2017 World Athletics Championships / Men's discus throw

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2017 World Athletics Championships
athletics
discipline Men's discus throw
city United KingdomUnited Kingdom London
place Olympic Stadium London
Attendees 31 athletes from 21 countries
Competition phase August 4, 2017 (qualification)
August 5, 2017 (final)
Medalist
gold gold Andrius Gudžius ( LTU ) LithuaniaLithuania 
Silver medals silver Daniel Ståhl ( SWE ) SwedenSweden 
Bronze medals bronze Mason Finley ( USA ) United StatesUnited States 
World champion Andrius Gudžius

The men's discus throw at the 2017 World Athletics Championships took place in London , Great Britain , on August 4th and 5th, 2017 .

Andrius Gudžius from Lithuania became world champion . Second place went to the Swede Daniel Ståhl . The American Mason Finley won the bronze medal.

Records

World record Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR Jürgen Schult 74.08 m Neubrandenburg , GDR (now Germany ) June 6, 1986
Championship record LithuaniaLithuania Virgilijus Alekna 70.17 m World Cup in Helsinki , Finland August 7, 2005

qualification

63.16 m was not enough for the Belgian vice world champion of 2015 Philip Milanov to take part in the finals
The Iranian Olympic runner-up from 2012 Ehsan Hadadi was eliminated with 63.03 m in the qualification
The Pole Zoltán Kövágó scored 59.46 m and was eliminated

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 64.50 m. Since only six throwers exceeded this distance - highlighted in light blue, the final field was filled with the following best throwers from both groups to a total of twelve athletes - highlighted in light green. For example, 63.23 m had to be achieved for the final.

Group A

August 4, 2017, 7:20 p.m. local time (8:20 p.m. CEST )

space athlete country 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Width (m)
01 Daniel Ståhl SwedenSweden Sweden 61.83 67.64 - 67.64
02 Robert Harting GermanyGermany Germany 65.32 - - 65.32
03 Piotr Małachowski PolandPoland Poland 65.13 - - 65.13
04th Mason Finley United StatesUnited States United States 63.98 64.76 64.76
05 Lukas Weißhaidinger AustriaAustria Austria 63.57 x 61.48 63.57
06th Apostolos Parellis Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 63.36 62.68 62.67 63.36
07th Traves Smikle JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 63.23 x x 63.23
08th Philip Milanov BelgiumBelgium Belgium 62.94 x 63.16 63.16
09 Ehsan Hadadi IranIran Iran 63.03 61.22 60.92 63.03
10 Martin Kupper EstoniaEstonia Estonia 59.49 62.11 62.71 62.71
11 Niklas Arrhenius SwedenSweden Sweden 58.91 x 58.84 58.91
12 Erik Cadée NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 58.19 x 58.90 58.90
13 Sven Martin Skagestad NorwayNorway Norway x 57.89 58.86 58.86
14th Mitchell Cooper AustraliaAustralia Australia x 56.20 57.26 57.26
15th Marshall Hall New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand x 56.64 54.20 56.64
NM Rodney Brown United StatesUnited States United States x x x without space

Group B

August 4, 2017, 8:45 p.m. local time (9:45 p.m. CEST )

space athlete country 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt Width (m)
01 Andrius Gudžius LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 67.01 - - 67.01
02 Fedrick Dacres JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 64.46 64.28 64.82 64.82
03 Simon Pettersson SwedenSweden Sweden 60.43 x 63.69 63.69
04th Robert Urbanek PolandPoland Poland 62.37 63.67 63.04 63.67
05 Gerd Kanter EstoniaEstonia Estonia x 63.61 x 63.61
06th Lolassonn Djouhan FranceFrance France 58.00 63.21 61.35 63.21
07th Mauricio Ortega ColombiaColombia Colombia x 62.34 62.97 62.97
08th Victor Hogan South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa 61.76 62.26 x 62.26
09 Alex Rose SamoaSamoa Samoa 61.62 x 59.63 61.62
10 Andrew Evans United StatesUnited States United States 61.32 60.47 60.78 61.32
11 Benn Harradine AustraliaAustralia Australia 60.00 x 60.95 60.95
12 Zoltán Kövágó HungaryHungary Hungary 56.71 56.26 59.46 59.46
13 Viktor Butenko Authorized Neutral AthletesAuthorized Neutral Athletes Authorized Neutral Athletes 59.29 x x 59.29
14th Mustafa Al-Saamah IraqIraq Iraq 57.77 56.38 58.40 58.40
15th Nicholas Percy United KingdomUnited Kingdom Great Britain x 52.56 56.93 56.93
NM Martin Wierig GermanyGermany Germany x x x without space

final

August 5, 2017, 7:26 p.m. local time (8:26 p.m. CEST )

The German Olympic champion from 2016 Christoph Harting was not among the participants. His brother Robert, who was world champion several times in the past and also an Olympic champion in 2012 , was injured and was no longer in the good shape to keep up with the front runners. The favorites included Piotr Małachowski, who is used to success from Poland - including world champion from 2015 , world championship runner-up in 2013 behind Robert Harting and Olympic runner-up in 2016, Belgian vice world champion from 2015 and vice European champion from 2016 Philip Milanov and Estonian Gerd Kanter - including Olympic champion from 2008 and again third in the European Championships in 2016. But Kanter, like Robert Harting, no longer had the great shape of his successful years and Milanov had already been eliminated in the qualification.

There was a changing of the guard in this competition. New names came to the fore, younger athletes won the medals. There were already two long throws in round one. Andrius Gudžius achieved 67.52 m, the American Mason Finley reached 67.07 m. Behind were the Jamaican Fredrick Dacres with 65.62 m and Robert Harting with 65.10 m. In round two the level continued to rise. Gudžius rose to 69.21 m, the Swede Daniel Ståhl threw 69.19 m, Finlay reached 68.03 m. Dacres in fourth improved further to 65.70 m, Malachowski now also overtook Harting with 65.14 m. Pass three brought no changes.

In the last three laps there were no more shifts in position. There were still long throws, but only Dacres could improve on 65.83 m in round four and Malachowski on 65.24 m in round five. However, this had no impact on the placements. Andrius Gudžius became the new world champion with just two centimeters ahead of Daniel Ståhl. Mason Finley won bronze and like Ståhl achieved a new personal best. Fedrick Dacres took fourth place ahead of the "old masters" Piotr Małachowski and Robert Harting. The Pole Robert Urbanek finished seventh, the Jamaican Traves Smikle finished eighth.

space athlete country 1st attempt Second attempt 3. Attempt 4th attempt 5th attempt 6th attempt Width (m)
Gold medal icon.svg Andrius Gudžius LithuaniaLithuania Lithuania 67.52 69.21 63.43 x 63.98 67.89 69.21 PB
Silver medal icon.svg Daniel Ståhl SwedenSweden Sweden x 69.19 66.58 68.57 x 63.06 69.19
Bronze medal icon.svg Mason Finley United StatesUnited States United States 67.07 68.03 65.21 37.36 66.59 x 68.03 PB
4th Fedrick Dacres JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 65.62 65.70 x 65.83 64.41 64.67 65.83
5 Piotr Małachowski PolandPoland Poland 63.96 65.14 64.88 x 65.24 63.92 65.24
6th Robert Harting GermanyGermany Germany 65.10 x 64.75 x x x 65.10
7th Robert Urbanek PolandPoland Poland 61.93 64.15 63.91 64.14 x 63.46 64.15
8th Traves Smikle JamaicaJamaica Jamaica 63.64 64.04 x 62.28 x 63.37 64.04
9 Lukas Weißhaidinger AustriaAustria Austria 63.76 62.75 x not in the final of the
eight best throwers		 63.76
10 Apostolos Parellis Cyprus RepublicRepublic of Cyprus Cyprus 62.18 63.17 x 63.17
11 Simon Pettersson SwedenSweden Sweden 55.58 60.39 x 60.39
12 Gerd Kanter EstoniaEstonia Estonia 59.72 60.00 x 60.00

  • World champion Andrius Gudžius, Lithuania

  • Vice world champion Daniel Ståhl, Sweden

  • The Pole Piotr Małachowski finished fifth

  • The German Robert Harting was sixth this time

  • Seventh place for the Pole Robert Urbanek

  • The Austrian Lukas Weißhaidinger came in ninth place

  • Apostolos Parellis from Cyprus came in tenth

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