World Athletics Championships 2019 / Men's discus throw

Athletics World Championships 2019
discipline	Discus throw
gender	Men
Attendees	32 athletes from 23 countries
venue	Doha
Competition location	Khalifa International Stadium
Competition phase	September 28th (qualification) September 30th (final)
Medalist Daniel Ståhl ( SWE )   Fedrick Dacres ( JAM )   Lukas Weißhaidinger ( AUT )

The winner Daniel Ståhl (2017)

The men's discus throw at the 2019 World Athletics Championships took place on September 28 and 30, 2019 in Doha , Qatar .

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Jürgen Schult	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg , GDR	June 6, 1986
Championship record	Virgilijus Alekna	70.17 m	World Championships in Helsinki , Finland	August 7, 2005

qualification

The athletes competed in two groups for a qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 65.50 m. Since only Daniel Ståhl 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. So finally 63.31 m had to be achieved for the final.

Group A

September 28, 2019, 4:15 p.m. local time (3:15 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica	65.44	64.26	x	65.44
2	Alin Alexandru Firfirica	Romania	64.55	65.05	x	65.05
3	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	64.03	x	64.50	64.50
4th	Simon Pettersson	Sweden	63.65	61.98	62.43	63.65
5	Martin Wierig	Germany	60.63	63.65	62.03	63.65
6th	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria	59.94	63.31	60.77	63.31
7th	Mason Finley	United States	x	63.22	x	63.22
8th	David Wrobel	Germany	62.34	61.47	x	62.34
9	Piotr Małachowski	Poland	x	62.20	61.63	62.20
10	Danijel Furtula	Montenegro	x	x	62.12	62.12
11	Martin Kupper	Estonia	x	62.10		62.10
12	Chad Wright	Jamaica	58.06	60.60	58.58	60.60
13	Brian Williams	United States	x	60.48	59.12	60.48
14th	János Huszák	Hungary	58.17	54.67	60.45	60.45
15th	Philip Milanov	Belgium	60.24	60.05	x	60.24
16	Guðni Valur Guðnason	Iceland	x	53.91	x	53.91

Group B

September 28, 2019, 5:45 p.m. local time (4:45 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	Width (m)
1	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden	x	67.88		67.88
2	Matthew Denny	Australia	64.48	60.94	65.08	65.08
3	Ehsan Hadadi	Iran	64.84	63.05	61.29	64.84
4th	Ola Stunes Isene	Norway	58.43	64.54	63.33	64.54
5	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	64.14	63.28	x	64.14
6th	Sam Mattis	United States	x	63.96	60.89	63.96
7th	Christoph Harting	Germany	60.31	62.04	63.08	63.08
8th	Traves Smikle	Jamaica	62.24	62.25	62.93	62.93
9	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia	61.92	x	x	61.92
10	Alex Rose	Samoa	61.80	x	x	61.80
11	Bartłomiej Stój	Poland	x	61.21	61.79	61.79
12	Robert Urbanek	Poland	61.55	61.78	61.35	61.78
13	Alexei Chudjakov	Authorized Neutral Athletes	61.27	60.52	x	61.27
14th	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	60.52	x	60.60	60.60
15th	Giovanni Faloci	Italy	58.83	x	59.77	59.77
16	Kristjan Čeh	Slovenia	59.55	x	x	59.55

final

September 30, 2019, 9:25 p.m. local time (8:25 p.m.  CEST )

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Daniel Ståhl	Sweden	66.59	67.18	67.59	65.83	x	67.05	67.59
	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica	64.97	66.94	64.67	63.50	62.85	x	66.94
	Lukas Weißhaidinger	Austria	66.74	x	66.82	x	63.74	66.35	66.82
4th	Alin Alexandru Firfirica	Romania	63.94	x	66.46	65.19	63.95	64.16	66.46
5	Apostolos Parellis	Cyprus	64.76	66.32	64.56	x	64.86	65.66	66.32 NO
6th	Matthew Denny	Australia	65.43	63.03	x	64.38	x	x	65.43 PB
7th	Ehsan Hadadi	Iran	63.80	63.80	62.51	64.29	65.16	63.32	65.16
8th	Martin Wierig	Germany	64.31	x	62.70	x	x	64.98	64.98
9	Simon Pettersson	Sweden	59.71	61.81	63.72	not in the final of the eight best throwers			63.72
10	Ola Stunes Isene	Norway	62.95	x	63.67				63.67
11	Sam Mattis	United States	x	63.15	63.42				63.42
12	Andrius Gudžius	Lithuania	x	61.55	x				61.55

Explanation of symbols:
- = attempt skipped, x = failed attempt

Web links and sources

• Results on the website of the IAAF (English)