrick Dacres (JAM)	65.55	66.09	68.20	67.14	67.51	65.00	68.20	GR
	Traves Smikle (JAM)	63.21	63.01	63.83	63.98	62.87	63.45	63.98
	Apostolos Parellis (CYP)	63.61	62.87	62.53	61.54	x	61.26	63.61
4	Matthew Denny (AUS)	62.14	x	62.53	x	60.25	x	62.53
5	Mitchell Cooper (AUS)	x	59.39	x	59.10	x	60.40	60.40
6	Benn Harradine (AUS)	59.35	x	59.99	59.03	59.92	58.38	59.92
7	Stephen Mozia (NGR)	x	59.08	x	59.58	x	x	59.58
8	Alex Rose (SAM)	58.97	59.45	59.56	58.85	58.66	57.23	59.56
9	Zane Duquemin (JEY)	45.64	54.84	55.64	—			55.64
10	De'bono Paraka (PNG)	50.35	x	52.60				52.60	NR
11	Eldred Henry (IVB)	50.96	49.98	x				50.96	SB
12	Mustafa Fall (FIJ)	43.50	x	x				43.50

References

1. "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's discus throw". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
2. Athletics | Men's Discus Throw - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
3. Athletics | Men's Discus Throw - Qualification (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. pp. 86–88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.