2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

The men's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 28 to 30 September 2019.

Summary Coming in to these championships, Daniel Ståhl dominated the season both with the best throw and the best group of throws. A full metre behind him was Fedrick Dacres and Lukas Weißhaidinger was a further two and a half metres behind him. That form held true in the qualifying round as Ståhl was the only automatic qualifier.

As the first thrower, Ståhl set the early standard with a 66.59m. Near the end of the round, Weißhaidinger answered with a 66.74m to take the first round lead. Starting the second round, Ståhl answered back with a 67.18m. Three throws later, Dacres joined the battle with a 66.94m, but that would turn out to be his best of the day. Three throws later Apostolos Parellis joined the 66 metre crowd for the first time adding 63 cm to his national record. The third round saw Ståhl lead off with the winner . Later Weißhaidinger improved his standing to 66.82m. And the last thrower Alin Firfirică displaced Parellis with a 66.46m. With three more rounds in the competition, none of the leaders would improve their position. The podium matched the three world leaders.

Records Before the competition records were as follows:

World record74.08 mNeubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Championship record70.17 mHelsinki, Finland7 August 2005World Leading71.86 mBottnaryd, Sweden29 June 2019African Record70.32 mSalon-de-Provence, France26 May 2002Asian Record69.32 mTallinn, Estonia3 June 2008North, Central American and Caribbean record71.32 mEugene, United States4 June 1983South American Record66.32 mRosario, Argentina15 April 2006European Record74.08 mNeubrandenburg, East Germany6 June 1986Oceanian record68.20 mTownsville, Australia10 May 2013

Qualification standard The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 m.

Schedule The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows: Date Time Round28 September 16:15 Qualification30 September 21:15 Final

Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 1 B Daniel Ståhl 67.88 67.88 2 A Fedrick Dacres 65.44 64.26 65.44 3 B Matthew Denny 64.48 60.94 65.08 65.08 4 A Alin Firfirică 64.5565.05 65.05 5 B Ehsan Haddadi 64.84 63.05 61.29 64.84 6 B Ola Stunes Isene 58.43 64.54 63.33 64.54 7 A Apostolos Parellis 64.03 64.50 64.50 8 B Andrius Gudžius 64.14 63.28 64.14 9 B Sam Mattis 63.96 60.89 63.96 10 A Simon Pettersson 63.65 61.98 62.43 63.65 11 A Martin Wierig 60.63 63.65 62.03 63.65 12 A Lukas Weißhaidinger 59.94 63.31 60.77 63.31 13 A Mason Finley 63.22 63.22 14 B Christoph Harting 60.31 62.04 63.08 63.08 15 B Traves Smikle 62.24 62.25 62.93 62.93 16 A David Wrobel 62.43 61.47 62.43 17 A Piotr Małachowski 62.20 61.63 62.20 18 A Danijel Furtula 62.12 62.12 19 A Martin Kupper 62.10 61.7162.10 20 B Mauricio Ortega 61.92 61.92 21 B Alex Rose 61.80 61.80 22 B Bartłomiej Stój 61.21 61.79 61.79 23 B Robert Urbanek 61.55 61.78 61.35 61.78 24 B Aleksey Khudyakov 61.27 60.52 61.27 25 A Chad Wright 58.06 60.60 58.58 60.60 26 B Jorge Fernández 60.52 60.60 60.60 27 A Brian Williams 60.48 59.12 60.48 28 A János Huszák 58.17 54.67 60.45 60.45 29 A Philip Milanov 60.24 60.05 60.24 30 B Giovanni Faloci 58.83 59.77 59.77 31 B Kristjan Čeh 59.55 59.55 32 A Guðni Valur Guðnason 53.91 53.91

Final The final was started on 30 September at 21:15.

Rank Name Nationality Round Mark Notes 1 2 3 4 5 6 Daniel Ståhl 66.59 67.18 67.59 65.83 67.05 67.59 Fedrick Dacres 64.97 66.94 64.67 63.50 62.85 66.94 Lukas Weißhaidinger 66.74 66.82 63.74 66.35 66.82 4 Alin Firfirică 63.94 66.46 65.19 63.95 64.16 66.46 5 Apostolos Parellis 64.76 66.32 64.56 64.86 65.66 66.32 6 Matthew Denny 65.43 63.03 64.38 65.43 7 Ehsan Haddadi 63.80 63.80 62.51 64.29 65.16 63.32 65.16 8 Martin Wierig 64.31 62.70 64.98 64.98 9 Simon Pettersson 59.71 61.81 63.72 63.72 10 Ola Stunes Isene 62.95 63.67 63.67 11 Sam Mattis 63.15 63.42 63.42 12 Andrius Gudžius 61.55 61.55

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