Athletics at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw competition of the athletics events at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 23 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Jorge Fernandez of Cuba.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record74.08Neubrandenburg, East GermanyJune 6, 1986Pan American Games record67.32Caracas, VenezuelaAugust 25, 1983

Qualification

Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was able to enter up to two entrants providing they had met the minimum standard (53.05) in the qualifying period (January 1, 2014 to June 28, 2015).

Schedule Date Time Round July 23, 2015 19:05 Final

Results All results shown are in meters.

KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Fedrick Dacres 63.01 62.39 64.80 63.05 64.40 64.80 Ronald Julião 60.89 63.15 64.65 64.65 Russell Winger 59.40 62.64 60.74 60.62 62.33 62.64 Jared Schuurmans 59.79 57.26 62.32 59.67 62.32 Jorge Fernández 59.91 62.04 60.99 62.04 Timothy Nedow 57.28 59.43 61.10 61.49 59.57 61.49 Mauricio Ortega 61.33 56.08 59.06 61.33 Mario Cota 56.06 55.78 57.18 57.29 59.89 59.89 Marc-Antoine Lafrenaye-Dugas 55.71 55.79 55.79 10 Quincy Wilson 43.65 43.65 Eldred Henry Dillon Simon

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