2022 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw explained

Event:	Men's discus throw
Competition:	2022 World Championships
Venue:	Hayward Field
Dates:	17 July (qualification) 19 July (final)
Competitors:	31
Nations:	20
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	71.13
Gold:	Kristjan Čeh
Goldnoc:	SLO
Silver:	Mykolas Alekna
Silvernoc:	LTU
Bronze:	Andrius Gudžius
Bronzenoc:	LTU
Prev:	2019
Next:	2023

The men's discus throw at the 2022 World Athletics Championships was held at the Hayward Field in Eugene on 17 and 19 July 2022.^[1]

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:^[2]

width=25% align=center	Record	width=25% align=center	Athlete &	width=10% align=center		width=25% align=center	Location	width=15% align=center	Date
World record		74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Championship record		70.17 m	Helsinki, Finland	7 August 2005
World Leading		71.47 m	Uppsala, Sweden	21 June 2022
African Record		70.32 m	Salon-de-Provence, France	26 May 2002
Asian Record		69.32 m	Tallinn, Estonia	3 June 2008
North, Central American and Caribbean record		71.32 m	Eugene, United States	4 June 1983
South American Record		70.29 m	Lovelhe, Portugal	22 July 2020
European Record		74.08 m	Neubrandenburg, East Germany	6 June 1986
Oceanian record		68.20 m	Townsville, Australia	10 May 2013

The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 66.00 m.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC−7), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
17 July	17:05	Qualification
19 July	18:33	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 66.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[4]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
				1	2	3
1	A			65.78	68.91		68.91	Q
2	A			68.23			68.23	Q
3	A			63.71	68.11		68.11	Q,
4	A			64.89	66.98		66.98	Q
5	B			64.21	66.60		66.60	Q
6	B			66.51			66.51	Q
7	B			x	65.95	x	65.95	q
8	A			61.87	65.59	62.30	65.59	q
9	A			59.48	64.14	65.54	65.54	q,
10	B			58.87	63.36	64.49	64.49	q
11	A			64.21	63.16	x	64.21	q
12	A			63.11	64.14	63.97	64.14	q
13	A			63.57	x	59.89	63.57
14	B			58.30	62.90	63.20	63.20
15	A			62.90	61.58	56.68	62.90
16	A			62.46	61.32	61.27	62.46
17	B			60.52	60.86	62.28	62.28
18	B			59.31	62.20	62.18	62.20
19	B			61.85	60.30	60.36	61.85
20	B			61.69	x	x	61.69
21	B			x	61.22	61.47	61.47
22	B			57.72	58.35	60.83	60.83
23	B			x	57.74	60.59	60.59
24	B			60.51	x	59.83	60.51
25	A			59.14	x	60.31	60.31
26	B			59.47	x	59.91	59.91
27	A			58.44	x	x	58.44
28	B			x	56.40	58.25	58.25
29	A			54.11	53.42	x	54.11
	B			x	x	x

Final

The final will take place on 19 July at 18:36.^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
			65.27	69.02	71.13	68.95	70.51	67.57	71.13
			66.64	67.87	67.28	69.27	x	x	69.27
			67.31	66.06	x	67.55	x	x	67.55
4			66.59	65.99	x	65.39	67.10	66.86	67.10
5			x	67.00	x	x	x	x	67.00
6			61.55	65.50	66.29	65.56	65.49	66.47	66.47
7			65.10	63.80	62.58	x	x	65.57	65.57
8			65.57	64.17	63.41	62.78	x	61.16	65.57
9			64.85	63.25	64.79				64.85
10			61.72	63.98	62.45				63.98
11			60.89	63.19	62.82				63.19
12			x	62.23	x				62.23

Notes and References

1. https://www.worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/oregon22/timetable/bydiscipline/men/discus-throw Timetable
2. Web site: Discus Throw Men − Records. IAAF. 9 July 2022.
3. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2022 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Oregon 2022. iaaf.org. 9 July 2022.
4. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-DT-M-q----.RS4.pdf Qualification summary
5. https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7137279/AT-DT-M-f----.RS6.pdf Final Results