Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue Carrara Stadium
Dates12 April (qualifying round)
13 April (final)
Competitors15 from 11 nations
Winning distance68.20 m GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
  2014
2022  

The men's discus throw at the 2018 Commonwealth Games , as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium in Queensland on 12 and 13 April 2018. [1]

Contents

The winning margin was 4.22 metres which as of 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the men's discus throw at these games, beating the previous record set at the 1958  Cardiff  games by 1 cm.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows: [2]

World record Flag of East Germany.svg  Jürgen Schult  (GDR)74.08 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Games record Flag of South Africa.svg  Frantz Kruger  (RSA)66.39 m Manchester, England 27 July 2002

Schedule

The schedule was as follows: [1]

DateTimeRound
Thursday 12 April 201810:00Qualification
Friday 13 April 201819:45Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

Qualifying round

Across two groups, those who threw ≥62.00 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. [3]

RankAthleteGroup#1#2#3ResultNotesQual.
1AFlag of Jamaica.svg  Fedrick Dacres  (JAM)66.2066.20 Q
2BFlag of Jamaica.svg  Traves Smikle  (JAM)61.2964.6964.69 Q
3BFlag of Australia.svg  Matthew Denny  (AUS)59.6664.6764.67 SB Q
4AFlag of Australia.svg  Benn Harradine  (AUS)55.6359.8861.6461.64 q
5BFlag of Cyprus.svg  Apostolos Parellis  (CYP)60.1961.45x61.45 q
6BFlag of Nigeria.svg  Stephen Mozia  (NGR)56.27x59.9559.95 SB q
7BFlag of Australia.svg  Mitchell Cooper  (AUS)46.7556.2459.6859.68 q
8AFlag of Samoa.svg  Alex Rose  (SAM)57.19x59.1159.11 q
9AFlag of Jersey.svg  Zane Duquemin  (JEY)45.7257.66x57.66 q
10BFlag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  Eldred Henry  (IVB)50.43xx50.43 SB q
11AFlag of Papua New Guinea.svg  De'bono Paraka  (PNG)49.02x48.5349.02 q
12BFlag of Fiji.svg  Mustafa Fall  (FIJ)xx39.6839.68 q
AFlag of Cyprus.svg  Andreas Christou  (CYP)xxx
BFlag of Malaysia.svg  Muhammad Irfan Shamshuddin  (MAS)xxx
AFlag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Akeem Stewart  (TTO) DNS

Final

The medals were determined in the final. [2]

RankName#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica.svg  Fedrick Dacres  (JAM)65.5566.0968.2067.1467.5165.0068.20 GR
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica.svg  Traves Smikle  (JAM)63.2163.0163.8363.9862.8763.4563.98
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Cyprus.svg  Apostolos Parellis  (CYP)63.6162.8762.5361.54x61.2663.61
4Flag of Australia.svg  Matthew Denny  (AUS)62.14x62.53x60.25x62.53
5Flag of Australia.svg  Mitchell Cooper  (AUS)x59.39x59.10x60.4060.40
6Flag of Australia.svg  Benn Harradine  (AUS)59.35x59.9959.0359.9258.3859.92
7Flag of Nigeria.svg  Stephen Mozia  (NGR)x59.08x59.58xx59.58
8Flag of Samoa.svg  Alex Rose  (SAM)58.9759.4559.5658.8558.6657.2359.56
9Flag of Jersey.svg  Zane Duquemin  (JEY)45.6454.8455.6455.64
10Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  De'bono Paraka  (PNG)50.35x52.6052.60 NR
11Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  Eldred Henry  (IVB)50.9649.98x50.96 SB
12Flag of Fiji.svg  Mustafa Fall  (FIJ)43.50xx43.50

References

  1. 1 2 "Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Men's discus throw". Gold Coast 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2018.[ dead link ]
  2. 1 2 Athletics | Men's Discus Throw - Final (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. Athletics | Men's Discus Throw - Qualification (PDF). Gold Coast 2018. pp. 86–88. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.