2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the 2023 World Championships
Kristjan Ceh Daniel Stahl Budapest 2023.jpg
Kristjan Čeh and Daniel Ståhl shortly after the final.
Venue National Athletics Centre
Dates19 August (qualification)
21 August (final)
Competitors35 from 27 nations
Winning distance71.46 CR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
  2022
2025  

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]

Contents

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]

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 Slovenia.svg  Kristjan Čeh  (SLO)71.13m Eugene, United States 19 Jul 2022
World LeadingFlag of Slovenia.svg  Kristjan Čeh  (SLO)71.86 m Jöhvi, Estonia 16 June 2023
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 Samoa.svg  Alex Rose  (SAM)70.39 m Ramona, United States 16 April 2023

The following records were set at the competition:

RecordPerf.AthleteNat.Date
Championship record 71.46 Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 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:

DateTimeRound
19 August19:09 Qualification
21 August20:30 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]

RankGroupNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123
1A Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 64.5866.2564.9966.25q
2A Mykolas Alekna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 66.04x63.9966.04q
3B Kristjan Čeh Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 65.9565.1865.2965.95q
4A Traves Smikle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 65.7164.3264.3065.71q
5B Lukas Weißhaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 64.3465.6164.2065.61q
6B Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 65.5064.5763.6865.50q
7B Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica x64.7265.4565.45q
8B Alex Rose Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa x65.2663.7465.26q
9B Matthew Denny Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 61.70x64.2964.29q
10A Brian Williams  [ de ]Flag of the United States.svg  United States 63.8561.4261.0963.85q, SB
11A Henrik Janssen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 61.9662.9763.7963.79q
12B Connor Bell Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand x63.72x63.72q
13A Lawrence Okoye Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain & N.I. xx63.6663.66
14B Turner Washington Flag of the United States.svg  United States 59.9963.5762.8763.57
15A Sam Mattis Flag of the United States.svg  United States 62.5563.4360.5763.43
16B Steven Richter Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 63.3762.13x63.37
17B Daniel Jasinski Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 62.5463.36x63.36
18A Philip Milanov Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 59.1563.00x63.00
19A Rojé Stona Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 62.67x61.6962.67
20A Martynas Alekna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 58.4462.5758.0662.57
21B Simon Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 62.53xx62.53
22A Guðni Valur Guðnason Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 59.97x62.2862.28
23B Claudio Romero Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 62.2461.60x62.24
24A Apostolos Parellis Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 61.9462.1060.8662.10 SB
25B Oskar Stachnik Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 60.9361.9661.8961.96
26A Martin Marković Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia x61.8861.3761.88
27A Victor Hogan Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 60.0961.80x61.80
28A Robert Urbanek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 61.2061.30x61.30
29A Alin Firfirică Flag of Romania.svg  Romania x61.03x61.03
30B Róbert Szikszai Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 60.64xx60.64
31A Moaaz Mohamed Ibrahim Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 60.4057.8160.1160.40
32A Lucas Nervi Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 58.7657.3158.6658.76
33B Mario Díaz Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 56.5956.7558.0358.03
34B Yasiel Sotero  [ es ]Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 55.3955.8953.8855.89
35B Juan José Caicedo Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador xx55.7855.78

Final

Results: [7]

RankNameNationalityRoundMarkNotes
123456
Gold medal icon.svg Daniel Ståhl Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 63.0166.58x69.3767.5671.4671.46 CR
Silver medal icon.svg Kristjan Čeh Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 68.3169.27x67.8966.6970.0270.02
Bronze medal icon.svg Mykolas Alekna Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 65.2367.0864.3768.8568.0768.0768.85
4 Matthew Denny Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 66.39xx68.24x65.9268.24 NR
5 Fedrick Dacres Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 65.7464.6066.72x63.89x66.72
6 Andrius Gudžius Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 65.9566.16xx63.9866.1366.16
7 Lukas Weißhaidinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 63.5765.1962.8565.2065.54x65.54
8 Henrik Janssen Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 62.9763.8063.77xx62.2763.80
9 Brian Williams  [ de ]Flag of the United States.svg  United States 62.6863.62x63.62
10 Connor Bell Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 63.23x62.2163.23
11 Traves Smikle Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica x61.90x61.90
12 Alex Rose Flag of Samoa.svg  Samoa xx61.6961.69

References

  1. "Men Discus Throw Timetable". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 16 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  2. "Discus Throw Men − Records". World Athletics . Archived from the original on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  3. "Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics . 19 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  4. "Start List Discus Throw Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics . 17 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  5. "Summary Discus Throw Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics . 20 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  6. "Results Discus Throw Men - Qualification" (PDF). World Athletics . 20 August 2023.
  7. "Results Discus Throw Men - Final" (PDF). World Athletics . 21 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.