Men's discus throw at the 2025 World Athletics Championships | ||||||||||
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Venue | National Stadium | |||||||||
Location | Tokyo, Japan | |||||||||
Dates | 20 September (qualification) 21 September (final) | |||||||||
Winning distance | 70.47 m SB | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Events at the 2025 World Championships | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | women |
10,000 m | men | women |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | women |
3000 m steeplechase | men | women |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
mixed | ||
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | women |
20 km walk | men | women |
35 km walk | men | women |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | women |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | women |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Combined events | ||
Heptathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
World Team event | ||
World Team | ||
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]
Thirty-seven athletes entered the competition, including defending champion Daniel Ståhl, world record holder Mykolas Alekna, 2022 champion Kristjan Čeh, and world number 2 Matthew Denny. Olympic champion Rojé Stona was a notable absence, as he had recently changed his sporting nationality to Turkey. [3]
In the qualifying round, the automatic qualification mark of 66.50 m (218 ft 2 in) was reached by three of the pre-event favourites, as well as Martynas Alekna, his brother Mykolas was amongst the eight other finalists. [4]
The final, scheduled just after 8 pm local time, ended up becoming the final event of the championship due to rain suspending competition and threatening to cancel it entirely. On only the second throw of the night, Denny slipped and fell in the wet ring. Proceedings were brought to a halt, and eventually the competition was restarted. The competition eventually restarted after the conclusion of the closing ceremony hours later. After the restart, Mykolas Alekna's first round result stood, while Denny was allowed to retake his failed throw. The rain continued to fall however, resulting in unusual behaviour by the competitors such as Miká Sosna wearing only socks for one of his throws, as the throwers attempted to find grip. Conditions improved and degraded as the competition wore on, with 50% of throws fouled and only three throwers exceeding their qualifying marks.
After four rounds of competition, eight competitors qualified for the final two rounds. Fouls from Martynas Alekna and Čeh guaranteed 6th place for Andrius Gudžius, who forfeited his final two throws. This left just Cuban Mario Díaz and Samoan Alex Rose to try and best Mykolas Alekna, Ståhl, and Denny, who held the medal placings. Mykolas Alekna's second-round throw of 67.84 m (222 ft 6 in) was the longest throw at that point. With a surprising fifth-round throw of 66.96 m (219 ft 8 in), Rose managed to unseat Denny for the bronze-medal position, and two fouls from Denny in the wet weather ensured Samoa's first world championship medal. After Rose fouled his final throw, Ståhl threw the first throw of the night over 70 meters, 70.47 m (231 ft 2 in) which after a foul from Alekna, was enough to claim gold. [5] [6]
Before the competition, records were as follows: [7]
Record | Athlete & Nat. | Perf. | Location | Date |
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World record | ![]() | 75.56 m | Ramona, United States | 13 April 2025 |
Championship record | ![]() | 71.46 m | Budapest, Hungary | 21 August 2023 |
World Leading | ![]() | 75.56 m | Ramona, United States | 13 April 2025 |
African Record | ![]() | 70.32 m | Salon-de-Provence, France | 26 May 2002 |
Asian Record | ![]() | 69.32 m | Tallinn, Estonia | 3 June 2008 |
European Record | ![]() | 75.56 m | Ramona, United States | 13 April 2025 |
North, Central American and Caribbean record | ![]() | 72.01 m | 16 August 2025 | |
Oceanian record | ![]() | 74.78 m | 13 April 2025 | |
South American Record | ![]() | 70.29 m | Lovelhe, Portugal | 22 July 2020 |
The standard to qualify automatically for the world championships was 67.50 m. [8]
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+9), was as follows: [1]
Date | Time | Round |
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20 September | 09:00 | Qualification |
21 September | 20:10 | Final |
All athletes over 66.50 metres (218.2 ft) (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. Fouls are denoted by "x".
Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
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#1 | #2 | #3 | |||||
1 | Daniel Ståhl | ![]() | 69.90 | 69.90 m | Q | ||
2 | Martynas Alekna | ![]() | 67.16 | 67.16 m | Q, SB | ||
3 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | ![]() | 65.72 | 65.91 | x | 65.91 m | q |
4 | Mykolas Alekna | ![]() | 65.39 | x | 65.29 | 65.39 m | q |
5 | Alex Rose | ![]() | 63.67 | 65.13 | 62.63 | 65.13 m | q |
6 | Mika Sosna | ![]() | 64.65 | 64.99 | x | 64.99 m | q |
7 | Steven Richter | ![]() | x | 63.56 | 64.06 | 64.06 m | |
8 | Reginald Jagers III | ![]() | 63.59 | 62.74 | 61.45 | 63.59 m | |
9 | Abuduaini Tuergong | ![]() | 61.38 | 61.29 | 63.34 | 63.34 m | |
10 | Chad Wright | ![]() | 62.73 | 62.87 | 62.67 | 62.87 m | |
11 | Sam Mattis | ![]() | 61.99 | 53.48 | 62.86 | 62.86 m | |
12 | Diego Casas | ![]() | 60.81 | 61.92 | 62.54 | 62.54 m | |
13 | Shaquille Emanuelson | ![]() | 62.04 | 60.05 | 59.96 | 62.04 m | |
14 | Victor Hogan | ![]() | 61.51 | x | 60.37 | 61.51 m | |
15 | Alin Firfirică | ![]() | 57.59 | 58.67 | 60.78 | 60.78 m | |
16 | Nicholas Percy | ![]() | 57.08 | 55.94 | 56.86 | 57.08 m | |
17 | Ralford Mullings | ![]() | x | 56.82 | x | 56.82 m | |
18 | Jordan Guehaseim | ![]() | 56.64 | x | 55.18 | 56.64 m | |
19 | Masateru Yugami | ![]() | 53.75 | 56.40 | 56.23 | 56.40 m | |
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | ||
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#1 | #2 | #3 | |||||
1 | Kristjan Čeh | ![]() | 68.08 | 68.08 m | Q | ||
2 | Matthew Denny | ![]() | 66.63 | 66.63 m | Q | ||
3 | Henrik Janssen | ![]() | 62.76 | 66.47 | x | 66.47 m | q |
4 | Mario Díaz | ![]() | 63.66 | 63.43 | 65.66 | 65.66 m | q |
5 | Andrius Gudžius | ![]() | 65.18 | x | 65.05 | 65.18 m | q |
6 | Connor Bell | ![]() | 65.09 | 62.67 | 65.03 | 65.09 m | q |
7 | Lawrence Okoye | ![]() | 63.50 | 63.29 | x | 63.50 m | |
8 | Ruben Rolvink | ![]() | 61.96 | x | 63.28 | 63.28 m | |
9 | Lolassonn Djouhan | ![]() | 63.13 | 62.55 | 62.84 | 63.13 m | |
10 | Dimitrios Pavlidis | ![]() | 60.17 | 62.49 | 60.78 | 62.49 m | |
11 | Juan José Caicedo | ![]() | x | 60.94 | x | 60.94 m | |
12 | Mauricio Ortega | ![]() | 60.57 | x | x | 60.57 m | |
13 | Fedrick Dacres | ![]() | x | x | 60.54 | 60.54 m | |
14 | Claudio Romero | ![]() | 60.48 | x | 60.32 | 60.48 m | |
15 | Wellinton da Cruz Filho | ![]() | x | x | 59.16 | 59.16 m | |
16 | Marcus Gustaveson | ![]() | x | 59.12 | x | 59.12 m | |
17 | Marek Bárta | ![]() | x | 57.60 | 56.67 | 57.60 m | |
18 | Emanuel Sousa | ![]() | x | x | 56.97 | 56.97 m | |
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Place | Athlete | Nation | Round | Mark | Notes | |||||
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#1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | |||||
![]() | Daniel Ståhl | ![]() | x | 63.74 | 65.60 | 67.47 | 66.97 | 70.47 | 70.47m | SB |
![]() | Mykolas Alekna | ![]() | 62.91 | 67.84 | 66.00 | x | 64.57 | x | 67.84m | |
![]() | Alex Rose | ![]() | 57.93 | 64.63 | x | x | 66.96 | x | 66.96m | |
4 | Matthew Denny | ![]() | 59.09 | 63.18 | 65.57 | 65.23 | x | x | 65.57m | |
5 | Mario Díaz | ![]() | x | 64.71 | 59.95 | 61.61 | 63.16 | 63.32 | 64.71m | |
6 | Andrius Gudžius | ![]() | x | 63.43 | x | x | r | 63.43m | ||
7 | Martynas Alekna | ![]() | 63.05 | 63.34 | x | 62.47 | x | 63.34m | ||
8 | Kristjan Čeh | ![]() | 55.18 | x | 63.07 | x | x | 63.07m | ||
9 | Lukas Weißhaidinger | ![]() | 62.26 | x | x | x | 62.26m | |||
10 | Connor Bell | ![]() | 54.73 | 59.46 | x | 59.97 | 59.97m | |||
11 | Mika Sosna | ![]() | x | 58.60 | x | 58.60m | ||||
— | Henrik Janssen | ![]() | x | x | x | NM | ||||
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