2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the 2022 World Championships
Kristjan Ceh Oregon 2022.jpg
Kristjan Čeh during the final.
Venue Hayward Field
Dates17 July (qualification)
19 July (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance71.13
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
  2019
2023  

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]

Contents

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: [2]

RecordAthlete & Nat.Perf.LocationDate
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 Leading Flag of Sweden.svg  Daniel Ståhl  (SWE)71.47 m Uppsala, Sweden 21 June 2022
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 Colombia.svg  Mauricio Ortega  (COL)70.29 m Lovelhe, Portugal 22 July 2020
European Record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Oceanian record Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Benn Harradine  (AUS)68.20 m Townsville, Australia 10 May 2013

The following records were set at the competition:

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Championship record 71.13 Kristjan Čeh Flag of Slovenia.svg  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:

DateTimeRound
17 July17:05 Qualification
19 July18:33 Final

Results

Qualification

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

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1A Mykolas Alekna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)65.7868.9168.91Q
2A Kristjan Čeh Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)68.2368.23Q
3A Simon Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)63.7168.1168.11Q, SB
4A Matthew Denny Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)64.8966.9866.98Q
5B Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)64.2166.6066.60Q
6B Lukas Weißhaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)66.5166.51Q
7B Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)x65.95x65.95q
8A Sam Mattis Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)61.8765.5962.3065.59q
9A Alin Firfirică Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)59.4864.1465.5465.54q, SB
10B Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)58.8763.3664.4964.49q
11A Traves Smikle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)64.2163.16x64.21q
12A Alex Rose Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa  (SAM)63.1164.1463.9764.14q
13A Lawrence Okoye Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)63.57x59.8963.57
14B Nicholas Percy Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)58.3062.9063.2063.20
15A Marek Bárta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)62.9061.5856.6862.90
16A Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)62.4661.3261.2762.46
17B Martin Wierig Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)60.5260.8662.2862.28
18B Andrew Evans Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)59.3162.2062.1862.20
19B Henrik Janssen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)61.8560.3060.3661.85
20B Claudio Romero Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)61.69xx61.69
21B Philip Milanov Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)x61.2261.4761.47
22B Mario Díaz Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba  (CUB)57.7258.3560.8360.83
23B Martin Marković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)x57.7460.5960.59
24B Victor Hogan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)60.51x59.8360.51
25A Chad Wright Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)59.14x60.3160.31
26B Mauricio Ortega Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)59.47x59.9159.91
27A Werner Visser Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)58.44xx58.44
28B Brian Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)x56.4058.2558.25
29A Torben Brandt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)54.1153.42x54.11
B Lucas Nervi Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)xxx NM

Final

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

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Kristjan Čeh Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)65.2769.0271.1368.9570.5167.5771.13 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Mykolas Alekna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)66.6467.8767.2869.27xx69.27
Bronze medal icon.svg Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)67.3166.06x67.55xx67.55
4 Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)66.5965.99x65.3967.1066.8667.10
5 Simon Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)x67.00xxxx67.00
6 Matthew Denny Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)61.5565.5066.2965.5665.4966.4766.47
7 Alin Firfirică Flag of Romania.svg  Romania  (ROM)65.1063.8062.58xx65.5765.57 SB
8 Alex Rose Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa  (SAM)65.5764.1763.4162.78x61.1665.57
9 Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)64.8563.2564.7964.85
10 Lukas Weißhaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)61.7263.9862.4563.98
11 Sam Mattis Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)60.8963.1962.8263.19
12 Traves Smikle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica  (JAM)x62.23x62.23

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