Pan American Games 2019 / Athletics - Men's Discus Throw
The men's discus throw at the Pan American Games 2019 took place on August 6th at the Villa Deportiva Nacional in the Peruvian capital Lima .
Ten discus throwers from eight countries took part in the competition. Fedrick Dacres won the gold medal with 67.68 m, silver went to Traves Smikle with 65.02 m and the bronze medal went to Reginald Jagers III with 64.48 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
August 6, 2019, 3:30 p.m.
| space | athlete | country | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt | Width (m) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Fedrick Dacres |
 Jamaica
|
66.14 | 67.68 | x | 65.02 | 65.07 | x | 67.68 PR |
 |
Traves Smikle |
Jamaica
|
62.96 | x | 64.23 | 63.92 | 65.02 | 63.48 | 65.02 |
 |
Reginald Jagers III |
 United States
|
x | 64.48 | x | x | x | x | 64.48 |
| 4th | Jorge Fernández |
Cuba
|
63.21 | 64.24 | 63.73 | 63.58 | 62.42 | 62.33 | 64.24 |
| 5 | Mauricio Ortega |
 Colombia
|
58.69 | 61.15 | 59.91 | x | x | x | 61.15 |
| 6th | Juan Caicedo |
 Ecuador
|
56.92 | 57.81 | x | x | x | x | 57.81 |
| 7th | Josh Boateng |
 Grenada
|
56.92 | x | 55.31 | 55.88 | 55.20 | 56.61 | 56.92 |
| 8th | Abel Gilet |
 Haiti
|
x | 47.26 | x | x | 48.76 | 48.39 | 48.76 |
| 9 | Brian Williams II |
United States
|
x | x | x | not in the final of the eight best athletes |
NM | ||
| 10 | Claudio Romero |
 Chile
|
x | x | x | NM | |||
Web links and sources
- Results on the 2019 Pan American Games website