2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's discus throw explained

Event:	Men's discus throw
Competition:	2023 World Championships
Venue:	National Athletics Centre
Dates:	19 August (qualification) 21 August (final)
Competitors:	35
Nations:	27
Win Label:	Winning distance
Win Value:	71.46
Gold:	Daniel Ståhl
Goldnoc:	SWE
Silver:	Kristjan Čeh
Silvernoc:	SLO
Bronze:	Mykolas Alekna
Bronzenoc:	LTU
Prev:	2022
Next:	2025

The men's discus throw at the 2023 World Athletics Championships was held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 19 and 21 August 2023.^[1]

Summary

Nobody in the field was able to make the 66.50m automatic qualifier. In the first round of the final, Andrius Gudžius was the first over 65 with a 65.95m. The next thrower was the defending champion Kristjan Čeh. His 68.31m opened up a big lead. Near the end of the round, Matthew Denny moved into second with a 66.39m. In the second round, Gudžius improved to 66.16m, the Čeh made a big improvement in his lead to 69.27m. Daniel Ståhl stepped into second with at 66.58m, then Mykolas Alekna took it from him with 67.08m. In the third round, Fedrick Dacres moved into third with his 66.72m and the field was put into a new order.

In the fourth round, Denny tossed it 68.24m for a new second place. Then Ståhl pushed everybody down a notch by throwing 69.37m. Alekna moved into third with a 68.85m. Nobody improved in the fifth round so the field was reordered again. As the next to last thrower, Čeh finally got into the 70's barely at 70.02m to retake the lead. On the final throw of the competition, Ståhl launched the winner, the

15 throw in history

(Ståhl and Čeh already share #6, Alekna's father holds #2). 71.46m became the new Championship Record.

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		71.86 m	Jöhvi, Estonia	16 June 2023
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		70.39 m	Ramona, United States	16 April 2023

The following records were set at the competition:

Qualification standard

The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 67.00 m.^[3]

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
19 August	19:09	Qualification
21 August	20:30	Final

Results

Qualification

Athletes attaining a mark of at least 66.50 metres (

Q ) or at least the 12 best performers ( q ) qualify for the final.^[4] ^[5] ^[6]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Round			Mark	Notes
Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	Mark	Notes
1	A			64.58	66.25	64.99	66.25	q
2	A			66.04	x	63.99	66.04	q
3	B			65.95	65.18	65.29	65.95	q
4	A			65.71	64.32	64.30	65.71	q
5	B			64.34	65.61	64.20	65.61	q
6	B			65.50	64.57	63.68	65.50	q
7	B			65.50	64.57	63.68	65.50	q
8	B			65.50	64.57	63.68	65.50	q
9	B			61.70	x	64.29	64.29	q
10	A			63.85	61.42	61.09	63.85	q,
11	A			61.96	62.97	63.79	63.79	q
12	B			x	63.72	x	63.72	q
13	A			x	x	63.66	63.66
14	B			59.99	63.57	62.87	63.57
15	A			62.55	63.43	60.57	63.43
16	B			63.37	62.13	x	63.37
17	B			62.54	63.36	x	63.36
18	A			59.15	63.00	x	63.00
19	A			62.67	x	61.69	62.67
20	A			58.44	62.57	58.06	62.57
21	B			62.53	x	x	62.53
22	A			59.97	x	62.28	62.28
23	B			62.24	61.60	x	62.24
24	A			61.94	62.10	60.86	62.10
25	B			60.93	61.96	61.89	61.96
26	A			x	61.88	61.37	61.88
27	A			60.09	61.80	x	61.80
28	A			61.20	61.30	x	61.30
29	A			x	61.03	x	61.03
30	B			60.64	x	x	60.64
31	A			60.40	57.81	60.11	60.40
32	A			58.76	57.31	58.66	58.76
33	B			56.59	56.75	58.03	58.03
34	B			55.39	55.89	53.88	55.89
35	B			x	x	55.78	55.78

Final

Results:^[7]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Round						Mark	Notes
Rank	Name	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Mark	Notes
			63.01	66.58	x	69.37	67.56	71.46	71.46
			68.31	69.27	x	67.89	66.69	70.02	70.02
			65.23	67.08	64.37	68.85	68.07	68.07	68.85
4			66.39	x	x	68.24	x	65.92	68.24
5			65.74	64.60	66.72	x	63.89	x	66.72
6			65.95	66.16	x	x	63.98	66.13	66.16
7			63.57	65.19	62.85	65.20	65.54	x	65.54
8			62.97	63.80	63.77	x	x	62.27	63.80
9			62.68	63.62	x				63.62
10			63.23	x	62.21				63.23
11			x	61.90	x				61.90
12			x	x	61.69				61.69

Notes and References

Web site: Men Discus Throw Timetable . 22 August 2023 . . 16 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230816170758/https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-championships/budapest23/timetable/bydiscipline/men/discus-throw . live .
Web site: Discus Throw Men − Records . 22 August 2023 . . 25 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220725194128/https://worldathletics.org/records/by-discipline/throws/discus-throw/outdoor/men . live .
Web site: 19 August 2022 . Qualification System and Entry Standards . . 22 August 2023 . 19 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220819191514/https://assets.aws.worldathletics.org/document/62ff627cef4200119b5555be.pdf . live .
Web site: 17 August 2023 . Start List Discus Throw Men - Qualification . . 22 August 2023 . 22 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230822113636/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-DT-M-q----.SL2.pdf . live .
Web site: 20 August 2023 . Summary Discus Throw Men - Qualification . . 22 August 2023 . 21 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230821072627/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-DT-M-q----.RS4.pdf . live .
Web site: 20 August 2023 . Results Discus Throw Men - Qualification . World Athletics.
Web site: 21 August 2023 . Results Discus Throw Men - Final . . 22 August 2023 . 22 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230822080108/https://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/7138987/AT-DT-M-f----.RS6.pdf . live .