Summer Olympics 2020 / Athletics - Discus Throw (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	Discus throw
gender	Men
Attendees	?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 31 to August 1, 2020

The competition in the discus throw men in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place from July 31 to August 1 at the newly built Olympic Stadium instead.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Christoph Harting ( Germany )	68.37 m	Rio de Janeiro 2016
World Champion	Daniel Ståhl ( Sweden )	67.59 m	Doha 2019
European champion	Andrius Gudžius ( Lithuania )	68.46 m	Berlin 2018
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	Fedrick Dacres ( Jamaica )	68.47 m	Toronto 2018
South American champions	Mauricio Ortega ( Colombia )	58.89 m	Lima 2019
Asian champion	Ehsan Hadadi ( Iran )	65.95 m	Doha 2019
African champions			Algiers 2020
Oceania Champion	Mitchell Cooper ( Australia )	60.25 m	Townsville 2019

Existing records

World record	Jürgen Schult ( GDR )	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg , GDR (now Germany )	June 6, 1986
Olympic record	Virgilijus Alekna ( Lithuania )	69.89 m	Athens Final , Greece	August 23, 2004

Web links

• Athletics on the Tokyo 2020 official homepage