2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the 2015 World Championships
Men discus medalists Beijing 2015.jpg
Discus medalists L-R Milanov, Małachowski, Urbanek
Venue Beijing National Stadium
Dates27 August (qualification)
29 August (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance67.40
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
  2013
2017  

The men's discus throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 27 and 29 August. [1] [2]

Contents

Three time defending champion Robert Harting and his exuberant celebrations would not be here due to knee surgery, opening up opportunities for others. Returning silver medalist Piotr Małachowski is the world leader hoping to move up a notch. In the trials, it took Fedrick Dacres one toss to make an automatic qualifier, Małachowski took three attempts to do, but nobody else could get there.

In the finals, Małachowski took the lead on the second throw of the competition with a 65.09, the next thrower was Dacres who put out a 64.22. Later in the round, 36-year-old Gerd Kanter threw 64.82 to take over second. In the second round Małachowski solidified his lead by throwing 67.40 which turned out to be the gold medal-winning throw. Three throws later Apostolos Parellis threw 64.55 to take over third. In the third round, Philip Milanov popped a 66.90 Belgian National Record to take over second place. There were no other fireworks until the fifth round when Małachowski's Polish teammate, Robert Urbanek got off a 65.18 to claim the bronze medal. [3]

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows: [4]

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986
Championship record Flag of Lithuania.svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)70.17 Helsinki, Finland7 August 2005
World leadingFlag of Poland.svg  Piotr Małachowski  (POL)68.29 Cetniewo, Poland1 August 2015
African record Flag of South Africa.svg  Frantz Kruger  (RSA)70.32 Salon-de-Provence, France26 May 2002
Asian record Flag of Iran.svg  Ehsan Haddadi  (IRI)69.32 Tallinn, Estonia3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Ben Plucknett  (USA)72.34 Stockholm, Sweden7 July 1981
South American record Flag of Argentina.svg  Jorge Balliengo  (ARG)66.32 Rosario, Argentina15 April 2006
European record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08Neubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Benn Harradine  (AUS)68.20 Townsville, Australia10 May 2013

Qualification standards

Entry standards [5]
65.00

Schedule

DateTimeRound
27 August 201509:30 Qualification
29 August 201519:40 Final

All times are local times (UTC+8)

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 65.00 m (Q) and at least 12 best (q) advanced to the final. [6]

RankGroupNameNationality# 1# 2# 3MarkNotes
1A Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 65.7765.77 Q
2A Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland x59.0865.5965.59 Q
3B Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia x64.7861.9464.78 q
4A Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 63.9364.4163.2564.41 q
5B Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 62.9764.23x64.23 q
6B Christoph Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 64.2364.23 q
7A Vikas Gowda Flag of India.svg  India 63.8663.84x63.86 q
8A Philip Milanov Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium x62.2063.8563.85 q
9A Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 62.6661.2262.0662.66 q
10A Julian Wruck Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.8460.8062.6362.63 q
11B Mauricio Ortega Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 58.81x62.5462.54 q
12B Benn Harradine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 60.7562.48x62.48 q
13A Victor Hogan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 62.41x62.3362.41
14A Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 59.6458.2562.2262.22
15B Daniel Jasinski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 57.6561.5361.7061.70
16A Martin Kupper Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 60.2361.5959.9861.59
17B Chad Wright Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 60.7861.5361.2361.53
18A Zoltán Kővágó Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 56.19x61.3761.37
19A Martin Wierig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 61.35xx61.35
20A Lukas Weißhaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 60.6861.2660.6261.26
21A Ronald Julião Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 61.0259.7159.2861.02
22B Jason Morgan Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 60.8560.8160.0260.85
23B Axel Härstedt Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 60.52xx60.52
24B Ehsan Haddadi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 60.39xx60.39
25B Alex Rose Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa 57.7859.07x59.07
26B Russell Winger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 56.0853.1658.6958.69
27B Essa Al-Zenkawi Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 58.4458.6857.6458.68
28B Lois Maikel Martínez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 58.0157.91x58.01
29B Jared Schuurmans Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55.9557.7157.7457.74
30B Gerhard Mayer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria x57.73x57.73
A Rodney Brown Flag of the United States.svg  United States xxx NM

Final

The final was started at 19:50 [7]

RankNameNationality# 1# 2# 3# 4# 5# 6MarkNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 65.0967.4062.0464.4064.5964.8467.40
Silver medal icon.svg Philip Milanov Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 60.0664.3866.90x62.3265.6766.90 NR
Bronze medal icon.svg Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 60.4761.5864.1464.6265.18x65.18
4 Gerd Kanter Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 64.8263.5263.9564.0164.65x64.82
5 Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 61.7460.4264.4264.73xx64.73 SB
6 Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 63.2064.5563.6363.4664.3962.6664.55
7 Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 64.2259.80x62.7461.73x64.22
8 Christoph Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 63.9463.55xxxx63.94
9 Vikas Gowda Flag of India.svg  India 60.28x62.2462.24
10 Benn Harradine Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58.15x62.0562.05
11 Mauricio Ortega Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 13.10x62.0162.01
12 Julian Wruck Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 59.7460.0156.7860.01

References

  1. "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 11 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
  2. Start list
  3. "REPORT: MEN'S DISCUS FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
  4. "Records & Lists – Discus Throw". IAAF . Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
  6. Qualification results
  7. Final results