2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2019 World Championships
Venue	Khalifa International Stadium
Dates	28 September (qualification) 30 September (final)
Competitors	33 from 23 nations
Winning distance	67.59
Medalists
Daniel Ståhl    Sweden   Fedrick Dacres    Jamaica   Lukas Weißhaidinger    Austria

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.[1]

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 67.59 m (221 ft 9 in). 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:[2]

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)	71.86 m	Bottnaryd, Sweden	29 June 2019
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	Jorge Balliengo (ARG)	66.32 m	Rosario, Argentina	15 April 2006
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

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 65.00 m.[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

Date	Time	Round
28 September	16:15	Qualification
30 September	21:15	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 65.60 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.[5][6]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	B	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden (SWE)	x	67.88		67.88	Q
2	A	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica (JAM)	65.44	64.26	x	65.44	q
3	B	Matthew Denny	Australia (AUS)	64.48	60.94	65.08	65.08	q
4	A	Alin Firfirică	Romania (ROM)	64.55	65.05	x	65.05	q
5	B	Ehsan Haddadi	Iran (IRI)	64.84	63.05	61.29	64.84	q
6	B	Ola Stunes Isene	Norway (NOR)	58.43	64.54	63.33	64.54	q
7	A	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus (CYP)	64.03	x	64.50	64.50	q
8	B	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania (LTU)	64.14	63.28	x	64.14	q
9	B	Sam Mattis	United States (USA)	x	63.96	60.89	63.96	q
10	A	Simon Pettersson	Sweden (SWE)	63.65	61.98	62.43	63.65	q
11	A	Martin Wierig	Germany (GER)	60.63	63.65	62.03	63.65	q
12	A	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria (AUT)	59.94	63.31	60.77	63.31	q
13	A	Mason Finley	United States (USA)	x	63.22	x	63.22
14	B	Christoph Harting	Germany (GER)	60.31	62.04	63.08	63.08
15	B	Traves Smikle	Jamaica (JAM)	62.24	62.25	62.93	62.93
16	A	David Wrobel	Germany (GER)	62.43	61.47	x	62.43
17	A	Piotr Małachowski	Poland (POL)	x	62.20	61.63	62.20
18	A	Danijel Furtula	Montenegro (MNE)	x	x	62.12	62.12
19	A	Martin Kupper	Estonia (EST)	x	62.10	61.71	62.10
20	B	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia (COL)	61.92	x	x	61.92
21	B	Alex Rose	Samoa (SAM)	61.80	x	x	61.80
22	B	Bartłomiej Stój	Poland (POL)	x	61.21	61.79	61.79
23	B	Robert Urbanek	Poland (POL)	61.55	61.78	61.35	61.78
24	B	Aleksey Khudyakov	Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANA)	61.27	60.52	x	61.27
25	A	Chad Wright	Jamaica (JAM)	58.06	60.60	58.58	60.60
26	B	Jorge Fernández	Cuba (CUB)	60.52	x	60.60	60.60
27	A	Brian Williams	United States (USA)	x	60.48	59.12	60.48
28	A	János Huszák	Hungary (HUN)	58.17	54.67	60.45	60.45
29	A	Philip Milanov	Belgium (BEL)	60.24	60.05	x	60.24
30	B	Giovanni Faloci	Italy (ITA)	58.83	x	59.77	59.77
31	B	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia (SLO)	59.55	x	x	59.55
32	A	Guðni Valur Guðnason	Iceland (ISL)	x	53.91	x	53.91

Final

The final was started on 30 September at 21:15.[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden (SWE)	66.59	67.18	67.59	65.83	x	67.05	67.59
	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica (JAM)	64.97	66.94	64.67	63.50	62.85	x	66.94
	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria (AUT)	66.74	x	66.82	x	63.74	66.35	66.82
4	Alin Firfirică	Romania (ROM)	63.94	x	66.46	65.19	63.95	64.16	66.46
5	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus (CYP)	64.76	66.32	64.56	x	64.86	65.66	66.32	NR
6	Matthew Denny	Australia (AUS)	65.43	63.03	x	64.38	x	x	65.43	PB
7	Ehsan Haddadi	Iran (IRI)	63.80	63.80	62.51	64.29	65.16	63.32	65.16
8	Martin Wierig	Germany (GER)	64.31	x	62.70	x	x	64.98	64.98
9	Simon Pettersson	Sweden (SWE)	59.71	61.81	63.72				63.72
10	Ola Stunes Isene	Norway (NOR)	62.95	x	63.67				63.67
11	Sam Mattis	United States (USA)	x	63.15	63.42				63.42
12	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania (LTU)	x	61.55	x				61.55

References

1. "Start list" (PDF).
2. "Discus Throw Men − Records". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
3. "Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019". iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
4. "Discus Throw Men − Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
5. "Qualification results" (PDF).
6. "Qualification summary" (PDF).
7. "Final results" (PDF).