2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2023 World Championships
Kristjan Čeh and Daniel Ståhl shortly after the final.
Venue	National Athletics Centre
Dates	19 August (qualification) 21 August (final)
Competitors	35 from 27 nations
Winning distance	71.46 CR
Medalists
Daniel Ståhl    Sweden   Kristjan Čeh    Slovenia   Mykolas Alekna    Lithuania
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The men's discus throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 and 21 August 2023. ^[1]

Summary

Nobody in the field was able to make the 66.50m automatic qualifier. In the first round of the final, Andrius Gudžius was the first over 65 with a 65.95m. The next thrower was the defending champion Kristjan Čeh. His 68.31m opened up a big lead. Near the end of the round, Matthew Denny moved into second with a 66.39m. In the second round, Gudžius improved to 66.16m, the Čeh made a big improvement in his lead to 69.27m. Daniel Ståhl stepped into second with at 66.58m, then Mykolas Alekna took it from him with 67.08m. In the third round, Fedrick Dacres moved into third with his 66.72m and the field was put into a new order.

In the fourth round, Denny tossed it 68.24m for a new second place. Then Ståhl pushed everybody down a notch by throwing 69.37m. Alekna moved into third with a 68.85m. Nobody improved in the fifth round so the field was reordered again. As the next to last thrower, Čeh finally got into the 70's barely at 70.02m to retake the lead. On the final throw of the competition, Ståhl launched the winner 71.46 m (234 ft 5 in), the #15 throw in history (Ståhl and Čeh already share #6, Alekna's father holds #2). 71.46m became the new Championship Record.

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	Kristjan Čeh  (SLO)	71.86 m	Jöhvi, Estonia	16 June 2023
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	Alex Rose  (SAM)	70.39 m	Ramona, United States	16 April 2023

The following records were set at the competition:

Record	Perf.	Athlete	Nat.	Date
Championship record	71.46	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden  (SWE)	21 Aug 2023

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 67.00 m. ^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
19 August	19:09	Qualification
21 August	20:30	Final

Results

Qualification

Athletes attaining a mark of at least 66.50 metres ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualify for the final. ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden  (SWE)	64.58	66.25	64.99	66.25	q
2	A	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania  (LTU)	66.04	x	63.99	66.04	q
3	B	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia  (SLO)	65.95	65.18	65.29	65.95	q
4	A	Traves Smikle	Jamaica  (JAM)	65.71	64.32	64.30	65.71	q
5	B	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria  (AUT)	64.34	65.61	64.20	65.61	q
6	B	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania  (LTU)	65.50	64.57	63.68	65.50	q
7	B	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica  (JAM)	x	64.72	65.45	65.45	q
8	B	Alex Rose	Samoa  (SAM)	x	65.26	63.74	65.26	q
9	B	Matthew Denny	Australia  (AUS)	61.70	x	64.29	64.29	q
10	A	Brian Williams  [ de ]	United States  (USA)	63.85	61.42	61.09	63.85	q, SB
11	A	Henrik Janssen	Germany  (GER)	61.96	62.97	63.79	63.79	q
12	B	Connor Bell	New Zealand  (NZL)	x	63.72	x	63.72	q
13	A	Lawrence Okoye	Great Britain & N.I.  (GBR)	x	x	63.66	63.66
14	B	Turner Washington	United States  (USA)	59.99	63.57	62.87	63.57
15	A	Sam Mattis	United States  (USA)	62.55	63.43	60.57	63.43
16	B	Steven Richter	Germany  (GER)	63.37	62.13	x	63.37
17	B	Daniel Jasinski	Germany  (GER)	62.54	63.36	x	63.36
18	A	Philip Milanov	Belgium  (BEL)	59.15	63.00	x	63.00
19	A	Rojé Stona	Jamaica  (JAM)	62.67	x	61.69	62.67
20	A	Martynas Alekna	Lithuania  (LTU)	58.44	62.57	58.06	62.57
21	B	Simon Pettersson	Sweden  (SWE)	62.53	x	x	62.53
22	A	Guðni Valur Guðnason	Iceland  (ISL)	59.97	x	62.28	62.28
23	B	Claudio Romero	Chile  (CHI)	62.24	61.60	x	62.24
24	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus  (CYP)	61.94	62.10	60.86	62.10	SB
25	B	Oskar Stachnik	Poland  (POL)	60.93	61.96	61.89	61.96
26	A	Martin Marković	Croatia  (CRO)	x	61.88	61.37	61.88
27	A	Victor Hogan	South Africa  (RSA)	60.09	61.80	x	61.80
28	A	Robert Urbanek	Poland  (POL)	61.20	61.30	x	61.30
29	A	Alin Firfirică	Romania  (ROM)	x	61.03	x	61.03
30	B	Róbert Szikszai	Hungary  (HUN)	60.64	x	x	60.64
31	A	Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim	Qatar  (QAT)	60.40	57.81	60.11	60.40
32	A	Lucas Nervi	Chile  (CHI)	58.76	57.31	58.66	58.76
33	B	Mario Díaz	Cuba  (CUB)	56.59	56.75	58.03	58.03
34	B	Yasiel Sotero  [ es ]	Spain  (ESP)	55.39	55.89	53.88	55.89
35	B	Juan José Caicedo	Ecuador  (ECU)	x	x	55.78	55.78

Final

Results: ^[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden  (SWE)	63.01	66.58	x	69.37	67.56	71.46	71.46	CR
	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia  (SLO)	68.31	69.27	x	67.89	66.69	70.02	70.02
	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania  (LTU)	65.23	67.08	64.37	68.85	68.07	68.07	68.85
4	Matthew Denny	Australia  (AUS)	66.39	x	x	68.24	x	65.92	68.24	NR
5	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica  (JAM)	65.74	64.60	66.72	x	63.89	x	66.72
6	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania  (LTU)	65.95	66.16	x	x	63.98	66.13	66.16
7	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria  (AUT)	63.57	65.19	62.85	65.20	65.54	x	65.54
8	Henrik Janssen	Germany  (GER)	62.97	63.80	63.77	x	x	62.27	63.80
9	Brian Williams  [ de ]	United States  (USA)	62.68	63.62	x				63.62
10	Connor Bell	New Zealand  (NZL)	63.23	x	62.21				63.23
11	Traves Smikle	Jamaica  (JAM)	x	61.90	x				61.90
12	Alex Rose	Samoa  (SAM)	x	x	61.69				61.69

References

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2. "Discus Throw Men − Records". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
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