Pan American Games 2015 / Athletics - Men's Discus Throw

The men's discus throw at the 2015 Pan American Games took place on July 23 at the CIBC Pan Am and Parapan Am Athletics Stadium in Toronto .

Twelve discus throwers from ten countries took part in the competition. The gold medal went to Fedrick Dacres with 64.80 m, silver went to Ronald Julião with 64.65 m and the bronze medal went to Russell Winger with 62.64 m.

Records

Before the competition, the following records were in place:

World record	Jürgen Schult	74.08 m	Neubrandenburg , German Democratic Republic	June 6, 1986
Record of games	Luis Delis	67.32 m	Pan American Games in Caracas , Venezuela	August 25, 1983

Result

July 23, 2015, 7:05 p.m.

space	athlete	country	1st attempt	Second attempt	3. Attempt	4th attempt	5th attempt	6th attempt	Width (m)
	Fedrick Dacres	Jamaica	63.01	62.39	64.80	63.05	64.40	x	64.80
	Ronald Julião	Brazil	60.89	63.15	x	x	x	64.65	64.65 SB
	Russell Winger	United States	59.40	62.64	60.74	x	60.62	62.33	62.64
4th	Jared Schuurmans	United States	59.79	57.26	x	62.32	59.67	x	62.32
5	Jorge Fernández	Cuba	x	x	59.91	62.04	x	60.99	62.04
6th	Tim Nedow	Canada	57.28	x	59.43	61.10	61.49	59.57	61.49 PB
7th	Mauricio Ortega	Colombia	61.33	56.08	x	x	x	59.06	61.33
8th	Mario Cota	Mexico	56.06	55.78	57.18	57.29	x	59.89	59.89 SB
9	Marc-Antoine Lafrenaye-Dugas	Canada	x	55.71	55.79	not in the final of the eight best discus throwers			55.79
10	Quincy Wilson	Trinidad and Tobago	x	43.65	x				43.65
	Eldred Henry	British Virgin Islands	x	x	x				NM
	Dillon Simon	Dominica	x	x	x				NM

Web links and sources

• Athletics. In: www.toronto2015.org. Archived from the original on August 17, 2015 ; accessed on August 17, 2019 .