NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships – Men's discus throw

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This is a list of the NCAA outdoor champions in the discus throw. Measurement was conducted in imperial distances (feet and inches) until 1975. Metrication occurred in 1976, so all subsequent championships were measured in metric distances.

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Champions

Key
A=Altitude assisted
YearName, (Country)TeamDistance
1921Gus PopeWashington43.34
1922 Thomas Lieb Notre Dame43.95
1923 Thomas Lieb Notre Dame43.69
1924not held
1925 Clifford Hoffman Stanford45.21
1926 Clarence "Bud" Houser Southern Cal45.41
1927 James Corson Pacific43.95
1928 Eric Krenz Stanford45.47
1929Peter RasmusOhio St48.51
1930 Paul Jessup Washington49.01
1931Robert HallSouthern Cal46.52
1932Frank PurmaIllinois47.68
1933 Henri LaBorde Stanford49.78
1934 Gordon Dunn Stanford49.56
1935 Ken Carpenter Southern Cal48.14
1936 Ken Carpenter Southern Cal52.73
1937Pete ZagarStanford47.62
1938Pete ZagarStanford49.46
1939Pete ZagarStanford49.99
1940Archie HarrisIndiana49.49
1941Archie HarrisIndiana53.26
1942 Bob Fitch Minnesota50.2
1943Howard DebusNebraska44.01
1944Wilfred BangertMissouri45.54
1945Wilfred BangertMissouri46.26
1946 Fortune Gordien Minnesota46.91
1947 Fortune Gordien Minnesota52.81A
1948 Fortune Gordien Minnesota50
1949Victor FrankYale51.45
1950Dick DoyleMontana52.25
1951 Jim Dillion Auburn51.05
1952 Sim Iness Southern Cal52.79
1953 Sim Iness Southern Cal57.93
1954 Jim Dillion Auburn53.72
1955 Des Koch Southern Cal53.65
1956Ron DrummondUCLA52.74
1957 Al Oerter Kansas56.49
1958 Rink Babka Southern Cal56.74
Al Oerter Kansas
1959 Dick Cochran Missouri54.25
1960 Dick Cochran Missouri57.39
1961Glen PasseyUtah St53.85
1962 Dave Weill Stanford57.33
1963 Dave Weill Stanford55.23A
1964Larry KennedyNew Mexico56.45
1965Bob StoeckerStanford55.97
1966 Randy Matson Texas A&M60.05
1967 Randy Matson Texas A&M58.01A
1968 John van Reenen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Wash St59.39
1969 John van Reenen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Wash St61.16
1970 John van Reenen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Wash St58.14
1971Mike LouisianaBrigham Y59.39
1972Fred DeBernardiUTEP59.87
1973 Mac Wilkins Oregon62.15
1974 Zdravko Pecar Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia Brigham Y57.96
1975Jim McGoldrickTexas57.94A
1976 Borys Chambul Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Washington61.65
1977 Svein Inge Valvik Flag of Norway.svg  Norway UTEP60.62
1978 Kenth Gardenkrans Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Brigham Y64
1979 Brad Cooper Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas Florida St63.94
1980 Göran Svensson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Brigham Y61.72
1981Scott CrowellIowa St62.88
1982Dean CrouserOregon63.22A
1983Dean CrouserOregon65.88
1984John BrennerUCLA63.42
1985Rick MeyerHouston62.94
1986 Olav Jenssen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway UTEP60.4
1987Clifford FelkinsAbilene Christian61
1988 Kari Nisula Flag of Finland.svg  Finland California58.08
1989John NicholsLouisiana St63.42A
1990 Kamy Keshmiri Nevada-Reno63.12
1991 Kamy Keshmiri Nevada-Reno66.58
1992 Kamy Keshmiri Nevada-Reno67.06
1993 Brian Milne Penn St61.08
1994 John Godina UCLA60.48
1995 John Godina UCLA61.68
1996 Andy Bloom Wake Forest64.34
1997 Jason Tunks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Southern Meth59.72
1998 Casey Malone Colorado St61.02
1999 Gábor Máté Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Auburn61.6
2000 Gábor Máté Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Auburn65.74
2001 Tolga Köseoglu Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Texas A&M62.43
2002 Janus Robberts Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Southern Meth62.37
2003 Hannes Hopley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Southern Meth61.25
2004 Hannes Hopley Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Southern Meth62.01
2005 Michael Robertson Stanford61.7
2006 Vikas Gowda Flag of India.svg  India North Carolina60.55
2007 Niklas Arrhenius Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden BYU62.84
2008Rashaud ScottKentucky60.87
2009 Martin Maric Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia UC Berkeley59.82
2010 Ryan Whiting Arizona State59.06
2011 Julian Wruck Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Texas Tech61.81
2012 Chad Wright Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Nebraska62.79
2013 Julian Wruck Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia UCLA64.94
2014Hayden ReedAlabama62.74
2015 Sam Mattis Penn62.48
2017 Filip Mihaljevic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia Virginia63.76

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