2025 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships
Venue	National Stadium
Location	Tokyo, Japan
Dates	20 September (qualification) 21 September (final)
Winning distance	70.47 m SB
Medalists
Daniel Ståhl    Sweden   Mykolas Alekna    Lithuania   Alex Rose    Samoa
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The men's discus throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo on 20 and 21 September 2025. ^[1] Because of heavy rain in Tokyo, the final was delayed for several hours and became the championship's last event. ^[2]

Summary

Earlier in the year, Mykolas Alekna had improved upon the world record he set in 2024. It was set at Ramona, Oklahoma and aided by "wind tunnel" conditions.^{[ citation needed ]} Matthew Denny became #2 in history in the same competition.

Daniel Ståhl returned to defend his championship. He had previously won in 2019. Kristjan Čeh was the 2022 Champion and the returning silver medalist. Olympic champion Rojé Stona was absent as he was in the process of changing allegiance to Turkey for money. ^[3]

In the qualification round, Ståhl, Čeh, Denny and Martynas Alekna (older brother of the world record holder Mykolas Alekna) made the automatic qualifying distance of 66.5 metres on their first attempt. Mykolas Alekna took all three attempts and "only" got 65.39m. The last qualifier was 64.99. 2017 champion Andrius Gudžius also qualified, for a powerful Lithuanian trio in the final.

Mykolas started off the final in a wet ring with a 62.91m. The first round was almost over before Martynas bettered it, with a 63.05m. Lukas Weißhaidinger followed that up with 62.26m to move into third. Starting the second round Mykolas put a 67.84m on the board to take the lead. Denny followed it with a 63.18m to move into second, displaced two throwers later by Ståhl's 63.74m. The next thrower Mario Díaz threw it 64.71m. Gudžius' 63.43m effort only put him in 4th temporarily as Alex Rose threw 64.63m for third place. Into the third round, Denny put out a 65.57m to take over second. Ståhl topped that by 3cm with a 65.60m, then his fourth round effort came close to Mykolas at 67.47m. Rose came back in the fifth round tossing a 66.96m to get into third. Then on the penultimate throw of the competition, Ståhl let one go that just kept flying, gliding past the officials to 70.47 m (231 ft 2 in). ^{[4] [5]}

The bronze medal for Rose was the first ever medal for Samoa. ^[6]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows: ^[7]

Record	Athlete & Nat.	Perf.	Location	Date
World record	Mykolas Alekna  (LTU)	75.56 m	Ramona, United States	13 April 2025
Championship record	Daniel Ståhl  (SWE)	71.46 m	Budapest, Hungary	21 August 2023
World Leading	Mykolas Alekna  (LTU)	75.56 m	Ramona, United States	13 April 2025
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
European Record	Mykolas Alekna  (LTU)	75.56 m	Ramona, United States	13 April 2025
North, Central American and Caribbean record	Ralford Mullings  (JAM)	72.01 m		16 August 2025
Oceanian record	Matthew Denny  (AUS)	74.78 m		13 April 2025
South American Record	Mauricio Ortega  (COL)	70.29 m	Lovelhe, Portugal	22 July 2020

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 67.50 m. ^[8]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: ^[1]

Date	Time	Round
20 September	09:00	Qualification
21 September	20:10	Final

Results

Qualification

All athletes over 66.50 m ( Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) advanced to the final.

Group A

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3
1	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden	69.90			69.90 m	Q
2	Martynas Alekna	Lithuania	67.16			67.16 m	Q, SB
3	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria	65.72	65.91	x	65.91 m	q
4	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania	65.39	x	65.29	65.39 m	q
5	Alex Rose	Samoa	63.67	65.13	62.63	65.13 m	q
6	Mika Sosna	Germany	64.65	64.99	x	64.99 m	q
7	Steven Richter	Germany	x	63.56	64.06	64.06 m
8	Reginald Jagers III	United States	63.59	62.74	61.45	63.59 m
9	Abuduaini Tuergong	China	61.38	61.29	63.34	63.34 m
10	Chad Wright	Jamaica	62.73	62.87	62.67	62.87 m
11	Sam Mattis	United States	61.99	53.48	62.86	62.86 m
12	Diego Casas	Spain	60.81	61.92	62.54	62.54 m
13	Shaquille Emanuelson	Netherlands	62.04	60.05	59.96	62.04 m
14	Victor Hogan	South Africa	61.51	x	60.37	61.51 m
15	Alin Firfirică	Romania	57.59	58.67	60.78	60.78 m
16	Nicholas Percy	Great Britain & N.I.	57.08	55.94	56.86	57.08 m
17	Ralford Mullings	Jamaica	x	56.82	x	56.82 m
18	Jordan Guehaseim  [ fr ]	France	56.64	x	55.18	56.64 m
19	Masateru Yugami  [ de; fr; ja ]	Japan	53.75	56.40	56.23	56.40 m
[9]

Group B

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round			Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3
1	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia	68.08			68.08 m	Q
2	Matthew Denny	Australia	66.63			66.63 m	Q
3	Henrik Janssen	Germany	62.76	66.47	x	66.47 m	q
4	Mario Díaz	Cuba	63.66	63.43	65.66	65.66 m	q
5	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	65.18	x	65.05	65.18 m	q
6	Connor Bell	New Zealand	65.09	62.67	65.03	65.09 m	q
7	Lawrence Okoye	Great Britain & N.I.	63.50	63.29	x	63.50 m
8	Ruben Rolvink	Netherlands	61.96	x	63.28	63.28 m
9	Lolassonn Djouhan	France	63.13	62.55	62.84	63.13 m
10	Dimitrios Pavlidis	Greece	60.17	62.49	60.78	62.49 m
11	Juan José Caicedo	Ecuador	x	60.94	x	60.94 m
12	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia	60.57	x	x	60.57 m
13	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica	x	x	60.54	60.54 m
14	Claudio Romero	Chile	60.48	x	60.32	60.48 m
15	Wellinton da Cruz Filho  [ de ]	Brazil	x	x	59.16	59.16 m
16	Marcus Gustaveson	United States	x	59.12	x	59.12 m
17	Marek Bárta  [ de ]	Czech Republic	x	57.60	56.67	57.60 m
18	Emanuel Sousa	Portugal	x	x	56.97	56.97 m
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Final

Place	Athlete	Nation	Round						Mark	Notes
			#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6
	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden	x	63.74	65.60	67.47	66.97	70.47	70.47m	SB
	Mykolas Alekna	Lithuania	62.91	67.84	66.00	x	64.57	x	67.84m
	Alex Rose	Samoa	57.93	64.63	x	x	66.96	x	66.96m
4	Matthew Denny	Australia	59.09	63.18	65.57	65.23	x	x	65.57m
5	Mario Díaz	Cuba	x	64.71	59.95	61.61	63.16	63.32	64.71m
6	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	x	63.43	x	x	r		63.43m
7	Martynas Alekna	Lithuania	63.05	63.34	x	62.47	x		63.34m
8	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia	55.18	x	63.07	x	x		63.07m
9	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria	62.26	x	x	x			62.26m
10	Connor Bell	New Zealand	54.73	59.46	x	59.97			59.97m
11	Mika Sosna	Germany	x	58.60	x				58.60m
—	Henrik Janssen	Germany	x	x	x				NM
[10]

References

1. "Timetable - Tokyo 25 - World Athletics Championship - Men discus throw". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
2. Ståhl leaves it late to win discus gold in delayed final Reuters. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
3. https://www.reuters.com/sports/athletics/jamaican-olympic-medallist-campbell-switches-allegiance-turkey-2025-06-20/
4. https://www.reuters.com/sports/stahl-leaves-it-late-win-discus-gold-delayed-final-2025-09-21/
5. https://www.nbcolympics.com/videos/swedish-viking-stahl-celebrates-discus-gold-medal-win
6. https://www.olympics.com/en/news/athletics-worlds-2025-alex-rose-samoa-first-medal-discus-bronze
7. "Men's discus throw − Records". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
8. "World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 – Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
9. "Men's discus throw - Qualification results" (PDF). World Athletics. 20 September 2025. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
10. "Official Results / リザルト Discus men - Final" (PDF). media.aws.iaaf.org. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2025.