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2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

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Men's discus throw
at the 2022 World Championships
Kristjan Čeh during the final.
VenueHayward Field
Dates17 July (qualification)
19 July (final)
Competitors31 from 20 nations
Winning distance71.13
Medalists
gold medal    Slovenia
silver medal    Lithuania
bronze medal    Lithuania
← 2019
2023 →

The men's discus throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 17 and 19 July 2022.[1]

Records

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Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

Record Athlete & Nat. Perf. Location Date
World record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Championship record  Virgilijus Alekna (LTU) 70.17 m Helsinki, Finland 7 August 2005
World Leading  Daniel Ståhl (SWE) 71.47 m Uppsala, Sweden 21 June 2022
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
North, Central American and Caribbean record  Ben Plucknett (USA) 71.32 m Eugene, United States 4 June 1983
South American Record  Mauricio Ortega (COL) 70.29 m Lovelhe, Portugal 22 July 2020
European Record  Jürgen Schult (GDR) 74.08 m Neubrandenburg, East Germany 6 June 1986
Oceanian record  Benn Harradine (AUS) 68.20 m Townsville, Australia 10 May 2013

The following records were set at the competition:

Record Perf. Athlete Nat. Date
Championship record 71.13 Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia (SLO) 19 Jul 2022

Qualification standard

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The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 66.00 m.[3]

Schedule

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The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date Time Round
17 July 17:05 Qualification
19 July 18:33 Final

Results

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Qualification

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Qualification: Qualifying Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[4]

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3
1 A Mykolas Alekna  Lithuania (LTU) 65.78 68.91 68.91 Q
2 A Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia (SLO) 68.23 68.23 Q
3 A Simon Pettersson  Sweden (SWE) 63.71 68.11 68.11 Q, SB
4 A Matthew Denny  Australia (AUS) 64.89 66.98 66.98 Q
5 B Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania (LTU) 64.21 66.60 66.60 Q
6 B Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria (AUT) 66.51 66.51 Q
7 B Daniel Ståhl  Sweden (SWE) x 65.95 x 65.95 q
8 A Sam Mattis  United States (USA) 61.87 65.59 62.30 65.59 q
9 A Alin Firfirică  Romania (ROM) 59.48 64.14 65.54 65.54 q, SB
10 B Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica (JAM) 58.87 63.36 64.49 64.49 q
11 A Traves Smikle  Jamaica (JAM) 64.21 63.16 x 64.21 q
12 A Alex Rose  Samoa (SAM) 63.11 64.14 63.97 64.14 q
13 A Lawrence Okoye  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 63.57 x 59.89 63.57
14 B Nicholas Percy  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 58.30 62.90 63.20 63.20
15 A Marek Bárta  Czech Republic (CZE) 62.90 61.58 56.68 62.90
16 A Apostolos Parellis  Cyprus (CYP) 62.46 61.32 61.27 62.46
17 B Martin Wierig  Germany (GER) 60.52 60.86 62.28 62.28
18 B Andrew Evans  United States (USA) 59.31 62.20 62.18 62.20
19 B Henrik Janssen  Germany (GER) 61.85 60.30 60.36 61.85
20 B Claudio Romero  Chile (CHI) 61.69 x x 61.69
21 B Philip Milanov  Belgium (BEL) x 61.22 61.47 61.47
22 B Mario Díaz  Cuba (CUB) 57.72 58.35 60.83 60.83
23 B Martin Marković  Croatia (CRO) x 57.74 60.59 60.59
24 B Victor Hogan  South Africa (RSA) 60.51 x 59.83 60.51
25 A Chad Wright  Jamaica (JAM) 59.14 x 60.31 60.31
26 B Mauricio Ortega  Colombia (COL) 59.47 x 59.91 59.91
27 A Werner Visser  South Africa (RSA) 58.44 x x 58.44
28 B Brian Williams  United States (USA) x 56.40 58.25 58.25
29 A Torben Brandt  Germany (GER) 54.11 53.42 x 54.11
B Lucas Nervi  Chile (CHI) x x x NM

Final

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The final will take place on 19 July at 18:36.[5]

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes
1 2 3 4 5 6
1st place, gold medalist(s) Kristjan Čeh  Slovenia (SLO) 65.27 69.02 71.13 68.95 70.51 67.57 71.13 CR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mykolas Alekna  Lithuania (LTU) 66.64 67.87 67.28 69.27 x x 69.27
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andrius Gudžius  Lithuania (LTU) 67.31 66.06 x 67.55 x x 67.55
4 Daniel Ståhl  Sweden (SWE) 66.59 65.99 x 65.39 67.10 66.86 67.10
5 Simon Pettersson  Sweden (SWE) x 67.00 x x x x 67.00
6 Matthew Denny  Australia (AUS) 61.55 65.50 66.29 65.56 65.49 66.47 66.47
7 Alin Firfirică  Romania (ROM) 65.10 63.80 62.58 x x 65.57 65.57 SB
8 Alex Rose  Samoa (SAM) 65.57 64.17 63.41 62.78 x 61.16 65.57
9 Fedrick Dacres  Jamaica (JAM) 64.85 63.25 64.79 64.85
10 Lukas Weißhaidinger  Austria (AUT) 61.72 63.98 62.45 63.98
11 Sam Mattis  United States (USA) 60.89 63.19 62.82 63.19
12 Traves Smikle  Jamaica (JAM) x 62.23 x 62.23

References

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  1. ^ Timetable
  2. ^ "Discus Throw Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022" (PDF). iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
  4. ^ Qualification summary
  5. ^ Final Results