2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the 2019 World Championships
Venue Khalifa International Stadium
Dates28 September (qualification)
30 September (final)
Competitors33 from 23 nations
Winning distance67.59
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  2017
2022  

The men's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 to 30 September 2019. [1]

Contents

Summary

Coming in to these championships, Daniel Ståhl dominated the season both with the best throw and the best group of throws. A full metre behind him was Fedrick Dacres and Lukas Weißhaidinger was a further two and a half metres behind him. That form held true in the qualifying round as Ståhl was the only automatic qualifier.

As the first thrower, Ståhl set the early standard with a 66.59m. Near the end of the round, Weißhaidinger answered with a 66.74m to take the first round lead. Starting the second round, Ståhl answered back with a 67.18m. Three throws later, Dacres joined the battle with a 66.94m, but that would turn out to be his best of the day. Three throws later Apostolos Parellis joined the 66 metre crowd for the first time adding 63 cm to his national record. The third round saw Ståhl lead off with the winner 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in). Later Weißhaidinger improved his standing to 66.82m. And the last thrower Alin Firfirică displaced Parellis with a 66.46m. With three more rounds in the competition, none of the leaders would improve their position. The podium matched the three world leaders.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Championship record Flag of Lithuania.svg  Virgilijus Alekna  (LTU)70.17 m Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
World LeadingFlag of Sweden.svg  Daniel Ståhl  (SWE)71.86 m Bottnaryd, Sweden 29 June 2019
African Record Flag of South Africa.svg  Frantz Kruger  (RSA)70.32 m Salon-de-Provence, France 26 May 2002
Asian Record Flag of Iran.svg  Ehsan Hadadi  (IRI)69.32 m Tallinn, Estonia 3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record Flag of the United States.svg  Ben Plucknett  (USA)71.32 m Eugene, United States 4 June 1983
South American Record Flag of Argentina.svg  Jorge Balliengo  (ARG)66.32 m Rosario, Argentina 15 April 2006
European Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 mNeubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Benn Harradine  (AUS)68.20 m Townsville, Australia 10 May 2013

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 m. [3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: [4]

DateTimeRound
28 September16:15 Qualification
30 September21:15 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. [5] [6]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1B Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)x67.8867.88 Q
2A Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)65.4464.26x65.44 q
3B Matthew Denny Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)64.4860.9465.0865.08 q
4A Alin Firfirică Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)64.5565.05x65.05 q
5B Ehsan Haddadi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)64.8463.0561.2964.84 q
6B Ola Stunes Isene Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)58.4364.5463.3364.54 q
7A Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)64.03x64.5064.50 q
8B Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)64.1463.28x64.14 q
9B Sam Mattis Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x63.9660.8963.96 q
10A Simon Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)63.6561.9862.4363.65 q
11A Martin Wierig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.6363.6562.0363.65 q
12A Lukas Weißhaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)59.9463.3160.7763.31 q
13A Mason Finley Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x63.22x63.22
14B Christoph Harting Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.3162.0463.0863.08
15B Traves Smikle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)62.2462.2562.9362.93
16A David Wrobel Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)62.4361.47x62.43
17A Piotr Małachowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)x62.2061.6362.20
18A Danijel Furtula Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro  (MNE)xx62.1262.12
19A Martin Kupper Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)x62.1061.7162.10
20B Mauricio Ortega Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)61.92xx61.92
21B Alex Rose Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa  (SAM)61.80xx61.80
22B Bartłomiej Stój Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)x61.2161.7961.79
23B Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)61.5561.7861.3561.78
24B Aleksey Khudyakov ANA flag (2017).svg  Authorised Neutral Athletes  (ANA)61.2760.52x61.27
25A Chad Wright Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)58.0660.6058.5860.60
26B Jorge Fernández Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)60.52x60.6060.60
27A Brian Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x60.4859.1260.48
28A János Huszák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)58.1754.6760.4560.45
29A Philip Milanov Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)60.2460.05x60.24
30B Giovanni Faloci Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)58.83x59.7759.77
31B Kristjan Čeh Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)59.55xx59.55
32A Guðni Valur Guðnason Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland  (ISL)x53.91x53.91

Final

The final was started on 30 September at 21:15. [7]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)66.5967.1867.5965.83x67.0567.59
Silver medal icon.svg Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)64.9766.9464.6763.5062.85x66.94
Bronze medal icon.svg Lukas Weißhaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)66.74x66.82x63.7466.3566.82
4 Alin Firfirică Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)63.94x66.4665.1963.9564.1666.46
5 Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)64.7666.3264.56x64.8665.6666.32 NR
6 Matthew Denny Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)65.4363.03x64.38xx65.43 PB
7 Ehsan Haddadi Flag of Iran.svg  Iran  (IRI)63.8063.8062.5164.2965.1663.3265.16
8 Martin Wierig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)64.31x62.70xx64.9864.98
9 Simon Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)59.7161.8163.7263.72
10 Ola Stunes Isene Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)62.95x63.6763.67
11 Sam Mattis Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x63.1563.4263.42
12 Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)x61.55x61.55

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References

  1. "Start list" (PDF).
  2. "Discus Throw Men − Records". IAAF . Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  4. "Discus Throw Men − Timetable". IAAF . Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  5. "Qualification results" (PDF).
  6. "Qualification summary" (PDF).
  7. "Final results" (PDF).